Jones County Farm Bureau Attends Cedar Rapids Meeting
Jones county delegates led by J. C. McConaughy and W. B. Clark attended a district Farm Bureau meeting in Cedar Rapids last week. The gathering aimed to shape a program for the state federation with officers and agents from Jones County and the Iowa Farm Bureau federation represented by Francis Johnson Or rie Beeler B O M Crist Mrs J C Woods and Mrs Ellsworth Richardson.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
J. C. McConaughy
Martelle
W.B. Clark
Scotch Grove
Clarence Graft
Olin
Ray Fairbanks
Anamosa
Carl Smith
Max Sauerbry
State Farm Bureau
Francis Johnson
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Orrie Beeler
B. O M. Crist
J. C. Woods
Ellsworth Richardson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Township committees to hear farm appraisal program briefing
Township committeemen elected to oversee a golf conservation program will meet Saturday April 11 to receive information on appraising local farms. Henry Hichting of the extension service Town State College will lead the appraisal school from 9 am to early afternoon, with farm appraisals to follow immediately after.
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Henry Hichting
Town State College
Evergreen Windbreak for Iowa Farmsteads Bulletin
A bulletin from Iowa State College promotes a township windbreak program via Farm Bureau. The extension service assists in planning and tree planting and trees are supplied at cost by the forestry department. Demonstrational windbreaks exist in Jackson Lovell and Hale townships with a Castle Grove application also received.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Extension Service
Forestry Department
Jackson
Lovell
Hale
Castle Grove
Flax as Iowa crop praised in new extension bulletin
The extension service bulletin from Iowa State College argues flax is no longer hard on soil and fits rotation like oats. It notes wilt resistant varieties, drilling or broadcasting, and high net profit per acre with bison and Red Wing varieties suited to Iowa conditions. Flax serves as a nurse crop for clover and alfalfa, with harvest at ripe bolls and yellow stems.
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Extension Service
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
C. S. Reddy
L. C. Burnett
Iowa
Reddy and Burnett
United States Department of Agriculture
White grub year threatens corn fields in Iowa
Iowa State College extension entomologist A D Worthington warns heavy to severe damage in south central and eastern Iowa where corn is planted on fall or spring plowed sod. Three-year life cycle with three broods. this year the big brood causes severe commercial damage. Avoid planting corn sod in infested fields. keep as pasture or plant legumes or small grains.
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Iowa
A. D. Worthington
Iowa State College Extension
Mr. Worthington
Farm Bureau Arranges Spray Advisory Service
The Farm Bureau completes arrangements with C. W. Edgecombe extension horticulturist from Iowa State College to notify interested growers about timing for spraying fruit trees and small fruits all season. Contact the Anamosa Farm Bureau office to secure this service via the extension entomologists pathologists and horticulturists in cooperation with county agents.
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Farm Bureau
C. W. Edgecombe
Iowa State College
Farm R Bureau
Anamosa
Agricultural Extension Service
W. Edgecombe
Dormant spray guidance for apples and scale control
The article advises that thorough spraying at the proper time with the correct materials yields satisfactory results. It describes the dormant spray for apples using liquid lime sulfur 64 gallons per 40 gallons of water or dry lime sulfur 15 pounds per 50 gallons of water, and notes winter conditions may leave surviving scale insects requiring treatment before leaf tips appear.
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San Jose
Delbert Grafft Leads 4-H Seed Corn Harvest Efforts
Delbert Grafft of Jackson township reports 22 bushels from 1y acre of hybrid seed corn with 100 percent germination, selling to neighbors and supplying his father’s farm. He also serves as Jones county 4-H president and is active in baby beef club while feeding purebred Herefords via the Iowa Livestock Marketing Association. The article also outlines 1936 soil conservation payments and recommends leaving waterways in permanent grass to curb erosion.
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Delbert Grafft
Jackson Township
4-H Club
Delbert
Jones County
Iowa Livestock Marketing Association
Farm Bureau briefing outlines Senate gains in agricultural funds
Chester H. Gray reports broad Senate increases for extension service co op work and Smith Lever funds, plus large boosts for forest range studies and planting stock distribution. Other gains cover Dutch elm disease control and cottonseed grading. Farm Bureau warns a highway tax provision could force states to raise gas taxes. The federation plans to withhold comment until the tax bill reaches the Senate.
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Farm Bureau
Chester H. Gray
Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate
Smith Lever
Mr. Gray
Market News Service
Gray
House
Ways and Means Committee
Center Junction Campus Quarantine and Community News
Center Junction reports on the senior class play to be held in the school auditorium on Friday April 17 coached by Miss Jean Downing with cast including Imogene Chase Evelyn Courtney Lucile Livingstone Wanda McDonald Selena Otten Robert Alyea Edwin Craig Lloyd Goldsmith Myron Mead and Robert Hansen. The new town council was sworn in and officers named with Ray Price as marshal and C R Smith health officer.
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Jean Downing
Imogene Chase
Evelyn Courtney
Lucile Livingstone
Wanda McDonald
Selena Otten
Robert Alyea
Edwin Craig
Lloyd Goldsmith
Myron Mead
Robert Hansen
Peter Prahm
Hansen
Ray Price
C. R. Smith
Fred Carson
J. B. Seehusen
Harry Stingley
E. L. Tomlinson
Arnold Apland
Apland
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
Charles Nelson
Frank Dawes
Elmer Andrews
R. S. Robbie
Carrie Preas
Lou Ahraken
Hearst R. Duncan
Osage
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Duncan
Ed Duncan
Center Junction
Lenox College
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Osate
Irving Eilers
Paul Smith
Eilers
Smith
Marie Serbousek
Monticello
Presbyterian
Federlein
Petrie
Harold
Robert Alsen
Effertoire
Wilsons
Alvea
A. Alvea
Pestlude
T. E. Stanton
Merlin Moses
Main Street
Frank Himebaugh
S. L. Davis
Dwaine Moses
Davis
Norman Johnson
Herbert Cox
McDonald
O. O. Watson
J. R. McNeilly
Boone
Mes
Fred Kemaf
Settle
Dubuque
Prahm’s
Scotch Grove Community Club Meets and Posts Local News
The Scotch Grove Women’s Community club gathers April 15 at Mrs. Everett Stickley home with guest hostesses. The program covers Gardening, with papers on Famous Women Gardeners and a Ten Minute Flower Garden, plus seed and plant exchanges and business. Post office moves to new building after 85 years in a general store. John E. Lovejoy served as first postmaster on August 4, 1851.
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United States
Peru
David Holmes
Robert Espy
James 3. Applegate
Milton T. Blaser
Henry D. Hanna
Ira D. Webb
George A. Davis
Sandy Shoemaker
Donald O. Sinclair
Ernest L. Himebaugh
Arend Balster
W. B. Clark
Ruth
Alice May
Harrison Loomis
Monticello
Paul T. Gutknecht
Scotch Grove Women’s Community Club
Everett Stickley
John Ahraken
J. M. Lange Jr
Ben Husman
Bert Kiburz
Raymond Naylor
William Henrichs
Aid Society
M. M. Sinclair
Carl Husman
Clifford Batchelder
Maxine Lange
Constance Naylor
Jo Royden
Manchester High School
May Himebaugh
Center Junction
Iowa Electric
Scotch Grove
Caroline Kiburz
Monticello High School
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
A. Alyea
Sunbeam Mission
Lenox music contest to be staged at college chapel
The Lenox music contest on Tuesday evening April 7 will feature Paul Schumann Ray of Coe College Cedar Rapids as critic judge. The program includes choristers soprano and violin solos quartets duets and various vocal and instrumental pieces performed by local students and visiting entrants.
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Lenox
College Chapel
Pearl M. Reeve
Lenox Collegians
Paul Schumann Ray
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Ray
Dorthea Bixby
Holace Stingley
Janett Titus
Thelma Rich
Maxine Schnittjer
Elsie Arnold
Donald Dukek
Victor Stead
Emogene Dukek
James Bixby
Carolyn Hagerman
Margaret Hogg
Loretta Edgar
Washington, D. C
Chicago
J. C. Edgar
Hopkinton Elects Leo Sullivan President at Dinner
Leo Sullivan was elected president and Fred W. Hermann was secretary of the Hopkinton Leader as the group planned an upcoming Earlville meeting. A 6:90 dinner at the Coffee Den united members. Mrs. R. Gearhart travels to Chicago to visit daughters. Union meetings occur in Hopkinton churches this week. Berneice Edgar and Andrew Patton announce their April 10 wedding.
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Leo Sullivan
Hopkinton
Fred W. Hermann
Manchester Democrat-Radio
Earlville
R. Gearhart
Chicago
Earl Griffith
H. Livingstone
Sutherland
Robert Green
J. C. Edgar
Miss Berneice
Andrew Patton
Mary Patton
Community Notes Round of Sunday Visits and Births
Sand Spring residents and relatives made multiple Sunday visits to neighbors across Colesburg Edgewood Earlville Manchester and Monticello. A twin birth was reported for Herbert Cox and his wife now living in Center Junction with the McDonald hospital in Monticello.
Community notes record visits and events around Manchester
Sunday after two weeks in Manchester Velma Arduser and Jerome Baum visited in J. L. Batchelder home. Peter Paetz and sons visited relatives in Cascade. Edward Cox called in Manchester. Matt Seibold and son Joe visited Dyersville. John Batchelder and Mr. Bohlken were guests near Amber. John Albany called in Monticello. Herman Graybill and son Vergle visited E. H. Cox in Ryan. Farm Bureau meeting at E. Wahl home. canned meats lesson. Attendees listed including Cap Arduser and Her man Welter. Bertha Baxter returned from two weeks with Mrs. Howard Travers near Ryan. Mrs. Lester Lang of Monticello visited Dave Wilson. Edward Cox visited Herbert Cox. both mother and babies doing nicely. Family gathering at Matt Leibold home with guests from Cascade and Leibold families.
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Fred Eggiman
Manchester
Billy Joe Vernimont
Velma Arduser
Jerome Baum
J. L. Batchelder
Peter Paetz
Cascade
Edward Cox
Matt Seibold
Joe
Dyersville
John Batchelder
John Blaker
George Helms
William Lang
Greer
John Albany
Ray Chaplin
W. H. Behrends
E. Wahl
Matilda Behrends
Phyllis
Donna Jeanne Cox
Dorothy Behrends
Bertha Baxter
Howard Travers
Ryan
Lester Lang
Monticello
Dave Wilson
Herbert Cox
Matt Leibold
John Leibold
Mike Leibold
Family gathers for community dinner in Farley
Mrs. Tom Leibold of Farley and Mr. and Mrs. J. Osterhouse of Dyersville host guests including Mr. and Mrs. George Leibold and family and Joe Leivold. Dinner was served at noon.
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Tom Leibold
Farley
J. Osterhouse
Dyersville
George Leibold
Joe Leivold
Bridge Collapse Triggers $4000 Winter Repair Bill
Carroll county faces a $4000 spike in winter costs after a bridge over the Raccoon River near Carroll collapsed when a large snow plow tried to cross it. The plow fell into the river, prompting replacement plans.
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Carroll County
Raccoon River
Carroll
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Delbert Skinner
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St. Louis
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Colesburg
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Alcorn
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Sand Spring
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