The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-06
County Agent Hook Of Clark, Initiates
Contest to Secure Better
Layers In That
Section.
PRIZES BEING OFFERED
Plan Worked Out to stimulate Culiino
of FIocks by Fanciers-Ncw
Winter Salad De-
soribed.

The 1919 poultry culling campaign
was launched July 1st in Clark
county by w. A. Hook, county agent.
! This campaign will be carried on
during July, August, September and
t October in practically every county
in the state. The purpose of the
campaign is to get rid of the I'M
profitable hens in each poultry flock.
Approximately forty percent of the
hens in an average farm nock VIII
not lay enough eggs to pay for their
feed.
In the culling campaign conducted
last fall in forty-four Missouri coun-
tiles, 100000 low-producing hens were
reported sold and an estimated saw
ling of $177,S00 worth Of feed re-
suited.
| The aim of the campaign this year
! to pick out the poor layer within the
reach of every poultry-heeper. In
+ farm bureau counties the county
agents and home demonstrations
agents will give culling demonstras
! tions in each community In coun-
ties not having farm bureaus the
agricultural extension service of the
University of Missouri college Of
agriculture will cooperate with the
county poultry associations or other
groups of poultry keepers in training
I local leaders to give demonstrations
! Throughout the county. Any person
desiring information on culling
should communicate with his county
lagent or home demonstration agent
| or write to T. S. Townsley, poultry
| sp ecialist, Missouri college of agr1-
culture, Columbia.
w. N. Reynolds and Co., and the
Kahoka Produce company are Offer
ling a prize of $500 to the commit
teeman in any community that gets
the most flock owners 20 Gull their
Il lens and report to the county agent.
To qualify for the prize the commit
iLeen1an in each community must b.
itt1e to show the most report cards
filled out and returned to the county
agent before September 80. The
cards will be counted on that date
and the community that shows the
most report cards of folks who
culled their focks will enable their
committeeman to win the prize.
Chinese Cabbage.
Chinese cabbage Of Petsai has
proved to be a highly desirable gar
den crop for planting in August, says
III. T. Rosa, Jr., of the University Of
Missouri college Of agriculture.
County Agent Hook says in his
weekly bulletin. The crisp tender
golden yellow leaves OF this new
vegetable are without equal for salad
or slaw when the plant Is properly
headed in the fall 1t grows best in
the cool fall season. If seed is
sowed early in August some Of the
plants can be used for greens In
about six weeks, leaving most Of the
plants to head up in late fall
The seed should be sowed thinly
| in rows and the plants thinned out
, to stand six or seven inches apart.
A row forty feet long will provide an
abundance of salad ana green's for
family all through the fall, even
after most other vegetables are killed
by frost. The plants will continue
to grow after being exposed to freez-
ing, as they are very hardy. BY
covering with straw the neaos may
be kept in the garden almost until
Christmas. When grown in the fall
the leaves are very crisp ana tenoer
and serve as an excellent substitute
for head lettuce which IS very hard
| to get in the fall. The flavor Is very
mild, only family suggesting ordinary
cabbage and Is preferred by many
people.