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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
3
Members of the Jones County Farm Bureau and Cedar Valley Farm Business Association met at the courthouse on Tuesday December 21 to receive help closing the Farm Record books for 1987. J J Wallace Marion field man attended.
Five Jones County Farm Bureau directors and county agent Carl Smith attended the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago. Delegates met with leaders including Henry Wallace Ed O Nea l Robert H Jackson Martimer Eccles and Clifford Gregory as congress convened a special session. The group noted an excellent gathering and supported enactment of basic Farm Bureau farm policy principals in the new farm legislation.
The Jones County Farm Bureau plans its annual meeting in Olin on Thursday January 6 announced President William McLaughlin. The event includes a noon banquet featuring meat from the grand champion shorthorn baby beef raised by George Fraser of Monticello. The National Hybrid Corn Company bought the beef at the Chicago auction after the International Livestock Exposition and will provide the meat to members. Tickets are available through township directors and the Farm Bureau office.
A dairy cattle feeding school was held at the Anamosa courthouse on Monday December 20. Arthur Porter ex extension dairyman of Iowa State College led the session with topics on minerals in the dairy ration roughage processing quality and the value of high protein feeds and commercial versus home mixed feeds.
Farmers may apply for Clarke-McNary trees at low cost under act provisions. Applications are available at the Farm Bureau office in Anamosa via County Agent Carl Smith. Orders require 1 000 trees minimum with at least 590 trees per species, and must include care commitments and protection from stock and fire. Species include black locust black walnut green ash American elm oak basswood and silver maple priced 1 59 to 3 00 per thousand plus transport with about 2 000 000 trees available this year.
Jones County 4 H girls club prepares for 1938 with Food Preservation and Meal Planning as main and minor projects. Activities include American music courtesy health. events include rally day in June achievement day at the fair health contest and a mother and daughter banquet.
The chairman of the county girls' club committee notes ten organized 4 H girls clubs in the county. All farm girls in Jones county are invited to become members and those wanting to enroll in the 1938 program should contact their local club leader or the county club agent at the Farm Bureau office.
The Jones County rural young people short course will be held at the Legion hall in Anamosa from January 10 to 14. Instructors include Rex Beresford and Don Fish with courses on farm management electricity beef production and home economics. Open to rural youths 18 to 35. enrollment at the Farm Bureau office is required and no fee will be charged.
The Jackson township 4-H clubs held a joint party at the Porter home on December 16. Officers elected for 1938 include Boys: John Benadom president Dick Hartwig vice president Willard Byerly secretary Lloyd Brickley treasurer. Girls: Alice Benadom president Joyce Porter vice president Marilyn Porter secretary treasurer Laura Mae Shewan historian Thucille Waggoner news reporter. Special guests included Loyal Byerly Harold Hartman.
Forty five boys have enrolled 100 calves in the 1938 Baby Beef club project. Weight certificates must reach the Farm Bureau office by January 15. New members must enroll by January 1 and have their calves purchased by then.
The Jones County Chorus met at Center Junction high school on Friday December 17 with director Mrs Arthur Wilcox and chairman Mrs Morse in attendance along with county chairman Mrs Bernard Cass. They began practicing the selection for achievement day amid strong enthusiasm and hope for improved road conditions for the January meeting.
A. D. Oderkirk, extension poultry marketing specialist at Iowa State College, warns farmers that eggs freeze at 28 degrees. He says losses from freezing can be prevented by gathering eggs often, keeping them at 40 to 50 degrees, and protecting them en route to market. Buyers’ objections to frozen eggs lower prices, even if not graded.
A verse portrait describes Ruth amid corn stalks in dawn light. Her autumn flush and dark hair frame a serene, devotional scene as she is urged to share harvest and home with the speaker.
A Waterloo widow with a 1933 policy payoff after a relief investigator uncovered an extended term provision. She received 1015 dollars from the insurer and is no longer on relief. Poultry notes suggest feeding grain in hoppers or V troughs.
A classic budget friendly oven dinner featuring beef loaf with optional lamb or pork additions and scalloped potatoes. The guide explains economical meat choices, fat balance, low baking heat, and prep tips by Inez Willson with variations like cheese topping and soup substitutes.
Frank Priebe notes corn and chicks show breed influence on output. He cites hybrid corn yields up to 130 bushels per acre and compares chick weights from different hatcheries, stressing that feed and care after hatching determine realized potential.
Monticello Iowa council in regular session December 6 1937 adopts a resolution listing city claims for payment including labor postage stamps audits police salaries and various service and supply charges. The mayor is authorized to issue a bowling permit and the council approves free water use for a skating rink. meeting adjourns.
William J Dagwell of Polk county jail Des Moines swallowed a safety pin after a fellow inmate bumped him. Doctors found and rotated the pin revealing a near puncture threat. An operation freed Dagwell from the danger and saved his life as the text notes praise for scavenging vultures amid pestilence claims.
Monticello Iowa on November 1 1937 the regular board of education meeting attended by L Clark Stimson York Thomas with N Clark absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Bills were presented for payment.
On motion expenses were allowed and ordered paid to vendors including Roach Fowler Co Iowa Electric Co Water Dept Northwestern Bell Stacy Map Publishers Shomont Ice Cream Co Scholastic Educational Music Bureau John Schoon American Assn of School Ad Silver Burdett Co Holley School Supply Bureau of Dental Hygiene J S Latta M W Welch A F Walker and others totaling several amounts. Board adjourned. Attest F E Stimson E Podhaski President Secretary
Property transactions feature Frances Glick Kephart as administratrix and Laura Glick Elliott with joint tenants in Monticello and Olin areas, plus a detailed Easterly's add to Olin parcel transfer. A senior Adel resident, 83, enjoys her first talking picture after silent days. A note cites a U.S. Congress special appropriation for cats guarding government mail.
Minor Kingsley of Laurens Pocahontas County powered through a fractured thumb to pick 251 bushels of corn in 10 hours 15 minutes on a Marathon farm in Buena Vista County. His fall average stands at 180 bushels a day.
A Keokuk furniture dealer found a 160¢ silver dollar years ago and kept it after selling. Albert Keppel inherited the coin with the building, later stored with other coins. It was valued at 375 dollars, now seen by collectors as worth 5000 dollars. Keppel stores it in a bank vault and waits to sell.
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