The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-30
A Busy Week.

est one since | have been in the coun-
ty. Six meetings have been held, a
total attendance of las. "a Office call
ers, % telephone calls, written 80 let
ters, 48 circular letters and made II
farm visits. | have organized two
Boys and Girls Clubs and one sub
bureau. Have travelled about 300
miles this week. If you have not seen
me in your part of the county, you
may know from the above report that
l have not been idle on the job.
Dairy Calf Club Organized.
A meeting was held at the Copen-
hagen church Thursday night to or
ganize Dairy Calf Club. 1t is in
deed encouraging to note the interest
shown in that community in this par
ticular line of work. 20 persons at
tended this meeting on a rainy night,
most of whom were boys and girls.
The Calf Club was organized with
some Is members. 1t was decided to
buy Holstein calves, either pure-bred
or high grade stock. The matter of
purchasing these calves is being TAX
en- up by the County Agent. Within
short time you will sec bunch of
white and black spotted high grade
calves making their homes with the
boys and girls in the Copenhagen
community. This club represents
three school districts. The following
are the names of the members of this
new club:
Milton Menge, Marvin Meyer, Nola
Rion, Everett Rion, Maggie Rion,
Earl Rion, Ebert Menge, Bernard
Matkin, Haden Counts, Zell Meyer,
Roberta Meyer, Ethel Menge, Armon
Waller and Paul Perrett.
Hazel Run Organizes Branch
Farm Bureau.
The first organization that the Ha-
eel Run people have ever had in con-
nection with the Farm Bureau was
perfected at meeting Wednesday
night. The County Agent and the
President of the County Farm Blu
reau, Mr.. Will Ashburn, made talks
at the meeting, after which the or
ganization work was taken up. Os- |
car Murphy was elected president, |
Mr.. Pratt, vice president, and Mr.. |
Perrett, secretary-treasurer Miss |
Spreading, the teacher of the Lam
breth school, was selected as a Boys |
and Girls Club leader of that COM
munity. A program committee was
appointed by the president of the
club, and they planned to have meet
ings on the fourth Thursday night of
each month. We are glad indeed to
see these people organize and show so
much interest in the Farm Bureau
movement.
Prof. Allison Lectures to Cattle
Breeders. ts
Prof. H. o. Allison, who has charge /
of the beef cattle in the College of
Agriculture at Columbia, gave lee
ture to the cattle breeders of st. |
Francois county in Pennington last
Saturday. Mr.. Allison's talk was a
very practical one, and touched ontthe
vital points of interest to the cattle
breeders. 25 cattle breeders attended
this meeting. Intense interest was
shown in what Mr.. Allison had to
say A delegation of Hereford breed
ers from Ste. Genevieve county at
tended this meeting with a view of
gaining some pointers in organizing |
al ttSSOCldJlOtl Ill IlldI "A
delegation of breeders from this coun-
ty was appointed to meet with the
Ste. Genevieve people next Saturday
to perfect their organization. This
merely shows how the good work IN |
this county has spread to neighbor-
ing county, and we hope that this
good work may continue to spread. |
Distinction of Potatoes for Seed.
A great many farmers have asked
me during the past week for the for |
mula for treating seed potatoes. This |
information may be a little late to
reach the people in time for plant
ing potatoes, but l shall give you a
simple treatment, as follows; Use
ounces of corrosive sublimate in the |
water, allod the seed potatoes to be |
immersed in the solution for two
hours. After this treatment allow the |
potatoes to dry, then they are ready
to cut and plant.
Texans Buy Missouri Live Stock.
The johnson County (Missouri)
Purebred Live Stock Association re-
Gently sold more than $1,000 worth
of purebred Shorthorns in a single
day. Swenson Brothers of Stamford,
Texas, were the purchasers. F. S.
Hastings, cattle manager for the
Swenson ranch and two members of
the firm went to johnson county and
were taken to the different members
of the association by F. A, Gougler,
agent for Johnson county. Their pur-
chases comprised So head of young
breeding stock for which they paid
| $7087.50.
Missouri Farmers Fair, May 4th.
| The Twelfth Annual Farmers Fair,
one of the best known student stunts
of the schools of the Missouri Valley,
will be given, by the students of the
College of Agriculture of the Univer-
sity of Missouri, May 4th. The Four
teenth Annual High School Day of
the University for preparatory school
track athletes will be held the fol-
lowing day, May 9Th.
The Farmers Fair has both al
statewide and national reputation
as student stunt, and has been cop
led by many schools. 1t is begun
Al a