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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
12
Farmers Mutual Creamery in Monticello leads a regional dairy network with a 1,090,072 pound butter output and 313,332.85 in sales last year. The plant, at highway 151 south entrance, employs 11 and reports strong growth within a 60 mile radius.
The Shomont Ice Cream Co founded by Thomas Shover in 1931 operates the largest ice cream plant in Jones County. It ships to 55 towns within 100 miles, producing 75,000 gallons yearly, with deliveries from Monticello and Cedar Rapids. The plant uses Iowa State College standards and a 100 to 125 gallon per hour peak. it also markets pasteurized milk in Monticello.
The Yeoman Hoag company, while not the largest in Monticello, ships its implement products to wholesalers in 20 states and Canada. Each year 6 7 thousand dozen or about 80 000 items are produced in the northwest brick plant. The range includes 20 garden hoe varieties snow shovels snow pushers lawn rakes and smaller tools. Ten men are employed and the making process heats raw steel then bends it to size.
The Reel Products Company and its subsidiary True Worth move to Monticello after more than 20 years in Cedar Rapids. They produce Yeastex yeast culture and maple syrup and syrups sold to wholesale grocers, cafes, and drug stores. Owner J W Heizer and his son run the business, with six workers currently employed.
The Monticello Canning company employs eighty Monticello residents for a five to six week summer run beginning around August 10. In 1984 it shipped fifty one cars of corn with a 26 000 case last year pack. the Cedar Rapids operation, J LeRoy Farmer Canning company, manages it. The plant, built in 1901, cans only corn and contracts with Delaware Linn and Jones counties Farmers each spring for July August delivery. Five canning plants operate under J LeRoy Farmer Canning company in Iowa including Tipton West Liberty Marengo and Cedar Rapids. The Monticello plant houses six double huskers four cutters one filling machine one sealing machine and nine cookers with sealing at about 130 cans per minute.
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