Corn prices rise as farmers prep for new crop
Local farmer Wallace warns corn buyers to act now as winter demand and feed purchases push prices up. Bartus Klyn builds a large 38 by 70 foot barn replacing a storm-destroyed structure, while Jessma Brothers pour concrete foundations for the new frame barn. Bartus Klyn reports crossbred Hampshire sows and white hogs with strong mothering traits, and Joan Keuning constructs an 86 foot government-specified corn crib near Otley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Joan Keuning
Keuning
Otley
Klyn Family Arts And Hybrid Breeding Notes
Mrs Klyn loves embroidery and portrait work with colored silk on white cloth and has won prizes at the Mahaska county fair. The Klyn farm highlights vigorous crossbred hogs with disease resilience, noting that one smart cross can improve strains while multiple crosses degrade quality, likening results to hybrid corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartus Klyn
M. M. Dockendorff
Mr. Dockendorf
Klyns
Klyn
Mahaska County
Bartus Klyn Place
Hard Corn as Pig Feed Downplayed by Iowa Study
A bulletin from Iowa State College in Ames reports on feeding trials with corn of differing hardness. Harder kernels were 25 percent tougher than soft, 18 percent tougher than medium. Results show similar daily grain intake, growth rate, and feed per unit of gain among pigs, with comparable palatability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartus Klyn
Mr. Klyn
Iowa
Ames
Community Notes From The Neighborhood
Cordova Colleen Alley had her tonsils removed and has missed school. Trapping season brings busy traps and lucky catches. Coon hunters roam the woods with lights and hounds. Pheasant hunters struggled, many returning with few or none. Two large jackrab bats were carried home. Neighbors mentioned include Forrest Matherly Joe Kool Arthur Waardhuizen Hobart and Arthur Nichols Murray Van Hemert Roy Karr Gerrit Arie Waardhuizen George Dailey and son Forrest Lorena Van Hemert visited Grace Kar. May Van Hemert cared for ill grandson. Beverly Muilenberg visited with grandmother. Forrest Matherly leads ten men laying steel on the Dunreath section. Their car stays at Dunreath, Mrs Brown cooks meals. Gerrit Herman Elmer Slykhuist harvest corn for Pete Van Hemert. Loren Stevenson built a sheep barn adjoining another. Gerrit Hoksbergen built a machine shed. John Buwalda and family moved to Pella. Neighbors gathered for a surprise on Wednesday with sandwiches pickles cake jello and coffee. Attendees included Mrs Bart Klyn and children Arie Ed Angie Mr and Mrs Gerrit Klyn and four children Mr and Mrs Bryan Karr and daughter Mr and Mrs Murray Van Hemert and daughter Mr and Mrs Roy
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Colleen Alley
Jack
Forrest Matherly
Joe Kool
Arthur Waardhuizen
Hobart
Arthur Nichols
Murray van Hemert
Roy Karr
Gerrit
Arie Waardhuizen
George Dailey
Forrest
Lorena van Hemert
Grace Kar
May van Hemert
Herman
Beverly Muilenberg
Dunreath
Mrs. Brown
Elmer Slykhuist
Pete van Hemert
Loren Stevenson
Gerrit Hoksbergen
John Buwalda
Pella
Bart Klyn
Arie
Angie
Gerrit Klyn
Bryan Karr
Roy
Calvin Jack Rabbit
Murray Bricker
Otley
Klaas van Buren
Vogelaar
Macy van Hemert
Central
Arthur Nichol
Forrest Cove
Bartus Klyn's cross bred hogs shine for market
Bartus Klyn's Hampshire Chester White hogs shown on November 18 stand round and sleek with pink skin and white hair, having black spots beneath. The herd appears clean, well conditioned, and well fed on corn, drawing many passers by who admire the uniform group visible from the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartus Klyn
Fifield
Cordova
Chester
Hampshire
Mr. Klyn
Pheasant Trip Notes and Local Family News
Karl and son with the Lynns return from Holmes Wright county pheasant trip describing irrigation ditches tiled land flowing wells and good corn with rain timing. Grandpa Buwalda suffered a heart attack at his son Johns home. Martin Slyhuis travels to South Dakota after his brother’s death while another relative ill in Oskaloosa. Rural family updates conclude with a Roy Karr supper gathering of pheasant diners.
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Karl
Loren Perkey
Lynns
Buwalda
John
Holmes
Wright County
Martin Slyhuis
South Dakota
Oskaloosa
Jay Waites
Roy Karr
Lay Foundation For Big Barn In Otley
The Jelsma Brothers of Otley lay a large frame barn foundation measuring 38 by 70 feet using modern interior concrete floors and troughs. The project replaces a previous barn destroyed in August. The piece lists workmen Gerrit Van Hulzen Delos Jelsma and Klaas Van Buren and notes community happenings in Otley Knoxville and surrounding areas including meetings, visitors, and local concerns such as telephone service and car theft incidents. A new coal depot, job bids, and Iowa State College cost estimates are also mentioned.
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Jessma Brothers
Otley
Lay
Jelsma
West of Otley
Gerrit van Hulzen
Delos Jelsma
Klaas van Buren
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Mrs. Klyn
Sonclark Street
Colfax Sales Co
Sargent
N.F.E
John Wynberg
Main Street
Sucklin
Des Moines
Ce Ata
Jared Macaya
Stoceed
Wormhoudt & Son
Pella, Iowa
Chicago
Creston
John Martin Visser
Mary Templton
Ruth Klyn
Blanche Templeton
Gayle Headlee
Prairie City
Templeton
Iowa State College
Apple Blow
Murphy
Murphy Co
Am, Me
Wormhoudt
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