The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-04
WHAT SOME MISSOURI
FARMERS ARE DOING

The following items, chiefly from
the reports of county agents, give
some idea of the general benefits
which come to farmers in county or
gained to study the farming business
under the direction of farmb ureau
and d county agent:
As a result of agitation by the Mad
ison County Farm Bureau members
for The improvement of range land in
the county belonging to timber and
mineral companies, a number of the
farmers have organized company to
lease large tracts Of this wild land for
a period of several years. 1t is their
intention to fence and make other
slight improvements, and prorate the
expense among the members of the
company. The range will be improv-
ed from time to time by the sowing
of grass in the open places and cut
ting out underbrush. A good bull has
been secured and no other bull will
be allowed on the range leased by the
company. If the season produces
abundant grazing, other neighbors
will be allowed to use this tract Of
land by paying small fee to the COM
pany.
Sweet clover sown last year on EN-
nett Linder's farm in Adair county
is an excellent demonstration of the
value of lining for clover. There is
a heavy growth on the lined portion
and the clover is well inoculated, but
on the land not lined there are only
a few scattering plants showing lit
tie or no growth.
At a recent meeting in Buchanan
county, eighty-one wool growers
signed the wool pool agreement for
the cooperative marketing of wool.
These men own about $4,000 pounds
of wool. These growers agreed to let
the Platte county men into the pool,
which should greatly enhance the sup
ply of wool offered the market.
Cooperating with the southwest
Missouri district fair, tie Missouri
Corn Growers Association and the
New Madrid County Farm Bureau
have received entries Of thirty-five
boys and one girl in the fve-acre yield
contest. The bureau will give schol-
arship to Farmers Week at the Uni
versity of Missouri College of Agri-
culture to the county winner. The
District, Fair is offering $4,000 in corn
premiums to which the boys will be
eligible to compete. The State Corn
Growers Association is Offering gold
medal as first premium in the contest
at the district fair and an agricultur-
al library for the second pirze. All Of
which is very likely to engender much
interest among the corn growers in
this county.
The Marion County Purebred Live
Stock Breeders Association has Sc
1ected a site for the sales pavilion
which they plan to erect in Palmyra.
The Hannibal Commercial Club is go
ing to build a pavilion in Hannibal.
With these two pavilions erected In
Marion county, considerable impetus
will be given to the purebred livestock
industry which has been developed in
that county.
Five grade bulls in Webster county
were replaced by one purebred when
the fourteenth block of the Jersey
Bull Club was organized. In estab.
fishing this block, all men interviewed
signed up for membership. AS each
man signed he was taken to the next
farmt help win his neighbor over
for the purebreds. The deciding fac
tor for some of the men were the
y heifer calves which they had on theil
farms from the club bulls. Two Of
the men in the block also signed VI
for cow testing association.
An endless chain pig club has beer
started in New Madrid county
through the efforts of the Count!
Agent and local banker. Ten heat
of registered Poland-China gifts ant
one boar have been secured as founda
tion stock. The gifts were clever
months old and averaged 259 pounds
The present plan is to breed thest
gifts for September delivery and dis
tribute them to the boys in the pig
club with the understanding that each
boy is to return to the club the choice
of two gifts from the first litter ant
one from the second, or three from
the first. Such gifts will be distrib
uted at weaving time to other boy
who will agree to the same terms
This scheme has been very success
full in other localities and has addet
much good blood to the swine popuia
ticn.