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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
1
Lightning struck the De Wild farm barn on July 30, destroying the structure. The rebuilt barn, nearly complete, measures 26 by 30 feet and features tongue and groove car siding with a warm, well arranged interior awaiting a final white coat of paint.
On an 68 acre Iowa farm the Vos family diversified income with milk cows chickens sheep and a crop rotation. Ben Vos’ ten barrows crossed Duroc and Poland China won first in the heavy weight class at the Pella Livestock and Poultry Show sold for 6.45 per cwt. They keep about eighty hogs along with spring pigs and a small horse team led by Roy. They raise 276 chickens and a flock of sheep while Mrs. De Wild helps with the poultry. Roads nearby may be widened next year and farmers anticipate higher meat prices with smaller cattle feedings and a strong demand for meats in 1941. corn production in Iowa stands at 440.8 million bushels with an average yield of 50 bushels per acre.
On the Henry Klein estate west of Fifield a new barn, 26 by 30 feet, completed after a July lightning blaze destroyed the prior barn. John De Wild and wife Mrs. De Wild operate a 60 acre farm with clover, horses, and a tractor due to repairs. Roy the 25 year old horse, born on the farm, is pictured with John.
Marion County 4 H Club members added championships at the great baby beef show in Omaha tied to the Ak-Sar-Ben celebration. Dean Hodgson and Reid Boothe earned multiple Angus honors including Grand Championship Group and Champion Angus entries while several county members placed in top Angus and Hereford classes. The event drew many entries from a wide area.
Roy Vande Kamp reviews a community market barrow show noting the Grand Champion as a well proportioned, clean hog from purebred Berkshire lineage. The piece stresses good feeding with home produced corn tankage and alfalfa, and highlights the importance of selecting quality purebred sires to improve future hog profits.
The National Dairy Advertising Fund receives its first payment as Iowa and other states fulfill pledges to the American Dairy Association. The program, funded by a $250,000 national budget and state contributions via milk and cream sales, aims to boost dairy product consumption this month.
The piece notes states including Montana and Kansas show support for the Iowa advertising plan to raise funds for dairy marketing. It reports Iowa sells over 75 percent of its butter to eastern markets and could gain from rising consumption while advertising remains a minor factor in the ongoing campaign.
Pocahontas recipient R Nelson received a letter from his sister in Tennessee bearing a Swstite censorship stamp, indicating no content was censored. The item shows wartime mail controls impacting correspondence.
Christian Peters Wesley’s car backfired causing a straw stack beside it to ignite. Neighbors acted swiftly, preventing a larger fire and sparing nearby barns from damage. No injuries reported.
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