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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
4
County Agent Carl Smith outlines economical control using poison baits made from carrots parsnips or sweet potatoes. Instructions cover bait prep cutting washing and drying bait pieces dosing with strychnine and careful placement with probes and mound observation to avoid exposure to children and animals.
Farmers observe contour farming and strip cropping demonstrated at Peter Meyer farm near Monticello by Frank Mohler and Ralph Clark from the Monticello CCC camp. The method uses a simple A frame to lay contour lines and plan strips, with Meyer and neighbors adopting the practice to ease handling and reduce fencing costs. Also noted: other farmers pursuing contour farming without CCC aid. An aside adds a cliff drop takes about 19 seconds to reach the ground.
4 Her boys Richard Nims and Billy Callahan ride to meetings in Clay Township as members grow. Wyoming club hosts Dr Klinac on livestock diseases. Jackson youths hear highway patrol on safer driving. Dairy and beef projects advance with heifers and purebred cattle. Nutritionist Miss Hollen leads four locker meetings on storage, freezing, and quality foods.
The Monticello CCC camp reports about 60 000 trees planted since April 15 on erosion control farms in Union township Delaware county and Lovell township Jones county. Two planting methods contour furrowing and twenty inch square spading are used with 68 000 trees and 21 000 shrubs planned for spring.
Stotts, foreman of a crew, demonstrates planting a burr oak and black locust to Red Proffer of Deer ing Missouri for erosion control. Trees are planted four feet apart for game cover and six feet apart for other specimens, with careful root planting.
Ray Sanford states that in Jones county more than 99 percent of 1937 and 1938 corn under AAA loans is sealed or stored with grades No 3 or better. The CCC accepts No 8 or higher, with 100 percent of farm-stored corn and CCC stock meeting this, totaling 472,109 bushels in steel bins and farm storage.
The Jones County Cattle Feeders association hosts a spring outlook meeting at the Onslow community room this evening May 2 at 8 pm. Harry Levsen presides. program includes USDA outlook data and fat cattle survey results. Herman Aaberg and a Chicago cattle salesman will speak. All cattle feeders are invited.
BE M Wright of Town State Dairy Association spoke to 45 FFA and 4 H members at Olin school about the dairy industry in Iowa. He presented three films and answered questions. Earlier 65 4 H members and home economics girls at Anamosa heard the same talk. Wright urged quality over quantity among dairy producers.
The North Jones cow testing association reports April averages of 722 pounds of milk and 27.5 pounds of butterfat per herd. Balster Bros. of Monticello owns the top milker a grade Jersey with 1074 pounds of milk and 77.3 pounds butterfat. ten high herds listed.
Plan calls for a county wide Farm Bureau baseball team organized by Lee Crain chairman of the county Farm Bureau sports committee. A meeting for interested young men is set at the court house Amosa May 6 at 8 pm. Eligible members families and regular helpers may try for the team. The schedule includes a July 4 game and entry in the state wide tournament at Ames in early September.
Recommendations for apple tree protection target common diseases and insects. Apply cluster bud spray as buds separate and before opening, with a 5 quarts liquid lime sulfur solution plus lime and arsenate, seven to ten days earlier a pre pink spray. Ensure timely thorough coverage.
Eleven members of the Scotch Grove Boys club met at the Kuhns home to learn pig selection tips from LaVern Kuhns. A hog judging film strip and Farm Bureau film were shown, followed by refreshments. The next meeting set for May 15 at Alvin Weers.
Wallace argues the Farm Credit Administration must reform to stabilize farm credit, criticizing soft credit and high valuations. He notes 85,000 foreclosures since 1983 and 25 percent delinquent loans, urging rate cuts, shifted losses to land banks, and removal of stock requirements to reduce farmers’ debt burden. He urges public support for sound credit over soft credit amid tenancy growth and wartime pressure.
In Manchester the county clerk told a recently separated groom he could not obtain a refund on his marriage license, a somber duty reflecting the end of a union.
The Towns State Fair will award 119110.60 dollars in cash premiums for livestock farm exhibits and 4 H club work at the 1940 state exposition in Des Moines from August 21 to August 30. Top sums include Horse 18000 cattle 32240 swine 13440 and 4 H club department 19885 in a drive to maintain the fair as America's largest livestock event. An official prize list of over 250 pages will be released May 1 and mailed free on request to A R Corey secretary State Fair Board Des Moines.
At the Jim Graves home in Cherokee County the family opened a window for air and awoke to a wise old owl perched on the dresser hooting mournfully over sleeping residents.
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