Jones County Farm Bureau Hosts Training for 4-H Home Plan
Miss Ruby Simpson of Iowa State College led the third home efficiency training in Jones County for 4-H club girls. Sixteen leaders and club girls attended from Mechanicsville Anamosa Scotch Grove Monticello Marion and Martelle with plans for a county rally in early June and a May 13 leaders meeting featuring Ella Loughran of Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Simpson
Iowa State College
AJ OT
Embree
Mechanicsville
Louise Cook
H. F. Folkerts
Harold Hartman
J. W. Streeter
Delite Folkerts
Anamosa
Eunice
Eloise Kuhns
Alva Streeper
Mars Hamilton
Wilma Doll
Onslaw
Elsie Levsen
Hilda Levsen
Clarence
W. D. McLaughlin
Monticello
Sam Ellison
Cecil Miller
Martelie
Ella Loughran
Ames
Grasshopper District Plans Statewide Control Meet
The Grasshopper Control District conference in Elkader Friday May 7 will lay plans for a statewide program to combat a potential spring infestation. State committee leaders including Thomas L Curran and R E Buchanan gather as a survey shows millions of eggs ready to hatch over the next 4 to 6 weeks. The meeting aims to organize preparations across western southern and eastern Iowa to act if rain promotes widespread hatching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Thomas L. Curran
R. E. Buchanan
Agricultural Experiment Station
R. K. Bliss
C. J. Drake
Drake
Iowa
New 4 H Club Organized In Clay Township
A new girls 4 H club named the 4 H Busy Bees of Clay was organized in Clay township on Saturday with 12 members from Onslow. Imogene Hamilton was elected president and other officers include Dorothy Orr as vice president Wilma Doll secretary treasurer Aurilla Orr reporter and historian. Leader is Mrs Alva Streeper with assistant leader Mrs Max Hamilton. County 4 H chairman Harold Hartman attended. Next meeting set for May 15 at Wilma Doll s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Township
Clay
Imogene Hamilton
Dorothy Orr
Wilma Doll
Aurilla Orr
Gladys Heeren
Edna Jensen
Minnie Jensen
Betty Mae Hamilton
Lorraine Hanna
Elizabeth French
Betty Lee Clark
Tavila Rue Chatterton
Onslow
Alva Streeper
Max Hamilton
Harold Hartman
Federated Women's Clubs
Jones County
Center Junction
Henry Kruscoff Hale
A. Alyea
Mabel Tomlinson
Jean MceNeilly
Kruse
Catherine Thompson
James Remley
Anamosa
Jay Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Dreibelbis
Samara Smith
August Thompson
Wyoming
A. B. Rathbun
Clinton
Resolutions Committee
Astrurian Club
H C W. Farnham
Treen
1937 Continued Projects Include Farm Livestock and Crops
The report notes continuation of colt dairy calf hybrid corn garden and poultry programs in 1937 with market litter listed as a new activity.
Hybrid Corn Club Members Meet at Olin and Anamosa
Fifteen boys enroll in the first and second year hybrid corn club projects across Olin Anamosa and nearby towns. Ames farm crops official HB Chaney and county agent lead instruction on producing hybrid seed corn with participants from Olin Galen Merlin Cook Anamosa Maynard Kuhns Scoten Grove Junior Murfield Martelle Dean Zirkelbach Monticelo Wyoming and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin
HB. Chaney
Farm Crops Department
Ames
Louis Kouba
Reynold Fishwild
Lews Moenk
Wyoming
John Benadom
John
Gene Sievers
Galen
Merlin Cook
Anamesa
Maynard Kuhns
Scoten Grove
Junior Murfield
Martelle
Dean Zirkelbach
Monticelo
Trvin
Melvin Sievers
Irvin
Howard Eden
Maurice Bonjour
Edwin Andrews
Leo Bonjour
Merlin K. Lyven
Len Levsen
Clarence
Carl Wehling
Anamosa
Verne Embree
Mechanicsville
Delay in soybean planting after corn due to weed control
Farmers are advised to delay soybean planting by two weeks to a month after corn planting to allow weed control before final seedbed preparation. Essentials include seed bed prep, suitable varieties such as Manchu and Black Eyebrow, thick stands, weed control, inoculation, and surface tillage. Rows reduce cultivation needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State College
Iowa
Holstein Breeders Plan District Show in Stockton
Holstein breeders in Jones county meet at Alfred Piper farm Stockton on May 6 at 8 p m to plan a district show the first week in June Alfred Piper chairs the district Earl Shultz town Holstein Breeders association field man will attend the meeting The state has ten districts for shows and nine were held last year the event aims to compare cattle promote better breeding and advertise stock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Alfred Piper
Stockton
Farm Bureau
Earl Shultz
Holstein Breeders’ Association
Shultz
Breece
Jones County Chorus Rehearsal Noted District Event
Four women from Jones county attended the Fayette district chorus rehearsal with Mrs Ray Stivers Mrs H Y Smith Morley Mrs Lloyd Robertson and manager Harlan Russell Anamora The event is part of five district rehearsals under Prof Tolbert Mac Race Also market reports from Ames note time changes and updated hog market data from multiple plants and towns including Minnesota and Iowa with new 830 pm forecasts and 630 am and 850 am adjusted transmission times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Fayette
Ray Stivers
Olin
H. Y. Smith
Morley
Lioyd Robertson
Mgr
Harlan Russell Anamora
Tolbert Mac
Towa State College
Mary Hay
Minnesota
Ames
Unclear OCR Summary of Local Beef Inspection
Fragmentary text from a historic page mentions beef inspection in a county, references to calves and periods, and scattered names. The readable content is insufficient for a coherent summary or identifiable entities.
Jones County 4-H Leads in Completed Projects
Jones County reports 158 of 173 boys enrolled in ten projects finished the year, a completion rate of 91.3 percent. Across Town 82 percent of 12 841 boys completed. County ranked 27th in enrollment with 128 avg per county. agricultural projects included baby beef, purebred beef heifer, market pig, purebred litter, market lamb, draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Cluster Bud Spray Timed For Apple Orchards
Jones county fruit growers receive Farm Bureau guidance on cluster bud spray timing as buds show pink before blossoms. Lead arsenate and lime sulphur form the mix to protect trees from leaf insects and apple scab. The formula calls for 172 pounds lead arsenate and 5 quarts liquid lime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Spraying and plant disease tips from Ames extension unit
Horticulturists urge a 2 pounds per 50 gallons spray to protect plums pears black raspberries and currants from scab thracnose and canker worms. Apply early then repeat in one and four weeks. spray inside and outside of trees with 250 pounds pressure for full coverage per Ames extension horticulturist S W Edgecombe Center Junction and Jones county federation notes plus local social and school event items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames
Scotch Grove Township’s Civil War Heroic Enlistment Record
Scotch Grove township supplied more volunteers than its Civil War quota. David Magee organized Company D Ninth Iowa at Holtz grave with thirty men. John Sutherland and Francis McKean were among leaders. The area furnished 108 men, including 42 for Company H Thirty-first Iowa, and funded a monument in Scotch Grove cemetery dedicated May 28 1908. Local notices report farm meetings, school events, and community activities in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove Township
Lincoln
Holtz
David Magee
Pea Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Vicksburg
Thirty-first
Iowa Infantry
Frank Amos
Davenport
James W. McKean
Lenox College
Hankinton
McKean
Forty-fourth
Seatech Grove Township
John A
Jacob
Alexander Sutherland
Donald
John
Jones County
Scotch Grove
S. S. Farwell
Monticello
Margaret Sutherland
Joan Sutherland
Farwell
District Two Schoolhouse to Undergo Summer Repairs
Poor weather delays planned work as the District Two schoolhouse will receive extensive repairs during the summer vacation period.
Disappearing Top Feature on New French Car
A novel French car showcases a top that slips inside the rear deck. Classified Ads offer ways to buy or sell vehicles at fair prices.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County Farm Bureau
Grasshopper Control District Meeting
Hybrid Corn Club
Jones
Mass
Ee County
Uless Dee
Theo Wet
M. OE
Jinan
Neyo
Crrace
Mies
Blanche Mead
Mattie Snell
Preston
Chad McDonald
Howard Leech
Belle Watson
Mary Wale
Frank Husmman
Mary Appleme
J. P. Livinestoane
Frank Himebaugh
Helen
John Alexander
Springville
Wynn Ford
Betty McDonald
Jean McNeilly
Audra Serbousek
Junior Ketelsen
Effie Davis
Red Oak Grove
Harry
L. A. Dreibelbis
Ethel Courtney
Ed Duncan
S. W. Clark
Frank Sutherland
Mercy Hospital
Peter Prahm
Maquoketa
Carl Hinkelman
Thelma Husman
State Teachers' College
Cedar Falls
H. J. Dirks
Mary Belle Collins
Hopkinton
Eileen
Imogene Chase
C. H. Nelson
Frank Serbousek
J. B. Hanken
B. D. Heiken
Leroy Dirks
McDonald
Bryan
Lloyd Goldsmith
Scovill Business College
Schwirtz
R. E. Beall
Beall
Dorothy Burns
Luella Seehusen
S. L. Davis
St. Petersburg
Fla
John Livingstone
C. C. Livingstone
J. L. Alexander
Jean
Kenneth Schmudde
Chicago
Will Alexander
E. Goldsmith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Leo Moats
Glen Bancroft
Robert Livingstone
A. D. Serbousek
Robert Serbousek
Arthur Biere
Syracuse
Fred Biere
A. R. McDonald
Harry Schole
Antioch
Suday
Sam Alexander
O. O. Watson
Arch Berber
Prahm’s
Czar
Alexander I
Russia
The
Monte ‘Theatre
Robert Taylor
Jean Harlow
Betty Lou McDonald
W. E. Carson
George Specht
Carl Smith
Alice May Clark
James Whitcomb Riley
Center School
Presbyterian Aid Society
Presbyterian Church
Sunbeam Mission Band
Jack Naylor
Miss Hughes
Leslie Balster
Dick Naylor
Laverne Kuhns
Laurel Naylor
Ruth Clark
Jean Royden
Monticello High School
Maxine Lange
R. A. Naylor
Des Moines
L. J. Schlemme
M. M. Sinclair
L. R. Himebaugh
W. B. Clark
Carl Zimmerman
Louis Hanken
August Ladehoff
Earl Lehman
Maynard
Alberta Husman
McCormick-Deering
Shaffer
Nash
Express Cooking School
Frances Speidel
Hom Economist
Nash Coffee
Wm. Schlimmer
Age Uo
American Agricultural Chemical Co
National Stock Yards
Illinois
Sand Spring
Pouble
Shomont Dairy
Monticello Express
Shomont Ice Cream
Palmer’s Drug Store
Griffith’s Cafe
the Casper Cafe
Goudy’s
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