Feed Prices From 1894 Show Tiny Purchases and Low Costs
Milwaukee dairy consultant Carl E. Lee found an old Monticello barn ledger showing farmers bought small lots of feed at low prices. A 2 765 pound purchase on April 5 1894 cost only 25.90 dollars, while corn sold for 35 cents a bushel and bran for six cents per pound. Lee later married Gertrude Lang, a Brown Swiss breeder and dairy consultant.
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Carl E. Lee
Milwaukee
Lew Lang
Carl
Monticello
Lee
Express
G. W. Lovell
Gertrude Lang
University of Illinois
University Fof
Wisconsin
Time to Finish Planting Your Garden
The ground has warmed and frost danger wanes so finish planting warm season crops. Ed Cott of Iowa State College urges completing tomatoes peppers eggplants and sweet potatoes and advises cabbage beans corn and lima beans may get a final planting in northern areas.
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Ed Cott
Iowa State College Horticulturist
Planting tips for safe spring seedlings and cutworm guard
The guide notes plants can be planted through the third week in May and recommends a starter solution made by dissolving fertilizer in water. Use 3 tablespoons per gallon. For cutworms, apply paper collars around each plant and bury the collar 1 inch into the soil.
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Cott
How To Fight Weeds In 48
Informational guide on weed killing chemicals such as Linux and Dow Selective from Iowa State College Extension Service. Covers use with flax and small grain, effective broadleaf weeds, application rates, timing, and safety including washing equipment and handling flammable solids.
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Monticello Express
Iowa State College Extension Service
Jones County
Linux
Dow Selective
E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State College Extension
Dow
Sylvester
Dairy Herd Improvement Group Reports April Averages
Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association releases April figures. average production per cow including dry cows: 726 pounds milk and 26.7 pounds butterfat from 26 herds totaling 410 milk cows and 70 dry cows. New test herds include Joras Clarence Otto Steuri Center Junction and Harley C Streeper & Son. High cows and top herds listed with butterfat totals for the month.
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Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
James Joras
Clarence
Otto Steuri
Center Junction
Harley C. Streeper
Kelley-Hasselbusch
George Slater & Son
Olin
Balster & Walderbach
Anamosa
Mul‘ter Bros
Monticello
Jones County
Bud Bros
Clarence Stone King
George Slater& Son
Robert Peet
Martelle
Francis Woodworth
Muller Bros
Monti
Corn Borer Infestation Warns Jones County Farmers
Farm Bureau reports a high corn borer population in Jones County with every stalk seemingly infested. Officials warn of potential widespread damage unless weather conditions prove unfavorable for the pest.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
Fragmentary Weather Plan Notes and Street Lighting Claim
Fragmented OCR shows discussion of drought and weather conditions and plans to spray corn fields with equipment. Cites street lighting analysis claiming a portion of lights are latent or underutilized and notes modern farm practices.
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Ishuainating
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Scotch Grove
Iowa
Louie
Josees
McNeill’s Hardware
Monticello, Iowa
Aeon
Quan Wnampire
Massey-Harris
Ageeer
Monticello Implement & Truck Company
E. H. Cox and
A. J. Egger
Cello
Jones County Howe
Kelley & Hasselbusch
Janes County
Clarence Staveking
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Esowa
West Union
United States
Glyn Mawr
Glyn. Mawr
Col Roy Johnston
Col Ham James
Milt Tudor
Olin, Iowa
Stanwood
Vaugreity
R. G. Jaap
Welltresceu
New
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Swift & Company
Martha Logans
America
Swift
Clark
Union Stock Yards
Chicago 9
Illinois
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