Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11

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be sold in the sale ring of the associa-
ton unless it is the property OF a
member of the association.
Farm Bureau Outlines Work.
The act titles during the coming
six months of the Hamilton County
Farm Bureau were outlined at an
important officers and directors meet
ing here Saturday. Each of the
newly proposed plans has a direct
bearing on present needs-conserva-
ton of food, increased pork produc-
tion and greater food crops, includ-
ing a series of orchard spraying
demonstrations.
The work done by the Hamilton
County Farm Bureau since it's incep-
ton last fall has been such as to
lend absolute confidence in what it
will accomplish in the future. Since
the estab lishment of the county
agents Office in this city, a labor ex-.
change bureau has been maintained,
which has been, and will continue to
be, of great benefit to farmers and
farm hands alike. The very serious
problem of {; seed corn shortage in
this county has been practically
solved and the farmers hereabouts
supplied with single ear test corn
for this seasons planting. The or
ganization of the Pure Bred Breeders
associations was brought about
through the farm bureau, as well as
many other benefits.
One of the newest and most in
teresting features to be introduced
by the organization is that of Home
Demonstration bureau in connection
with the farm bureau, with trained
home demonstration agent in charge.
Each director of the bureau will ap-
point committee from his township
with three or more women members,
one acting as chairman, to meet at
the city hall at l o'clock next Satur-
day afternoon where they will be adj
dressed by Miss Neale S. Knowles of
the Iowa State College extension de-
Dartment. The J. formation Of a
woman's organization is for the pur-;
pose of intelligently observing food
conservation laws, as well as arous-
ing the public to realization OF the
food situation and of aiding in max
ing the necessary changes in the use
of food.
The farmer with small home
orchard will be amazingly benefited
by a series of orchard spraying
demonstrations throughout the sea-
son, ending with the harvest time.
The entire county will be thoroughly
covered in this work.
An acre contest for the boy on the
farm with a worth while prize for
She winner in the county will be an
other feature of the bureau work,
which, together with the boys pig
feeding contest, is Of real educational
value to the farmer lad. The prizes
usually awarded the winners in these
two contests are trips to the inter-
national live stock show in Chicago,
but whether this same idea on that of
silver cup Rrize will be adopted
here, is as yet undetermined. The
main idea is to get the boys OF the
country interested in this work.
Their efforts will be we'll rewarded
through their own gain in knowledge,
as we'll as by some equitable recog-
milton from the bureau.
Last, but not least. will be the con-
Quoting of corn plot investigations
for the purpose OF testing out diff
ferent varities of corn that were
matured here during the past sea-
son on the two different types of soil
found in largest areas of the county.
The plots will be alternated and the
experiments conducted on two wide
w separated farms, to be designated
later.
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Finest watches at Tced & Teed's.