Jones County Beef Cattlemen Plan October Tour
Jones County Farm Bureau outlines plans for an annual beef cattlemen tour to be held mid October. The program shifts to a feeder cattle inspection tour in feed lots, with Rex Beresford of Iowa State invited to speak on beef outlook and feeding management. Complete details to be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Beef Cattlemen's Association
Farm Bureau
Louis Lorenzen
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Beresford
Corn Husking Contest Sought for Jones County Farm Bureau
The Jones county Farm Bureau plans the sixth annual corn husking contest to crown the county champion. It will be held the last week in October with the winner advancing to the state meet on November 2 in Mahaska county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Jones County
Mahaska County
W. D. McLaughlin
Farm Bureau
Membership Drive Underway This Week in Jones County
The 1938 Jones county Farm Bureau membership drive begins Monday in four townships Castle Grove Cass Wayne and Greenfield. Directors set October 4 through 23 as the period to complete membership work in every township and invite every farmer to join. The effort seeks broad support to advance the Farm Bureau program for all farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Castle Grove
Cass
Wayne
Greenfield
Farm Bureau
Homemakers of Jones County Plan Home Furnishings Project
Two hundred twenty eight homemakers met in four towns Monticello Anamosa Center Junction Olin to learn about Home Economics extension aids. Miss Nort Workman outlined a Home Furnishing project to start in November with lessons on furniture selection arrangement and flower arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Anamosa
Center Junction
Olin
Nort Workman
Town State College
Jones County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Soil Erosion Tour For Jones County Farmers
Farmers in Jones County are invited to a soil erosion control demonstration tour by the Soil Conservation Service. The journey starts at the CCC camp near Marion at 10 a.m. with stops at A L Wilson farm Springville on highway 161 and Clyde Scott farm north of Marion to view terraces contour farming strip cropping and related practices. A lunch break is planned at the Marion CCC camp. The tour concludes at L G Merritt farm Jordan's Grove to inspect the most elaborate contour farming demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Soil Conservation Service
Linn County
CCC
Marion
A. L. Wilson
Springville
Clyde Scott
E. C. Hughes
L. G. Merritt
Jordan's Grove
Soil erosion tour organized by county groups in Marion
The Jones county Farm Bureau Extension Service Iowa State College and the Soil Conservation service at Marion cooperate to arrange and host the soil erosion tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Soil Conservation Service At
Marion
Winter Livestock Prices Seen Higher For Iowa Farmers
The county agricultural agent cites Agricultural Economic Facts predicting higher livestock prices this fall and winter due to abundant corn supplies. Hog prices may fall less than average, while well finished cattle are expected to be cheaper early 1938. Feeder lambs may arrive sooner, with beef demand remaining solid through 1937.
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Iowa
Agricultural Economic Facts
Iowa State College
Confine Pullets in Winter Quarters Permanently
Iowa State College poultry head H L Wilcke says pullets should be confined in winter quarters permanently. This saves labor and yields cleaner eggs while preventing ground contamination around the laying house. Space guidelines vary by breed from 3 to 4 square feet per bird, giants needing more. If an uncontaminated yard exists, pullets may run outside until first eggs appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Wilcke
Iowa State College
Wilcke
High Priced Feeder Cattle May Not Prove Profitable
Iowa cattle feeders should temper buying amid caution from P S Shearer head of animal husbandry at Iowa State college. Feeder cattle bought this fall for next year’s market may not fetch the recent top fat cattle prices. buyers should hold down prices. Large numbers of feeder lambs are also arriving from western states, according to Shearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
P. S. Shearer
Towa State College
Shearer
Iowa cow testing associations raise butterfat yield in 1936
The Iowa cow testing associations report 28 825 cows produced an average 317.5 pounds of butterfat per cow, 4.3 pounds higher than 1935 1936. The average cow returned 64 dollars net above feed costs as butterfat price rose to 40 cents per pound. The Jersey herd of J N Martin led with 644.6 pounds per cow and South Hardin associations averaged 435.8 pounds.
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Iowa
Floyd Johnston
Extension Dairyman
Iowa State College
Wight
Guernsey
Ayrshire
Jersey
J. N. Martin
New Providence
South Hardin Association
World Premier at Niles GENE AUTRY Boots and saves show
The Niles theater hosts the world premiere of Boots and saves with a Sunday and Monday release on October 10 and 11. Adding attractions include The Three Stooges Our Gang and Oswald the Rabbit for added humor and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Autry
Niles Theater
Oswald the Rabbit
Center Junction Hosts 72nd Jones County Christian Education Meet
The Jones County Council of Christian Education held its 72nd annual convention at Center Junction's Presbyterian church on October 6 with county president Mrs. Ray Embree presiding. Speakers included O G Herbrecht Miss Thornhill and others from Monticelo and Anamosa, followed by an evening address The Christian Message in a Gropping World. A junior class play Among the Stars was announced for October 8 at the school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Council of Christian Education
Presbyterian Church
Center Junction
Ray Embree
O. G. Herbrecht
Scotch Grove
Grossheim
Schmitt
Onslow
A. Alyea
Methodist Church
Amantha Cecile Bibblesnuff
Holyce Chase
Sigmund Elfred Bibblesnuff
Amantha
Ed Snell
Gussie Tweedles
Jean Preston
Frederick Tierney
Max Moses
Evelyn Burgess
Audra Serbousek
Heather Bloom
Mabel Otten
Orchid Dew
Betty Lou McDonald
Reginald Wheaton
Glen Norris
Clarence Budd
Glen Goldsmith
Duke van Peel
Robert Mead
Muggs Ribbon
Dick Thompson
Dean McDonald
Mabel Tomlinson
Maxine Moats
Hazel Frost
Farm Bureau Women's Project
J. B. Sechusen
Madison Township
S. G. Thompson
Holace Chase
Ruth McNeilly
Mary Ellen Andrews
Ruth Ann Serbeusek
Jean Livingstone
M. R. Ahrens
D. D
Forman Christian College
Lahore
India
Far East
Social News From Richland Center And Dubuque
Mr and Mrs John Schweitzer and daughter Janana visited the Buols at Dubuque last Sunday. Leonard Robinson and children Joanne and Jimmy visited Fritz Hein. Ben Buol and Harlan Cooper attended the Dairy Cattle Congress. Mrs Chris Decker and children are quarantined with diphtheria. youngest daughter ill. Mr and Mrs Paul Arduser and Mr and Mrs George Arduser of Dubuque visited Mrs George Maire. Lucille Yossi attended the Cattle Congress at Waterloo. Gottlieb Schneider of Dubuque spent the weekend at the George B Hein home. Algona Advance comments on Roosevelt and Johnson amid a fascism critique from a three year ago exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schweitzer
Janana
C. J. Buol
Dubuque
Leonard Robinson
Joanne
Jimmy
Fritz Hein
Ben Buol
Harlan Cooper
Dairy Cattle Congress
Chris Decker
Paul Arduser
George Arduser
George Maire
Lucille Yossi
Waterloo
Gottlieb Schneider
George B. Hein
Accident in Council Bluffs Leaves Man With Fractured Skull
John Stoeffels of Dakota City Nebraska tried to restart his stalled flivver in Pottawattamie county Council Bluffs when pushing failed. The car lurched and he fell hitting his head on the pavement, taken to hospital unconscious with a fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stoeffels
Dakota City
Neb
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Stoeffels
Milford attendant’s five quarters vanish at station
In Dickinson County Milford a filling station attendant reportedly handed over five quarters when a joker asked for five quarters for a dollar. Neighbors whisper about the missing 25 cents from the cash register.
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Milford
Dickinson County
Car wheels Sink Into Ground At Foley Home
Front wheels of a car parked before the M. J. Foley residence in Manson Calhoun county sank into ground revealing a .36-foot well containing ten feet of water. The cause and date of digging remain unknown though the Foleys have occupied the house about 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Foley
Manson
Calhoun County
Foleys
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