The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-22
Farm Bureau Notes.

On Tuesday of this week the prize
| winners in the pig club contest last
| year, Miss Zoah Newton or DAVIS
| City, and Milton Leetum OF Lamonl,
| and Miss Wilma Cartwright, or Leon
who has substituted trip to Chicago
| for trip to Ames) are starting on
trip to Ames. While at Ames they
| will attend the Junior short course,
and see all the other points OF inter
est at the college, including the
various animal husbandry depart
! experimental farms, and have re-
creation in the gymnasiums, swim
ming pools and IN fact everything
| there is to be seen at the college that
is worth while. These boys and girls
will be under the ire of the college
! staff of teachers and it certainly
will be a great trip and n that the
member. Would like to see every
bov and girl between the ages OF ten
! and nineteen take up this work ior
| this year. Enroll now. ASK the
| county agent.
Held a booster meeting on Satur-
day afternoon at the court room Ior
the purpose of organizing q {
a county fair. About forty OF the
Influential farmers were there n
| some of the business men of the sur
rounding towns and the preliminary
organization was completed.. OWING
to the l~ateness OF the planning sea-
vailing Just then there was NOT a
very big crowd but great enthusiasm
was shown and it was the unanl-
NOUS opinion of those present that
we have a county fair association
and live stock show. 1t was the opln-
ion of those present that the STOCK
| should be put at about $4,000 n
sold in allotments of $4,000 to each
township of the county and that no
one man or corporation should own
more, than twenty shares OF stock IN
the association. The value of the
| shares were placed at $50 each.
| After a very interesting talk by Z.
w. Barr of Morgan, TOWNSHIP, on
the early success of the DC Decatur
may avoid some Of the things mai
will lead to ultimate failure in our
new organization and some OF the
things that would work for good ana
success of the undertaking the meet
ing adjourned to meet at $50 p. M.
on Saturday, May 3lst, at the courI
room in Leon to further perfect the
organization and at that time the
committee appointed will have some
definite things to offer in the way OF
locations or sites but this however
will be in the form of options on land
and as to when, where, and how tins
will be purchased will be left to the
stockholders of the association when
organization is completed. 1t does
begin to look like we were going to
have a county fair and livestock shoW
This wear. Come to the court room
Saturday afternoon, May 31st, and
bring your neighbor and boost lnls
thing for all it is worth.
Don't forget the egg candllng ana
poultry demonstration at the produce
house of Harry Statzell on Thursday.
May goth. at 2:30 p. m.
We also wish to call your atten-
ton to sheep and wool growers asso-
citation. Better join now while the
going is good and be in position to
get what your wool is worth. ASK
the county agent: ,.,
Our membership is growing daily
in the farm bureau and it Will soon
be up to standard and with the
| county fair proposition as the big
thing for this year on the program
we hope to make the best showing
for the bureau that it has made for
any length of time since it has been
in operation. Help keep Decatur
county on the map join the associa.
ton now and let us make the county
one of the first rank and better place
in which to live. Avail yourself OF
some of the benefits derived from
the farm bureau. ASK the county
agent.