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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1944
Page
3
Thirteen Jones county 4-H boys attended the district short course in Cedar Rapids at the Chamber of Commerce building. The two day event covered 1944 projects and officer duties with discussions on Food for Freedom and Feed Conservation. Awards and trips were announced for outstanding club members and leadership.
Dairy products rely on cows receiving proteins minerals vitamins and energy. Big Gain Spring Pasture 32% Dairy Concentrate combines with farmer’s grains to boost milk production. Ask your dealer for Big Gain Spring Pasture 32% Dairy Concentrate for quality dairy rations and herd profit.
Ray Naylor discussed State Farm Bureau resolutions and state office activities at the Wyoming township gathering hosted by A K Stampe. James Kearns reported on the membership drive and the February food and crop conservation program. A pot luck supper preceded the session. next meeting set for February 18.
The Cass Rainbow 4-H Club held its monthly gathering at Lois Mac and Jean Rae Cole’s home presided over by the new president Jean Cole. New officers include Lucretia Fairbanks secretary treasurer Lois Cole historian and Eleanor Cole reporter. Reports were shared and bingo followed with lunch served by the hostesses.
In 1940 about one wildcat well in twenty drilled at random was successful. In contrast one prospect well drilled by technical methods produced oil at a rate of one in five.
Hopkinton Cold Storage and Locker plant held its annual meeting at the Community hall on Saturday afternoon January 29. The year saw 192 boxes in operation with many on a waiting list. A dividend was paid to stockholders and directors elected were T Lyle Joseph Ray Billings John King Reynold Becker and Maurice Thompson. H G Talmadge acted as meat cutter and manager.
In Town, a resident reflects on farmers’ hard year and the ambitious goals for 1944. The speaker expresses gratitude for accessible foods and especially for ample dairy products to keep families nourished.
Iowa farm owners are urged to adopt the all-pullet flock plan to cut poultry losses and save on feed and meat during wartime. W R Whitfield of Iowa State College Extension notes healthier chicks, summer care, fall housing, and strict laying-house cleanliness reduce outbreaks of diseases like cholera typhoid tuberculosis chicken pox lice worms and larny gotrachcitis.
Scotch Grove Presbyterian services led by Rev. F G Tyrrell featured a youth group and soloist Gene Kuehl with a quartet and pianist Esther Sinclair. Robert Allen to lead next Sunday's Wyoming church services. potluck follows the evening youth meeting. Farm Bureau to discuss poultry with Harold Wilcox and R W Abram at Scotch Grove.
Mrs. John Otten hosted the Presbyterian Ladies aid with help from Mrs. Bronneman and Mrs. John Zirkelbach. Louis Hanken was taken to Monticello hospital Sunday for treatment of an infected throat. Willard Himebaugh spent the week with his son Richard and family in Clinton.
A new method developed in India converts ethyl alcohol into formaldehyde. The process promises a potentially efficient route for formaldehyde production using available feedstocks and industrial chemistry techniques.
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