Terraces Halt Erosion On Gadient Farm North Of Monticello
On the John Gadient farm five miles north of Monticello an erosion gully split a pasture. Farmer Gadient and O H Randolph of the Mon ticello Soil Conservation CCC camp planned contour terracing to halt the gully, ploughing ditches to hold back a two inch rainfall and conserve top soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gadient
Monticello
Gadient
Mr. Gadient
O. H. Randolph
Monticello Soil Conservation CCC
CCC
Gadient weighs strip farming on 184acre Iowa field
Conservation experts advise a stripping plan for soil protection on Mr Gadients 184acre farm while his alfalfa field was left to grow. They foresee future replanting, nitrogen fixing strips, and lessons from wind and rain effects as the pasture is prepared for spring work and gully improvement.
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My. Gadient
Gadient
Mr. Gadient
Free Farm Movie Tickets For Melody Comes To Town
Tickets for the Farmers Implement Co sponsored film Melody Comes to Town will be available from E F Hofer in the next few days. The High School auditorium show is Saturday February 1 at 10 30 am featuring Jean Parker and a cast including Jackie Moran Joe Brown Frank Faylen Natalie Moor Mead Roscoe Ates. Admission is by ticket only and farmers are invited to call at the store for tickets.
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Farmers Implement Co
John Deere
E. F. Hofer
Hofer
Jean Parker
Scattergood Baines
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dunham
Jackie Moran
Joe Brown
Frank Faylen
Natalie Moor- Mead
Roscoe Ates
Farmers Implement Store
Local Corn For Public Sale At 65 Cents A Bushel
Commodity Credit Corporation stored corn in steel bins and country warehouses will be sold to the public at 65 cents per bushel or the higher local market price. Alaska visitor Mrs Joe DeFord of Fairbanks arrived in Rockwell City last week to pursue establishing her birth record.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Alaska
Joe DeFord
Fairbanks
Rockwell City
Low Cost Travel and Dining Offer Ride Milwaukee Road
A vintage ad touts low cost travel with fares under 2 cents per mile in coaches. It promotes hot luncheons for 50 cents and complete dinners for 65 cents. Snacks and beverages are advertised at 10 to 5 cents, with on-seat service and nearby station parking highlighted.
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Milwaukee Road
Training Schools To Present Home Expert At January Meetings
Miss Elizabeth Peterson from Iowa State College will lead the third series of home project training schools January 28 to 31. More than 100 leaders will attend and carry guidance to 900 members of the Homemakers study club. Members will vote on the coming year's projects as experts outline available options.
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Elizabeth Peterson
Iowa State College
Homemakers Study Club
Oliver Furst
Home Project
Rural Electrical Contest Opens With Scholarships
Farm youths in Jones county can compete for six $200 college scholarships in the National Rural Electrification contest. County winners receive gold medals, state winners earn a trip to the National Club Congress in Chicago. The contest does not require farm electricity.
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Jones County
James F. Kearns
National Club Congress
Chicago
Soil Meet To Be Held January 27 In Monticello
The Monticello Soil Improvement association holds its second annual meeting on Monday afternoon January 27 at the community building. The program includes the annual business meeting and director elections, soil conservation talks by F L Brincombe, and farmer experiences with erosion controls. Local farmers Henry Adams, Lee Streets, Scotch Grove, Herman Eggers, and C A Wordehoff will share results from the Soil Conservation program. All cooperators and interested locals are invited.
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Monticello
Henry Adams
Lee Streets
Scotch Grove
Herman Eggers
Hopkinton
C. A. Wordehoff
Electrification Plan Contest for Unreached Farms
The extension service of Iowa State College and the U S Department of Agriculture conduct a planing contest for farmers without electricity. A score card judges the reports and Westinghouse supplies awards. Part of the 1941 boys program with many participants. details available from the county Farm Bureau office.
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Extension Service
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
County Farm Bureau
Wildlife Shelter Program Spurs Youth In Iowa
Students study wildlife conservation as pheasants and quail inhabit shelters built of cornstalks among box elder trees. A daily count tracks birds, while reports show increased upland game birds and student civic benefits from constructive leisure. Photographs credit Roy Rickless. article by R A Weber continues from The Express and relates to Civilian Conservation Corps efforts in Monticello.
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the Express
R. A. Weber
Iowa Sportsman
Roy Rickless
Monticello
Monticello Express
Civilian Conservation Corps
Wildlife Conservation League
Towa
Farm Bureau to Publish 4-H Club History Series
Jones County Farm Bureau announces a multi year plan to publish articles tracing 4-H clubs from 1916 onward. The project, led by Bud Kearns, surveys archived records revealing club growth, gaps in 1918 19, and peak participation in 1939 with 11 clubs and 199 members.
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Farm Bureau
Jones County Farm Bureau
Bud Kearns
Anamosa
Jones County
Kearns
Bureau
Community club growth through dairy and market clubs
The record lists sequential membership counts from 1926 to 1940 across Baby beef Dairy and Market pig clubs led by various leaders such as Henry Morey Glenn Brookins W. B. Meeks and Henry Macey. It notes banquet events and progressive club formation with 8 to 12 clubs and members rising from 128 to 199.
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Thelma Brady
Nina Streets
Henry Morey
Glenn Brookins
W. B. Meeks
Henry Macey
Power Day Draws 800 Farmers
Clarence Shaffer of Shaffer Implement store reported about 800 farmers and city residents visited the farm equipment display at his store and the Community building last Saturday. The event showcased McCormick Deering equipment and featured moving pictures and vaudeville acts to demonstrate farm power use. The Community building auditorium was full for the day show and nearly full for the evening performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Shaffer
Shaffer Implement Store
McCormick Deering
Schaffer
Sweetening Sour Soil With Limestone Crusher Demonstration
A CCC soil conservation demonstration near Monticello shows liming to sweeten sour soil. Superintendent F L Brinacombe explains sampling acidity, calculating lime amounts, and spreading crushed limestone eight inches deep. Since December CCC crushers have processed 705 tons of limestone on the Monticello area projects.
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F. L. Brinacombe
Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Monticello
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