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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1944
Page
3
County Extension Director C. B. Jessen urges checking cattle for lice after signs like smooth posts and hair balls around pens. Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College explains two lice types and dusting methods, with December as a key treatment window to also curb cattle grubs.
Observers report limited sunlight and pasture in autumn reduce pig growth. Big Gain Pig and Low Ration plus Big Gain 24% Concentrate provide essential protein minerals and vitamins. Use until weaned, then follow with Big Gain 249 Concentrate for market feeders. Shaffer Imp. Store Monticello Iowa.
Farm events listed include Madison Farm Bureau on November 10 with William Thomson, Wayne 4-H on November 12 with Gene and Leo Cook, Jackson Farm Bureau on November 14, Clay Farm Bureau and Boys' 4-H on November 15 at Onslow Community Room, Madison 4-H on November 17, and Wyoming Farm on November 17.
District training schools for 4-H boys will be held in January 1945 with dates in the first second and fourth weeks. Ed Gabel announces the program similar to last year’s district short courses and cites planning by the county extension directors. Each county will send one delegate to represent its clubs and county officers will also attend to represent their clubs. Leaders may join the regular boys session as separate sessions for leaders are arranged separately this fall and winter.
The Castle Grove Royal Rangers held their November meeting at the home of Max Rex and Jon Schrader. Billy Hintz was chosen for nomination for a county office at the upcoming Jones County 4-H meeting in December. Max Schrader to place Billy's name in nomination.
Pages describe transfers from Neal Estate and individuals to multiple buyers including Otto and Bertha Evers Herman and Miriam Adams and George A Onstott. Several entries note joint tenancy with deed and love as consideration with lots in Shaw's Addition Anamosa Iowa. Also mentions Monticello State Bank executor deed and a conveyance involving Louis McNamara and Lillian with various legal lot descriptions and directions in Rad west area.
Care and feeding of the swine breeding herd over the next six to eight weeks will shape the 1945 spring pig crop. C R Jessen notes that breeding stock is being selected, with early pig breeding already starting. Flu risks threaten next spring. Quaife advises segregating gilts, nourishing with corn and oats plus protein, and avoiding excessive fatness to ensure healthy litters.
Read about an unusual carrot that grew around a small wire spring in Mrs. Mary Smith of Storm Lake. The larger portion of the spring protrudes from the carrot’s side, a curious agricultural oddity captured in local notes.
Sand Spring residents enjoyed Halloween events with children at the school party hosted by Miss Leytem and guests David John Wilson and Allen Murray. A separate gathering featured an outdoor weiner roast at the E. H. Cox home and a surprise party for Jay Chaplin with local families in attendance.
SCOTCH GROVE The November Farm Bureau meeting is at the H J Dirks home on the usual date and time instead of the McNeilly home. Arthur Rickels narrowly missed serious injury while pheasant hunting with a group of men. Youth Fellowship will meet next Sunday at 7 30 PM at the John Otten home led by Ruth Ann Zirkelbach. Local women hosting a cooperative dinner and program at noon. Various local visits and travels noted including Waves member Irma Rickless on 15 day leave from California.
Cpl. Raymond P. English, 23, training at Alexandria La., will go overseas after combat flying course. Onslow Farm Bureau hosts pot luck and round table. bridge prizes awarded to multiple locals. Various residents attend visits, sewing and dressings projects, and family events. Fort Leonard Wood, destroyer escorts, and travel updates feature among neighbors and troops.
Boulogne earns rank among great European fishing ports as passenger traffic by ship remains heavy. The city thrives with industries producing textiles cement bricks iron goods and processed fish.
Larry McDonald sustained a serious facial injury when kicked by a horse at the Steve McDonell farm in Castle Grove last week. He had a cut above the eye but is reported to be recovering well.
A compact note notes that hysterical people sometimes lose their sense of smell as a curious symptom or reaction, suggesting a link between intense emotion and olfactory perception.
A saucer placed upside down in a salad bowl keeps greens from soaking up dressing and becoming soggy. Excess dressing collects under the saucer and does not affect salad crispness even after a period of standing.
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