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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
5
The Jones County Farm Bureau reports February totals from local herds led by Shomont Panona Pansy a registered Holstein cow yielding 2316 pounds of milk and 51.1 pounds of butterfat. The month saw 278,042 pounds of milk and butterfat across 452 total cows. Dale R. Mayberry served as tester.
A meeting of the Jones Rural Youth Association was held at Ames with 22 Jones county delegates in attendance. The report notes the gathering was organized to discuss youth farming and community activities.
Farmers delaying hatching until February reap higher profits in poultry. Data from 34 flock owners show February hatched birds yield 4 cents per pound profit, March 2 cents, and April none. February birds sell in May, when prices rise, while late hatchings face lower returns and higher costs. Mortality and faster growth favor early chicks, boosting earnings and labor income.
J H Standen Iowa State College extension plant pathologist urges farmers to include seed treating and cleaning in spring planting. Seed borne diseases such as oat smuts barley smut and wheat stinking smut can be controlled by Ceresan dusting. Treated oats averaged 388 bushels per acre vs 34.6 for untreated. barley varieties varied in response. flax yields rose with seed treatment, especially with early sowing.
The 362 cows tested in the South Jones Cow Testing Association averaged 663 pounds of milk and 23.6 pounds of butterfat with 67 cows dry. Fifty cows produced over 40 pounds of butterfat. seven cows disposed of for low production, two died, four sold to other herds. Sixteen heifers freshened in February. Top ten herds include Prentice and Streeter, Men’s Reformatory, and George Slater with high cows all owned by the Men’s Reformatory.
Extension expert Quaife outlines a five point plan to cut hog production costs. He cites washing sows before farrowing, disinfecting pens with boiling lye, placing pigs on clean pasture, and avoiding dirty drives to barns as key steps. He claims these practices can reduce disease and improve market readiness of 200-pound hogs.
The southern slopes of the Himalaya in northern India record extreme rainfall with Cherrapunji averaging about 40 feet annually, near 50 inches. The annual total highlights the region as one of the wettest on earth and a benchmark for monsoon intensity in the subcontinent.
The article notes that left hand strength increases as intellect decreases and discusses the correlation between handedness and mental ability. It cites Paul Popenoe and Hygeia on how right hand dominance declines with lower intelligence while left hand strength rises, with various handedness patterns and associated bodily traits.
Rural schools are urged to save bird pictures and compile them into a booklet to be submitted to The Express office by June 1 for a chance to win a single prize of a bird book for the school. The Bluebird is described as a herald of spring with details on range, nesting, diet, and plumage.
Ancient Miltiades victory at Marathon is recalled with Phidippides message to Sparta and the origin of the marathon race. The piece notes U S meat packing started with farmer packers salt eating pork beef venison and bear in colonial times and westward distribution to port cities. It closes with a statistic claiming one fifth of Americans attend daily movies.
The Washington Post notes land caves form in limestone as rain seeps into cracks. Tiny drops erode rock to create immense subterranean chasms. Mammoth Cave in Kentucky spans about 8,000 square miles beneath the surface, illustrating nature’s erosive power.
Collier's Weekly describes a Balkan code among Albanian mountaineers where feuds are paused during town visits or social events. The system allows truces so rivals can attend parties or harvests without danger, then resume hostilities as needed.
The term talbot means a blood hound from Old English stock. Florence A Cowles notes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the word is mainly seen in heraldry and as a surname, less often as a given name.
August Bechtler and his father, Ruth erfordton goldsmiths, privately minted government gold coins from 1830 to 1835 before the official Charlotte mint opened. The coins bore their maker name and or the legends North Carolina gold or Carolina gold, with ore provenance shown. They died in poverty despite the legal minting work.
In the seventeenth century a pigment called iris green was made from fermenting purplish blue blue flag iris flowers then extracting juice and mixing with alum. Pansy flowers with violet tones were used for a similar pigment.
The article notes that planting corn and soybeans separately yields better results. Experiments show soybeans planted with corn reduce corn yields by up to five bushels per acre even in wet years. C. C. Culbertson of the state college cites livestock experience questioning mixed planting profitability.
Culbertson advises a strip of bears along one hogged field edge for home grown protein. Iowa grape production lags, yielding only a quarter of potential demand.
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