Windbreak Demonstration Set for April 17 in Iowa
Arrangements are complete for an evergreen windbreak planting demonstration at the C H 2 Hansen farm on Highway No 64 six miles west of Wyoming in Madison township. Iowa State College will coordinate with G R Ramsey to discuss tree selection location and spacing using about eighty blue spruce to provide a temporary windbreak. Farmers are invited to attend and may consult Ramsey on windbreak layouts bringing rough building sketches. The event, sponsored by local farmers and state services, aims to show windbreak benefits for comfort and farm value.
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C.H. 2. Hansen Farm
Mr. Hansen
Highway No. 64
Wyoming
Madison Township
G. R. Ramsey
Axlenston Forester
Iowa State College
State For Department and Extension Service
Birwin Paine Named North Jones Tester
Birwin Paine was named to succeed Lawrence Tatum as cow tester for the North Jones Cow Testing association. Paine, raised on a Hamp ton area dairy farm, will assume duties May 1 after Tatum’s resignation. he completed a special herdsman's course at Iowa State College. Officers for the northern group include George Balster president J E Ahlrichs vice president Francis Miller secretary treasurer Art Muller and John H Smith directors.
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Birwin Paine
Lawrence Tatum
North Jones
Paine
Tatum
Hampton Aml
Iowa State College
Jones
George Balster
J. E. Ahlrichs
Francis Miller
Art Muller
John H. Smith
Monticello
Pasture Work Sponsored Here
Four county meetings April 14 15 teach contour planting for corn to conserve moisture and soil and boost yields. Sessions at Ray Keomminga Monticello Oscar Kinler Olin Otto Dannemaan Amber and Stanley Waggoner Olin with Floyd Marks CCC staff. Farmers urged to attend.
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Ray Keomminga
Monticello
Oscar Kinler
Olin
Otto Dannemaan
Amber
Stanley Waggoner
Floyd Marks
CCC Cmp
130 Mattresses Are Completed by Groups
A total of 130 cotton mattresses were constructed in March at two mattress making centers in Olin and Monticello. Mrs Evelyn Postel leads the Olin center and Mrs Lee Everly the Monticello center and oversees NYA girls sewing mattress ticks. Applications are on file for 440 more mattresses in the coming weeks. The AAA, NYA, and Farm Bureau cooperate in the county project.
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Olin
Monticello
Evelyn Postel
Lee Everly
NYA
AAA
Fann
CCC To Begin Terrace Building
The Monticello CCC camp will start terrace construction this spring. Camp superintendent F L Brinacombe announced that 18 500 feet of terraces will be built on four farms in Castle Grove and South Fork townships to demonstrate erosion control. The broad base terrace aims to ease contour cultivation and conserve soil and moisture.
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Monticello
C. A. McLaughlin
R. J. Langer
Lovell Corporation
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
Contour Planting Program to Be Demonstrated Soon
Jones county joins Eastern Iowa pasture management program sponsored by Cedar Rapids chamber of commerce. Project aims to boost pasture improvement know how, with entries due April 20 at the Farm Bureau office. Contestants graded on carrying capacity, land use, and yearly gains, with monthly circulars from extension agronomist Paul Burson.
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Jones County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Paul Burson
Extension Agronomist
Farm Bureau
Michigan to test license plate size and color standards
Secretary of State Harry F. Kelly announces a scientific program to determine optimal license plate size shape and type color for easy distant readability. Tests will involve police officers and automobile experts to assess legibility under difficult conditions.
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Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Lend-Lease Plan Aims At Feeding Democracy Allies
The department of agriculture outlines converting large feed stocks into concentrated foods for sale under the lease lend act. It will buy in open markets to support hogs dairy products chickens and eggs and keep corn marketing quotas unchanged. Farmers may plant normal corn acreage but will not receive corn payments or loan privileges. Secretary Wickard warns against overproduction and urges targeted production for defense needs while assuring no universal scramble for all crops. Local AAA offices will notify farmers of specifics through Monticello once details arrive.
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Department of Agriculture
Wickard
United States
Farmers of America
AAA
Monticello
Washington
Achievement Day Opens April 20 Event for Jones County Women
The Jones County Farm Bureau Women plan the annual Achievement Day on May 1 led by county chairman Mrs. Oliver Furst Olin. The event features guest speaker Mrs. Raymond Sayre Ackworth and Iowa State College extension specialist N May Larson as judge. Township and county exhibits will showcase clothing project results across all sixteen townships. Over 100 farm women participated last year, highlighting wide county involvement.
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Mra. Oliver
Furst
Olin
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Women's
Farm Bureau
N. May Larson
Iowa State College
Jones County Farm D Bureau
Beggars Cripplegate Name Tied to 11th Century London
Article notes that Cripplegate in London took its name from beggars who sat there as early as the year 1010, tracing the origin of the historic site to medieval poverty and public begging.
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Cripplegate
London
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