Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-29

More purebred livestock will be
sold in Atlantic between now and
next spring than during any like pc
Rod In the history of the city. Sec
rotary Hoffman Of the Cass County
Fair association has eleven sales
booked for the fair grounds before
April.
Two public meetings were held in
Cedar county recently by the farm
bureau, one at Springdale and one at
Downey, for the purpose of interest.
ing the children of the county in
pure bred calf club work. One hun.
dred and sixty-five people were in at.
tendance at these meetings, most of
them being children.
The Baby Beef club now numbers
quite few members. Due to the
fact that it was impossible to get
this work started in time the time
limit for enrollments has been ex-
tended to December LIST. Boys and
girls are both eligible. The, work in
johnson county has been greatly ia.
cilitated by the cooperation of the
school teachers.
Perry can boast of having a hog
house located within five miles cover.
Ing 40 by SO feet. 1t has sleeping
apartments. dining room, rest room,
sun parlor. toilet room with bath, al.
so grounds for exercise and a sale
room % by 80 feet, with breeding
pen attachment. 1t Is the same
building where fifty-four head of Du-
rocs Of March farrow. 1919, sold for
an average of $1087O on the entire
offering.
The members Of the Montgomery
County Farm bureau are preparing
for big membership campaign
which will be put on in Montgomery
county for four days. Twelve men
from outside Of Montgomery county
will be there to assist in the cam
paign. Each farm bureau director in
each township will handle the cam
paign in his township and he will be
assisted by one Of the visiting work
ers for the four days drive.
January ! will take place the let
ting of the contract for the hard sur.
facing Of the North Iowa Pike, from
the Clay county line to the cemetery
on the east edge Of Sheldon. This
distance ds twenty-three and one
half miles. Bids will be received
upon all kinds Of hard surfacing,
meeting the approval of the highway
commission. but without doubt the
surface to be used will be concrete.
| The road thus surfaced will be is
feet wide.
The crop report issued by the
! United States government for the
! year 1918 shows an estimated yield
1 for Iowa for the five grain crops OF
/ 5,2s6.000,000 bushels. Add to this
| the total worth of all the other prod.
| ucts and the cattle raised on Iowa
(, farms and you will have an excellent
| idea of the wonderful resourcefulness
| OF this state. Naturally the land that
| contributes to such a tremendous
harvest must necessarily be rich and
| productive.
In order to settle the Walsworth
/! estate near Onslow the property was
recently sold at public auction. The
home farm. consisting of 256 acres,
was sold to George Tabor, of Bald.
| win, for s2Sl.5O an acre. Another
portion of the property was sold to
| Jack Walsworth at $3.50 an acre. A
130-acre tract of timber land brought
SAL an acre from Ben johnson, and a
115-acre tract was purchased by Rog-
/, ers Brown. of Baldwin, for s91 an
acre. The total receipts of the sale
| amounted to $4,000.
Rates to renters OF land show a
very marked advance along with ey.
erything else. In some cases farm
leases for next season have been put
| up at public auction. the highest bid.
| der taking the place. In Ida county.
! T. w. Webb home farm of l60 acres
| OF very fine land in northern Silver
! Creek, for the ensuing year at $23 30
| per acre. The farm is held at $500
| an acre and is in splendid condition.
| much of it having been seeded to
! clover the past few years.
The opening of the public sale sea
| son has demonstrated that there has
been no falling off in prices. L. NJ
/ Lindeman. at his farm near Anita.
Cass county, held sale recently
/ which totaled $13393. Forty-one
| head Of steers averaged $50 a head.
One team Of horses brought $505.
! Another, IL year old team, sold for
| 1864; a two year old team for $247.5O.
Mich cows brought up to 1925, sew
eral commanding over 800 each.
Corn in the field brought $55 per acre.
The sale included Is head OF horses,
60 head Of cattle, 100 spring pigs, "a
head of sheep, 81 acres Of corn in
| field, and farm machinery
Bond issues for paved roads recent
ly authorized In Iowa will total $751;
| $4,000, and those proposed amount
| TO $4,50O.0NO more, says the sum
| mary Of state and county bond issues.