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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1951
Page
8
Fire at the Arnold Thompson farm near Center Junction about 10 30 am Friday ruined a barn filled with hay and straw. The blaze caused by defective wiring killed eleven calves five sows and forty pigs despite efforts of Wyoming and Center Junction fire crews. Thompson rescued the cows before the barn burned.
The Jones No 1 Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports 26 herds tested in January with 369 cows in milk and 130 dry, totaling 499. Average production per cow was 739 pounds of milk and 28.5 pounds butterfat. 43 305 day lactations completed with top herds led by George Slater & Son and Bud Bros. plus notable butterfat figures across herds.
Jones No 2 Dairy Herd Improvement reports 24 herds tested in January 1951 with 386 cows tested and an average production of 602 pounds milk per cow and 23.8 pounds butterfat. Thirty five 305 day lactation records listed including Decker London and Sievers Martelle with milks up to 13 934 pounds and fats up to 543.2 pounds. High herds for January include Freese Monticello 36.8 pounds butterfat and Decker London 32.1 with other scores from Sievers Martelle Hansen Olin and more.
The Monticello Public Library displays a large United Nations flag donated by Chapter FP PEO in the adult room. Edmund Stevens, author of Russia Uncensored and former Moscow correspondent, discusses Russia's world attitude. New titles include Just and Durable Parents by Dr. James Lee Ellenwood and The Bewitched Parsonage by William Stanley Braithwaite.
Washington reports indicate that most retailer price hikes remain legal under the cost plus standard. As long as the gross margin percentage is preserved, higher item costs permit higher retail prices, even with a price freeze law in effect.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schmidt hosted a February 7 gathering to honor Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schmidt on their 28th wedding anniversary and Mr. and Mrs. John Falken on their 34th. The event featured card play and a luncheon with numerous attendees from Marion Grand Mound Ana Mesa Onslow Monticello.
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