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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
7
Iowa researchers warn that most weeds in Town State area come from agricultural seed, with erosion and lax weed laws aiding spread. Parity tests over 30 years show clover alfalfa and grain seeds introduce perennials like Canada thistle and quackgrass across counties, affecting tillable land and roadside disturbed areas.
Farm flocks produce more eggs than last year and chicken prices are expected to stay low for months. W. T. Whitfield says food management practices must be followed if any poultry profits are to be achieved.
The American Red Cross announces an 18 greatest membership Roll Call in two decades with half a million volunteers ready to join on November 11. Chairman Norman H. Davis cites urgency to expand Red Cross services domestically and aid war-stricken Europe while continuing to address peacetime human suffering at home. The prior year saw 6,700,000 members help in 157 disasters and train hundreds of thousands in Pivot Aid life saving and health education.
The report notes farm flocks may be up to six percent larger than a year earlier as of January 1 1940. It offers practical winter feeding and housing steps including vitamin D from fish oil, green feed, and sun, free choice shell and grit, and strict daily care with space and water provisions for 100 hens.
Local society items recount Edward Van Rees returning home from Morey hospital in Oskaloosa after treatment, visits by Pearl Vander Beek, Mrs. John Meppelink and others, trips to Cedar Falls and Oskaloosa, hospital stays, church services, Bible class, and a large pre nuptial shower for Sylvia Kooistra with many attendees and gifts.
A Baltimore Orioles outfielder named Art Graham credits a high butter diet for improved batting average and energy, claiming his vision sharpened and nighttime sight improved. Doctors and the National Dairy Council cite vitamin A benefits from butter, noting deficiencies can affect night vision and that butter helps store vitamin A.
Mrs Schmidt and several others hosted an afternoon gathering. After the event, refreshments were served by the hostesses.
Dan Nichols and conservation officers led a fish rescue in shallow ponds along the Des Moines and Skunk rivers in Marion and Mahaska counties. They hauled fingerlings and small fish to deeper waters and to Lake Keomah, noting low water risks.
A Marion 4 H club leader stresses starting with the right kind of calves to win at shows. He notes some exhibitors at the Marion County Fair did well in feeding and care but lost due to inferior starting stock. Emphasis remains on proper calf selection in the 4 H program.
County program emphasizes selecting the right foundation stock to produce quality calves for 4-1 club members. Proper breeding underpins a cheaper, better path to future purebred herds and improved Marion county beef cattle, while correcting myths that any purebred calf guarantees club success.
In Marion County three Reed associations coordinate to boost beef cattle quality. The 4-H club program is highlighted as pivotal to the plan to gain regional recognition for local cattle. Wheat supplies in 1939 hit a record 6,290 million bushels per Bureau estimates, about 120 million more than last year. Federal payroll lists 922,856 workers, with 98,043 in New York State.
A reflective quotation notes that every action yields the harvest of yesterday and sows tomorrow. It emphasizes the continuity of choices shaping the future and the responsibility of present deeds.
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