Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-05-29
Union Farmers Club


Union Farmers Club
Net Saturday, May II with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Reser at
Rural Rlnch.
The absent ones were Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs
j. W. Deal and Mrs. w. NJ.
Jones.
Meeting CHILLED tn rider by
Pres b. G. Jones.
Minutes Of last meeting read
and approved. The following
selections were then read The
Fitness Of Town Men for the
Farm Mr.. H. Z. Aldridge.
Keeping the Month clean aud
the Heart Pare. Mrs. 3. A
Ressire. Our Many sided Prob
l ms, C H. Deur.
Recess for dinner.
Meeting lied to order at
/ 2 p m.
Reading Truth Stranger than
Fiction, Mrs. j. e. Jones
Rec.-Glenn Green
Rec Clara Bessire
Reading School boys Apples
l.alla Myers
Rec.-May Green
Reading-No Sex in Heaven-Ora
Frazier
Answers to Questions of last
Meeting.
with favorable conditions
from now on. it would be pos.
slhle to have as large crop as
last year.
2 : 1t would be cheaper to use
"rhe Smokey City if properly
applied.
at would be a benefit to
have an efficient County Agri.
cultural advisor, if the farmers
of the county would cooperate
with him.
Mr.. B. G. Jones reported that
J he had received word f.om the
Colorado and Iowa hgricultu.
raj colleges, that the meat of
cattle and hogs fattened un a.
falia, has no favor peculi"r to
the alfalfa.
The Fair committee reported
! that they had decided to offer
So as first premium to the per-
son making the most entries in
kitchen and pantry stores.
i. 81 as second and 81 as third
premium. and Sc to the short
course for the boys best acre of
} corn. Report adopted and the
committee discharged.
w. Allen Jones' answer to
, Question / of April, follows.
The reason section lines are crook
ed Is first because of the inaccurate
measurements by thu government sur
vey as the country was new and like
, q wilderness and 1t was almost impos-
: sible to make correct survey, When
beginning survey line is located
called the principal meridian across
which at right angles base line is
run. There "a principal meridians in
the United States. Other lines called
range lines are run at intervals of six
r miles apart on each side of the princi-
pal meridian. Also parallel lines, or
township lines are run on each side.of
. the base line six miles apart. Each
township thus formed has two num-
: beers, one showing its location north
!. or south of the base line, and the 9TH
| CIR its position east or west of the.
!. principal meridian The tier of town
ships north or south of the base line
are called townships; those east or
west of the principal meridian are
called ranges. Thus it is easy to locate
any township in given survey
:; When the sections of a township
!. are surveyed or run out by surveyor
they always commence in the north
east corner and run a line to the west
J and back to the east tand SO until the
township is all made into sectionsand
in some instances is either short or
!. long and II running over full part
of 1T is added on to the last row Of
sections, and II running short it leaves
a row of short quarters and they are
called fractional parts Of quarters
So you can readily see how the meas
ments do not cone to straight lines.
TIL. following visitors helpe d
TO make the day pleasant. Rev.
Cross, Mrs. Myers. Mrs. S. Mci.
Gavren, Mr.. and Mrs Genders.
j. A. Moore and daughter, Flor
, ence. Mrs. Bowman. Mis- Hattie
Jacobs, Wildly and Mildred
Brothers and Leta Dray.
PROGRAM for JUNE
Original Paper-Mrs. VIM. Jones
Reading-Mrs. G. H. Deur
;, Reading. w. Deal
Reading g. N. Frazier
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