Cattle and Corn Delve Into Ver Meer Farm Trip
A Saturday inspection near Pella features Tunis Ver Meer and family with sixty four fat Hereford cattle weighing 1150 to 1200 pounds. They reported a promising 75 bushels per acre corn yield and described picking in wet fields. Texas longhorns, twenty three head, weigh about 1700 pounds, ready to move.
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Tunis Ver Meer
Pella
Sharon Road
Tunis
Des Moines
New Sharon
Towa
Ver Meer
Texas
Oskaloosa
Neige
Japan
Nick de Ruiter
Tunis Ver
Prime Beef and Busy Farms Near Pella
The Engbers farm highlights its beef value with a fat steer worth nearly two hundred dollars as field work continues. Grain yields are estimated at fifty five to sixty bushels per acre, with concerns about market trends and farm safety. Jacob Ver Meer’s new barn rises while plans for soil conservation demos unfold across the river soils district.
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Enghers
Pella
England
Mr. Enghers
Clay Barnett
Politicians Eye Wood Scarcity Profits
If wood supply dwindles to scarcity, some politicians could profit from collaboration. The remark hints at potential policy choices and market leverage amid resource constraints.
Iowa Crop Report Highlights Record Corn and Big Soybean Crop
Iowa farms show corn output at 451 million bushels with an average 49.5 bushels per acre and a 97 percent frost survival. The 1941 soybean crop reaches 17.97 million bushels on 9.47 million acres, largest ever, with ample moisture and late freezes aiding quality. Pastures rebound to 82 percent of normal as heavy rains ease drought.
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Leslie M. Carl
Northwest
North Central
East Central
Northeast
South Central
Iowa
Heavily Fed Hens Best Laying Records Boosts
Poultry expert W R Whitfield says feeding heavy breed flocks to full ration yields higher egg output. Records show 95 to 100 eggs per hen yearly with boosted production. Leghorns rise from 176 to 200 eggs. Cafeteria style feeding and skim milk supply animal protein for tissue and egg development. complete mash formulas available at county agents.
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W. R. Whitfield
Town State College Extension
Whitfield
Gallo Whitfield
Rat Population On Increase In Iowa
Iowa reports a ballooning rat population topping five million as corn stored in fragile cribs offers easy food and shelter. An Iowa State College bulletin by the Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service notes rapid growth, with one pair potentially yielding over 350 million offspring in three years under ideal conditions.
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Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station and
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Decker
Farmers urge united push against rat infestation
Rats moving from farm to farm hinge on community cooperation amid a vigorous farmer led control campaign. The text stresses that joint efforts among farmers are central to successful eradication and preventing spread.
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Knoxville
3Iter
de Ruiter
Mr. Ver Meer
Mr. Engbers
Jacob J. Ver Meer
Jacob
Gerrit Ver Meer
Ralph Grandin
R. Engbers
Fall
Awtry & Lankelma
Ry Lott
EOL
Uae
AIM
Studebaker
VOS Farm Equipment CO
Franklin
Ing
Jing Are
Ralph Grandia
Gerrit
Sanders
Cedar River
Nashua
Professor Sadler
Omaha
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City
Chicago
Waterloo
Central Park Cafe
Otley
Bu. Com
Hocking Valley
Deering
Frank Jaarsma
Jacob Aalbers
J.T. van Zante
Audt. van Maanen & Vriezelaar
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