Cow Testing Report Highlights Jones County Dairy Herds
The joint annual dairy record summary shows North Jones with 442 cows averaging 8574 pounds milk and 331.4 pounds butterfat per cow and $68.84 income over feed. High herd owned by J E Ahlrich Monticello averaged 8087 pounds milk and 452 pounds butterfat. South Jones 280 cows averaged 9463 pounds milk and 350.7 pounds butterfat with $58.34 income over feed. High herd Men’s Reformatory Anamosa 65 cows 12932 pounds milk and 442.2 pounds butterfat. 88 cows culled for low production. Presidents: North Jones George Balster Monticello. South Jones George Slater Olin with testers Berwin Paine and Elwood Mundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Tatum
North Jones Association
J. E. Ahlrich
Monticello
South Jones Association
Elwood Mundy
Anamosa
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
George Balster
Berwin Paine
George Slater
Olin
Olin 4-H Club Tours Projects and Activities
The Olin 4-H boys toured members projects starting at 9:30 Tuesday at the Olin schoolhouse. Stops included Donald Clark market litter and multiple Holstein Hereford Angus sheep and colt projects. Club leader Nolan Uggschwerdt and agent James Kearns checked records. a picnic followed at Mrs Anna Levsen’s lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Boys
Olin Boys 4-H Club
Olin
Donald Clark
Julian Kinlar
Melvin Groth
Marty Imster
Dean Henderson
Harry Imster
Lawrence Mackey
Frederick Biere
Guernsey
Keifer
Charles Furst
Hereford
Merlin K. Lyon
Jay Slater
Leo Levsen
Virtus Lorenzen
Grover Lorenzen
Helen Lorenzen
Shorthorn
Earl Phillips
Angus
Lowell Ahrendsen
Norman Ahrendsen
Merlin Ahrendsen
Don Zaruba
Calvin Glenn
Colt
Joe Glenn
Chester Grafft
Jay Levsen
Joe Levsen
Nolan “Ugschwerdt
James Kearns
Farm Bureau Team to Meet Mechanicsville on Sunday
The Farm Bureau baseball team will play Mechanicsville at Martello Diamond this Sunday afternoon June 29 at 2 30 o clock. Farm Bureau aims to avenge an earlier season loss as Mechanicsville beat them in the first game. Last Sunday Ely defeated Farm Bureau 4 to 1 with Gotsch and Robertson from Martello on the Farm Bureau battery and Stahle and Sladek for Ely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Farm Bureau
Mechanicsville
Martello
Farm Bureau Boys
Ely
James Gotsch
Clair Robertson
Stahle
Sladek
Gotsch
Frakes Returns to Iowa State Fair Thrill Day
Captain F. T. Frakes, who crashed a plane into a house at the Iowa State Fair four years ago, will headline two thrill day programs again this year. State and federal aviation officials tried to halt the stunt and a federal marshal pursued him, but Frakes slipped his aircraft over the track and crashed into the house while authorities searched the fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Cunningham
F. T. Frakes
Frakes
Fair Ground
Petersen Becomes Express Half Century Farmer
Paul Petersen, 64, born in Norway and now farming near Monticello, is named the Express 50 year Farmer. He immigrated at 17 after working as a fisherman and sailor, runs a dairy with Holstein cattle, Chester White hogs, and White Leghorn chickens, and admires America as a land of opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersen
Norway
United States
America
4-H Club Farm Tour and Youth Events Report
The article details 4-H club activities across Clay and Jones counties with member livestock projects, a Ketelsen family baby beef show, and a Picnic on the Ketelsen lawn. It notes a Clay Township Farm Bureau meeting led by Alyan Streeper and a Rural Youth talk by Sam Fouse at Anamosa High School. Plans mention a REA Electric Farm Equipment Show tour for Jones County youths on July 7 and 8. It closes with a national crop statistic comparing per-person harvest in the U S to Germany China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jerry Naylor
Arthur Husman
LaVern Kuhns
Galen Kuhns
Kermit Kuhns
Jersey
Ralph Husman
Hereford
Alvin Weers
John Ketelsen
Richard Ketelsen
Don Ketelsen
John McNeilly
Sam Fouse
Lisbon
George Washington Carver
Jones County Rural Youth Association
Anamosa High School
Merle Meeks
Martelle
REA
Jones County
Stone Farm
Ryan
Jones
Geo Turnis Shows High Prices In Chicago Cattle Sale
George Turnis a well known Delaware county stockman saw 28 head of 783 pound Hereford heifers sell at 10.85 per cwt at the Chicago yards netting about 175 dollars after costs. Turnis notes total marketing expense around 41.1 cents per cwt and a 1.4 percent rail shrink. He plans two more loads from the same lot and another drove of steers on pasture.
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George Turnis
Delaware County
Iowa
Chicago
Turnis
4-H Softball Meet At Olin June 28
The third annual 4-H boys club kittenball tournament is set for the Olin school grounds on Saturday June 28 starting at 1 00 p m Local clubs may enter teams The finals will occur at the Jones County Farm Bureau Sports Festival on July 4 at the Monticello fairgrounds The Olin boys 4-H club won the tournament last year
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Olin
Jones County Farm Bureau
Monticello Fairgrounds
Seven Champions Named for Chris Tendom Saints
The seven champions listed are St George of England St Andrew of Scotland St Patrick of Ireland St Denis of France St James of Spain and St Anthony of Italy.
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Christendom
St. George
England
St. Andrew
Scotland
St. Patrick
Ireland
St. Denis
France
St. James
Spain
St. Anthony
Italy
CCC Photographers Photograph Local Soil Conservation Wings
CCC camp technicians under superintendent F. L. Brinacombe took aerial color pictures of soil conservation farming projects. Sylvan T. Runkel flew the red monoplane with Cris Randolph aboard to photograph farms in Center Junction Sumner Deer Creek Filmore Sand Springs Richland Castle Grove Oakwood watershed areas. The images show strip cropping contour farming from low flyovers and will be made into slides for farm group demonstrations.
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Monticello
CCC
F. L. Brinacombe
Sylvan T. Runkel
Cris Randolph
Center Junction
Sumner
Deer Creek
Filmore
Sand Springs
Richland
Castle Grove
Oakwood
Randolph
Brinacombe
Mayberry Named Committee Chairman
Delbert Mayberry of Martelle was appointed by the Farm Bureau board to chair the county dairy month committee. He coordinates the dairy month advertising campaign with placards posters and countywide cooperation from creameries dairymen groceries and restaurants. The effort aligns with state and national campaigns highlighting the health value of dairy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Mayberry
Martelle
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Dairy Month
Mayberry
Farm Bureau Women Leaders to Meet at State Conference
Mrs. Oliver Furst of Olin chairs Jones county Farm Bureau women's division along with Mrs. Lee Crain. Olin will attend a two day statewide conference at Deaf Moines June 30 and July 1 at the state fairgrounds under Mrs. Raymond Sayre state chairman. The meeting aims to develop the rural women's role in Farm Bureau work and national defense program involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Oliver Furst
Olin
Jones County Farm Bureau
Lee Crain
Deaf Moines
State Fairgrounds
Raymond Sayre
Farm Bureau Women’s Organization
Wyoming Swingtimers 4-H Club Hosts Monthly Meeting
The Wyoming township Farm Bureau met Friday at Fred Lazare home with the Wyoming Swingtimers 4-H girls in charge. Norma Lou Barber presided over a model 4-H business meeting while Gwen Romer spoke on foot care. Lor raine Moenk and assistant leader Bette Dawes reported on the Ames convention trip. Two new members were initiated into the club, and lunch was provided by the 4-H group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Busy Bees 4-H Club
Clay Township Farm Bureau
Alyan Streeper
Edna Derga
Mable Goarcke
Dna Erga
Ames
Elizabeth French
Twila Chatterton
Lorraine Schmidt
Wyoming
Wyoming Swingtimers
Wyoming Township Farm Bureau
Fred Lazare
Norma Lou Barber
Gwen Romer
Lorraine Moenk
Bette Dawes
Eleven Girls Gather At Goarcke Home
Eleven girls met at the home of Mabel Goarcke on Wednesday June 18 with eleven members present. The main topic was plans for the program to be presented at the Farm Bureau meeting to be held at the Alva Streeper home. One new member Romania Gambert attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
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