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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
3
Farmers rally to halt Bangs disease tests as critics accuse New Dealers of using the program to trim cattle herds. About 200 cattlemen met in Springfield Wisconsin to air concerns and demand a thorough investigation into the campaign and test results.
Chicago reports say Republican Comgressman Culkin blasts New Deal foreign dairy imports for wrecking U S sanitation efforts. He cites Hull Roosevelt trade treaties as preventing quarantine or sanitary protections at dairy sources abroad. He notes 62 894 rural work stoppages in 1935 due to cattle and meat issues.
Checking of performance under the 1936 agricultural conservation program is expected to get under way in Jones county soon, the county committee has announced. Approximately 2800 requests for inspection cards were sent out last week to all owners and operators of farms for which a work sheet had,
A disrupted fragment warns of hog cholera spreading in Jones County. The note urges immediate action, vaccination, and isolation of affected animals to prevent a virulent outbreak. It mentions Dr Veilelinatan and urges farmers to report signs and take protective steps.
A. C. Wyoming owns an outstanding alfalfa field just west of Mr. Lincoln's farm on Highway 117 in Jones County. The field produced two excellent cuttings of hay and has grown well all summer despite drought. Several workers were injured during the drought period, and some fields appear damaged by continued dry weather.
Fragmentary notes describe 4-H Club display activities at a state fair including home efficiency division entries and participants such as Lincoln and Gertrude Po volte of Auetrona.
A garbled item notes $147,169 paid to Jones County farmers and related figures for rental and bene t, with references to federal and state programs. It includes unrelated lines about a water-filled well accident, a long digression on handball history, and a note about Bucky Harris and visiting teams.
A mixed grain and farming update notes corn yields of 80 bushels per acre, schedules date for sowing, and mentions weather impacts from a lightning incident. It cites 235 bushels supply estimates and references various farm figures, dates, and advisory notes from agricultural agencies and experiment stations.
Scotch Grove community notes report 4-H members and families attending the county fair and hosting gatherings. Mrs. D C Sinclair leads a May gathering with the Scotch Grove Sunsning Girls 4 H and local family events include a Sunday evening at Mrs Kitty Callahan of Anamoa. A car accident near a culvert injures Dorothy Dirks, while Cedar Rapids mourns the death of Mrs Willian B Warner.
Funeral services were held in Hopkinton for Nina Frances Willard Boots 33 who died August 25 after eight months illness. Burial at Hopkinton cemetery. Lenox junior college opens September 7 with same faculty as years past and notes on administrators and staff. Several local residents listed with visits, relocations, and travel plans, including Fr McDonnagh.
Sunday visitors came to the Frank Wright home with Mr and Mrs J Stevenson. Rural schools start this week with new teachers. several residents plan trips to Cedar Rapids and Yellowstone. The piece notes local movements, club awards, and upcoming recitals led by Miss LaVonne Streeter.
Center Junction began registration with 61 pupils enrolled on Monday. Students include Roberta Johnson Apland Elmeree Schrader Gen Heiderman Harry Wessels Hamsetta Hinrichsen and new rural pupils Ruth McNeilly Edward Snell Ora Mae Andrews Pauline Otten. Community activities included church quarterly conference and family reunions as well as noting local visits and upcoming state fair attendance.
SAND SPRING updates list Mr and Mrs W H Behrends hosting in Cedar Rapids with Dorothy and Betty. E H Cox visited Des Moines for the state fair. J L Batchelder visited Delhi friends, John Albany called in Monticello, Theodore and Kenneth Walters called on E H Cox in Colesburg. Lee Alcorn spent the week with the Behrends for the Jones county fair, returning to Edgewood Saturday. Donald attended Mr Penny’s funeral at Garry Owen. Cap Arduser George Folkerts and Miss Winlen also visited locally.
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