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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
3
The Jones county debt adjustment committee will hold its regular monthly meeting at the secretary Warren Rees office in Anamosa on Friday evening May 6 at 7 30 p m Fred Morgan district supervisor will attend Farmers interested in receiving committee services are invited to attend the meeting.
Carl Krebs horticulturist from Cedar Rapids gave the main talk at Greenfield township Farm Bureau at the public school in Martelle Tuesday evening. A German band performed and farm program discussions followed. Wyoming township Farm Bureau met at Ernest Rohwedder’s home Friday evening with a large crowd. L B Madsen spoke on banking, Mrs S G Hutton gave a travel talk, Frank Tasker spoke on international relations, and Helen Levien sang. The women’s division planned an exhibit for home project achievement day. Refreshments were served.
The North and South Jones Cow Testing associations start a new testing year on May 1 with 41 dairy farmers entered. Dale Mayberry will test for the North association and Dale Wicks for the South. Officers say there is still room for more dairymen to join.
The article outlines six reasons pasturing swine adds value. It notes crop diversification through alfalfa or clover, potential higher returns in drought years, fresh green digestion aids growth, minerals like calcium and phosphorus in young greens, reduced need for protein supplements, and pasture’s role in parasite and disease control when moving pigs from clean pens to pasture.
The 1938 agricultural act raises conservation program payments for small farms. A new scale boosts payments for earners under 200 dollars, with specific increments for ranges 0–20, 20–40, 40–60, 60–186, and 186–200, as a first charge against funds for the program.
Martelle Boys' Club and 4-H members gathered Tuesday evening April 26 at Clar ence Miller's home. The program featured a film slide on beef cattle judging and showing, and yearly activity plans were handed to members.
Construction started last week on the new 4-H cattle pavilion at the Jones County Fair. Members of the Jackson township 4-H club assisted in laying the foundation and contributed time to the project.
Harold Hartman Stanley Waggoner John Benadom Darvin and Philbert Harderman are named as early participants. Other 4-H club communities and Rural Youth association members plan to assist in barn construction at a later stage.
Cass township 4-H members and interested boys will gather at L. T. Fairbanks home Friday evening April 29 at 8 p.m. Eight Cass boys are currently enrolled in 4-H club projects.
More than 150 people attended the Jones County Rural Youth association highway safety meeting at Olin High School on Thursday evening April 21. Sergeant Clarence Day of the Iowa highway safety patrol and other local leaders spoke and slides on highway safety were shown.
A county wide cattle feeders meeting will be held at the Olin high school Thursday evening May 5 at 8 oclock. Rex Beresford of Iowa State College will present the outlook for beef cattle feeders including supply on feed factors affecting demand and price trends. The Farm Bureau and Jones County Cattle Feeders organization sponsor the event. All farmers interested in beef cattle are invited.
A farmer's wife purchases 500 baby chicks and learns money is made in poultry with good accounting. A friend who paid 10 cents per chick and tracked feed costs shows 12 cents per pound to produce birds, confirming profitability. Start keeping records to gauge annual income and improve methods.
In a Kaleidoscope piece, Berta Hart Nance revels in deserts over manicured gardens, urging acceptance of dunes and drought. The excerpt notes the arid allure and a poetic call to let the desert shape life, while a separate remark compares predator density data: New Jersey records 14 hunters per square mile and Nevada 20 square miles per hunter.
The Monticello Express shows Q A guidance from the Iowa State AAA and Jones county committees on corn quotas for 1938. Topics include penalties for over planting measuring errors and how hybrid corn and sorghum affect allotments, storage requirements, soil practices, and farm ownership rules.
The Wyoming senior class schedules begin Friday April 29 with a junior senior banquet at the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids. Activities include a class play Cheerio My Dearie May 13 and Baccalaureate May 22 with Dr W P Nicholas address. Commencement exercises set for May 25.
Castle Grove and M Hosfor Mrs E J Noble of Monticello and Mrs W F Hintz and Miss Bessie Herken attended a meeting of the Presbyterian ladies missionary society in Cedar Rapids last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs H B Tedrow and Dean of Monticello were callers in the vicinity one evening last week. Mr and Mrs W D McLaughlin attended a Presbyterian meeting in Clinton recently and visited Howard McLaughlin in Davenport. 4 H club girls met at C A McLaughlin’s home last Friday. Ferm Bureau ladies met there to plan the annual achievement day. Mr and Mrs W F Hintz left for Ottumwa and Kansas City to visit their son Paul. S M Hosford and son Clarence visited Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids Saturday. Kathleen Eller of Anamosa spent the weekend with sister Mrs Harvey Heiken. The township voters face a bond issue to authorize the school board to build a new schoolhouse.
A brief note encouraging parents to expose children to literature as a path to memorable moments. Highlights value of books in teaching and enjoyment and suggests reading together to enrich family time.
The article from the Child Welfare Research Station urges parents to discover their child's interests and surround them with good books. It stresses group reading, shared discussions, and choosing books together to nurture a lasting love of reading beyond pulp westerns and confessional stories.
The passage criticizes the president for offering no remedies beyond borrowing and spending. It argues that more debt at all levels, including federal, state, and local governments, will not create prosperity and questions the idea that spending can drive growth.
Iowa’s Territorial Centennial State Fair in Des Moines plans cash premiums totaling 115000 for competitive departments this summer, up from last year and among the largest in recent years. Leading awards include 31480 for cattle 17795 for horses 13164 for swine and 17972 for 4 H club work.
Miss Annette Peterson of Iowa State College explains a simple method to steam asparagus. She places stalks tip up in a shallow water bath, cooks five minutes, and serves or use the cooking liquid in gravies. She notes iron and vitamins in asparagus and warns against overcooking with cream sauces.
In a shop scene a milliner pressures a customer described as colored to buy a striking white picture hat. The buyer resists calling a blackberry in a pan of milk comparison. The moment reflects the era's racial stereotypes and sales tactics.
Members of a new grandmothers club push beyond stereotypes as they meet in shared spaces not confined to a chimney corner. They discuss activities and keeping up with modern life while staying connected to family on the road.
The University of Oklahoma press releases a Grant Foreman historical work with fresh details on Sequoyah, the creator of the Cherokee alphabet, highlighting new information about his life and the invention.
The first recorded shoemaker in the American colonies is Thomas Beard who came from London in 1629 and began making shoes in Massachusetts.
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