Shomont Bull Second Highest In United States Dairy Records
King Posch Man-O-War Ormsby No. 701065, owned by Shomont Dairy, holds the second highest dairy index in the United States for transmitting butterfat. The article explains transmitting versus producing ability and cites daughter performance as proof of the bull’s strong influence on herd efficiency. It notes Shomont equipment meets federal standards and dairy-forces like CCC milk supply with new foam pasteurizer and full-lip bottle caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shover
Shomont
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Lilly II
Lilly I
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Shomont Farms
Sheyer
CCC
Shomont Dairy
Ormsby
Lilly IV Dairy Cow Sets Remarkable 1940 Production Record
Lilly IV, a Shomont dairy cow aged 10 in 1940, produced 811.20 pounds that year, far surpassing Lilly I, her dam. This exceptional rate stands out as unusually high for a single cow in a given year.
County Bureau To Take Part In Pasture Programs
Jones county Farm Bureau joins Cedar Rapids pasture clinic for a regional pasture improvement program. Counties around Cedar Rapids invited. cooperators record pasture care capacity, judged yearly by the clinic committee. Entry forms due April 15. Jones county winners include Lorenzen brothers Olin first and Henry Adams Monticello second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Pasture Clinic
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Jones County
Lorenzen Brothers
Olin
Henry Adams
Monticello
4-H Club Meetings Discuss Hog Production and Elections
Eleven members and a visitor met at John Stimpson’s home for a 4-H club meeting. Leaders and members spoke on swine production, breeds, and herd management, with lunch served by the Stimpson and Lasack families. Plans include a mother-daughter banquet March 22 at Onslow with talks by members, mothers, and an outside speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stimpson
Roger Heiken
Wendell Heiken
Fred Heiken
Tom Stimpson
Oxford Livewires Club
Paul Lasack
Robert Nowachek
Leonard Lasack
Donald Starr
Ed Sarma
Louis Lasack
Greenfield 4-H Club
Don Meeks
Onslow
Ladies’ Guild
Rural Youth District Meet At Tipton Farm Bureau Office
Rural Youth members attended the district meet as part of a series of subject matter training schools. Mr and Mrs Max Specht Marion Balster and Ella Rickels sampled the event held at the Farm Bureau office in Tipton Tuesday evening. L K Macy and Dorothy Simmons extension specialists from Iowa State College led the discussion on organizing the farm business for profit and the home for satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Specht
Marion Balster
Ella Rickels
Farm Bureau
Tipton
L. K. Macy
Dorothy Simmons
Iowa State College
Survey shows successful 4-H farm winners at Jones County fair
The piece lists champions in multiple livestock classes from the Jones County Fair, naming winners by breed and year across Baby Beef, Market Pig, and Market Litter categories. It notes the first 4-H father son banquet occurred in 1937 at Martelle High School with subsequent events in Monticello, Wyoming, and 1940 at Wyoming High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Lorenzen
Olin
Hereford
Merlin K. Lyon
Angus
Raymond Moss
Chester White
Merle Meeks
Martelle
Duroe Jersey
John Nichhorn
Wyoming
Alvin Bailey
Anamosa
Leo Waggoner
Poland
China
Edgar West
Duree Jersey
Clair Hobertson
Chester Miller
Delbert Richardson
Richard Eichhorn
Delbert Grafft
Howard Calvert
Duroc Jersey
Dean Henderson
Berkshire
Lavern Engelbart
Amber
Robert Shedek
Poland-Berk Cross
Monticello High School
Wyoming High School
Bureau Family to Win Silverware Set
The Farm Bureau offers an eight piece silverware set for the year 1941 top signer in each township. Otto Danneman the county organization director says the premium, packed in a mahogany case, is available through the Iowa Farm Bureau federation. An additional jack knife prize goes to the high man signing over three members. The contest closes April 1 and no family leads by much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Otto Danneman
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Danneman
Mattress Centers Produce 338 Mattresses First Week
Two mattress centers in Monticello and Olin produced 338 mattresses in their first week under supervisors Mrs. Lee Byerly and Mrs. Evelyn Postel. All supplies are on hand and applicants will be notified by card of time and place to report for order fulfillment.
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Monticello
Olin
Lee Byerly
Evelyn Postel
Monty Hatchery
Ahlrichs Cattle Are High Second Time
Sand Spring area reports February dairy statistics led by J E Ahlrichs herd at 760 pounds milk and 45.4 butterfat. The top single cow was a Francis Miller Holstein at 1666 pounds milk and 73.3 butterfat for the month. The ten high herds and their totals include Muller Bros 1260 milk and 41.2 butterfat and Claude Latta 966 milk and 34.0 butterfat.
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Ahlviehs
D.h.la
Jerseys
Francis Miller
J. E
Smith & Meade
V. A. Holub
Shomont Dairy
Louie Ortgies
Art & Ray Fairbanks
Roy V. Forter
Balster Bros
Frank Sutherl and Farms 50 Years In Scotch Grove
Frank Sutherland of Scotch Grove earns Half-Century Parmer’s club status as a 280 acre family farmholder dating to 1837 birth and Civil War era acquisition. The modern farm features electric lights and machinery, with cattle, a Canadian bull calf, and windbreaks. He discusses farm costs, middleman profits, and AAA conservation, praising production and community service.
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Frank Sutherland
Scotch Grove
Monticello Express
Parmer’s Club
Sutherland Farm
Iowa
Canada
John Sutherland
Sutherland
AAA
The
Jones County
Scotch Grove Man Loses Toes in Saw
Scotch Grove report notes Stewart Leggett, son of Mr and Mrs Will Leggett, lost toes on a foot to a wood saw last week and was hospitalized in Monticello, with recovery expected. The column also covers Presbyterian Ladies Aid March meeting at Mrs Bernard Cass home, soil conservation talk by Mrs Don Wherry, and other community notices including church events, school exams, and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sutherland
Scotch Grove
Blanche Clark
Sutherland
Stewart Leggett
Will Leggett
Monticello
Bernard Cass
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
Don Wherry
Wyoming
Wherry
Edwin Wilcox
Merle Cass
Randolph
Runkle
Rudolph Oltman
Louie Hanken
Harm J, Dirks
August Schrader
Clark
John Jacobs
Arnold Jacobs
Kenneth Meadon
Arend Poppe
Hall
L. J. Schlemme
The
Presbyterian Church
M. F. G. Tyrrell
Center School
Arend Balster
Margaret Folkerts
William Henrichs
Andrew Caspers
Conservationists Plan Second Series Of Soil Meetings
County Agent Carl Smith announces a second series of soil meetings in early April to demonstrate contour layout in the field. CCC soil technicians from Monticello and Floyd Parks will assist with the demonstrations as the Soil Conservation Service continues erosion control work in local watersheds. Farmers may view the demonstrations by contacting area farmers or the technicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Smith
CCC
Monticello
Floyd Parks
Death of Mrs. Jake Lang Near Sand Spring
Obituary note indicates Mrs. Jake Lang formerly of near Sand Spring died after heart trouble. She was mother to Chester and Lester Lang and Mrs. John Heeren of Onslow. The Langs retired from farming and moved to Monticello. Neighbors and relatives mourn the passing.
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Sand Spring
Jake Lang
Near Sand Spring
Chester
Lester Lang
John Heeren
Onslow
Lang
Monticello
Ray Chaplin
Fred Welter
Dubuque
Clem Prophetoes
John Henrichs
Rock Falls
Ill
Minnie Heeren
E. H. Cox
William Kauffman
Blanche Moser
Colesburg
Fred J. Heeren
Deer Grove
Francis Gestel
Glenn Fahren
Clinton
Heeren
W. G. Lawrence
Martina Lawrence
Loras Marcus Lawrence
Genevieve Stevenson
Henry Marek
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Moscow Red Square name origin linked to Ivan the Terrible
The article explains that kras ny in Russian means red and also beautiful, so Moscow's Red Square derives its name from Ivan the Terrible rather than the 1917 revolutionaries. It highlights how the word signifies beauty as well as color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Square
Krasny
Ivan the Terrible
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Fred Lehman
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Donald Meeks
Irvin Sievers
Grover Lorenzen
John Benaduin
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the Women’s
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