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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
3
The Jones County Farm Bureau has mailed large 1937 membership signs to all paid up members. Signs must be posted at the farmstead entrance to activate the $50 theft protective service. Members who do not receive a sign should contact the Farm Bureau office promptly.
The Wyoming boys 4 H club met at the Eichhorn home with 17 members and plans for 27 baby beefs, one beef heifer, one draft colt, ten market pigs, six members growing hybrid corn, and fall exhibits at the Jones county fair. Officers are Duane Lincoln president Melvin Sievers vice president and John Eichhorn secretary treasurer. Members listed include Richard Eichhorn Louis Kouba Carl Broderson Joe Kouba Pete Broderson Lee Lincoln Charles Eggers Bobby Fishwild Reynolds Fishwild Irvin Sievers Melvin Sievers Lloyd Kleeman Roy Tompkins Gene Denniston Alex Inglis Orval Dawes William Reade. Adult leader is Reggie Morse.
Rural women of Jones County announce an April 8 achievement day at the Monticello Presbyterian church starting at 10 AM. Exhibits cover nutrition projects with 700 participants, judged by Iowa State College extension specialist N May Larson. luncheon at noon. afternoon program features township numbers and judging recap.
The Jones County planning committee’s work group has met over the past three weeks to develop a tentative agricultural county program. The last session occurred Tuesday at the soil conservation office in Monticello. The draft will go to the full committee for approval and then to the Extension Service at Town State College to combine with other county reports for a state-wide plan.
Agronomy note from W F Watkins at Texas State College outlines six key steps for seeding legumes. Focus on selecting suitable legume varieties, using adapted seed, preparing a firm seedbed, inoculating if needed, choosing an appropriate nurse crop, and managing seeding rates for conservation program eligibility. Recommended normal seeding rates include alfalfa 15 lb acre, sweet clover 10–12 lb, red clover 8–10 lb, alsike 4–5 lb.
Iowa farmers report using an early nurse crop such as 105 or 103 onts barley to protect seeding, prevent harvest as grain, and help land be classified as new soil conserving. Pasturing the nurse crop boosts legume stand and supports practice payments of 1 to 2.50 dollars per acre plus diversion and conserving payments on limited acreage.
The Jones County Rural Electrification Co-operative directors met at the Farm Bureau office to finalize steps for county rural electrification. Attorney Earl Wisdom, connected through the Town Farm Bureau, attended after returning from Washington with REA officials. Final legal papers are being drawn to prepare for bids on rural line construction.
Jones County Farm Bureau will again send orchard spray notices with timing for sprays to interested home orchardists. Send names to the Farm Bureau office to receive notices. Dormant spray on apples should be applied before green leaf tips appear to control San Jose oyster shell and scurfy scale using liquid lime sulfur or dormant spray oils. The winter showed little injury, and healthy apple, plum and cherry trees are expected to yield good crops unless late spring frost occurs.
County agent urges not to neglect pasture rebuilding after drought. Iowa State College extension agronomist H B Cheney notes reseed aged pastures, apply limestone and phosphate where needed, and use clover-rich seed mixtures. Payments under the 1937 AAA program offer soil building and legume seed incentives for farmers in Jones County.
Jomre County Holstein Breeders elect S. Wostein of Central City to the state board. The group plans district shows this summer and a state show at Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress grounds late June or early July. They will continue promoting Holstein breeding and assist 4-H work, with awards including a 17 jewel Bulova wristwatch and a show halter.
Cash prizes awarded to outstanding dairy calf club members in 1937, recognizing top performers in county 4-H dairy projects. The announcement highlights the dairy program’s impact and honors young participants for their achievement.
Town farmers can use the 1937 agricultural conservation program to finance weed destruction. recommendations include summer fallowing and rye or alfalfa seeding. Diversion payments up to about 8.50 per acre and conserving payments around 4.25 to 15.25 per acre are possible, depending on acreage and soil-building limits. Compliance requires timely tillage, erosion and weed control, with regional details from county agencies.
Mrs. F E Allen hosted a March tea for Grace Allen announcing Grace’s engagement to Rev. R Wyley Caskey. The wedding is expected in June at White Lake New York. Guests included Misses Benda and Arnold of Earlville and out of town visitors.
Castle Grove and MS Hosford Mrs Alice D Howie are remodeling their dwelling. Clarence Hosford joined Monticello Boy Scout leaders for a meeting in Anamosa last Friday. Clarence Johnson and Fred Caspers took a horse purchase trip to Grand Island Nebraska and returned Friday. Mrs Harvey Heiken visited Cedar Rapids. S M Hosford conducted business in Center Junction. Donald Eberhart visited family in Monticello. Gert Tuetken of Monticello spent Saturday night with Lyle Hosford. Dr Hodgson spoke at the Cedar Rapids chapel. S P Eberhart and Son installed a milking machine. Clarence Hosford accompanied the Faust family to Cedar Rapids. Carl Caspers visited Monticello home. Mrs J A Deischer of Monticello stayed with her daughter Alice D Howie. Loretta Specht Ruth Howie and James McLaughlin returned to Ames after a brief home visit. Dirt roads remain nearly impassable. farmers discuss gravel road costs. Gravel pits exhausted. Gerrets offers more land with gravel. Debate over gasoline tax and road tax spending on highways continues. The farm to market road remains crucial.
Community members travel between Dubuque and Monticello delivering store supplies. Saginaw resident Herman Ricklefs Jr. visits family, while Lawrence Glenn of Monticello visits J O Sinclair home. Teaching changes include Kathleen Hughes and resignation of Mrs. Schoon. Road conditions improve yet remain rough with mud holes, snow drifts, and dusty stretches. Local visits include Miss Jo Royden, Laura Sinclair, Maxine Lange joining Scotch Grove band, and trips to Cedar Rapids. Presbyterian Aid meeting rescheduled to April 14 with all day events. Sunbeam mission band set for April 4. Guests include Mrs. A B Nichols in Center Junction, Mary Jane Hearn of Monticello, and Mrs. Sam Dreibelbis of Milwaukee. Kenneth Benesh arrives from California. Bernard Cass hosts fortieth anniversary celebration. Jean Royden’s book review appears in Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Nearby residents attended a Sunday dinner hosted by Perry DeShaw at his home near Worthington, sharing food and conversation with invited guests.
Miss Margaret Wismeier spent last Saturday at Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Cap Buol of Dubuque spent the past weekend at the Leonard Buol home. Herbert Balsiger was a Cedar Rapids visitor last Saturday. W Pettingill Sarah Lou Joanne and Leon of Rock Rapids visited relatives here. Mr and Mrs John Schweitzer were Cedar Rapids visitors last week. Mr and Mrs George Bohiken entertained friends at a house warming Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Brondel and family and Mrs. Alice Alcorn of Cedar Rapids were Sunday guests in the W. H. Behrends home. Various visitors from Mechanicsville Fillmore Monticello Scotch Grove and near Monticello joined extended families for Easter weekend gatherings and calls across the area.
The records detail 1837 1839 deaths among Sutherland families and early Edinburg development. Donald Sutherland and Eben Sutherland build the first courthouse site and gravesite in the cemetery. Mills and commerce emerge with Applegate and Corbett at Eby’s mill on Maquoketa River. Canton grows as a trade hub with Esau Franks handling wheat and goods.
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