Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-03-14
F. A. Hightshoe & Co
For Poultry and Egg Prices.
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WTzfam Locke and other progress
live farmers OF Audrain County. are
taking Of organizing for the pnr-
pose Of securing an agricultural ex-
pert for the county whose time win
be at the disposal Of every plant
Ter here and whose efforts VIII be
toward increased yield and con-
seryation OF fertility. The National
Government has considered such a
plan but no funds for sn- F-ssscs
has been arranged for. If 100 farm
ers would pay from SIS to s25 a
year into a fund they could procure
one Of the best experts in the coun
try and the results would be surpris-
lang.
WIN. HIrth, Of Columbia, in speak
lirg OF the County expert, says:
"Why. fo~ instance, should not a
hundred farmers whose farms are
Ilocated in close proximity to each
other put up SIS each and hire a
high-elass scientific agricultural
man who VIII put in the whole year
gong from one farm to the other
advising each one Of the hundred
how to deal most in~teuigentay and
effectively with all their various
farm problems"
Gle woald see 70 Il that they Sc
llected the right kind OF seed; that
the seed bdes for the various crops
were properly prepared. advising
how to best ADJUST their methods OF
cuiayasion to The character OF the
season. etc.
HE would help the farmer plan a
Suitable crop rotation with tho Idea
OF building In the fertility OF his soii
las ven as instruct aim in the
breeding and feeding Of aM kinds Of
lave stock and other farm problems.
rTIaat every q Of the hundred
Farmers would get his SIS back many
times over during the year. there
4 MOI The slightest doubt. In the
meanauue. 81 would mean a salary
OF $500 for the man so employed
and lots Of able agricultural college
instructors are MOI getting this large
a salary to-day.
Systems somewhat similar have
lbeen practiced in some Of the Olt
Ylworid nations. The manufacture
employs highly paid chemists and OF
er experts. Why should not tn
farmer adopt the same policy
Macon. Mo-, March IL
THAT there viii be q firstcias
permanent rock road. well bridge
and graded, from Hannibal TO s.
Joseph. within the next five years
lis assured" remarked Sydney
Roy Saturday. Roy hast week wa
! elected secretary Of the Hanniha
and St Joseph State Highway Al
: ~sociatlon at Brookfield-
Roy was ii Macon in the inter
est Of the project.
I'VE may not do al We want I
do this SUMMER Roy continue
bus We VIII have our committees a
work and d campaign well unde
, way. Two hundred County Judges
<aruers, merchants and highway en-
glneers met al Brookfeld. and the.
want the road.
We're gong TO have every ma
along the Vine digging. We're gofnI
70 do he work ourselves. View
got slie means. the men and the ma
teriaL we aim to keep the Dropc
sition before the people.
When the frost gets out Of th'
ground We hope 70 see the dagginl
begin and kept up. 1t " the inten
/, ltlon 70 keep the read near the raj
road TO accommodate populous Co
! munities Il may sometimes becom
NECESSARY to deYiate q little, but a
the traffic for the most part vii
be local that wili not hurt. Hos
lever. the movement Of vehicles vii
not be altogether local When th
road Is built there will be a heayt
cnoss-state travel in automobiles
win be a smooth prairie rcut
nearly all the way.
: 1--WE shall not worry over th'
rock proposition this year The frs
I thing il to get the grading az
lldngging started. The ~quarries a
the line viii provide rock when ID
grade Is prepared.
Under the system adopted th4
commfbtee chairman or secretary Q
each county will make regular re
ports 10 headquarters. The officer
there win be in constant touc'
with the work. Then we are en-
listing the cooperation Of CONNER
cial clubs. In many places the farm
ers are waiting to begin work. Th
association aims to see that inter
Test does not flag.
The highway viii serve S05 900 pc
sons III counties having an assessor
valuation Of slsa. a0o. 900.
we've done much permanent soa'
building about Hannibal, in Mar
ion County. and have found that !
pays. 1t Is the best investment
community can make. 1t win brini
closer together the finest crop re
gions IN Northern Missouri.
In the carly days they had q
s.oh.r ~ cfaaa road frorn Hanniba