Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-07-08


leading Plymouth w6oi growers ars
getting together and will form an or
ganization for hauling wool and hides
on the open market. farmers in the
county say they can not get reason
able prices from the commission
houses, who at times only offer 15c
per pound for wool. The market at
Boston varies from Csc to 81. EX-
perince in other counties shows a net
price Of from sc to zoe per pound,
when the wool is marketed directly.
A gigantic move to raise the entire
forty-two miles Of levee in Des MoineS
and Louisa county was instigated
when the joint levee boards contract
ed with Engineer Harmon, to under
take the task of drawing up plans
and supervision of the work. The
job calls for an investment of APP
proximately 100000, and would place
the levee, not only three feet higher,
but three feet above the high water
mark if recommendations to the Mis-
sissippi river commission are carried
out.
Crop conditions in Iowa are encour-
aging according to the latest reports.
The present indications are that the
yields per acre will be up to normal,
the condition Of all crops having i'm
proved materially since June /. No
defieite figures are available as yet
on the corn acreage. The acreage in
corn is undoubtedly larger than the
farmers had contemplated earlier in
the season. The weather was u11-
favorable for the seeding of oats and
farmers were forced to plant to corn
considerable acreage they had In
tended for oats. Hence the. corn
acreage is not short as much as early
reports Indicated.
The biggest poultry culling school
ever held in the United States just
closed at Iowa State college at Ames
after intensive study of the latest
theories and practices in the selection,
culling and management of poultry
approximately $50 county agents,
county demonstration agents and
others interested were enrolled for
the school. A part of the attendance
was made up OF corps of men WHIT
We're getting special training in pre-
paration for a poultry culling cam.
paign which will be staged in some
forty counties of the state. Besides
those enrolled for the full course,
scores OF farmers and farm women
went to Ames for part of the work.
The population of Des Moines Is
l2646S. This is an increase of asa
per cent over the city's population
when the federal census was taken
ten years ago. Des Moines was Gre
dited by that count with S6,36S souls
This is an unusually high percentage
of growth for cities in Des Mones'
class. The 1910 census placed Des
Moines the sixty-second city in the
United States in population. While
census announcements are far from
complete, Des Moines 1920 showing is
certain to advance its comparative
be surprising if. when the figures for
: all cities are announced. that Des
Moines is in fftieth place or better.
Nevada, with justice, lays claim to
being one of the foremost stock and
grain shipping points in Iowa. Last
year $50 cars of livestock were ship
ped from that point and 425 cars of
grain. In addition, Nevada lays
claim to being one of the largest
horse markets in the state of Iowa.
There are at least 80 car loads ship
ped annually, local buyers doing a
good business in those animals For
radius of about five miles Nevada
claims trading territory, and while
perhaps it does not extend that far
west, in an easterly direction the aver
age is made up. There are virtually
80 business houses with almost every
line of mercantile effort represented.
Iowa land values show no decline,
but rather vigorous upward tend
ency. Near Sheldon, in O'Brien coun-
ty, land sold recently for $1,000 per
acre, that during the boom last sum-
mer was bought for $500 an acre, an
advance of $3.50 an acre in less that,
year. OF course that is an ex-
ception case but here is a fair illus
tration of conditions all over the
state: Twenty-Five Cass county farms
have changed hands since March 1,
at an average price of $311 an acre,
an estimated increase of $25 per acre
over prevailing prices last year. The
aggregate acreage is 5000 and the to.
tai consideration is $500 900. The
prices range from 1920 to $500 pei
acre.
Although there is now no POSSIBLE
ity of the interstate commerce com
mission granting Iowa shippers pre-
ferential order supplying the state
with freight cars, the bankers com
mittee, just returned from Washing
ton, believes that solution has beer
found which will alleviate the short
age to considerable extent. Upor
the advice Of the commission, Charles
Webster, railroad commissioner, will
establish an office in Chicago anc
will remain there indefinitely. Or
ders for cars from local shippers VII
be sent not only to the local agent.
as usual, but to Mr.. Webster as well
The latter will then take them to tn,
various railroad heads and will en-
deavor to secure cars direct from Chi
cago
The web worm is affecting orchard