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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
9
Ralph Hendershott of Monroe led a train through Pella to Ottumwa with 27 hog cars and 1 cattle car totaling 1647 hogs. Hog prices reached up to 8.60 dollars per hundredweight in Pella, with weights ranging 250 to 500 pounds each and most animals from a single feeder.
The first man in the headquarters each morning and the last to leave at night is John W. Coverdale, executive secretary and boss of the Chicago office. He guides all departments to function with clockwork precision demanded by the membership.
One third of the population are farmers who produce every year 18 percent of the wealth and represent 52 percent of the nation s total wealth. Only recently since the American Farm Bureau Federation began speaking for farmers as a class have these facts gained significance. Each person handling Farm Bureau funds is adequately bonded and audited by a public accountant.
A boy enters a library with a book his mother wished changed but no list was sent. The librarian asks what book to send and the boy responds that his mother Mead Freckies is brown, a misheard exchange that reveals a muddled request.
A brief anecdote describes Bobbie recently arriving in the country and visiting his aunt for the first time. At bedtime he was asked to kiss her, replying with a formal line about grandmothers and kisses being rare.
The United States Department of Agriculture analyzes horse stock trends showing declines slowing and quality improving due to culling. Despite fewer horses and more mules, market demand and prices for good breeding stock rise. Purebred stallions remain dominant, with state laws boosting purebreds. Details cover stallion enrollment, regional figures, and official publications.
Tests in Wisconsin showed iron sulfate solution killed wild mustard and general weeds in lawns and fields. Applied at 12 pounds per acre with water dilution, it eradicated cockleburs and lettuce, but some perennials revived after spray. olive oil and additional adjuvants appeared ineffective.
It pays to keep every foot of the garden busy throughout the growing season. Beets lettuce radishes and pens follow in turn with crops like tomatoes corn celery endive and turnips. Revenue from such cropping can be continued without injury to the land with sensible judgment.
Bobbie amuses himself on the sidewalk in front of the house and stops Uncle Albert on his way downtown to attend the movies. He cries Uncle Albert come to and help me ask mother to cause me to go. Ancient custom and greetings are alluded to in this fragmentary account of a social scene.
A little girl learns to handle social probing by claiming she is well in public while admitting stomach ache and childish ailments at home. She tells a visitor she is fine in company, but mentions problems within the family. The anecdote highlights social restraint and childlike wit.
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