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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
3
More than 1,066 visitors explored the Monticello CCC camp during a weekend open house. Over a hundred participated in field tours as the camp showcased its conservation work. The Monticello Commercial Club provided refreshments in the dining room, the tour’s final stop.
The June 5 field tours visited four farms and three watersheds in Richland Lovell and Delaware counties. Participants observed soil conservation practices including strip cropping terracing furrow openers corn planting and grass waterways. The CCC camp tour showcased facilities from army headquarters to the hospital and recreation hall with a picnic and kittenball game at noon.
Four Jones county farmers enroll in a Cedar Rapids chamber of commerce pasture management clinic. Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids chamber with county Farm Bureau, it aims to show how improved pastures yield cheap high quality feed all season. Participants include Lorenzen Bros Olin Reuell McColm Anamosa Irving Hintz Monticello and Henry Adams Monticello.
Balster Bros of Monticello lead the monthly dairy association with a herd average of 789 pounds milk and 45.3 pounds butterfat. High cow produced 1536 pounds ink and something butterfat amid a list of the ten high herds and their averages.
Farm reporters in all townships begin the 1940 farm program compliance checks with a focus on corn acreages. Some farms will require a second visit to review small grain crops and soybeans. Parity payments are expected to begin in Jones county the second week of July.
Club Agent James Kearns announces June tours of 11 local 4-H clubs. Parents and friends may attend as judging, project care, and record book discussions occur at each start point and date listed.
Jones county Agricultural Conservation office approves bids and contracts for ground limestone under a grant of aid. Farmers may request up to 70 percent of their ACA payment, with limestone delivered to farm or yard, containing at least 80 percent calcium carbonate and fine enough to pass an eight mesh sieve. Contractors listed include Grover and Sitten, Willis Johnson, Charlie Rawenl, Glenn Behrends, Merle Ballou, Win Hohler, Charles Zimmer, and Mulechin Vernon.
Population density in Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana trails Russia in density, highlighting sparse settlement patterns across the four states relative to the vast Russian footprint.
County Agent Carl Smith cites experiments showing one tenth bloom cutting yields best overall results though later cuts raise nutrients per acre. Kansas and Iowa tests favor first cut in early bloom to avoid coarse hay, with wilted swath handling and windrow raking timing critical for leaf retention and quality.
The FFA reports Herman Welter Jr. as a top exhibitor with two Chester White litters. Plans for a first annual boat sale this fall are discussed by purebred swine members. Spraying programs expand with Lawrence Rieken buying a sprayer and Gene Walker treating canker worm infested orchards. A Pony incident leaves Ray Nagel injured but recovering. Camping plans target McBride State Park in July. Dairy and poultry judging will resume monthly sessions. Holstein show at Greeley is on the horizon. Vocational ag students undertake new farm practices and Jack Heiken castrates boar pigs. Farmers urged to stake fields to monitor corn growth in June and July. Calves receive teats cut and iodine treatment after the Nagel farm tour.
Clay 4-H Boys visit 10 members at their homes for project talks and record checks. Participants show baby beeves market pigs and lambs, with picnics and kit tenball games. Other tours include Castle Grove and Oxford groups with multiple livestock displays and judging practice.
Ten members of the Cass 4-H club led by Fred Heiken visited each member's home on a Tuesday afternoon. They started at Leland Appleberry's home where a baby beef was shown and the group discussed points to look for in judging the cattle.
Inspectors note rat damage on stored corn at several farms reducing quality and quantity. Farmers should seal corn, use poison bait such as red squill or barium carbonate, and apply ample bait nightly. Contact Farm Bureau for more information.
Mrs Arnold Sandhagen and family from Strawberry Point joined by Howard Beck of Manchester spent Saturday night at Mrs Heeren’s home. Multiple visitors including the Clement and Conley households called on Sunday, with a Drumbarger dinner guest and an auction for Jess Boots in Hopkinton. A shower honored Mrs Paul Gerdes with cards and gifts, and other guests visited in Center Junction Prairieburg Amber Castle Grove Richland Center Lamont area.
A Sunday picnic brought about fifty relatives and friends together. Attendees included the Slausons Chaplins Ardusers Firsts and Whelps with King family hosts. Others visited farms and homes in Lamont Monticello Langworthy and Stone City areas for meals and social events over the weekend.
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