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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
3
The Jones County Farm Bureau will again provide a spray notice service for fruit growers detailing when to spray and which materials to use against insects and diseases. Notices will be mailed before each spray time to interested growers who leave their names at the Farm Bureau office.
Dormant spraying is advised to control scale insects on apple and pear trees before buds open. Inspect trees and apply a thorough spray to branches and trunk using liquid lime sulfur or a dormant spray oil. Use one quart lime sulfur per eight gallons water or follow manufacturers' oil guidelines.
A large crowd attended the Castle Grove township Farm Bureau meeting at the schoolhouse on Friday evening. M. J. Cass of Monticello presented motion pictures from his Europe trip and a 1937 Jones County Fair reel in color. Clarence McLaughlin of Monticello spoke on soil conservation comparing US resource depletion with China’s past.
A notice to Farm Bureau members in Jones county announced Iowa State College trees available for reforestation or planting on waste land and erosion control. Trees are priced low in lots of 1000 or more, with about 7000 trees already ordered for Jones county. Applications and requirements are at the Farm Bureau office.
The Jones County Farm Debt Adjustment committee will meet at the office of Warren Rees in Anamosa on Friday evening April 8 at 7 30. M H Burns district rural rehabilitation supervisor will attend. Farmers seeking the committee services are invited to attend.
E S Dyas of Iowa State College will discuss what to look for when buying hybrid seed corn at two Jones County meetings. At Monticello High School 1 30 p m and at Onslow Community Hall 8 p m Friday April 1. The talks aim to teach farmers how to distinguish good from inferior hybrids amid rising seed sales activity and a large corn seed supply.
An evergreen windbreak planting event will be held at R. P. Morse farm in Wyoming on Saturday April 2 starting 9 a.m. Iowa State College forester G R Ramsey will supervise planting of 110 trees in three rows 16 by 16 designed to protect farm buildings. All farmers are invited regardless of weather.
County agents advise replacing high cost red clover with a blend of 3 pounds red clover 2 pounds alsike clover and 6 pounds timothy to reduce seed bills. Traditional mixes favor 6 to 8 pounds red clover with less timothy though alsike seed is about half the size of red clover.
The article compares forage legumes and grasses for pasture seeding. Alsike clover is cheaper and forms a productive mix with red clover, timothy seed is abundant and affordable, and sweet clover offers one year pasture potential with specific seeding rates. Proper seed bed prep reduces overall seeding needs.
Jones county 4-H girls study canning with aim to stock winter gardens. Nell Thompson from Iowa State College will conduct a training session on fruit and vegetable canning for club leaders and committee members in the Anamosa court house Community room on Wednesday April 6. The session is the second of three on the food preservation project this year, with leaders from all clubs invited.
A 4 H girls club in the county will gain a new member this spring a jointed cardboard Minnie the Man t hen from Boston who demonstrated posture faults at a Cedar Rapids district training. Miss Ella Gardner of the Federal Extension Service led the school attended by Jones county girls and leaders. Posture lessons include jumping rope bean bags volley balls and colored scarfs with special group work and a county fair posture contest to showcase achievements.
The Commodity Credit Corporation extends corn loan program beyond March 31 1938. Loans at 50 cents per bushel for two and a half cubic feet of ear corn up to 14 percent moisture. Totals show loans of 16,599,616.45 dollars on 34,259,774 bushels.
The Martelle 4-H Boys met at Harry Newman's home on Wednesday March 23 with twelve members present. Chester Miller was elected president, Clair Robertson vice president, and Arthur Stark secretary-treasurer. Educational pictures on beef and dairy cattle were shown and Mrs. Newman served refreshments.
Jones county 4-H boys clubs compete in a district basketball tourney at Coe College gym Cedar Rapids on April 2 starting 9 a.m. with teams from Linn Tama Iowa Clinton Scott and Jones counties. General admission 24 cents.
Wayne township organizes a new boys club with officers elected at Otto Danneman home on March 25. John Zirkelbach is president, Donald Danneman vice-president, Marvin Jansen secretary-treasurer, William R. Martin leader. members include Dale Daneman, John Zirkelbach, Howard Zirkelbach, Dean Zirkelbach, Marvin Jansen, Merle Jansen, Merlin Cook, Galen Cook, Herbert Martin, LaVern Englehart, Marv Englehart, and Howard Andrews. The group will meet again April 22 at the Zirkelbach home.
The annual Jones county women’s home project achievement day will be held at Onslow on April 27 with speaker Mrs. N May Larson of Ames and judging of township exhibits. The county farm women’s chorus will debut under Mrs. Arthur Wilcox. Rural carrier L M Smith traded jobs with R W McPhillips in Paso Texas during a Texas visit for Stanley’s health.
New Hudson 112 sedan lines will be sold through Monticello Motor Sales on North Main Street as the new local distributors for Hudson and Terraplane automobiles.
The move involves exchanging homes and belongings with the Smith family heading to El Paso and the McPhillips family. The note outlines a full swap of houses and furnishings with only personal effects moving. The Smiths depart Sunday and are likely to cross paths with the McPhillips somewhere on their 1000 mile journey.
The Monticello city council adopts Ordinance No. 6 1938 appropriating funds for the 1938 fiscal year from general water light band fire grading sewer funds. Money from each fund will be paid per council resolutions. The ordinance takes effect after passage and publication in The Monticello Express. Dated March 21 1938.
The Times Republican remarks Secretary Hull walks a careful middle path, retaining trust and support as the best fitted official of the present administration. It compares his stance to a challenging road ahead, urging continued confidence in his leadership.
Questions outline wie/quaint guidance from the Towa State AAA and Jones county committees. Answers cover disposal of excess oats by pasturing or plowing under, treatment of pastured oats as non depleting, uses for excess land with crops like sweet sorghums and soybeans, and how certain crops count toward corn acreage.
The guidance states patches must be solid and contiguous to count as non depleting. Irregular patches of thistle cannot qualify. Red clover and alfalfa seed sowing counts toward soil-building if Form NCR-221 is filed showing seed origin purity and fields seeded, obtainable from the county AAA office.
Creston News Advertiser weighs Senator Gillette stance on the Roosevelt reorganization bill. The piece notes his independence, belief in government form, confidence in the people, and opposition to court packing, suggesting he will vote according to conviction.
The article argues that the nation requires robust railway systems with proper staffing funding and public regulation. It warns that without cooperation among government management and employees the public will seek alternatives elsewhere.
In Iowa the old days of horses on farms are fading with faster cars and tractors. The essay notes that horses will not replace machinery, and horse and buggy life seems distant on the primary road landscape.
Farmers urged to switch to Bolson's Hi Test Mineral Conditioner, offered at about half the price of 6 to 7 dollars per 100 for mineral feed. The ad guarantees quality or refunds money, claiming thousands of farmers nationwide are switching and improving livestock. It promises compatibility with any feed and seed and invites calls.
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