Around the Country and on the Farms Gossip Column
L J Gosselink of the South Woods Dairy reports 29 acres of Atlas Sorge sorghum yielding about 20 tons per acre, taller than hempri and milled into molasses nearby. Cornie Van Donselaars keep 600 chickens, splitting between heavy White Rocks and White Leghorns for meat and eggs. John Vanden Berg praises horse farming, showing Percheron stock and a three year old gelding. Neal VanderWerff cut 11000 feet of native lumber for a new barn, whose stout frame endures wind and echoes old barns of modest value.
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L. J. Gosselink
South ‘Woods
van Schevighoven
Kansas
Oklahoma
Cornie van Donselaars
Neal VanderWerff
Farm life notes and a marketing referendum update
Native timber building tips and a six month dairy course at Town State College are outlined alongside practical farming ideas such as hogging off corn and temporary fencing. A potato marketing agreement referendum failed with 65 percent in favor across 551 counties in 15 states. Local Iowa notes discuss liming soil, livestock markets, walnut trees, and honey locust posts. In Lake Prairie Two a program update notes benefit applications at the Legion Hall for local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State College
Dieleman
Lake Prairie Two
Legion Hall
Lake Prairie
The Vanden Bergs Built It Themselves
A snug chicken house on the John Vanden Berg farm north and west of the Parker bridge was built by Mr. Vanden Berg and his son Jerry. Sides are car siding, roof cedar shingles, windows ventilating, floor sand. Mrs. Vanden Berg tends the flock. She is pictured with Mrs. Sarah Van Ryanyk, foster mother, visiting from the Home For the Aged at Pella Thursday of last week. The chickens were camera shy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vanden Berg
Parker Bridge
Isaac Woods
Peter de Jong
de Jong
Ralph Pinegar
Des Moines
C. Nelson
Roy Kersey
Harvey
Amsterdam
Sully
Maasdam
Pella
Lime and soil health urged for Iowa farmers in October issue
The Wal lace's Farmer notes lime helps legumes and overall yield, cites a base quarry price of 75 cents per ton across several counties, and urges cooperation between landlords and tenants. It condemns absentee landlords selling grain away and calls for mutual profit and soil improvement for long term farming gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Iowa
The
Agricultural College
Rose Hill Community Connections and Local Visits
Rose Hill residents share calls and visits at neighbors’ homes. Jennie Van Veen underwent an operation in Oskaloosa on October 3. Arie Meyer’s care, morphine use, and unbearable suffering noted. A collision near Newton involved three people but caused no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara van Ryswyk
Pella
John Vanden Berg
Jennie van Veen
Oskaloosa
Peter Zickel
Newton Hospital
John Vande Kieft
Marion
Near Tracy
Don Olivier
Newton
Arie Ver Steeg
Neal Vander Werff
Henry van Rheenen
Arie Meyer
Otley And Surroundings Social Roundup This Week
Otley residents visit in Oskaloosa Des Moines and Shenandoah while others stay local. Notable notes include John Dickema starting work with Mulgrew and Son, Norman Robus injuring a toe, and a new barn built by Peter De Jong. Bible schools planned as area crops and community life described.
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Jim Vriezelan
Marion Tulleman
Oskaloosa
W. Angove
Mulgrew and Son
Jake Dickema
Norman Robus
Reverence for God in Sunday School Lesson
A Sunday School outline defines reverence for God from Exodus and Matthew texts, stressing a heart that produces reverent speech and honest living. It links reverence to truth, purity, and consistent consecration, noting profanity stems from an evil heart and that reverence begins with God.
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God
Pella Seeks Bids for 3300 Yards of Paving
The Council of Pella Iowa calls for bids on about 3300 yards of paving in the city. The project runs five feet wide on both sides of the pavement currently being built by the State Highway Commission along Oskaloosa Road.
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East First Street
Main Street
Oskaloosa _ street
Liberty Street
A. C. Kuyper
Council of
Pella
Iowa
City of
State Highway Commission
Oskaloosa
Whisper of Scandal Echoes in Loose-Leaf System
A terse remark hints at a loose-leaf record-keeping method and an undercurrent of scandal. The line suggests that few people are truly deaf to the murmurs surrounding the issue, though specifics remain unspecified. The fragment preserves a sense of intrigue within an archival context.
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Parker’s Bridge
Birkenholtz
Prairie City
Yean
Mac
Grinnell Herald-Register
Vanden Berg
Iron Horse
Johnnie
Minnie Mae
Ford
Ulrich Motor Co
Pells
Vanden Bergs
South Woods
Atlas Sorgo
Jacob Vogelaar
Jacob Langstraat
Mr. Henry Monster
Sorgo
Rose Hill
Otley
Will van Speren
Jennie
Gerrit " Waardhuizen
Arie Waardhuizen
Sarah Ann Ver Heul
Rev. Rozenboom
Ray Lamb
Papillion
Nebraska
William Roush
Board of Control
Phillips
Phill
Garden of Eden
Chicago
Oskaloosa, Iowa
All Cherry
Orion
Ralph Moffet & Son
Augustine & Lewis
Rock Island Stock Yards
Mike Spaur
Knoxville
Whee
Eo Ua MD Ae
Avian
Rian
R.E.A
Haw Hardware Co
Ottumwa, la
Brown Camp Hardware Company
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