Jones county farmers to receive 1940 AAA payments
Ray D. Sanford explains higher 1940 AAA payments mailings for Jones county on February 10. Corn allotment drops 11.3 percent due to high yields while general depleting crop allotments stay near last year. Payments rise modestly overall with corn at 7.56 per acre and general crops at 1.60 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray D. Sanford
Jones County
R. D. Sanford
AAA
Sanford
Mr. Sanford
Balster To Lead Discussion At State Assembly
Marion Balster of Monticello and president of the Jones County Rural Youth association will head a discussion on Finding Our Place in Community Organizations as part of the Saturday morning program during Farm and Home Week at Iowa State College. Several Jones county members plan to attend, including Mr and Mrs James Whitmore Olin Merle Meeks and Mrs Donald Meeks Martelle William Reade Onslow Pauline Cramer Monticello and Edna Reese Olin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Balster
Monticello
Jones County Rural Youth Association
State Assembly
Iowa State College
Jones County
James Whitmore
Olin
Merle Meeks
Donald Meeks
Martelle
William Reade
Onslow
Pauline Cramer
Edna Reese
Learn About Motors in Farm Bureau Meetings
A series of three electric motors meetings is set by the Farm Bureau to answer questions on motor size types horsepower and care. Harold Beaty of Iowa State College will lead sessions at Anamosa Courthouse Olin High School Wyoming City Hall with times 1 15 p m 10 a m and 1 15 p m respectively. Farmers may bring questions about REA powered motors. Another Candidate At Scranton theft steals infantile paralysis collection box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Olin
City
Wyoming
Harold Beaty
Iowa State College
4-H Club Activities Highlight Iowa County News
Report of fair entries and placings by Edwin Andrews and Merlin Lyon at Des Moines Hereford show. Dairy entries by James Miller and Chester with milk and butterfat yields. Lively county 4-H news includes sales, club fundraisers, speeches, and upcoming mother-daughter luncheon in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Andrews
State Fair Grounds
Des Moines
Merlin K. Lyon
Boone
Ames
Merlin
Warns Against Red Weeds in Seed Oats
Porter of Iowa State College urges farmers buying oats from northwest Iowa for seeding to check for noxious weeds. Field bindweed or creeping jenny is common in the region and can appear in oats rye and barley seed. Iowa State College laboratory can test seed for bindweed. all lots from northwest Iowa or unknown origins should be examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Iowa State
Collewe
Fan Bureau
Nort
Iowa
Towa State College
Clay 4-H Club Holds Meeting at Waggoner Home
The Clay 4-H boys met at Galen Waggoner’s home after a regular business session. Twelve members discussed record books and one filled a one month feeding record for member Jack Orr. Next meeting set for March at LeRoy Petersen’s home. refreshments by Mrs Waygroner.
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Hom Ne
Galen Waggoner
Jack Orr
LeRoy Petersen March
Waygroner
Farmers can earn up to 30 dollars per farm planting trees
Farmers attending four county meetings next week can learn how to receive up to 30 dollars per farm for planting trees under the AAA program. Extension forester G. R. Ramsey of Iowa State College and AAA representative will speak, with sessions in Anamosa Monticello Olin and Onslow and payments up to 7.50 per acre.
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AAA
G. R. Ramsey
Extension Forester
Iowa State College
Court House
Anamosa
Monticello
Olin High School
Onslow
Local CCC to Plant 90000 Trees in Eroded Delaware Areas
The CCC camp at Monticello will plant 90000 trees and shrubs this spring on ten farms in Delaware Dubuque and Jones counties as part of Soil Conservation efforts. Sixty three thousand trees come from the Soil Conservation Service nurseries at Ames and 27000 are supplied by local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Dubuque
Jones Counties
CCC
Monticello
Soil Conservation Service
Ames
F. L. Brinacombe
Charles Wordehoff
Fred Nelson
Frank King
John Britt
Leo Britt
Union Township
Delaware County
Walter Noonan
Peter Gadient
Alfred Burger
Herman P. Egger
Cascade Township
Dubuque County
John Hein
Richland Township
Jones County
Oxford 4-H Club Installs Heads for 1940
The February meeting of the Oxford township 4-H club Live Wires was at Donald Starr home Oxford Junction Monday evening. Retiring president Robert Nowachek installed new officers as members named favorite athletes and gave reasons. Short talks covered calf selection feeding and breaking, with notes on calf cuts. Next meeting hosts Ed Sazma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Township
Donald Starr
Oxford Junction
Robert Nowachek
Louis Lasack
Merlin Lat
Ed Sazma
Farm Loan Group Sets Feb 27 Annual Meeting
Anamosa directors announced the Anamosa National Farm Loan Association will hold its stockholders meeting February 27 in the community room at the court base in Anamosa. More than 165 members, mainly in Jones county, will hear annual activity reports and elect directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Anamoco National Farm Loan Association
Harold J. McTavish
Anamoga
McTavish
Farm Loan Association
Jones County
Credit Cooperative
Locker Shortage Sparks Rush at Farmers Mutual Creamery
The meat locker department reports high demand with only 10 lockers left as workers Bill Matthiessen Leon Taylor and John Zubler process twelve hogs daily and one beef per day. Customers rent 300 lockers at ten dollars a year to store meat awaiting months ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Bill Matthiessen
Bill
Leon Taylor
John Zubler
Smith Announces Trees on Hand At 2 State Nurseries
County Agent Carl Smith announces a supply of application blanks for ordering low cost trees from state forest nurseries at Ames and Keosauqua. Trees are for reforestation farm woodlots and erosion control only. Prices range 2.50 to 4 per thousand for broad leaf and 5 to 6.50 for evergreens. Species include black locust green ash black walnut American elm silver maple osage orange red oak red mulberry hard maple bur oak cottonwood white pine western yellow pine and jack pine. The AAA offers 30 per farm for planting trees at 7.50 per acre with minimum 650 trees per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Smith
Ames
Keosauqua
AAA
Wayne Boys Tackle Hog Care At Regular Meet
The Wayne Boys club met at the Herman Engelbart home with 12 members and visitor Clarence Dirks. They discussed the Finnish-Russian war surplus farming and local high school play, and planned hog management including earmarking litters, castration, vaccination, and weaning schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Boys Club
Herman Engelbart
Clarence Dirks
Anamosa High School
Georgia
Jack Zirkelbach
James Kearns
Galen Cook
William Martin
Engelbart
Helgens Bros Sows Sale Nets High Bids Across Region
Helgens brothers brood sow sale drew 49 gifts at an average 34.60 last Thursday. Top hog bought by Tom Warne of Eagle Grove at 73. Second high price 62.50 by G. R. Henry of Sheldon. Joe Straka of Wyoming bid 50 for third. Four boars sold. Warne again top bidder. Buyers ranged to Chatsworth and Lanark Illinois.
Will Conduct County Tree Pruning Meet
A county fruit pruning meeting and demonstration will be held at the community room of the Jones county courthouse in Anamosa on Friday afternoon beginning at 1 15. I S Nelson specialist from Iowa State College will lead the discussion and conduct the demonstration. Time will be allotted to answer questions on fruit tree and small bush fruit culture and management. Farmers are invited to bring questions to the meeting.
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Jones County Court House
Anamosa
I. S. Nelson
Iowa State College
State Nurseries Offer Livestock Fencing Trees in Bulk
Trees from state nurseries are supplied in quantities of not less than 500 of any one species and not less than 1 000 per order. County Agent Smith urges farmers to place orders early as supply is limited. Four meetings will be held Tuesday and Wednesday for ordering details.
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Smith
Ahlrichs Herd Tops January Dairy Averages in North Jones
The J E Ahlrichs Jersey herd of Monticello led North Jones Testing in January with 587 pounds milk and 48.9 pounds butterfat per cow. Other top herds included Shomont Dairy 1,889 milk 46.7 fat and Muller Bros 1,167 milk 40.8 fat. The high cow award went to Shomont Dairy with 2,424 milk and 104.2 fat. In unrelated items, the Jacksons moved to Cedar Rapids for work and a son was born to Walter and Mrs. Connolly in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Ahlrichs
Monticello
North Jones Testing Association
Clarence Ashbrenner
Shomont Dairy
Muller Bros
Muller & Bell
Walter Connolly
McDonald Hospital
Local Women Visit Nearby Cities and Hospitals
Richland Center Mrs. John Schweitzer spent last Monday in Iowa City. Cedar Rapids visitor Mrs. Herbert Balsiger was there last week. Mrs. Kenneth Brandt of Marion and her daughter visit at Mrs. George Rieniers. Mrs. Carl N. Hein and Mrs. George Allen, Sr. left for Rock Rapids for a week with their sister Mrs. V. Pettingill, who is ill and a patient at a Sioux Falls hospital.
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John Lane
Loras College
Joseph Dehner
Theodore Decker
West Cascade
Georgia
Fall of
A. H. Renier
Joseph Mullady
John Schweitzer
Iowa City
Herbert Balsiger
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Brandt
Marion
George Rieniers
Carl N. Hein
George Allen, Sr
Rock Rapids
V. Pettingill
Pettingill
Sioux Falls
Hawthorne School Principal Diverts Magazines Funds
At Hawthorne school in Independence Principal Miss Bachelor saved old magazines and newspapers for ten years and realized 243.40 dollars which was expended for the benefit of the school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
Independence
Miss Bachelor
Cobra linked to thousands of deaths annually
The common Indian cobra is likely responsible for several thousand deaths each year, highlighting the danger posed by this venomous snake.
Cascade Creamery elects officers at annual meeting
Cascade Creamery named at Durkin's hall with George Ganfield elected president George Dolphin vice president and Louis Dolphin secretary treasurer Directors chosen were Philip Maternach Jacob Dietiker and W J Knepper Butter receipts totaled 17738606 from butter sold 39503 41 to patrons and merchants Gerald Goetzinger reelected butter maker Urban Besler assistant Dolores McMahon returns to St Martin's School after recovering from an automobile accident in which she was struck by George Rauch A Jones County district court hearing is set for next month against the car owner and driver New position for Wilbur Jackson and family moving to new home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Cascade Creamery Company
Durkin
George Ganfield
George Dolphin
Louis Dolphin
Philip Manternach
Jacob Dietiker
W. J. Knepper
Gerald Goetzinger
Urban Besler
Dolores McMahon
St. Martin’s School
George Rauch
Jones County District Court
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Anamosa Farm Street
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Fairview
James Miller
Chester
Dairy Club
Wesley Siebels
Wayne Township
Poland
Helgens Bros
Greenfield
Martello School
Pospishel
Lyke
The
Clay 4-H Stock Club
Marion Clark
Charles
Cass Township
Jack
Jerry Naylor
Scotch Grove
Knotch Bros
Washington, Town
Lucille Waggoner
Willard Byerly
Lucille
Willard
Dale Danneman
Chester White
Jack Seehusen
Town
Ohio
Clay Boys
June Thomson
Helen Clark
Cedar Rapides
C. Waggoner
AAA Frostar
Farmer’s Mutual Creamery Company
Joe Heeren
A. G. Bohlken
John Tschantz
F.C. Cramer
Emil Stutt
Will Hiller
Carl Hemn
Mr. Heeren
Harold Egger
Express Flashfoto
Oxford
Farm Loan Group
Wayne Boys
Helgens’ Bros
Conticello
Earlville
Town Department of Agriculture
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Evow Oodan
Tudor Buo
Theouther
Ahlrichs
Jones
Jackson
Jackson’s
Cascade Catholic
Richland Center
Wilbur Jackson
North Star Dairy Ration
Peter Kurt
Highway 151
Cascade and
Sand Spring
Nebraska
Eagle
John Deere
McCormick
Pontiac
Rock Island Gang
Rotary
Petersen
New Idea
Belle City
Birdsell
Papec
Letz
Sandwich
Peter J. Kurt Estate
P. J. and
J. C. Herard
Auds
Joe and
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Adms
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