Jones County Farm Bureau Announces Spray Card Service
The Jones County Farm Bureau with Iowa State College horticultural department will provide spray card notices to fruit growers. Cards show when to apply spray and which materials to use including lead arsenate and lime sulfur. Apply warm March weather a pre pink spray to apples and a cluster bud spray before buds open. do not spray pears or cherries. Gooseberries and currants may use it for fruit worm control.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Horticultural Department of
Iowa State College
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Plans For Grasshopper Control Is Outlined
A Cedar Rapids district county agents meeting outlines plans to control an anticipated grasshopper outbreak in eastern Iowa. Dr Carl J Drake N D Tate and a U S Bureau of Entomology representative led the session. Eggs are far more abundant than last year and hatch from late April into May, with weather affecting severity.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Carl J. Drake
N. D. Tate
United States Bureau of Entomology and
Testers Employed For Cow Testing Association
Two new testers were hired by the North and South Jones county Cow Testing Association at a directors meeting at the Farm Bureau office. Dale Mayberry for North, Dale Wicks for South. Year begins May 1. Several named farmers listed as members.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College
Dale Mayberry
Wyoming
North Association
Dale Wicks
Adel
South Association
Alvin Byerly
Anamosa
W. R. Cartano
Monticello
Heiken Bros
Bud Suter
Balster Brs
Messerli and
Jones County Achievement Day Set For April Twenty Seventh
Farm women of Jones county plan an all day public exhibit and program on Home Furnishings at the Onslow High School. Exhibits must be in place by 10 00 AM. Township booths will display homemaking projects and a county booth will show participation. The county form women's chorus of 22 voices debuts in the afternoon with music contests and skits by township groups. The event aims to recognize year long home economics work.
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Jones County
Bernard Cass
County Home Project
Onslow
John Morse
Homemaking program ends with 750 participants
Mrs Cass reports the home project course closed after about 750 farm homemakers joined. Miss Nora Workman from Iowa State College led four lessons on furniture selection and arrangement, slip covers, pictures and wall hangings, and floor coverings with 80 leaders carrying the ideas back to their communities.
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Cass
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Warning To Seed Buyers Issued By County Agent
County agent notes improvements in seed claims but warns buyers that terms like triple tested and state tested lack meaning without purity germination and weed seed data. Seeds sold may be sampled after sale. sealed bags may mislead about supervision. Emphasizes testing by state seed analyst Ames and choosing high quality pure seed to avoid poor germination and weed content.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ames
U. S. Patent Office
Highway Safety Program Planned for Rural Youth Meeting
Sergeant Day of the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol and William Stanton president of the Jones County Safety Council will speak at the Rural Youth meeting at Olin high school on April 21. The program aims to outline highway safety work for Rural Youth members and Jones county activities statewide. Afterward the entertainment committee of Carl Levsen Melvin Pruess and Maurice Bonjour will lead activities starting at 8:00 PM.
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Sergeant Day
Iowa Highway Safety Patrol
William Stanton
Jones County Safety Council
Olin High School
Day
Mr. Stanton
Rural Youth Association
Jones County
Carl Levsen
Melvin Pruess
Maurice Bonjour
Jackson Boys' Club Adds Five New Members
Five boys joined the Jackson Township 4-H Club this year Melvin Brickley Donald Parmenter Donald Flockhart Darvin Hardersen and Filbert Hardersen. They attended the April meeting at Albert Benadom home April Sth where yearly programs were set and a dairy heifer care talk by Kenton May was given. Club work photos were shown by the club agent and a lunch was served by Mrs. Benadom with twenty five members and parents present.
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Jackson Township
Melvin Brickley
Donald Parmenter
Donald Flockhart
Darvin Hardersen
Filbert Hardersen
Albert Benadom
Kenton May
Benadom
Nine Boys Enrolled in Beef Heifer Club for 1938
The 4-H purebred beef heifer club lists Delbert Grafft Edwin Andrews Merlin Lyon of Olin Richard Eichhorn Don Lincoln Melvin Sievers Gene Denniston of Wyoming LaVern Kuhns Scotch Grove and George Fraser Monticelo among its members. The club aims to encourage purebred beef breeding herds and receives premium support from the Fair Association exceeding that of other clubs.
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Delbert Grafft
Edwin Andrews
Merlin&. Lyon
Olin
Richard Eichhorn
Don Lincoln
Melvin Sievers
Gene Denniston
Wyoming
LaVern Kuhns
Scotch Grove
George Fraser
Monticello
Fair Association
31 Boys Active In 4-H Dairy Calf Club
Jones county reports 31 boys enrolled in the 4-H dairy calf club with June 1 enrollment closing. Twelve additional boys have joined but not secured heifers yet. A record level of purebred calves supports the club’s progress, aided by local dairy breeders offering stock at reasonable prices. Interested boys should contact the club agent at the Farm Bureau office.
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Jones County
Dairy Calf Club
Dairy Club
Farm Bureau
Farmers Urged to Give New Farm Law Honest Trial
The Sun editorial urges discarding politics and personal viewpoints and hopes farmers in the territory will give the new farm law a sincere, honest trial to realize its intended benefits.
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Sac City Sun
the Sun
Improving Egg Quality Across the Middle West
A letter from FRANK PRIEBE urges farmers in the Middle West to candling and careful handling of eggs to ensure quality from farm to market. Kansas State College bulletin notes future poultry profits depend on quality and marketing efficiency, warning Atlantic and Pacific states edge midwest production without improvements.
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Illinois
Middle West
Kansas State College
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Middle Western
Frank Priebe
AAA Question Box Provides State Guide to Local Matters
The Monticello Express presents a Q and A from the Iowa State AAA Committee in cooperation with the Jones county committee offering authoritative guidance on local civic concerns and community programs.
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Monticello Express
Iowa State Aaa
Jones County
Farm program questions and answers on soil depleting allotments
Q and A cover meaning of corn and soil depleting acreages, township committee help, and rules on deductions. If over planting occurs in one county, deductions may apply to other counties. Hoegari is soil depleting regardless of use. One acre equals one unit for building soil, and corn loans require staying within corn allotments. Can canning sweet corn is exempt. field corn is not. Seed purchase evidence may be needed for pasture seed. Small farm payments may rise about fourteen dollars.
Roosevelt lacks authority to inspect Morgan says congress
The text asserts that Mr Roosevelt had no authority to examine Mr Morgan and that such power rests with Congress. It notes the TVA is an independent agency created by act of Congress and only Congress can remove its commissioners.
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Council Bluffs
Roosevelt
Morgan
Congress
TVA
Community Gatherings Highlight Weekend Visits
A flurry of Sunday visits and social calls filled the weekend as families hosted and visited friends. Local residents welcomed guests from Elkader Scotch Grove Center Junction and nearby towns while others attended a 25th wedding anniversary.
Local Golden Gloves Card Draws Cascade Crowd
Jack McNally sponsors eight bout exhibition at Cascade theater hall drawing large crowds from surrounding towns. refs include Heinie Engle Dubuque and Paddy O'Shea Cascade. Notable results include Rapp over Eden, Lamont KO of Schmitt, and Dempsey over Richardson.
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Jack McNally
Cascade Theater Hall
McNally
Heinie Engle
Dubuque
Tom Eden
Monticello
Dorrance Rapp
Rapp
Hayes
Stewart Gavin
Anamosa
Earl McAllister
Cascade
McAllister
Billy Otting
Jack Kennedy
Bernard
Kennedy
Paddy O'Shea
Louis Dandl Sr
N. C. Cahalin
Roy Dandl
Clarence Smith
Hopkinton
Local Social Notes Highlight Des Moines Guests and Visits
Sand Spring residents host and assist during illness at the Cox home. Families from Des Moines, Farley, Center Junction, Dells, Monticello, Rockford, Delhi, Elkader, Cedar Rapids and Langworthy are listed visiting, hosting, and sharing meals.
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Edwin Miller
Des Moines
E. H. Cox
Miller
Sand Spring
Mr. Cox
W. H. Behrends
Betty
Dorothy
Dean Morton
Henry Otting
Farley
George Arduser
Dells
J. L. Batchelder
B. W. Cox
Center Junction
Margaret Pater
Kennen Rahe
Azarold Dunn
Margaret
Margaret Quint
Monticello
L.timmer
Evelyn Timmer
Mabel Homer
B. Shoencke
Rockford
Langworthy
Fighting The Modern Menace In Disease
A 1930s call to educate the public on early cancer signs to save lives. Emphasizes that early detection improves survival and promotes the Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer to educate women across 39 states.
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United States
Iowa
America
New Health Rules on Scarlet Fever Issued in Iowa
The Iowa State Department of Health announced March 15 changes to control scarlet fever and septic sore throat. A minimum isolation period of 21 days from onset applies to all with symptoms, not only classic rash cases. In some cases, offenses may be advised, and workers handling dairy or ready-to-eat foods should live apart from households where necessary.
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Iowa
Tone Up Purify With Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea
Spring cleaning for the body with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promises cleansing and purification. Palmer's Drug Store endorses the product urging readers to feel better eat better sleep better and enjoy life after using the remedy.
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Hollister
Palmer
Breadwinner Gain Privilege During Scarlet Fever Isolation
Health officials propose limiting home isolation disruption by allowing breadwinners to leave during scarlet fever exposure if not handling food or in contact with patients or children. Immunity proof and factory badges may permit return after 3 to 7 days post exposure. Teachers and others in contact with children face similar rules.
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