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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1954

Page

8

Dairy Herd Improvement Reports For April In Jones County

Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 1 reports for April show 26 herds tested with 497 cows in milk and 62 dry. Average milk production 859 pounds and butterfat 33.1 pounds. Top ten herds include Gee Slater & Son Monticello Olin 1317 pounds milk 47.6 fat and R J and W C Bone Monticello 1238 pounds milk 45 fat.

Dairy Herd Improvement Association Lowell Underwood Gee Slater & Son Olin R. J W. C. Bone Monticello

Five 4-H Members Nominated for State Camps

Jones county 4-H members were nominated to attend two state camps. Carol Coleman and Donald Mackey head the Conservation and Leadership selections for Boone camps with Ortgies Benhart Hartwig also named. Coleman and Mackey bring long 4-H leadership and school activity records.

Jones County Jerry Parsons Carol Coleman Leon Coleman Olin Donald Mackey Howard Mackey Boone Olin High School Mackey Olin Hawkeyes Ayrshire Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress Miss Ortgies Jackson Wise Owls Anamosa High School Lisy Origies Young People’s Organization Miss Benhart Oxford Happy Hustlers Blue Urbon Benhart Oxford Junction High School Hartwig Hale Wapsie

Monticello notes mix of family life and local events

Town letters recount a family delay on a dump run, fishing with one worm can, a mother's day gift plan, and a Bass-Bedding worm mix. High school music contests impress Vinton and Marion with Division 1 ratings, plus local social notes from Monticello about a peeping tom rumor and church Sunday visits.

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