Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-12-23

1915.
F. M. Rice.
Clerk of the Dist Court of Aud
ubonI County, Iowa. DE- 4wks
| SCOTT COUNTY GAIN
The County Agent spoken of be-
low, (Mr. G. r. Blss) is a neph-
ew of our fellow-townsman, Mr.. E.
@. Wilson. Every Audubon county
farmer should read this article.
What Scott County Did.
Someone wrote to Irving C. Nor
wood. the secretary of the Daven-
port Commercial club, and asked
him about the establishment of the
Scott County Farm Improvement as
ISOLATION. and what it had done
fer the county. Mr.. Norwood re-
piled as follows:
In the summer of 1912 tine Sc
cretary of this organization and
the president of the First National
bank, who is a Live ONE and wanted
to make himself solid with soil
tillers, toured Scott county in 1909
!, Cadillac visible, distributing litera-
ture, caINling meetings ticketing bell
COWS OF every township, and doing
other needful tn ngs in connection
with the formation of county a.
grlcultural organization. The Com
mercial club provided an office.
furniture, stenographic help, and
other necessaries, the government
contributed $1,000 a year the
business men of Davenport dug UP
an even larger sum, and the farm
ers OF Scott county yielded $i24.19.
With favoring wind their means
could be heard for miles.
"Cheered by the results, we in
dGced kindly millionaire with a
penchant for agriculture 20 gualan-
tee the payE--nt of envy d.aficit that
; might be incurred, and launched
the Scott county Farm Improyiamc mt
League upon Chilly world. Then
We bought a second hamd Ford car
and a tank of gasoline, hired a
solemn young mEn from Ames, and
we We're ready for bus'inc SIS.
| SuccpSc Slow
Our success was not exactly inn
mediate. Although the young man
: from Ames can tell from looking
at a rolled cat whlather it was plant
ed with drill or shotgun, and
is equally proficient in other di-
rections, he was at first the OBJ
ject OF consid -rab3s s..spicion Some
/ FARMERS met linn IN TIE wlecng side
of the front gate, with their hands
on their lngersol.s, and some eff
them s..cosd ohetr seek in the
4 barn when the secondhand Ford
car hove in sight, His advice was
4 as welcome as q case of smallpox
and WIS followed as literally as the
I ten commandments And When he
\ insisted there were better methods;
of testing seed corn than by lock-
ing at it wisely through pair
4 OF 1O-cant specs; that cholera SER
um was not invented by black
hearted confidence men to separate
the farmer from his loose change;
! that alfa'fa will grow in Scott
4 county, and that sprayed trees
yield more and better fruit-he
was looked upon as a hopeless
and dangerous luratic.
Two years elapsed"
Results.
4 Tested corn came up, and un.
tested corn did mot; communicated
4 hogs Lived, and untreated hogs died
sprayed orchards bore fruit, an6
unsprayed orchards did not; alfaq,
ia grew and thrimed, and returned
big yields. The farmers began tt
smile upon the young man from
Ames. Some gave him butterm4lk
A few invited him to supper. The
live bank president began to be
i lieve some of his oa1n agltctll
4 tural predictions. Tie secretary d
this organizat ION be- an tc hope
And the farmers began to give
4 up mcn5y.
More Results.
"Another wear slipped Nv"
The second Inland Ford car aunt
the young man from Ames are well
come guests ON every farm. TIL
live bank president is known a
the farmers friend, and his rura