Monticello Vocational Agriculture Club Plans Summer
Walker leads Monticello high school four year vocational agriculture program detailing activities. Students study farm management soils animal husbandry dairy judging poultry judging and farming engineering with Future Farmers of America involvement and summer project tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
State Department of Vocational Education
Smith-Hughes
George Deen
A. I. Walker
Ames
Monticello
Cattle Congress
Future Farmer of America
Backbone State Park
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Walker
Wrong Side Up Moral on Soil Erosion in Iowa
Frank H. Mendell of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service cites an Indian’s remark about turning grass on a slope as a land use lesson. He warns that steep Iowa acres are cropped up and down hills causing erosion and soil loss, urging contour farming with trees or grass on sloping land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-West
Frank H. Mendell
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
Mendell
Extension Service
Iowa State College
The
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Week Observed in Jones County
John Weber of Linn County Farm Bureau spoke on erosion control practices at the Castle Grove township meeting. The event highlighted strip cropping contour farming and terracing with 4-H Girls club performing a planned rally number for June 6. Governor Wilson proclaimed June 3 to 9 for county observances with field tours and open houses at the CCC camp on June 8 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weber
Linn County Farm Bureau
Castle Grove
Jones County
George A. Wilson
CCC
Carl Smith
F. S. Brinacombe
Smith
Iowa
Farm Bureau
United States
Comingled loan corn delivery approved by CCC
The Commodity Credit Corporation will accept 1987 and 1937 38 comingled corn to satisfy notes and loan agreements on or after May 15 1940 for grade No 3 or better. A storage allowance of seven cents per bushel is earned for such deliveries and will be paid to borrowers, with prefunding required if the allowance was advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Agricultural Conservation Office
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Bureau Nine Opens Season With 2 1 Victory
The Jones county Farm Bureau baseball team defeated CCC boys of Monticello 2 to 1 in the season opener played Sunday at the Martello diamond before a large crowd. Officials were Guy Byerly and John Sivers. pitcher James Gotsch and catcher Lawrence Williams comprised the battery. Manager Ray Peet shuffled players for trials as upcoming games against Mechanicsville and Monticello loom at Martelle diamond on June 9 and June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
CCC Boys
Monticello
Martello Diamond
Guy Byerly
Anamosa
John Sivers
Martelle
James Gotsch
Lawrence Williams
Olin
Merle Meeks
Donald Meeks
Martello
Walter Rohewedder
Virtus Lorenzen
Grover Lorenzen
Leo Waggoner
Harold Larson
Dick Hartwig
Henry Geerdes
Darvin Hardersen
Loren Cramer
Ray Peet
Mechanicsville
Martelle Diamond
Monticello Club
Open House at Monticello CCC Camp During Soil Conservation Week
Monticello CCC camp hosts open house on June 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. guided by camp superintendent F. L. Brinacombe and commander Lyle J. Deffenbaugh. Four farm tours, starting from the camp at 9 10 1 2 a.m. and visiting Joe Manternach, Henry Adams, Id Slauson, and Alfred Keer farms, showcase contour strip cropping terracing furrow openers tree planting and waterways with free transport.
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Monticello
CCC
F. L. Brinacombe
Lyle J. Deffenbaugh
Monticello Soil Improvement Association
Monticello CCC
W. D
Weeds Identified At Farm Bureau Office
Two weed samples identified this week at the Farm Bureau office. Nimblewill from Scotch Grove Township is an upright grass two to three feet high with a scaly creeping root stalk and dies with cultivation. Indian mustard from Jackson Township forms yellow blossoms and resembles common weeds. Tulsi weed is spreading in small grain fields and along roadsides.
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Farm Bureau
Scotch Grove Township
Jackson Township
Smill
It Costs You Money Every Time You Don’t Read Want Ads
Local shoppers are urged to scan want ads for bargains and opportunities as a small investment of time can yield big savings. Readers are reminded ads cover jobs, housing, sales, and services across the community.
Standard 4-H Girls' Clubs Announced in Jones County
Two Jones county 4-H girls clubs earned standard rating after meeting 90 of 100 possible points. Jackson Wise Owls led by Mrs James Whitmore with 11 girls aged 12 to 19 and 1 to 11 years of club experience. Fairview Oriole led by Mrs Lloyd Robertson with 18 girls aged 11 to 17 and 1 to 6 years of experience.
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Jones County
James Kearns
Jackson Wise Owls
James Whitmore
Olin
Harold Hartman
Anamosa
Fairview Oriole Club
Lloyd Robertson
Clara Walderbach
4 H Club News Highlights From Greenfield Area
Local 4 H clubs report monthly meetings at several homes with songs, pantomimes, and music memory selections. Club tours planned for June and June 15 with activities including dairy judging discussions and new member introductions. A conservation record contest offers state camp prizes and baby beef meetings are scheduled, plus a peculiar anecdote about oyster juice curing hiccups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Good Luck 4-H Club
S. H. Ellison
Olin
James Kearns
Joe Glenn
Colt Club
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Wyoming Boys
Hitigwa
Boone
Willard
Carl Oldson
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Baby Beef Club
Jones County
Oldson
Doran Family Dominion Holds Valedictorian Title Again
Valedictorian honors at Ventura Consolidated High School go to Hilda Doran, marking the third straight year a child of Mr and Mrs W F Doran earns the top class award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Doran
Ventura Consolidated High School
W. F. Doran
First Concert of Season To Be Given Saturday By Scotch Grove Band
Scotch Grove aims for a summer concert series starting Saturday June 8 with a 70 member band under Frank A. Royden. The program features marches and solos as community events draw crowds from Onslow Center Junction Monticello Mount Vernon Anamosa and Olin. Memorial Day observances at the Scotch Grove cemetery included Taps a flag lowering and a Star Spangled Banner salute by the Legion and local volunteers.
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Scotch Grove Band
Scotch Grove
Legion Burger of Wyoming
Onslow
Center Junction
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Olin
Frank A. Royden
May Himebaugh
A. P. Moats
Hugh Robinson
Eloise Sutherland
Marvin Lacock
Paul van Buren
Roscoe Easterly
Land of Home
America
Lincoln
Lois Naylor
Delahooke
Earl Rummel
Jennie’ Sutherland
E. C. Hughes
Arling Hughes
Marion
Will Johnson
Daugher
McIllrath
Sioux City
Walter Johnson
Charles Jacobs
Edgewood
Pauline Oltman
Cedar Rapids
Invernoats
Guttenberg
L. E. Hutton
Dean Tedrow
G. Thompson
Irma Sanford
Fred Carson
A. B. Nichols
Kitty Sutherland
Clinton
Melville Moats
Billings
Mont
Red Cross
Call of the Red Cross Fund
Sunbeam Mission
Wayne School No. 6
Bette Thomas
J. R. McNeilly
Sunshine Girls
Mayeda Weers
Clara Moses
Scotch Grove Farm Bureau
A. B. Cass
H. H. Freeman
R. A. Naylor
Wyoming
Farm Bureau
Cass
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Canton
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Highway 6
Grinnell
Public Safety
Karl W. Fischer
J. H. Mehlin
Veron Brockman
Earlville
Town Department of Agriculture
Morley
Treaver Baskerville
Morley 4-H
Russell Tenley
Harry Stafford
Peanari Kuriger
W. B. Clark
Albert Schrader
Elmer Ernst, Jr
John Otten
Lorna Gerdes
Leroy Dirks
Arthur Norris
Howard
Arthur Paul
Hawick
Minn
Frank Sutherland
Robert Norris
Arthur Wilcox
Howard Leech
Ben H. Otten
John McDonald
Arend Balster’s Stores
Ime Starck
Igc
Pittsburgh
Mother Nature
Aera As
al Tnon
Gary
McNeill’s Hardware
Florhide
Miles McDonald
Delhi
Loanon Farms
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Joe E. Messerli
Oliver
Betty
Pittsburgh Paints
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