The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-02-20
WEEKLY NEWS NOTES
(By the County Agent.)

Three Group Poultry Meetings Sched-
uled for This Coming Week.
We have been very fortunate in Sc
curing the services of Mr.. T. S.
Townsley to assist us in holding three
poultry meetings this coming week.
Farm poultry keepers are primarily
interested in increasing the egg pro-
duction of their flocks. Through our
poultry co-operators and through pub
licity, we have been talking and dem
onstrating culling of fiocks and better
feeding methods TO secure winter eggs.
The results are outstanding. Ask
your egg buyers whether or not they
are handling more winter eggs than
they did four or five years ago.
We are planning to undertake one
more step in the development If our
industry and this is to improve the
breeding of poultry to secure higher
egg-laying focks. The methods Which
will be recommended will be cnes that
every farmer can follow out if he so
desires. Feed and care alone will rot
always secure good egg production as
can readily be shown by reports from
different poultrymen. We must have
stock bred for large egg production.
If you want to learn how to improve
the breeding methods applicable to
farm practice, make it a point to at
tend your nearest meeting and hear
Mr.. 1ownsiey speak Oh this important
subject. The following is schedule
Of the meetings.:
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10 a m, Otto
Vests, near Bismarck.
Wednesday, Feb. %, 2:30 p. M,
State Hospital No. 4, Pennington.
Thursday, Feb. 26, 1000 a. M, j.
r. Webb, Knob Lick, Mo.
J. r. Webb, of Knob Lick, Still Leads
Poultry CO-operators in Egg
Production.
The flock of Brown Leghorns, owned
by J. R. Webb, of Knob Lick, still
leads the poultry co-operators Of the
county in egg production during the
month of January. MIR. Wcbb's flock
of $50 hens averaged 1916 eggs per hen
for the month. The Barred Rock
flock Of Mrs. l.. E. Cole, of Bonnie
Terre, ranked second with an average
of 85 eggs per hen for the month.
The flock of White Leghorns belong-
ing to j. c. Ballard, Of Libertyvillc,
ranked third, with an average Of rs
eggs per hen for the month. The
White Leghorn flock of Mrs. +. B.
Chandler, of Pennington, ranked
fourth, with an average of 6.5 eggs
per hen per month. The Barred Rock
flock of John Mueller, of Pennington,
ranked fifth with an average of live
eggs per hen per month. The remain
ing six co-operators all report an av-
erage of less than five eggs per hen
for the month.
Milton Menge Wins in Acre-yield
Corn Contest
The announcement has just come to
us that Milton Mlnge, one Of our St
Francois county fam boys, has won
The acre-yield com contest in this
State Normal School District. Tilc
contest was arranged for last spring
by the State Normal School at Cape
Girardeau---the premiums to be pro
vided by the Cape Girardeau CONNER,
cial Club. The County Agent gave
quite little publicity to this contest
at that timet and. succeeded in enroll
ing one boy from his county in the
contest; tbs boy was the winner, as
before mentioned. Milton shows as
his variety a good strain of CONNER
cial White and on a measured acre,
grew ninety-three and one-third bush
els Of weighed corn during the past
season. We consider this a very en-
viable record. As winner in this con-
test, he will receive $25 cash prize
This is the second time that Milton
has been winner in an acre-yield corn
contest. Boys, don't you think it about
time that you get into the game and
give Milton some real connection?