Show 0 owa d man wins 6 1 farming c award ohn im voted typical A midwest id west Fa farmer riner of 1945 at festival in in yankton S D t the typical midwest farmer ward ard for 1945 was conferred upon lohn of westside iowa the Wesen tation was made on labor t a at t yankton S D before a bowd of people who had gath K e ed d for the arm annual ual midwest farmer day the recognition the typical farmer was inaugurated abed in 1942 as a means ameant of honor hg g outstanding war production on he e land ra radio station and he american broadcasting om com any sponsored the festivities in coloration lo ration with the U S navy each I 1 of the five midwestern mid western elates jowa iowa minnesota nebraska 1 I dakota and S dakota nominated ted a typical farmer meaning fan outstanding one and sent him to yankton ankton S D for the contest ja was chosen not alone or br a remarkable production record hut ut because of his leadership in in bar ar and community activities the our ur runners up representing four ates were also heaped with i nors and valuable prizes festivities opened with an indian ere re staged on the bank of ie e missouri river indians in full galia played native music and staged sioux dances they also ok iok part in the mile long parade ich was lead by the great lakes aval training station band the whole I 1 le d days ays program was lann edw to tc honor ohonor john the winner who is 58 53 years old yas as born on his westside iowa farm arm As a boy lie he made a deathbed promise romise to his father to always keep va e land which his father as a pi boneer aneer emigrant from germany had flowed plowed for the first time in the i worlds history t father of eight has eight children the only 6 SOB of military age is a technical sergeant with the marine corps BOW in the south pacific two I 1 daughters are graduate nurses I 1 diate the son joined the service I 1 has been handling all the wort work on his acre farm with the help of two younger sons 13 and 10 years old his community record reveals that he has been a director in the farm bureau member of the school aboard chairman of drives for the red cross USO salvage and bond fales fedis his average corn yield in 1944 was 06 JS bushels bushle ls per acre with one field over bushels per acre in 1943 his average was 98 93 bushels per acre HIS bis oats average over 60 bushels |