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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1932
Page
8
The Jones County Farm Bureau outlines thrift and reform through tax restraint and loan adjustments while praising corn trials, 4 H achievements, and cooperative community work. It urges members to support storage education, farm programs, and prudent public spending.
The writer recalls watching two state corn husking events for sport and skill. He notes contests show rapid farm work and questions whether machines will replace hand husking. Interest exists in holding a local husking contest in Jones County with volunteers ready to help.
A call to participate due to a contest in Jones county invites readers to get in touch with the farm bureau at once for details and entry information.
Six field trials in Jones county test hi bred corn against standard seed. Cooperators plant alternating two rows of their corn with two rows of hi bred seed to compare growth and maturity. If the hi bred yields best, seed cost is absorbed by the grower. otherwise the seed company pays. Participants include D. M. Strawman Anamosa and Lyle C. Tomkins Wyoming with hi bred No. 333 and Reuell McColm Anamosa Shaffer Steele Wyoming and J McConaughy Martelle with No. 31.
Farmers should seed more legumes such as Ted clover sweet clover and alfalfa while grain prices stay low. Legumes improve soil through deep roots and abundant organic matter and nitrogen boosting top growth. they also reduce the need for grain crops and offer hay and feed value.
A rural Iowa court scene portrays a justice and constable charging a farmer with embezzling Farm Bureau benefits. The jailed man is questioned amid neighbors and the Farm Bureau, with testimony on township projects and member dues, while the judge upholds accountability and cites ignorance of the law as no excuse.
A farmer reports converting 16 acres to sweet clover pasture replacing 40 acres of bluegrass, aided by limestone and soil tests from the farm bureau. Hog management demonstrations increased profits by about $1,000 in the past year, and 4-H and home project work expand youth involvement and nutrition education. The case ends with a $5 annual membership payment and a brief farm bureau song about storage.
The message stresses the future of agriculture depends on individual farmers joining forces. It argues cooperation boosts prices and prosperity, urges abandoning isolation, and credits the Farm Bureau with guiding and leading the path to organized marketing and collective action.
A horned owl captured at the state quarries rides with Charles Sherman in his auto. Miss Lora Houston asks for clothing donations for adults and children, especially children's garments, for those in need. Mrs. Adolph Bruckner, 74, dies of heart trouble in Sheffield, remembered as Mrs. Alex Kilgore in Anamosa years ago. Her remains were moved to Anamosa with interment at Riverside cemetery after funeral services in Sheffield. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay Hendrickson lose their Lincoln car to a fire near Dodgeville, Wisconsin, after a backfire fuels the carburetor fire. car assets mostly perish with only two front tires saved.
Local residents visit friends in Hopkinton Manchester and Langworthy after weekend trips to Chicago and Anamosa. Families cheer a 20th wedding anniversary, a baby girl arrives for the DeShaw family, and a horseshoe tournament is planned for October 2 sponsored by Wheat Cox with several exchanges of visits among Chaplin Cox Wilson and Arduser households.
Supt. Macauley served as referee at a Monticello football game attended by Priday Mrs. Lissie Orr and her daughter Miner, Ad, Br Wattere, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Huningsen and son Myron.
Dike and Onslow residents, guests, and relatives attended school and church events, birthdays, and family gatherings. Wyoming high school defeated Onslow 6 to 3, with Olin winning 5 to 4 later. The Onslow kittenball team beat Oxford Junction 28 to 8. Community clubs, anniversaries, and travel to celebrations and presbyteries filled a busy period.
Amber hosts a noon picnic for sixty five guests marking the twenty fifth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Gray. Attendees include the Lathrops of West Branch and families from Anamosa Marion Stone City and Amber. Other notes cover local farm sales student relocations church rehearsals and births.
Richland Center residents celebrate Luella Balsiger birthday with a Sunday weiner roast attended by 21 youths. Mrs. Sam Hoffman receives a miscellaneous shower with neighbors praising her new home as distant relatives gather from Onslow Monticello Scotch Grove and near Monticello. Refreshments served by local hosts. 4-H club girls hold their regular monthly meeting at Mrs. Sohn’s home with a small turnout noted.
Ongoing ledger of county expenditures with numerous names, services, and items listed light labor, hauling gravel, provisions, library books, and professional services. Entries include Grover and Harvey for gravel, Hoxsey doctor services, payrolls, and multiple contractors for culverts and repairs.
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