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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
3
The Jones County Farm Bureau announces a new farm directory listing all farmers by name and address with farm locations. It is sponsored by the bureau, printed now, and will be mailed to every farmer in the county.
Four H leaders and girls from Jones county clubs meet with Iowa State College specialist Miss Dorothy Simmons in Anamosa to prepare for the county demonstration team contest. Top team wins a trip to the state fair. second to Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. third to the state 4 H girls convention in Ames. The August 26 county fair event will feature home efficiency topics.
State entomologists report drought heat drives grasshoppers to shade and eat less yet foresee a heavy rebound if rains resume. In Iowa's 15 worst counties farmers have spread over 8 million pounds of poisoned bait this year, likely reaching 10 million by summer. Damage targets alfalfa, red clover, sweet clover, oats, barley, and potentially corn, with varying survival rates depending on control efforts.
Iowa's annual Cattle Feeders Day will be held Friday August 14 at Iowa State College Ant. C. Culbertson leads the experimental feeding program with 65 calves on feed purchased last November from Sand Hills Nebraska. The event revisits tankage as feed and compares dry versus wet rendered forms and tests soybean oilmeal processes for efficiency.
Seven month old Jon Alan Whitman of Laurens Pocahontas county choked on a toy balloon. His parents Mr and Mrs John Whitman rushed him to a doctor but he died en route.
Eleven boys in Jones county 4-H enroll in the three year dairy calf project to raise purebred and grade heifers under Max E. Sauerbry's supervision. The program spans three years focusing on calf selection, feeding, records, fitting, showing, and dairy cattle judging with a county fair show in August judged by Arthur Porter from Iowa State College.
4 H members plan contests to select the healthiest club member from each local group. Local doctors must complete examinations by August 10. County contest will pick the top boy and girl to represent Jones County at the Iowa State Fair. The aim is to educate on health defects and improvements shown.
Severe dry weather has spurred a major grasshopper outbreak across the county. Farmers report hoppers damaging corn and soybean fields and pastures, notably the Howie farm near Monticello. County agent recommends bran bait control and notes demonstrations show effectiveness. additional guidance available at the Farm Bureau office.
Jawa county agents urge conserving all straw and cornstalks to stockpile feed during drought. Iowa farmers are advised to stack and save straw as a key strategy, with practices echoed by P. C. Taff of the Iowa State College extension service.
Northern Iowa 4 H club members will buy 16 head of 60 to 70 pound western lambs by Oct 15. Lambs shipped to central points for grading, shows, and sales at about 110 days. Awards go to top 10 lambs and top five pens.
Jones County warehouse board and sealers met at the Farm Bureau office to review corn loan releases. Secretary Clarence Mec Laughlin reported many borrowers have not released mortgage records after repayment. the board urges timely release at the county recorder's office. Attendees: Sam Thompson. Clarence Mc Laughlin. Ed Sarma. sealers Roy Russell and Wilbur Soppe.
In Marion County, purebred Beef Cattle Breeders Associations for Angus Hereford and Shorthorn breeds were formed to raise beef quality and support 4-H projects. County agent Walter L. Brown assisted. members include adults and 4-H beef heifer participants with bulls available for use.
Olin Stull remains undefeated after 4 H kittenball games with Madison loss and Parven Jackson results noted. Standings through July 17 show Cass, Martelle, Scotch Grove, Morley, Madison and Fairview with varied records. Lions club in Audubon county held an annual picnic featuring barbecued Mexican goat meat as the main dish.
The Iowa Agricultural conservation committee released rules for forest tree plantings on crop or pasture land for woodlot or windbreak use, detailing 1000 trees per acre with 65 percent survival for woodlots and 400 evergreen trees per acre with 300 alive for shelterbelts. Eligible plantings since 1934 qualify for class 1 payments and 1936 planings for class 2 payments, plus guidance on fencing and livestock exclusion.
The Jones County Beef Cattlemen's organization aims to inspect eight top beef herds during the annual tour set for the second week in August. The program will be published via press and mail once finalized. Attendees included Louis Lorenzen Olin chairman William Folkerts Ana mos a Harm Dirks Center Junction Herman Brunscheen Oxford Junction Edgar Beach Anamosa and County Agent Carl Smith.
Mrs Elmer Schrader welcomed the Presbyterian Ladies Working Band at her Center Junction home last Friday afternoon with Mrs Frank Daves presiding. Pauline Serbousek and Ciusca of 9 West were afternoon guests. Threshing begins as Thompson and Hansen teams move east of town amid oats averaging 36 bushels per acre. Local creamery paid 34 1 2 and 3 5 cents for butters in June first half and last half. half the cream was sweet. Several local families visited relatives in Milwaukee Jefferson and Chicago areas over the weekend and coming week including Dreibelbis and Chamberlain families.
Reuben Colton of the Salvation Army at Fort Dodge and Carlos Payne of Hopkinton visited the Grace Benedict and Earl Benedict homes Friday. Colton vacationing with parents near Mechanicsville. Payne stayed several days at the Colton home. Bertha Burlingham and Marie Stalken spent time with Mrs. Dante E. Rogers near Central City. Cass County residents attended a kittenball tournament at Monticello Sunday evening. Helen Guilford visited her brother Clifford Guilford and family near Olin. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clough of near Marion were Sunday guests at the Lester Fairbanks home. Mrs. Herbert McCullough and daughter Marjorie of St. Louis Mo. are spending July with Mrs. Ella Watt. they were joined by Mr. McCullough and companions who visited the Watt home earlier in July. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Jessa Holtzman of
Castle Grove 4-H kit tenball team defeated Fairview by 8 to 4 on Anamosa high school grounds last Thursday. Other notes report Vincent Donovan and S. M. Hosae in Dubuque with hogs, a lightning strike near O R Howie outages, P J Crowley replacing a windmill with a steel tower, James B Waddick visiting Coggon, threshing beginning, a Sunday rain, and Arthur Fairbanks losing a horse to lightning.
The Farm Land company building occupied by Vincent Donovan was damaged when a tree toppled during the July 12 storm. Jethro Wood, inventor of the plow in 1814, carved a potato miniature model after many failed attempts, whittling away bushels of potatoes.
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