Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

ACCOIuluS III SOuuCy 1A6SAC ~. w.
Monosmith, practically one-half of
the farmers in Webster county are
having their soils tested. During the
past year there has been a marked
| interest in the care and preparation
of soils.
| That the tractor is playing most.
! important part in the agricultural
program in Iowa today is plainly evil
denced in the figures recently pub.
.ished to the effect that today there
are more than 9100 farm tractors do
ing the work which was done previ-
ously by horses.
Milk is taking the place of chalk
and books in Davenport schools. The
school board has decided it is bad
4 business to cram knowledge on an
empty stomach. A milk clinic will
be established and pupils suffering
from malnutrition will be supplied
with fresh milk twice day.
Iowa school teachers are in de
mand the world over. State Superin-
tendent P. E. McClenehan recently
received letter from the Chilean ed
ucational commission asking for Iowa
teachers who speak Spanish fuently
to come to that country and teach in
the colleges and universities.
One hundred and sixteen wagon
loads Of corn were delivered at the
Farmers elevator in Fontanelle one
day recently. This was the biggest
day in the history of the elevator.
The 116 loads amounted to little
more than 5000 bushels, and the
price paid was s1.25 per bushel.
Taking advantage of an offer made
by the Cedar Valley Trap Rock Co.
more than 1900 tons of limestone
have been spread over a great many
Wayne county acres the past few
months. Soil acidity tests were
made on many farms to determine
the amount of lime to be applied to
the various farms.
Poultry shippers may avoid heavy
losses from spoilage by proper meth
obs of preparing and shipping their
birds to market, say the specialists
of the Bureau Of Chemistry, United
States Department of Agriculture,
who have developed improved meth
DDS for bleeding, killing, chilling, stor-
ing, and packing poultry.
The Senior Acre Corn contest was
won this year by j. o. Westrum of
stratford with a record Of 1917 bush
els OF IA per cent corn. The contest
last year was won by R..s 3. .E,sslssa
OF Ellsworth with a record Of 1873
bushels of IA per cent corn. A beau
tiful trophy will be awarded the
farmer in Hamilton county who wins
this contest three times in success
sion.
The chickens may not be provided
With an opportunity to strut in Ames
this year. The annual poultry show
OF the Ames Breeders and Poultry
association, scheduled to have been
held in Ames January 6 to 9, inclu-
sive, has been postponed Assocfa-
ton officers were unable to state
whether the show had been postpon-
ed indefinitely or whether just tenn
porarily.
AS am Indication of what the av-
erage county agent in Iowa has to do
in the pursuance Of his duties it is
interesting to note the following data
as secured from the records of Coun-
ty Agent Merrill of Muscatine coun-
ty: interviewed 2,311 people, sent out
| 2,S20 letters, 4,949 circular letters,
Travelled $3.50 miles in making 425
farm visits, spent 1862 days in his Of
flee and 1873 days in the field.
The farm bureau Of Decatur county
is using full-page spreads in all news
papers stating that organizations on
the part of farmers is their only sal
walton from peasantry or slavery.
Many think the farm is only fit
place to raise cheap food. We be-
lieve the farmer has the same right
to returns on the capital invested as
has a bank or factory" etc. Through
the Iowa farm federation and the
county farm bureau, it is expected to
perfect strong organization among
the tillers OF the soil.
| Breeders of pedigreed stock In
Cherokee county, are keeping abreast
Win the times and have organized g
purebred livestock association. The
organization was perfected at coun-
ty wide banquet at Cherokee on DC.
tober 8. While breeders in that
county are not so numerous nor the
business SO we'll established as in
some OF the eastern and older coun-
ties OF the state, the stock does not
lack for quality. There are horsemen
who have carried away big ribbons
at the International and Cherokee
county horses, hogs and cattle have
been constant winners at the Inter-
state fair for number Of years.
A most important meeting of the
Farm bureau directors was held in
Usage, Mitchell county, at which
time the subject of improved metz
DDS OF growing potatoes was taken