Back in 1931, the newspaper office was the place to be in October if you wanted to show off your harvest or look at other peoples’ items.
The October 21st, 1931 Times-Tribune reported on some of the best items that were harvested that year.
Thomas Asher, north of Grant City, showed off three Ben Davis apples and a nice pear. He had been keeping his orchard since 1881. M.W. McClellan brought in two California persimmons, about the size of a winter pear. Nettie Crecelius sent a freak twin apple and a cluster of six small ones; these kind were common that year.
Harry Bunker brought in some cherry blossoms, having a tree that was getting ready to produce a second crop, but the frost and freeze spoiled it. Joe Fronk brought in some mule corn that he said had more feeding value than ordinary corn. Othel Mathews, who was a salesman at J.B. Dawson’s and the local scoutmaster, also found time to raise sweet potatoes, one of which weighed 2¼ pounds. Eli Walker showed off his peanuts and kaffir corn for sale. Preston Weigart brought in a bunch of peanuts that were producing well. Claude Elliott brought in one of the prettiest toadstools that had been seen, as large as a dishpan.
Charlie Mac’s conclusion: “It’s hard to beat Worth County for all around production. You’d be surprised at the things that grow here and our population is what might be termed diversified farmers – the kind that never depend on one crop and have a total failure.”
In another place, pears were advertised from 50 to 75 cents at the McCampbell Orchard near Gentry.
Baby beef and pig clubs were a big thing in the county back in those days. The October 14th issue reported about all the organizing going on; in Sheridan, for instance, there were nine boys and four girls who signed up for a club there, and plans were being made to organize other such clubs in the Allendale and Denver communities.
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