Vintage 1940 Unused Calendar Farmers Grain & Supply Co. Wever Iowa For Sale

This vintage 1940 farm calendar advertising Farmers Grain & Supply Co. of Wever, Iowa is a remarkably complete 12-month promotional calendar featuring artwork titled A Pasture Brook. Printed by John F. Helwig Co. in Council Bluffs, Iowa, it stands out with its inclusion of specialized agricultural reference charts, a convenient drop-a-leaf mechanism, monthly cash accounting logs, and astrological planting guides. It is a fantastic piece for collectors of Midwest advertising, farm history enthusiasts, or anyone wanting to add authentic vintage decor to a country kitchen, or perhaps track your finances like it is 1940 while consulting the zodiac for your tomato garden.

Condition Details

• Complete pad with all 12 calendar months present

• Clean interior accounting and ledger pages with no handwritten notes or ink marks

• Wear and creasing along the top edge near the metal hanging banner

• Light yellowing and age-appropriate toning across the paper pages

• Mild corner wear and slight edge fraying consistent with age

• Binding and drop-a-leaf metal strip remain intact

Technical Details

• Advertiser: Farmers Grain & Supply Co.

• Location: Wever, Iowa (Phone 201)

• Printer: John F. Helwig Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa

• Calendar Year: 1940 (with 1941 reference calendar)

• Patent Details: U.S. Letters Patent No. 1674246 (Feb. 21, 1928) Drop-A-Leaf Calendar

• Main Image: A Pasture Brook featuring grazing cattle in a pasture stream

• Features: Monthly cash record ledger pages, 1940 astrological zodiac planting guides, gestational breeding tables for mares, cows, ewes, and sows, convenient spray table for crops, and weight of grain and produce per bushel charts