The Holt County sentinel., 1920-10-22
FARM BUREAU NOTES.
". c. Svarner, County Agent

Howard Of the American Farm Bureau
FEEDER alton.
Tn. 1--we stock marketing committee
called by President Howard, met last
week in Chicago and were in session
ono ddv. They decided that the best
way to- solve their problem was t.
have a committee appointed that
would 20 after the matter in the same
way Il. the joint marketing committee.
The following report was presented
to. and accepted by the conference.
"The committee recommends that a
pcrmanent committee, of not TO exceed
/ Is members, be appointed By j. r.
Howard, president Of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, this COM
mittec to be composed Of representa-.
tives Of the various live stock organ
| zatons, to investigate live stock
marketing problems: the members OF
/ this committee TO report to the various
organizations which they represent and
10 a conference Of all interests to be |
called by the president of the Amcri- |
can Farm Bureau Federation
In the discussion following the read
ing Of the report, II was brought out
that this committee was intended TO
be entirely separate from the grain
committee.
7 Farmers are Organized.-An idea OF
the rapid spread of the Farm Bureau
movement can be gathered from re-
mort. from other states. Michigan now
has Sa,39s members and 80 organized
counties. The Michigan state Farm
Bureau u just a year old. A year ago
the state offices were in two small
rooms rented over bank at Birming-
ham; today they own their own Office
building and warehouse combined.
In Illinois the SO County Farm Bu-
iraus and their state organization
have membership Of 99,3O2. In Mis-
sour the membership is steadily in
ccasing: the membership Is now well
past the 10000 mark.
CuIling Saves S200O.-A report from
the College Of Agriculture, estimates,
that the culling campaign conducted
r. in Bates county saved the farmers OF
e that county not less than $1,000.
: Thrashcd SOY Beans-Perhaps the
first SOY beans to be thrashed in Holt
: County We're thrasned last week by
, Kcnnish q Claypool on Mr.. kcnnish's
F., farm, in Liberty township. The beans
! we're planted soon after the corn was
. planted last spring. They have APP
e proNimatcly 100 bushcl of seed, most
of which will be FOR sale. II Is the
Morse variety of bean and one that IA
well adapted To- this section of the
- state. They were ihreshcd with on
n',or.inary thrashing machine owned by
Chris Smith. Nv taking out the con.
n caves and slowing down the speed OF
the cylinder. they were able to 10 a
:, Wy good job ul tnrIshing,
J, The Holt county farmers who cN-
u pect To- plant soy beans in the corn
next ,prng, should remember Ken
nish 4 Claypo0d, when buying their
u seed. More and more farmers in the
: county are growing SOY beans In their
corn. Leonard Botkin, New Point
y has grown them with corn the lost
c two or three years. This fall, after
u taking bunch of fattening hogs out
of ncu Of corn and soy beans, which
; he hoggcd down, brood sows and pigs
J were turned into the field to clean up
the corn and SOY beans. They relish
i the SOY beans and apparently are doing
well on them.
= Russell Bcnner, one mile east OF
= Mound City, had soy beans in corn
this year. The beans were innoculated
with bacteria obtained by the County
l. Agent from the U. 5. Department OF
Agriculture. An examination of the
!, roots of the beans showed then,
u to be well innoculated with the
! nitrogen gathering bacteria. These
batccria are excellent soil builders
= Soy beans innocuated in this manner
will help greatly TO maintain the soil
: fertility, in addition to providing LOT
, of valuable feed.
VI Certified FlOcks.-T. s. Townsley
: poultry specialist, Columbia, spent
:, two DAYS in the county recently, So
Letting breeuing nocks for the poultry
co-operators who will have their flocks
y entered on the certified poultry lis,
u this year. MIR. Townlcy went through
/, each flock and picked out the hens that
). were the best egg producers and truesi
: to type, for the breeding pen next
, spring, These hens were marked with
u leg bands. The intermediate hens were
: kept or the general laying flock. The
J. low producing hens were culled out for
the market. Each owner of certified
!, flock will get pedigreed male birds that
: are the sons of 200 egg laying hens
y and will keep a record of all expenses
and income from the flock, Next fall
MIR. Townsley or someone appointed by
), him, will visit each of these farms and
select the best cockerels and pullets
Matched from eggs layed by the breed
ing flock selected this fall. These pull
let's and cockerels will then be listed
, for sale, provided the owner wishes to
sell them.
Mr.. Townsley thinks this is one of
the most important poultry projects
undertaken by the poultry department.
That is, il will do more to improve the
poultry Of the various communities
than anything else. He says that there
is very big demand for pedigreed
pullets and cockerels of this kind.