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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1938
Page
4
Jones County Farm Bureau announces a meeting for all boys in Wayne township interested in 4-H entry. At Otto Danneman home Friday evening March 25 at 7 30 p m officers will be elected and projects lined up. The aim is to start an active 4-H program in the community.
The Rural Youth group held a March 17 meeting with a panel discussing a potential trade boycott of Japan. Panelists included Mary Esther McLaughlin, Mildred Meeks, Glenn Brokaw, and Ray Sorensen. The session ended with general discussion and plans for future programs.
The Martelle 4 H club met at Harry Newman’s home on March 23 to elect officers for the 1938 season and to plan the year’s Bee of the year program.
A posture training school for girls 4-H club leaders will be held in Cedar Rapids on March 29 from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m. Miss Gardner a specialist in posture training will conduct the sessions.
Harry Linn of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association visits Jones county on April 1 to lead a colt breaking demonstration and training school at Clarence Graff farm near Anamosa. The program runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Linn breaking the colt and youths gaining supervised hands on experience. This follows last January’s rural youth short course.
The second training session for girls club leaders linked to the food preservation project will take place in Anamosa on April 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Miss Nelle Thompson, nutrition specialist from Iowa State College, will lead. Details will be mailed to county club leaders.
Mrs Bernard Cass chairs a Jones county Farm Bureau meeting at Anamosa courthouse on Saturday March 26. Officers township and publicity chairs join to finalize plans for the county wide Home Project Achievement Day at Onslow High School April 27 with judge N May Larson from Iowa State College and the county women's chorus under Mrs Arthur Wilcox providing the feature.
The Jones county AAA committee received the county allotment on March 17 for the new farm program. Soil depleting acreage is 125,903 acres and corn acreage allotment is 73,556 acres. The committee is now breaking the county.
Allotment process will extend from township to individual farm level with farmers receiving their allotments by mail once the county committee finalizes the distribution. The move aims to detail farm specifics and implement the program locally.
Extension horticulturist S W Edgecombe led a pruning demonstration at the Frank Walker farm focusing on pruning young apple trees and grapes. Forty-one farmers and Smith Hughes students attended the event and learned tree and small fruit pruning techniques.
Dairymen met at the courthouse to form North Jones and South Jones associations in Jones County. Temporary officers include South Jones president Alvin Byerly and Monticello officials. North Jones led by Wilbur Cartano and J. E. Ahlrich. Dairymen may join via officers or county agent. Dues range 30 to 40 dollars yearly by herd size. Final plans and tester employment to be set by April 5 at the Farm Bureau office.
Miss Nora Workman of Iowa State College led four training sessions this week on Commercial Floor Coverings and Resurfacing of Linoleum. On Tuesday March 22 participants from Castle Grove Lowell Richland and Washington gathered in Monticello. Wednesday March 23 Fairview Wayne Jackson and Cass townships met at Anamosa courthouse. Thursday March 24 Scotch Grove Clay Madison Wyoming and Oxford townships met at Mrs Ray Naylor’s home in Scotch Grove. Friday March 25 Greenfield Rome and Hale townships met at Mrs Arthur Engelking’s home in Olin.
Sixteen township meetings on the 1938 farm program were completed this week by the county AAA committee and the county agent. Attendees showed strong interest in applying the program to Jones county farms, with details on soil depleting acreage and various crop allotments, payment rates, and soil-building incentives.
The policy specifies that compensation for any farm shall rise by a proportional percentage based on the payment.
The USDA and Iowa State Experiment Station are testing two cross groups of oats with higher yield and rust resistance. Twelve selections from Victoria x Richland cross show strong rust and smut resistance with good grain, yielding 98 to 108 bushels per acre in tests at Ames versus 85 for Richland. A Markton Rainbow cross grown in Ames produced over 110 bushels per acre. These strains show promise for eastern Nebraska southern Iowa northern Missouri and central Ohio Illinois Indiana while crown rust resistance remains variable.
A row of visits and family gatherings is described with multiple households hosting and visiting in extended circles. Highlights include birthday celebrations for Mrs Hinrichs and for Jean in the Houst home, a baby girl birth to Mr and Mrs Oltmanns on March 19, and Rosemary Gray recovering from surgery at McDonald hospital in Monticello.
Hopkinton reports Mrs. A W McDonald improving after return from Rochester. Russell Lux Jr undergoes appendectomy and heads toward recovery. Bethany class met in Dillion home with Ventura Dillion and Letha Rizer hosting. Various local visits include Norton Loomis and daughter Jean to Hopkinton, Homer Thompson at Lenox Junior College, and travel by Emil Henkel and Mrs Moulton to Minneapolis. Marie Pound and Hazel Roberts inspected first grade pupils. Death of John Gearhart's brother Charles Gearhart noted. others visited Woodstock, Ohio.
Funeral arrangements announced for an unnamed local figure with Rev. David de Best presiding. Neighbors report several family moves including William Edgar to Tom Cline’s residence on April 1 and J C Edgar relocating to town. Multiple visits and social events noted among local residents. A luncheon gathering at Mrs. H D House drew 26 ladies. officer installations completed for the year.
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