Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-04-22

Ray H. Cline sold fifty-two head Of
Aberdeen-Angus cattle for $44.S10, at
the Marion county fair grounds. The
COW with calf at foot sold for $4,7O0.
This sale was closely followed by
another COW with calf at foot which
brought $4,000. Forty-one head or the
animals sold brought an average of
S102f each. Six head sold for over
$4,000 each.
| Iowa live stock will be prominent
| in the exhibits at the Iowa state fair
and exposition this year to be held
| Aug. 70 to Sept. 3. Iowa carried off
| 70 per cent of the winnings in the
| live stock department at lest years
| fair and the success of the Iowa en-
hipitors is prompting them to plan for
big showings this year. OF 666 horses
exhibited at the 1919 exposition. 5SS
were from Iowa and Iowans won 55
per cent of all the premiums. In the
cattle department there were 1928
entries of which 921 were from lowe
and from which SIS per cent of all
awards were won by Iowans In the
swine department total of 3,774 en-
tries were enrolled, 3,481 being from
his state. Hawkeye farmers won 80
per cent Of all the money in the sheep
department where Iowa was repre-
sented by $50 of the total 7S4 entries
made.
Four new shipping associations
have been organized in Mahaska
county recently. Taintor, Fremont,
Oskaloosa and Leighton. Agitation
tor these associations has been going
on for some time The success of
the association at Fosterdale had
much to do with the rapid conclusion
Of the work in these four places. All
four places are ready for business
Taintor voted to capitalize at 100000
and expect to run their shipping as
ISOLATION and elevator together. FIRE.
mont capitalized at $4,000, with
minimum of $4,000 to take over a
lumber yard and an elevator. Oska
loosa voted to capitalize at $4,000,
with minimum of $1,000. this before
doing business. Leighton capitalized
at S25, 900, with minimum Of $500.
At the latter place sufficient shares
were sold at the meeting to start
business at once.
Iowa farmers are starting the new
farm year with 35,OO0,0OO more bu-
shells of corn in the crib than they
had on March / of last year, total
Of 1876, 100000 bushels of corn being
On hand, according to figures issued
recently by the Iowa cooperative
crop reporting service While 40 per
cent of the total crop for 1919 is
| still on the farms. only IS Of the re-
naming go per cent has been ship
| ped from the state. About SO per
cent of the oats crop last year. or
NEARLY 26,S0O,000 bushels less than
last year. are now in the bins. OF
he remaining 81 per cent, about two
thirds will be shipped out of the state.
Wheat and barley are not kept over
the winter in large amounts for only
IL per cent of the wheat and II per
cent Of the barley is still in the pos.
session of the farmer About 81 per
| cent of the wheat and As per cent of
| The barley will be sold outside of the
state.
still seems to be quite general over
! the state is perhaps not due so much
20 scarcity of men looking for work
as 1t is to the fact that they are
| specializing in most cases as to the
most they can get for work from now
until next fall. The farmers have
oeen somewhat reluctant to hire men
! FOR the season, owing to the fact that
the season this spring will be very
late, and the men who are looking for
work have been continually holding
off in hopes that wages will reach an
even higher mark than they are at
lpresent. The average seems to be
around $500 to $500 per month,
and considering that the man is get
ting his living in addition to this
There are no doubt plenty of men
IWhO are looking for work as there
are also plenty of farmers still look
ing for help. but one scarcity itself
seems to be merely a matter of reach
ling an agreement
Agriculture and coal mining are the
principal primary industries of Iowa,
he ones upon which the economic
life of the state depends. In the
wear 1919 Iowa mines produced 7,000,-
100 tons of coal worth S21 100000 at
he mine. During the same period
he farm value OF field crops produced
Iowa was s950,000,0O0. Add to this
he value of dairy products, poultry,
Iaggs and wool and the total is raised
20 $1,150,5 100000 This figure does
not include the value of hogs, cattle,
Iaorses and sheep which on January
IL, 1920, was given farm value of
IF650,7S7 600, making grand total Of
farm products produced in one year
plus live stock on farms January 1,
1920, of $1791,2S1, 900 The total out
mt of the mines of tho state ranra.