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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
1
The readable fragments mention names and places without clear events or dates. The item seems to be a miscellaneous notice or brief column portion with partial phrases and no coherent action or outcome to report.
Bits from the farm note silo filling shifts from neighbor rings to hired labor as corn cutting becomes harder. Canning corn for silos is praised for saving grain and fodder, with reports on sealed corn, prices near sealing rates, and regional elevator bids. Local growers discuss weed control, drought impacts, and AAA timing for marketing quotas, with mixed harvest prospects across Iowa counties.
Birdseye view notes August weather and a near historic corn harvest potential. Despite cool spells, many fields mature rapidly with some soils underperforming due to wetness. Figures from USDA and Leslie Carl show national and town production higher than prior year, while concerns about chinch bug damage and stalk firing temper optimism.
Iowa State College extension economist Lauren K. Soth cautions that a prolonged conflict may lift farm prices, but the current European war may not raise domestic prices rapidly in the next year. He notes that past world events show price rises after initial shocks, with three factors dampening sustained gains: abundant world wheat, feed grains, fats, and oils supplies.
At the Grundman farm workers manage heavy stalks as they leave the wagon and pass over a blower pipe into a trough while Howard Grundman defends against any stalks. John Hoksbergen assists near the cutter in a preparatory role.
Estimates show world grain stocks at about 5 percent billion bushels, the largest on record, with normal supply around 4 percent. Feed crops have been plentiful for three years, and with unofficial estimates, world supplies may be the largest ever. The United States appears unwilling to loan belligerents money to buy U S foodstuffs.
Fire Thursday noon from an overheated oil stove gutted the single story seven room Brummel residence and damaged a wash house and two chicken houses. Neighbors with a bucket brigade aided as the Leighton fire department prevented further spread. The farm owned by Joe Redman and Mrs Ralph Noel was insured. no rebuilding plans yet.
The article notes belligerents face tighter financing amid war, with France and England holding security and gold in the country. It predicts greater government price and profit controls to prevent a runaway boom. It also reports a boy, Raymond Thompson, 17, of Hopkinton, injured in a truck accident after collapsing at the Clyde Thompson farm.
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