Jones County Farm Bureau Hosts Home Project Training Schools
The Jones County Farm Bureau schedules the third series of home project training in four county centers from February 15 to 18. Miss Nora Workman of Iowa State College leads sessions on pictures for home use and on selecting framing and grouping. Ninety local leaders will attend and disseminate the information through Homemakers' study groups.
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Home Project
Bernard Cass
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau Conducts Membership Drive This Week
Township directors and committees conduct a Farm Bureau membership drive in remaining 1938 townships. Jackson Rome Hale and Oxford towns will be covered, with an excellent farmer response and rising membership totals noted by the directors.
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Farm Bureau
Jackson
Rome
Hale
Oxford
New Cow Testing Association Planned For April
Dairymen report interest in forming a new cow testing association as the existing group is full. Plan calls for organization in April with testing year beginning May 1. Interested farmers should notify the Farm Bureau office, current officers, or tester Delbert Mayberry.
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Farm Bureau
Jones County
Delbert Mayberry
Prentice And Streeter Herd Makes Good Record
Delbert Mayberry, tester, reports Prentice and Streeter’s Holstein herd improved butterfat yields across months from November to February. The herd averaged 31.8 pounds in November, 37.3 in December, 29.3 in January, and 40.9 in February with varying roughage and grain rations. Milkers and dry cows totaled 12, 3 in November. 13 and 1 in February.
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Prentice
Streeter
Delbert Mayberry
County Farm Tenancy Meeting Held Last Week
The Jones county farm tenancy meeting at Anamosa courthouse discussed lease terms notice and automatic continuation provisions rent adjustments and landlord renter responsibilities. Attendees elected W D McLaughlin Monticello and William Stanton Jr Bernard as delegates to the district meeting planned for spring.
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Jones County
Court House
Anamosa
W. D. McLaughlin
Don Wherry
Wyoming
United States
Iowa
Monticello
William Stanton Jr
Bernard
Iogold Tops Oats Varieties In Iowa
Information on oats experiments at Iowa State College reports Iogold as the most widely grown Iowa variety with wide adaptation. It shows strong stem rust resistance but poor crown rust and loose smut resistance, ranking sixth in five year Ames trials.
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Iowa State College
Carl Smith
L. C. Burnett
Burnett
Iowa
Ames
Yield rankings of Iowa wheat varieties in Ames tests
Five varieties led Iowa yields in Ames trials from 1932 to 1937 with crop year gaps. Gopher tops at 65.2 bushels amid crown rust and smut susceptibility, followed by Iowa No 103 at 65 with tolerance to low fertility soils. Kanota ranks third at 64.9, and Hybrid D-67 fourth at 63.4 for crown rust project lineage. Iowar rounds out top five at 62.9 with high hillland adaptation despite rust and smut susceptibility.
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Minnesota
Iowa No. 103
Kherson
Iowa
Kanota
Ames
U.S.D.A
Iowar
Annual REA Meeting Elects Officers and Directors
A. B. White of Anamosa was re elected president of Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative at the annual meeting in Anamosa Feb 2. D. E. Blake of Green Island was elected vice president, A. Parke Ogden of Anamosa reelected secretary, and D. J. Wasson of Onslow treasurer. The county's representation expanded with an allotment for Dubuque County. Directors named for three years include A. B. White and G. H. Merrick of Fulton, John B. Cousins of Peosta. Two year terms list A. Parke Ogden and D. E. Blake, with H. M. Leigh of Dyersville. One year terms include D. J. Wasson and Wm. E. Curoe of Bernard, H. H. Nolting of Preston.
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A. B. White
Anamosa
Jones
Jackson
Dubuque
G. H. Merrick
Fulton
John B. Cousins
Peosta
A. Parke Ogden
D. BE. Blake
Green Island
H. M. Leigh
Dyersville
Olin 4-H Boys Elect Officers For 1938
At a February 2 meeting the Olin 4-H boys elected Leo Levsen president Leo Bonjour vice president Lawrence Williams secretary treasurer and Edwin Andrews reporter They voted to hold monthly meetings in 1938 meeting the second Wednesday each month until June and then the first Thursday thereafter A committee was appointed to arrange a joint 4-H party with the Olin and Hale 4-H girls in March.
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Olin
Leo Levsen
Leon Bonjour
Lawrence Williams
Edwin Andrews
Hale
Enrollment Open for 4-H Pig Club Projects
4 H boys may enroll in purebred or market litter club projects before March 1. With ample corn and favorable hog prices in 1938 the pig club offers potential profit. For information or sow selection advice contact the county club agent.
4 H Mother Daughter Luncheon Planned by Jones County Club
Jones county 4 H club girls and their mothers will lunch at the Anamosa Methodist church on Saturday January 19. Mrs Edith Barker state girls club leader is invited to attend. Fairview and Jackson clubs decorate tables. Complete luncheon details will be sent to all 4 H girls.
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Jones County
Methodist Church
Anamosa
Edith Barker
Fairview
Jackson
Fairview 4 H Girls Club Meeting Saturday
The Fairview 4 H girls club met at DeLite Folkerts home Saturday afternoon February 5. Mrs Harold Hartman chairman of the county club committee attended as a guest.
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Fairview
DeLite Folkerts
Harold Hartman
State President To Meet With Rural Young People
George Strayer, state president of the Rural Young People's organization in Iowa, will address Jones county rural young people February 17 in Anamosa. He will discuss rural youth work and help form a permanent group. All 18 to 30 year olds are invited.
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George Strayer
Rural Young People's Organization
Iowa
Jones County
Court House
Anamosa
Strayer
Frivolous February Luncheon Menu Ideas and Heart Themed Dishes
Inez S. Willson home economist shares a Valentine luncheon menu for Frivolous February featuring minced ham appetizers stuffed olives and celery curls dipped in paprika. The suggested centerpiece includes broiled lamb chops arranged in a heart shape with spiced beets and heart shaped ice cream molds.
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Lincoln
Washington
Inez S. Willson
Home Economist
Egg Prices Readjust as Spring Brings Market Shifts
Frank Priebe analyzes the egg market noting a price drop driven by spring overproduction and large fall storage. He cites a $2 per case fall for stored eggs and explains producers’ margins, with a cautious mid spring outlook and potential price gains later in the year as flock sizes shrink.
Feed price outlook signals easing for Iowa livestock feeders
Iowa State College economist Lauren Soth predicts further declines in commercial feed concentrates through June due to spring pasture, current business conditions, and last year's strong crops. Wholesale linseed oil meal and bran prices trend down January to June, with cottonseed meal and tankage mixed by supply and slaughter rates influencing strength this year.
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Iowa
Lauren K. Soth
Iowa State College Extension
Seth
Soth
Cascade Mourns Death of John Patterson Citizen
John Patterson longtime Cascade resident and Ford dealer representative died at his East Cascade home after a long illness. Born January 13 1893 in Cascade he was the son of Samuel and Mary Patterson. Survived by widow Emma Burger Patterson mother Mary Patterson brother George and sister Mrs Bert Aitchison. Funeral Mass at St Martins Church followed by a sermon by Father Farrelly.
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John Patterson
Cascade
East Cascade
Samuel Patterson
Bayless Business College
Dubuque
Ford Motor Company
Texas
Emma Burger
Worthington
Mary Patterson
George
Bert Aitchison
Dubuque County
St. Martin’s Church
M. J. Farrelly
Father Farrelly
F. P. Cas
Burial rites and community notices from Cascade area
Funeral services for Sidy and Rev H N Ginter were held with burial at St Pauls Cemetery Worthington conducted by Rev Father Schockeemuller. Active pallbearers listed and many floral offerings noted. Other items report Miss Mary Mullady ill with pneumonia after a hip injury from a fall. Local figures Mr John B Becker returned from vacation on the Pacific coast. Rev Loras T Lane visited family. Jack Doud joined Gross and Till firm. Mrs Otis Skeie chaired a district American Legion auxiliary meeting with 30 members attending. Cascade Farm Bureau members met at Cascade high school for a block printing lesson by Miss Scheurman from Iowa State College extension service.
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W. J. Drummond
Chris Reiter
A. F. Aitchison
Mary Mullady
John B. Becker
Pacific Coast
Loras T. Lane
Nativity Church
Dubuque
T. J. Lane
Jack Doud
Vinton
Gross and Till
Otis Skeie
American Legion Auxiliary
Farm Bureau
Cascade High School
Miss Scheurman
Iowa State College Extension Service
Ames
Creamery Meeting Names Officers After Training School
Women attending Linoleum were used for patterns. Whitewater Prairie Creek towns attended the training school. At the annual creamery meeting held here last Wednesday George Dolphin was elected president to succeed George Ganfield. The vice president is W J Knepper and Louis Dolphin is secretary treasurer. Claude A Miller was serene as buttermaker. Mrs Anna Pedersen of Cascade celebrated her 91st birthday last Wednesday enjoying good health despite age.
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Whitewater
Prairie Creek
George Dolphin
George Ganfield
W. J. Knepper
Louis Dolphin
Claude A. Miller
Anna Pedersen
Cascade
Pedersen
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Prentice and Streeter
REA Meeting
Fairview Girls
Frank Priebes
Middle West
Cascade Mas
Thomas J. Lane
American Legion Auxiliary Club
L. F. Barrett
Empire Ballroom
Manchester
Geo
Sir Venka
His Band
Carl Nebbe
Hoag Duster Company
Center Junction
Fordson Tractor
Henry Badberg
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