Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-03-11
Iowa News

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In Decorah during February there
were thirty-two births reported,
twenty-one being boys and eleven
girls.
The Fairfield Building company,
with 100000 capital. has bought
eleven acres Of land and will build
homes for Fairfield people.
a costly fire visited the farm Of
William s. Uhler, one-half mile south
Of Upton, burning his hog house
the total loss being near $4,000.
/ Grtnnell has been chosen as the
place Of the interdhurch convention
to be held during the third week In
March by the churches in Poweshiek
county.
!. OF the ia farmers in Cedar town
ship. Black Hawk county SO own au
tomobile, according to farm crop sta.
tistics reported to the county audi
tor for 1919 by H. Steimel, assessor.
The dual orchard and poultry meet.
ing In Mt. Ayr was crowded to ca.
pacity by interested, orchard and
poultry enthusiastic. Mr.. KocNren OF
Iowa State College spoke on orchard
Ing.
Bids will be opened on March II.
by the. board of supervisors Of Cerro
Gordo county for the paving OF %
miles OF the primary road system Of
the county. This project is expected
to cost about $1,000,000.
Mrs. John H. Jorgenson Of. Stuart
is building q hatchery OF concrete.
14x30, and ia installing an incubator
holding 1920 eggs. The machine
weighs $500 pounds. Mrs: Jorgenson
has been selling baby: chicks since
1913;
Another $4,000 farm was sold by
William A. Johnson. Of Mahaska
county. to Raymond L. Van Metre
and Bryon A. Smith, In Liberty town
ship. The farm consisting Of 240
acres. in section "a and 10, sold for
1886 an acre, or a total Of $50, 400.
In the widest rush OF business ever
transacted about. March /, in Web
ster county. more than $500 900
changed hands in land deals. Two
deeds listed VIII County Recorder
carried considerations Of $12n, 900
each. OF. the sixty-five deeds record
ed the average consideration was ap-
proximately $4,000, while $5O,000 and
$4,000 were common.
An old deed, yellowed by age, was
offered for refiling with the county
recorder. 1t was given 66 years ago
for 100 acres of land in section 4, Mt.
Vernon township. 1t evidences the
transfer of the land from Asa T.
Webster and wife to Solomon Web.
ster and the price was s1,65O, OF
$l0.31 an acre. Can you remember
Black Hawk land selling for this
amount?
Poultry this year is OF more i'm
portance than ever before. Higher
prices have been received during the
past year than ever before in the his.
tory Of the industry. The supply
must be met largely by the farm
nocks. How to select the highest
producing hens and pick out the un
profitable ones is something of great
Importance. Unless the poultry house
is comfortable and well ventilated and
dry the birds will. not do well.
According to G. S. Terwilliger, q
well-known farmer Of Hancock county
sugar beets are most profitable and
paying crop. Mr.. Terwilliger says
At this time we say that II tons tc
the acre is fair crop, but in three
years we can raise, this yield to Ii
and Is tons to the acre. The past
season where / had beets on rict
ground and where the beets were
planted from eight to. 10. inches apart
I got a yield Of 20 tons to the acre
The annual corn and small grair
show Of Polk county will be held al
the. courthouse in the lower corridor
March 10 to l3, under the auspice.
Of the Polk County Corn and Small
Grain association and the farm bu
reau A liberal premium list is of
fered, and the show will end with .
large auction sale of seed corn OF
Saturday, March 13. The scarcity .o
good seed corn this year leads. tn.
board to believe that the sale of al
thirty ear and bushel exhibits viii
bring excellent prices.
The farmers of Winnebago count,
are making a vigorous campaign
against tuberculosis in cattle. Nor
than $50 farmers have. appliedffor tn.
free federal test and the creamer!
associations OF Rake, Scarville, Vinji
{ Leland and Forest City have voted a
their annual meeting to have all cat
tie OF their patrons tested for thi
dread disease. This is wonderful
movement and in the end will meal
more than $780, 900 saving in loss o
stock to the farmers ito say nothing
Of saving in human lives.
According to Neal s. Knowles
state leader OF. home demonstration
agents for Iowa. eight Iowa -countie
are asking for home demonstration
agents. There. are now 25 OF thes
women in Iowa. The work has beef
explained in q total OF 25 communi
ties in these counties. In some case
4 the meetings were joint meeting
with men and women and were in al
cases called with: the sanction OF TIL