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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1948

Page

5

Good Corn Harvest in County in 1948 Washington county report

Washington Evening Journal correspondents detail a bountiful 1948 corn year in Washington county. Yields reach 95 to 100 bushels per acre for neighbors including Phillip Gerdes and the Williams brothers, aided by mechanized pickers and favorable weather. Community acts of kindness supported Grant and Lloyd Humston, with neighbors assisting in harvesting and meals prepared for workers. Corn borers and weather impacted fields. some corn remained unharvested as pickers moved through.

Washington County Washington Evening Journal J. H. Jones Square Circle Phillip Gerdes George and Wayne Williams John Hamil Young America Lloyd Humston Grant Hamiston Carl Phillips George Miller Ralph Peiffer William Marie, Jr Leonard Marie William Bell Ray Box Virgill Lintz Alben Atkinson Robert Mineart Grant Washington Grant Humston Howard McCall Lester Luckenbill Orvall Meeks Bob Meeks Leo Marie Lloyd Savannah Missouri Orville Griggs Milton Maas Ruth Gideon Bethel Clive Gray Mae Davis Don Brown Will Kolesick Lloyd Augustine Frank Pearson Charles Wulf Ernest Gideon Charles Thrapp Robert Stephens Duane White Amboy John Frame Howard Pearson Harold Gerdes Raymond Carl Greiner John, Sr John, Jr Irvin Don Marion Sheetz Clark Peiffer Fred Bill Everette Carl Roberts L. G. Roberts George Stout John Wutter Bob Bill Brown Bruce Pearson Paul Campbell Roger Colthurst George West Chester Keith Statler David Bauer Walter Bauer Wilbur West Fred Coakley Walter Statler Cloyce

Harvest mirrors a county corn boom before Thanksgiving

Mrs. J. Glen Lord writes from North Xenia that Washington County farms reported abundant corn yields with cribs full and many fields averaging 100 bushels per acre. Some fields suffered hail damage and borers but cooperation and new cribs kept harvest moving, ending November 30.

Orville Griggs Clarence Lynn

Asiatic Agriculture and Family Land Use

Under Asian farming conditions four or five families sharing land feed themselves and one urban family. The passage contrasts rural subsistence with city living and suggests coordinated farming arrangements among households.

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