Vander Wilt Berkshire hog project shines for 4-H
A Friday visit to Gerrit Van Der Wilt’s farm near highway 16% showcases Alvin Vander Wilt’s Ma ska Co. 4-H Berkshire hog project. The boy’s prize pigs at Mahaska County Exposition and his growing herd illustrate hands on farming, schooling, and entrepreneurial farm work, including a cement mixer setup, a new hen house planned for five hundred birds, and a focus on breeding quality stock for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Ver Wilt
Urebred
Berkshire Hoks
Maska Co
Alvin Vander Wilt
Pella High School
Vander Wilt
Alvin
Mahaska County
Berkshire
Flin Vander Witt
Gerrit Vander Wilt
Pella 4
Atere
Fragmentary notes on county land, clubs, and resignations
A garbled report mentions turf and vegetation details, land concerns, and a resignation in My Reversus County Avent. It notes that Pie Clubs in Lake Prairie and Summit Townships were barred from the County Exposition, angering Kenneth Decker and others at Pella Hach School Ave. The piece hints at cross river misunderstandings and pending leg-work to resolve them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Frown
Myron 1 Deen Ae
Lake Prairie
Summit Townships
Kenneth Decker
Pella Hach
Marion County
Vander Wilt farm houses chickens and experimental trefoil plot
Last winter the Vander Wilt farm housed five hundred chickens and Alvin notes that four to six inches of straw keeps the coop dry. Gerrit raises one hundred thirty hogs while chickens boost income. The Nollen farm shows a four acre Birdsfoot Trefoil plot under Town State College supervision two blocks west of their house along highway 163. Trefoil, a legume relative to alfalfa, is being tested for drought and thin pastures to blend with orchard grass and alfalfa.
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Vander Wilts
Gerrit
Kall
Nollen Farm
Highway 163
Elmer Nollen
Nollen
Ames
Iowa
Alvin
Vander Wilt
Ther and Son
Elmer
Myron Nollen
Town State College
Nollens
Alfilia
4-H Girls Exhibit At Marion County Fair
The 41 Marion County 4-H clubs showed a fine collection of projects at the fair with about eighty-five finished projects and an equal number in the Victory Garden division. Mildred Denison won champion exhibitor honors, with Rose Kuiken close behind. Awards covered many classes including Family Bulletin Board, Household Tool Chest, and Partitioned Drawers, with multiple clubs earning blue and red ribbons.
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Marion County
Mildred “Ann Denison
Happy Helpers Club
Rose Kuiken
Mit Strivers Club
Victory
Lake Prairie Township
Summit
Summit Township
True Blue
Guy Spaur
James “Holland
Kay Cline
C. Vanden Berg
County Home
Myrtle Kimler
Mary ‘Ances Norris
County Extension Home
Nora Workman
Iowa State College Extension
Brownlee Helpers
Franklin Pri
Franklin Friends
Brownlee
Fragmented 1943 auction notes reveal prize ribbons and breeding terms
Scattered OCR from a 1943 community project lists Blue Red and White Ribbons for class winners, named individuals like Ruth Frances Nrook Barnett and Marietta Shivvers, plus garden and canned goods records. It includes animal husbandry notes about gilt and sow care, and advice on selecting traits for breeding.
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Kilbane
Victor
Franklin
Thala
Prueble Bourton
Tye Vietens
Briantes
Happy
Tran
Summit
Victory
Prue Thue Brownlee
Natoos
Ruth Frances Nrook
Barnett
Baughman
Dorothy Barnett
Ber
Rose Kuiv
Select Gilts Soon If They Are to Be Bred
Swine producers planning next spring farrowings should sort gilts in fattening pens. Quaife of Town ate College Extension urges that gilts be well grown but not excessively fat, mature by breeding time, and weigh at least 200 pounds. He notes immature gilts cannot develop their bodies and litters well.
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Quaife
Townate College
Temporary Silo May Help to Meet Need for More Feed
Marion county farmers without permanent silos seek to save feed by using temporary silos or silage. With hay shortages and late corn fields not suitable for husking, silage offers a practical way to store roughage. Winter kill of meadows worsens hay supplies, prompting widespread use of temporary storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
DeKalb
Tempone Silos and Crop Breeding Highlights
The article discusses temporary trench silos and their use in crop handling, noting silage practicality in hot weather and waste management. It mentions the extension service's "Temporary Silos" plan, seed estimates for Tama andHan e oats, and fly breeding control by field scattering every two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serain
Eitealary
County Mession
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Old Stillwell
New Shara Eden
Berkshires
T Litter
Teresey
Mr. Stillwell
Steve de Coos
Wilbur
Sully
Suilley
Berks Hut
Unti
Elvin Vander Wilt
Reeser
Dupont
du Pont
Bacautolt
Amaree
Americ
Tryit
Marion CO
Summit Two
Dea
Doris Maddy
Geraldine Iy
Jeanne Lenki
Kirst
Rose Kuikens
Marietta Shivvers
Dorothy Crosby
Dorothy Hill
Coliven Bridges
Jeanne Jenkins
Carolyn Mott
Ivan
Towa
FDR
Proving Ground
John R. van Gorp
Box
Pella
Elmer Dykstra
George F. Washington
Washington
Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips GoShield
Herte
Puuturs Perrotsum Company
Bartlesville, O&la
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