Buol Brothers Run Modern Dairy Farm Near Monticello
The Buol brothers Ben and Adam operate a 400 acre, electricity equipped dairy near Monticello. Their Brown Swiss herd of 21 cattle is milked to the Monticello creamery, with automated feeding, watering, and a labor-saving electric elevator for corn. They practice crop rotation, heavy manure usage, and summer pasture for beef and dairy, while not formally in AAA or conservation programs.
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Buol
Jones County
Ben Buol
the Express
Monticello
Buol Brothers
AAA
Makimer
Conservation Services
Buel Brothers
Ben Buel
Duel
Bud Brothers
Round seed corn proves as valuable as flat seeds
County Agent Carl R. Smith says round seeds from the butt end of ears, though irregular in shape, can produce as uniform and heredity-consistent seed as flat middle-ear seeds if graded to feed evenly through planter plates. Ohio experiments over nine years support the finding.
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Carl R. Smith
Smith
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Sprague Hosford Named Latest Fifty Year Club Member
Sprague Mason Hosford, long time Express correspondent from Castle Grove, selected for The Express Half Century Club. Born Sept 10, 1872, he and his wife Katherine Brown raised four children and run a 24 acre farm with son Lyle. He favors modern farming, follows news closely, and doubts lend lease while watching European events and shipping. He has served in local politics and church activities though not a member of any church.
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Sprague Hosford
Express
Sprague Mason Hosford
Castle Grove
Hosford
Daniel S
Vauline Hosford
Monticello
Katherine Brown
Kasota
Minn
Minnesota
Lyle
Myr. Hosford
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
McKinley
Bryan
Downerville Cooperative Creamery
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
County Supervisorance
Castle Grove Presbyterian Church
Kenneth
Manchester
Clarence
Mount Vernon
Robert Beatty
California
Clean Brooder Practices for Safe Baby Chick Rearing
County Agent Carl F. Smith urges thorough cleaning of the brooder house and equipment before chicks arrive. Disinfect floors with lye water, walls with cresol spray, and ensure dry litter. Run brooder for days prior, locate away from other buildings, and use a sunlit wire screen porch to keep chicks off contaminated soil.
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Carl F. Smith
Smith
Real Estate Transfers In Jones County Iowa
Monticello State Bank as admin with the will annexed of Mary Cassady deeds to Barney A Eiler and Mary Eiler as joint tenants with full survivor ownership. Also L. H Barber chairman transfers 159 RR added to Monticello and $1500 to E L Millsap for part of lot 14 block 12 Wyoming and other minor transfers. Andrew Florin to The Lovell Corporation for sections 6 5 85 2 with right of way deed recorded and nominal consideration.
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Monticello State Bank
Mary Cassady
Barney A. Eiler
Mary Eiler
Monticello
Jones County
Lown
H. P. Barber
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
E. L. Millsap
Deast
Wyoming
Andrew Florin
Lovell Corporation
Wheat Growers Referendum Planned by Agriculture Dept
Secretary Wickard approves tentative May 31 referendum among wheat growers on quotas as 1941 42 supply exceeds the marketing quota. In Jones county 57 allotments cover 402.7 acres. nine farms qualify to vote. Farmers will decide on continued stabilizing effects of wheat loans.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States
Jones County
District Extension Meet Held in Manchester
Jones county sent twelve representatives to a district extension meeting in Manchester on March 13 and 14. The event, one of sixteen statewide, was sponsored by the USDA Extension Service Iowa State College Ames and county Farm Bureau with a defense agriculture focus. Attendees included C R Grafft Oscar Kinler L T Lorenzen William Stanton Bernard Clarence William Reade F L Brinacombe Mrs Don Wherry John Bodenhofer R O McColm James Kearns and County Agent Carl Smith Anamosa.
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Jones County
Manchester
United States Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Ames
County Farm Bureau
John H. Gaus
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
C. L. McFarlane
University of Kentucky
Lexington
C. R. Grafft
Oscar Kinler
Olin
L. T. Lorenzen
Wyoming
William Stanton
Bernard
Clarence
William Reade
Onslow
F. L. Brinacombe
Monticello
Don Wherry
John Bodenhofer
R. O. McColm
James Kearns
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Women at Work In Japan
Women in Japan hold jobs as bus conductors and gasoline station attendants in a shift toward greater gender participation, reflecting changing social norms and labor needs.
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Japan
Rush On Lime Quarries Speeds for CCC Farm Aid
The CCC quarrying program rushes to finish 4000 tons this winter with 1500 more slated. Portable crushers leased by Monticello Soil Improvement Association crush limestone for cooperative farmers to use on pastures and legume seedings. Crushers shift between multiple quarries under supervision of Supt. I L Brinacombe and association president W D McLaughlin.
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CCC
I. L. Brinacombe
Monticello
Iowa 4-H Aims for New York Trip for City Exchange
One Jones county 4-H girl and one 4-H boy will compete for a New York City trip in early May. Seven Iowa participants, four girls and three boys, will be chosen by county reps by March 25. The trip, funded by the Carnegie Endowment and Des Moines Economic Council, seeks rural urban and inter sectional understanding.
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Jones County
New York City
James F. Kearns
Iowa
Lincoln High School
Carnegie Endowment of
The
Des Moines Economic Council
Iowa State College Extension Service
Ames
Four Tons of Coal Burn After Truck Overturns Near Montezuma
Four tons of coal caught fire after a truck overturned near Montezuma. The vehicle was owned by Ralph Good of Waterloo.
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Montezuma
Ralph Good
Waterloo
4 H CLUB NEWS FLOURISHES WITH RIDGING EVENTS
Reports from Lovell Wayne Willing Workers Castle Grove and Clay 4 H clubs detail meetings at Mary Lou Adams Arlene Monk Marian Deischer and other homes. Members discuss birds hog breeds crossbreds and farm home development. Officers elected Willard Byerly presides. Lunches served by members’ mothers.
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Willard Byerly
Lloyd Brickley
Larry Jessen
Philbert Hardersen
Gene Sievers
Helen Wortman
Porter
Delbert Brickey
Castle Grove
Marian Deischer
Thomas Ahtrichs
Marvin Seehusen
Fred Kromminga
Forrest. Deischer
Japanese Bathhouses Employ Male Attendants in Both Quarters
A historical note reports that certain public bathhouses in Japan employed male attendants serving both the men's and women's sections. The arrangement reflects older customs of public bathing and staff roles in traditional facilities.
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Japan
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