Townships Receive Farm Bureau Honors in Iowa Meeting
Five Jones county townships earned standard certificates for a well balanced Farm Bureau program. Castle Grove and Greenfield posted top scores while Fairview Wyoming and Scaled Grove also ranked high. Jones county earned recognition for 4-H and Rural Youth paid up member rates with 23 delegates attending despite cold weather and poor roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Extension Service
Towa State College
Greenfield
R. D. Finnigan
Castle Grove
Fred Herken Gleedon
Fairview
C. H. Myers
Wyoming
Lyle Tompkins
Reuel O. McColm
Anamosa
New Farm Bureau Company
McColm
Jones County Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
W. D. McLaughlin
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Marion Balster
Ella Rickels
Monticello
Clayton Hartman
Reuel McColm
William Jansen
Marjorie Humpal
James Kearns
Thomas Hartley
Max Wetman
Paul Smith
C. R. Grafft
William Reese
James Whitmore
Olin
Otto Danneman
Amber
Eloise Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Sam Ellison
Howard Calvert
Boyd Frantz
Martelle
Three C's To Get 2000 Tons Of Limestone
Approximately 2 000 tons of limestone will be quarried this winter and spring for use on 10 farms under erosion control agreements with the CCC camp. Farms include Sanner Nelson Britt T Wordehoff Gadient Egger and Slauson and are in watersheds near Buck Creek Sand Spring and Monticello. Limestone will be crushed and sold to farmers through the Monticello Soil Improvement association at about 55 cents per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Brinacombe
Soil Conservation Service
Charles A. Sanner
Fred Nelson
Frank King
John J. Britt
Leo T. Britt
Charles A. Wordehoff
Paul Wordehoff
Buck Creek
John Gadient
Alfred Egger
Herman Egger
Peter and John Gadient
Roy Slauson
Sand Spring
Carl Hein
Monticello
Peter A. Jessen Suffers Undiagnosed Leg Break
Peter A. Jessen of Extra injured his ankle while walking. He believed it a sprain and continued for about a block before collapsing. Friends found him, and a physician diagnosed the injury as a broken bone after evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter A. Jessen
Trees to be planted under 1940 Agriculture Plan
The 1940 agricultural conservation program provides up to 80 for each farm for planting forest trees in addition to soil building allowances. Payments are 7.50 per acre planted and farms of worn land may qualify if trees are planted in 1940. The Farm Bureau will host four meetings with G R Ramsey Iowa State forester and AAA reps to explain varieties and approved planting practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
AAA
G. R. Ramsey
Iowa State College
Government predicts higher egg and poultry prices in 1940
The crop reports service forecasts that eggs and poultry will fetch higher prices in 1940 than 1939 with mid year increases likely. Taxpayer financed data are offered to help plan. Hatchery notes show New England and other regions ordering far fewer chicks, signaling a tighter market for Western producers next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic States
West Coast
Monti Site For Flower Meeting By Jones County Farm Bureau
A pair of meetings hosted by the Jones County Farm Bureau will discuss dependable varieties of perennial flowers. Horticulturist L. C. Grove of Iowa State College will lead sessions at Monticello February 6, first at 10 a.m. in the new community building. An afternoon session is planned in the eastern part of the county with details to be released next week. Homemakers interested in flower gardening are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
L. C. Grove
Iowa State College
Monticello
Seed Directory Information Urged by Iowa Growers Group
The Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers association will issue the annual seed directory soon. Jones county farmers wishing to list seed should submit their name address kind variety and quantity of seed to the Farm Bureau at their earliest convenience. Listing is free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Corn Payments in 1940 Parity With 1939 Figures
Parity payments for 1940 set at 5 cents per bushel for corn and 10 cents for wheat. Total corn payment becomes 15 cents per bushel, same as 1939, while per acre rates rise due to higher 10 year yields. Jones county yields up to 60.4 bushels, keeping third in the state. Cedar and Scott lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Program
Conservation Office
Agriculture Conservation Program
Jones County
Cedar County
Scott
Jones
Limestone for Better Crops on Monticello Farm
CCC boys quarried limestone at the Charles Sanner farm northwest of Monticello to improve soil. the upper boy operated a pressure drill while others pried loose rock. Express Photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Problems of Livestock Marketing In Jones County Debated
Jones county livestock marketing committee will meet at Anamosa court house Monday afternoon with Prof. I. W. Arthur and Eugene Hamilton from Iowa State College and Herman Aaberg from Chicago Producers. Discussion covers hog carcass grading, cut-out tests, 4-H calf shrinkage, marketing research, price quotations accuracy, and farmer consumer price spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Jones County Livestock Marketing Committee
Court House
Anamosa
I. W. Arthur
Eugene Hamilton
Iowa State College
Herman Aaberg
Iowa
Chicago
Louis Lorenzen
Harry Levsen
Lee Crain
Olin
Clarence McLaughlin
Irving Hintz
Monticello
J. B. Seehusen
Center Junction
Reuel O. McColm
Minnesota
Loans On Corn Now 300 In County
Jones County Soil Conservation Association reports 300 corn loans completed led by L. T. Lorenzen. More than 128000 dollars paid to borrowers for 225900 bushels at 57 cents. Average per farmer 429.21 dollars. 753 bushels per farmer. About 409 loans expected, 119 more than last year. Ice harvest in Elkader county noted as 112 inches thick and clear as crystal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Soil Conservation Association
L. T. Lorenzen
Mr. Lorenzen
Elkader County
Farm Event Schedule For Monticello And Anamosa Areas
A sequence of upcoming meetings and banquets listed by date and location. Includes January 29 livestock marketing meeting at Anamosa courthouse noon January 31 Holstein breeders association Anamosa noon February 1 farmer business men's banquet at Monticello community building evening February 2 grass and legume silage Monticello 1 15 p m February 6 perennial flower meeting Monticello community building 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holstein Breeders Assn
Anamosa
Farmer Business Men
Monticello
Farm Bureau and Co. Soil Conservation Committee
Grass and Legume Meeting Planned for February 2
A second grass and legume silage tour and meeting will be held in the county Friday February 2 starting at 1 15 pm in the Monticello community building. ISU staff Rex Beresford Floyd Johnston George Mitchell and H D Schnittjer will attend to share experiences and answer questions about silage varieties and curing methods. Farmers with silage are invited to bring a bushel basket for display and all interested are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Monticello
Rex Beresford
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College
George Mitchell
Marion
H. D. Schnittjer
Delhi
Farmer-Business Banquet Set for Monticello February 1
About 200 farmers and businessmen from Jones County will gather at the new Monticello community building Thursday evening February 1 at 6 30 for a farmer business banquet. Iowa Agricultural Conservation committee member H L Dietrich will speak and the film The Plow that Broke the Prairie will be shown. The event aims to foster rural urban cooperation and understanding with county and town groups. It is sponsored by the arm Bureau and the county AAA committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
H. L. Dietrich
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Dietrich
Iowa
Arm Bureau
County Aaa Committee
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County Report
Jan 12 18 transfers list multiple individuals including Jones and Cruise families. transactions include lots in Austin's addition Hale and various sections in 83-3 to Monticello with nominal $1.00 payments and other valuable considerations. Names include Charles L Cruise Jennie Berry Roy Lawrence Galen Eldred Archie Hay Mabel Hay Cecil Hay and others with properties in multiple townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Report
Charles L. Cruise
J. B. Cruise
W. H. Cruise
Elva Rapley Cruise
Ethel Cruise Stephenson
A. K
Ina Cruise
Franklin W. Reyner
Katharine L
Lawrence L. Cruise
Dorothy Depp Cruise
Harriette Kopss
Marvin M
Illiam Cruise
Austin
Hale
Jennie I. Berry
John A
Ray L. Lawrence
Roy C. Lawrence
M St P
Pac Ry Co
Galen E. Eldred
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Derne
Roy M. Peterson
Bernese L
Ralph Petersen
Turck
Monticello
Archie Hay
Mabel C
Cecil I. Hay
Doctor advertises chronic disease treatment in multiple cities
Dr J F Shallenberger advertises free consultation for piles chronic diseases and related ailments. He will be in Manchester at the Glen-Charles on Wednesday January 31 and in Cedar Rapids at the Allison Hotel on Tuesday February 13 with return visits every 28 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Glen-Charles
Cedar Rapids
Allison
J. F. Shallenberger
Family transfers 210.4 acres under land bank grant
Cecil I Hay and Myette wife convey to Archie Hay and Mabel Hay as joint tenants, about 210.4 acres, subject to Federal Land Bank restrictions. If either grantee dies, the survivor receives the full fee simple title. Consideration stated as $1.00 love and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil I. Hay
Myette
Archie Hay
Mabel Ed. Hay
Federal Land Bank
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Monti
Rying
The
Charles
Sanner Farm
Anamosa Court House
Bolson
Farmer’s Mutual Creamery Company
Fred Lehman
Rown Dairy
Farmers Implement Company
E. F. Hofer
Earlville
Town Department of Agriculture
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Jones. County Produce
Milwaukee Depot
Jersey
Chester
Frank Husman
W. H. Null
Monticello State Bank
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