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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
1
Farmers learn grassed waterways act like roof spouts to drain excess rain without damage. Key steps include timing establishment in spring or late summer, shaping the channel, soil preparation, and seeding with alfalfa timothy bromegrass bluegrass red top and clover. Maintenance is mowing, crossing caution, and perseverance despite possible washouts.
A carrot pulled from the Oly O. Lund home garden in North wood exposed a ruby ring wedged around it. Mr. Lund identified the ring as the one his daughter, now Mrs. J. T. Norswing, lost thirty six years ago.
George Pearce of Griswold had a near miss while mowing weeds when a heehive toppled by a horse pulled the mower. He quickly stopped the team, preventing serious injury to himself and the horses.
Mr. Toom inspects a two year project as a grassy waterway along the Sth of June 1939, with gully sides bladed down and a saucer shaped basin prepared for seed. The waterway, planted to gro, is intended to stay as long as farming machinery stays out.
Coun ty Extension Director H. S. Stor ey says pullets should be moved to the laying house at five months and switched two to three weeks before housing from a browsing mash to a laying mash or concentrate containing bottled sunshine and green feed. W. R. Whitfield of Iowa State College notes that pullets housed on range in late summer and fall may have different outcomes.
Birds kept on range exercise more and eat green feed which provides vitamins A and D and minerals. Laying pullets in confinement need vitamin and mineral supplements, a concentrate, and bright green alfalfa meal to maintain winter production. The pamphlet Wartime Rations for Poultry offers formulas and guidance, available from county extension offices or Iowa State College Agricultural Service.
Mrs Sylvia Plotts is elected county superintendent of schools at a courthouse election. Twenty three delegates from county districts attended. seven did not appear. Garold Rowland was the other candidate, with J B R Taman withdrawing. Plotts will serve while Miss Helen Hudson remains secretary and office assistant. The Knoxville Express report.
The Knoxville project starts immediately on a concrete reinforced concrete reservoir of 1,500,000 gallon capacity costing about $60,000. It will provide a four day water supply to the city including hospitals and all users and help lower peak electricity pumping costs. The new reservoir sits west of the old one in the northwest area, about thirty feet between the two structures.
During a present day shortage residents faced ice delivery trouble in Clear Lake. J A Van der Linde solved the issue by transporting a 75 pound cake of ice in a baby buggy.
Iowa State College extension economist Maurice L. Peterson urges stopping grazing in mid September to let pastures accumulate fall growth and start spring with stored food. For spring renovations, halt grazing. fall is ideal for rest as other feeds become available and meadow aftermath, stubble, and cornstalks offer grazing. Disking to establish a seedbed and contour plowing aid renovation.
The Home for the Aged notes September events with visits from Harte Blom family and others. Remembrances include Mrs Te Huiser turning 77 on September 17 and other residents sharing birthdays while relatives from OsakoIosa and nearby towns visit.
Langstraat of Oskalnesa visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Den Hart and relatives Annabel Esther and Betty. Mrs. M. Van Gorp spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Kruseman. Des Moines man No F Reed spoke to Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Weeda. Herman Fennemi of New Sharon visited the Houweling family with Camp Crowder serviceman Pfe Gerald Den Hartoe and others in attendance.
Miss Johanna Vanden Borg and Martin Klein called on Mr and Mrs William Den Hartog and Mr and Mrs Henry Postma as they entered the home as inmates, reflecting a change in resident positions and social visits.
The poem by David B. Owen speaks of a flaming maple seen faintly like a dream. A warning flare of red burns behind the tool shed on a hill, urging readiness for winter snow and the coming season’s end.
The Breakfast Club will air weekly for six weeks on 199 blue network stations to teach housewives how to prepare leaner cuts of meat. Saturday Evening Post and Life ads reinforce the message to millions. Swift dealers receive a bulletin with selling guidance and display material. Campaign ongoing since last June to merchandise range fed beef until normal market conditions return.
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