Achievement Day Set for May 1 in Jones County
Farm women from Jones County will display this year’s home economics studies on Thursday May 1 in Olin. Judge Mrs N May Larson of Town State College will score exhibits and oversee the program while Mrs Raymond Sayre of Ackworth speaks. More than 100 women participate with exhibits, demonstrations, and music from the county chorus started in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Oliver Furst
Olin
Jones County Farm Bureau
N. May Larson
Town State College
Larson
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
State Fann Bureau
County Farm Women’s Chorus
William Bissell
Elizabeth Peterson
Iowa State College
Lee Crain
D. Wasson
Onslow
Roscoe Hasterly
Scotch Grove
Arnold Thalacker
Monticello
W. D. McLaughlin
Belgian Congo Compared in Size to Southern States
The Belgian Congo territory covers an area roughly equal to the size of the fourteen southern states of the United States.
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Belgian Congo
United States
Forty Farmers to Receive 114000 Trees for Farm Planting
The Monticello CCC camp will plant 114000 trees and shrubs on forty farms this spring with 83000 supplied by the Soil Conservation Service and 31000 bought by cooperators. Species include red and Austrian pines, spruces, locust, green ash, and juniper for erosion control and wildlife cover. Planting ends by May 15, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
CCC
Sylvan T. Runkel
Soil Conservation Service
Runkel
Farm Leaders In District Meeting
Seventeen men and women attended a district farmers meeting in Cedar Rapids chaired by Iowa Farm Bureau federation leaders. The program covered proposed national farm legislation with speakers including Francis Johnson and Allan Kline, plus Raymond Sayre of the Federal Land Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Room
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Francis Johnson
Allan Kline
Vinton
Roger Fleming
Des Moines
Federation
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Rabbit hunts and a kite caused minor Iowa fires
In Wayne County hunters organized rabbit chases at Will Hogue farm near Corydon resulting in three rabbits accounted for. At Helming school near Waukon a kite tied to a fence post touched an electric wire and ignited glass but the blaze was put out with little damage.
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England
Wayne County
Iowa
Will Hogue Farm
Corydon
Helming
Waukon
Ramsey Explains Tree Planting Demonstration
A wind break exhibit on the C. H. P. Hansen farm planted three rows of Colorado blue spruce. Ramsey extension forester from Iowa State College and County Agent Carl Smith supervised the event. Four rows of mulberry and green ash were added for temporary shelter. Ramsey discussed spacing location and approved planting methods and answered questions on wind break planting.
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C. H
Ramsey
Farm Bureau Membership Surges Ahead Despite Weather
Farm Bureau reports 10 percent higher membership than last year with 432 dues paid to date in 1941. Two townships show strong gains as Oxford doubles membership and 17 new members join. Townships plan cleanup drives and urge dues remittance to offices or township directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Oxford
Bann
4 H CLUBS MEET FOR BUSINESS TRAINING
A group of 4 H clubs met at the school for a business training session led by Keating Clar and Jerry Farrows. Grover Rober and others attended as part of the evening program. a roll call and singing of numbers were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keating Clar
Mosa i
James Farrows
Farm Bureau To Sponsor Baseball
Farm Bureau plans to organize another summer baseball team through the sports committee. Following a highly successful season last year an even stronger squad is expected. Eligible players include members families and regularly employed staff. A meeting will invite all eligible players to join. Contact the Farm Bureau office or township director to participate. Equipment on hand includes new uniforms purchased last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Cattle Feeders Set May 8 Meeting in Jones County
The annual spring cattle feeders meeting scheduled for May 8 in Jones county will include a three farm tour and noon presentation by Rex Weres Aaberg of Ames on marketing practices. Proceedings will cover discussion of survey material and state industry notes.
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Jones County
Rex Weres Aaberg
Ames
Wyoming
Stat Indus
Scholarship To Be Awarded To Jones County 4-H Girl
A Jones county 4 H girl will receive a scholarship to the six week Town Farm Youth school at Iowa State College this summer. One hundred scholarships are offered by the college as a grant from Bankers Life of Des Moines. Applicants must be 16 to 22, have completed four years of 4 H club work, and obtain application blanks from the Farm Bureau. The Iowa Farm Youth school at Ames runs July 22 to August 28 and awards cover meals lodging and incidentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Town Farm
Iowa State College
James Kearns
Bankers Vite Company
Des Moines
Garey
Farm Bureau
Vive
Min Kearns
Iowa Farm
Ames
Oceanic Cables Reach Global Reach With 360000 Miles
Oceanic cables of the world aggregate about 360000 miles, highlighting the vast network undersea links. The statement notes the scale of transoceanic infrastructure connecting continents and enabling international communications.
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World
Purebred Litter Enrollment Deadline May 1
Boys and girls in Jones county may enroll in the 4 H pure bred litter program by filing marking certificates at the Farm Bureau office before May 1. Litters are to be narrowed between March 1 and May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Farm Bureau
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Mrs. Sayre
George Fishwild
Harold Larson
Anamosa
Clair Fayram
Lay C. Peet
Martelle
Don Meeks
Irza Ballou
Hale
H. C. Sievers
Thomas Eichhorn
Louis Lasack
Oxford Junction
Herbert Balsiger
Arthur Engelking
Jernard Cass
I’. A. Meis
Cascade
J. H. Rickels
Frank Byerly
Henry Uhr
Will Hiller
Frank Johnson
C. H. Myers
W. B. Meeks
Jens Hanson
J. EF. Porter
John Wilcox
W. Thomson
Center Junction
Clarence Tenley
Cliff Abbott
Frank Kane
P. B. Daly
Clarence Reade
Liza Ballou
Hale — Township
George Slater
Hale Township
W. J. Meeks
Greenfield
Bernard Cass
J. E. Porter
Jackson
Rome
S. H. Ellison
Fairview
Richland
Irving Hintz
Lovell
John Mayberry
Vanetta Engelking
Madison
F. A. Meis
Washington
Jon C. Hanna
Clay
Roy Moreland
Joe Pieper
Roy Williams
E. GC. Goettsch
J. FE. Ahtrich
Castle Grove
Merle Meeks
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Bolson
Farmer’s Mutual Creamery Company
Fred Lehman
Center Junction Creamery Company
H. W. Cox
Missioner Farm Loans
Harold B, McTavish, Sec’y
Treas
Third Avenue SE
Shelby
Friedman-Shelby
Stahler’s Shoe Store
Lawa
Farm Leaders In District Meeting
State Farm Bureau President
Johnson
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation Legislative Committee
James McLaughlin
H. J. Hinrichs
Edgar Beach
John Bodenhofer
C. R. Smith
R. O. McColm
Harlan Russell
Ray Sanford
William Stanton
Bernard
Guy Ramsey
Clin Boys
Grover Rober
Scotch Grove Boys
Jerry
Avril 22
Fortune Finders
Nyien
Wanda
Toney
Ane
Idaho Media
Idaho
Minnesota
Atlas
Largo
Vanguard Oats
Illini
Farmers’ Grain Co
Seetch
Grove
Co Ege
Zimmerman’s Hardware
Seymour-Smith Hedge Shears
Chester A. Condit
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