Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-08

one hundred and two wool growers
J of Madison county shipped $4,000
pounds of wool the past season
through the Iowa Wool Growers as
ISOLATION
track in the entire state in 1886. Now
1T is the proud boast that there is no
| region in Iowa more than nine miles
distant from a railroad right of way.
Hog cholera has been found in
herds in Buchanan and Black Hawk
counties near Jesup, and DR.. Munger,
Cedar Rapids, has been sent there to
prevent its spread. Two herds af-
/ ficted have been disposed Of
Farmers Interested in tractors were
! given an intensive short course in
tractor work at the McNabb garage
in Carroll recently by Prof. John
Glass of Iowa State College. The at
tendance was about 200. Lectures
and demonstrations were given.
| Owing to unsatisfactory marketing
conditions at Oakland, East Pottawat-
tamie county, a cooperative market
ing association has been formed with
a total of 165 share holders, and stock
subscriptions totalling $4,000. The
new company is well established and
doing a good business.
Several hundred one-room schools
in the state have filed applications
asking that their schools be given a
standard rating. P. E. McClenahan.
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, is DESTROYS of having every one
room school in the state listed as a
standard school. Such schools will
be permitted to attach a sign above
the entrance reading, STANDARD
School No. -
Davis county had one of the largest
corn clubs in Iowa the past season,
twenty-five members being enrolled
under the care Of County Agent v. G.
Warner Hail during the summer
damaged a great amount of the corn
acreage which caused some of the
members to drop their work, but
many Of them raised as high as go
and SO bushels to the acre. This
was all produced on bottom lands
along the small streams Of the coun-
try.
The farmers of Clay county who
Joined the farm bureau donated per-
haps greater sum to the state fed
Grafton than any other county in
Iowa. This sum amounted 10 $3.50:
Practically every farmer gave $500
when he Joined the county nrganiza-
ton. Over IS per cent of all farmers
in Clay county are farm bureau men,
bers. County Agent c. w. Martin
says there is. not a township in the
county where there are over six men
who are not members of the organi-
cation.
The spirit Of cooperation among
Hancock county farmers is decidedly
strong. With four shipping associa-
tons organized and several more be.
ing organized, there is every reason
to suppose that the idea is proving
popular. The four associations or
gantzed are at Klemme, Britt, Garner
and Kanawha. All are doing good
business and increasing in member
ship daily. Frequent meetings are
held and from SO to 1875 farmers are
always in attendance.
According to Don e. Fish, county
agent of Henry county, there has
been a decline of fully 17.3 percent
in the number of horses and colts in
that county the past year. In 1917
Henry county had 1859 head OF
horses and colts and in 1918, 1908.
Prof. Kildee Of Iowa State College
and Wayne Dinsmore of the Percher-
on Society OF America, were in the
county and talked with the breeders
regarding the situation. Careful in
quiry brought out the fact that there
was only about one foal for every
four farms in the county. What is
true of Henry county is true Of prac-
tically every county in the state, ex-
cept where special attention has been
given to breeding
A great many more competent
herdsmen are needed to properly de-
velop the livestock industry The
present shortage is the principal fac
tor in retarding the more rapid de-
velopment OF this great industry. At
the recent International it was appar-
ent that business etiquette, friend
ship and all salary scales were being
forgotten in the frenzied attempt to
secure competent men to take care
Of herds, studs and flocks. To partial
ly meet this situation the animal
husbandry department Of Iowa State
College is offering it's third annual
Herdsmen's Short Course, beginning
December 20 and continuing for 10
weeks. Last year in spite of adverse
conditions SIS young men took advan-
tage of the course.
More than 100000 worth of bust
ness was done through the farm bu-
reau exchange of Jones county at
saving of fully $4,000 to the farmers
of the county last year. The ex-
chacge list is mailed each month to
all m, mbers Of the bureau.
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