Achievement Day Honors Jones County Homemakers
Jackson and Madison townships led the Jones county home economics achievement day with superior ratings judged by Mrs. N May Larson of Iowa State College extension. About 200 attended at Wyoming with 12 townships displaying booths programs and activities across home economics topics. Madison and Clay earned excellent booth features while Jackson Fairview Rome and Scotch Grove Castle Grove gained other recognitions. The program included a 400 perfect score for Madison and a music recognition contest with 36 women scoring perfectly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Jackson
Madison Townships
Jones County
N. May Larson
Iowa State College Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Greenfield
Fairfield
Wayne
Rome
Scotch Grove
Castle Grove
Clay
Lovell
Hale
Fair
Madison
Fairview
Larson
S. Ellison
John Hoult
Monticello
Fred von Sprecken
Claude Fayram
Onslow
John Mayberry
George Fishwild
Fred Lazare
Joe Holub
Lloyd Robertson
Jones County Farm Women’s Chorus
W. M. Bissell
Truman Stanton
Center Junction
Carl Smith
Scotch Grove Township
Castle Grove Township
W. TB. Meeks
Lee Crain
C. A. Babcock
Carl Mardorf
Elmer Glick
Harold Hartman
Gerald Koppenhayer
Living Pictures
Naomi Lee Crain
Oanlee Freeman
Strip cropping saves soil on Manternach farm
The Manternachs and neighbors implement soil erosion control with strip farming after a century of silt washing from rich Gulf loam. Joe Manternach recalls a buried cottonwood and fences as 69 years of erosion unfold. Engineers and SCS foresee reduced loss across 30 area farms this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Gulf of Mexico
Manternacht
Joe
Soil Conservation Service
Philip Manternach
SCS
Garnaville
Old Country
Manternach
John Manternach
Veterinarian Addresses Wyoming Group Meeting
Dr. Klinac of Wyoming spoke on livestock diseases to the Wyoming boys club at Harry Rohwedder's home. Members asked questions after the talk and the next meeting is set for May 20 at Irvin Sievers' home.
Locker storage meetings set to discuss meat and produce care
Farm Bureau hosts four sessions led by Evelyn Hollen from Iowa State to answer questions on cold storage of meat and vegetables. Topics include what foods fit lockers, handling from lockers, storage durations, and locker cost efficiency. Sessions run April 30 in Monticello and Onslow and May 1 in Olin and Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Evelyn Hollen
Iowa State College
Monticello
Onslow
Olin
Court House
Anamosa
Greenfield 4 H Girls Talk on Nature Color
The Greenfield Good Luck 4 H Girls held an all day meeting at Mary Dorothy Pospishil home. Twelve members three guests and Mrs Pospishil leader answered roll call Color Combinations from Nature. A picnic dinner was served noon. Afternoon music records songs dances and craft work followed. Plans include a hike Viola to Stone City next Wednesday and outdoor supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Mary Dorothy Pospishil
Rural Youth Discuss War Situation at Local Meeting
Rev. Treaver Baskerville led about 70 Jones County Rural Youth members in a discussion on the war situation and its impact on the Americas at the Monticello Community building meeting. Marion Balster announced upcoming Farm Bureau events and a May 4 adjoining counties party. Arlene Balster performed a tuba solo and Mrs. Max Specht with Margaret Balster led post meeting games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treaver Baskerville, Martello
Jones County Rural Youth Association
Americas
Monticello
Marion Balster
Farm Bureau
Don Meeks
Arlene Balster
Max Specht
Margaret Balster
Sweet corn acreage not counted in 1940 AAA program
Sweet corn for canning is classified as soil depleting and not counted as corn in 1940 AAA. Oats used as nurse crops may be cut green for hay and counted as non depleting. A producer with corn and oats planted can cut oats green, plant equal acres of sweet corn for canning, and still receive full payment per R. D. Sanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Sanford
Jones County
AAA Committee
Little girl flags down train to see granddad engineer
In Peru a young girl named Jackie Schoenenberger stopped a Great Western Limited train to greet her grandfather, a locomotive engineer. She apologized to officials when she learned he was not on the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie” Schoenenberger
Peru
Great Western Railroad
Mixture of Grass and Legumes Helps Erosion Control
Iowa State College extension agronomist L. F. Clapp warns that soybeans grown for hay on sloping land risk serious erosion compared with grass and legume mixes. He cites soil loss, costs, and forage yields, favoring grass for erosion prevention. Ohio State researchers note alfalfa roots add roughly two tons per acre, while soybeans leave far less, reducing soil restoration value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. 5. Clapp
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State College
J. W. Willard
Agronomy
Ohio State University
L. B. Thatcher
Wooster
Ohio
Wheat listing sheets prepared for 1941 program
The Jones County Agricultural Conservation office is preparing Regular and New Wheat Listing Sheets for 1941. Farms with wheat planted 1938 39 40 are on Regular. farms with no wheat in those years and seeking 1941 allotments go on New sheets. Written requests must be sent to the county committee by June 1 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Agricultural Conservation Association
Iowan pioneer to lead Brazilian oil survey mission
To Brazil Wayne Hendrick, once a promising young man, travels by Pan American Airways to oversee an oil survey. The venture is run by an organization formed by another Iowan, Herbert Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hendrick
Allamakee
Brazil
Pan-American Airways
Herbert Hoover
Onslow School Grounds Get Landscape Makeover
John Fitzsimmons, landscape architect from Iowa State College, supervised planting at Onslow school grounds Tuesday. Pupil volunteers planted trees and shrubs per ISU plans. the Jones County Farm Bureau funded the school grounds improvement planting demonstration. Plans include assisting Morley school grounds similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fitzsimmons
Iowa State College
Onslow
Jones County Farm Bureau
Morley School Board
Morley
Dairy Specialist To Speak in Monticello School Room Friday
Arnest N. Wright of the Town State Dairy association will visit district 4 H and FFA members Friday to discuss dairy problems and show films. He will present at Olin from 9 to 10 30 AM Anamosa from 11 to 12 PM and Monticello from 1 30 to 2 30 PM under supervision of local vocational agriculture instructors. A fire at Clearfield school used an old threshing engine boiler to heat the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Arnest N. Wright
Town State Dairy Association
FFA
Dairy Cattle Congress
Wright
Olin
Erle
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Anamosa
C. B. Jessen
Monticello School
Frank Walker
4-H
Clearfield
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Sam Ellison
Elizabeth Peterson
Jess Hansen
J. E. Ahlrichs
E. J. Schnier
George A. Rickels
Harvey Heiken
L. Johnson
Leona Johnson
Henry Derga
Floyd Horton
Edith Walderbach
Francis Shotwell
Martelle
W. B. Meeks
Merle Meeks
EB. C. Gotsch
Ray Embree
H. C. Sievers
Henry Wehling
Lloyd Hutton
Henry Adams
John Wilcox
Edwin Wilcox
Henry Eden
Peter Sievers
Richard Brownell
Robert Alden
Harvey Manuel
Herbert Balsiger
Arthur Engelking
Frank Andrews
Clarence Tenley
R. H. Oltmans
Delbert Smith
Louise Cook
Frank Kiburz
L. J. Hughes
Herman Helgens
Will Jansen
Arnold Jacobs
Julia Toenjes
Amber
Alice Howie
Will Hiller
Harold Deischer
John Walters
John Weers
Theodore Krouse
Edward Houser
Frank Burlingham
Ed O’deen
H. E. Stover
Robert Livingstone
C. C. Stephens
Harry Dee
Mechanicsville
Merle Murfield
Earl Peet
Donald Brokaw
Kenneth Holcomb
Everette Koppenhaver
William Walderbach
William Balsiger
L. R. Smith
Dillon Story
Roy Moreland
Clarence T’enley
Otto Danneman
Laura Heeren
Arnold Whalacker
C. R. Grafft
Joe Manternach
Luxemburg
Veron Brockman
ICE Company
Ieplement CO Ofer
Monticello, Jowa
Conservation Office
Fonticello
Anamousa
Earlville
Iewa Department of Agriculture
Loanon Farms
Spock
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Lkees
Goodyear
Clark Bros. Tire & Battery
Sinclair
Vet Yor Sowa
Eve
Monticello& Vicinity
Bernard .Kuriger
Catan
Star Farmer
Murphy’s
E. H. Huibregtse
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