The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
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both OF which had been constructed
during the past fall. The owners, he
said, were well pleased with them.
He stated that there were three or
four patches of alfalfa in his town
ship at the present time that were do
ing fairly well. He said there had
been a marked improvement in his
township In the construction Of farm
buildings. There have been five new
dwelling houses erected, together with
quite number of barns and other
buildings.
The report made from Marion town
ship was brief The only thing re-
ported was that there had been a
number OF new silos erected during
the past year, most of them being con-
lstructed of hollow tile. The owners
of these find them entirely satisfac.
tory.
e. H. Gill reported that there had
been great deal of progress in
Franklin township during the past
year in the number OF silos that have
been constructed Eight new ones
have been built, he said, and all OF the
owners are we'll pleased with their
investments.
Mr.. Gill stated that the farmers In
his neighborhood are making better
seed beds than they formerly did and
that they find 1t almost necessary. He
put in a few words of praise for weed
ers which he said he used last season
with great success until the corn was
about foot high. He said the weed,:
must be given credit for some OF the
| fine corn that was raised in his town.
ship last year. Glover sod corn in
his section burned out last year, he
said.
The report from Charleston town
shin was given by H. G. Kirchner who
| said his district came close to Har-
rison township in the number of stlos
erected last year. Most all Of them,
| he said are OF the stave type, there
are three of the panel variety. Alfalfa
had been sown in a number Of small
matches. he said, but had not been
much of a success. The stand OF Glow
er also had been poor, according to
his report. He said that several
people in his vicinity had lost cattle
and horses in corn stalk fields. dis
cussion arose when this was mention
cd as to the exact cause Of the death
Of the animals. Several explanations
we're offered, 1t being generally &C
cepted that the death Of the animals
was caused by dry mould or smut on
the stalks.
Spraying Of Orchards.
A n. Linnenberger reported for
Jackson township, saying there were
very few silos in his section but that
they all had proved satisfactory. He
reported that very good success had
been attained by spraying orchards
for several years continuously In his
township.
| Alley Foggy reported from Washing
ton township that there were elght OF
ton si,os in his township, all of them
giving good satisfaction. He said
they had had a dry season but that
some very good corn had been raised.
Spring plowing in his section gave
Tho best results. Township ROADS
had been graded and kept in almost
nerfect condition. This had oeen
found TO be an excellent move on the
n.rt If the farmers. He said there
h.d been a very good apple crop III
his district, the quality OF the appies
being attributed to the fact that tne
trees were sprayed number of times
during the year Alfalfa in his dis
tr,ct had been giving good success.