Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-15

The Federal Farm Loan associa-i
ion Of Worth county is just about
me year old and has been most sue
IessfGl during the past year. The
ecretary-treasurer G. S. Rye, Of Han
ontown, reports loans made aggre-
.at!ug something over s175,000 during
he year. A short time ago part
II the county was transferred to the
Ninnebago county district, with
headquarters at Lake Mills. The
work of the association is looked on
with favor by farmers and bankers
/ If Worth county.
| Preparations are being made by the
Scott county engineering department
% call for bids as soon as possible
n the spring for the proposed road
! paving work to be started next sum
ner. County Engineer John Malloy
announced that the contractors would
De notified just as soon as the plans
Tor paving and grading are approved
/; oy the government road engineers.
miles of road next summer and eX-
ira grading on as many more miles
or the 1921 paving projects.
Wright county and the United
States government have made nice
! gift to the citizens of Wright county
n the shape OF a gravel road to be
built according to specifications,
which will be, Az miles of perma-
nent highway on the Clarion Eagle
Grove-Goldfield road and the Clarion
Belmond road next summer. The con-
tract has been let by the board of
I supervisors for $4,000 worth OF earth
work and $1,000 worth of tile. 1t is
! On the thing that County Engineer
Hillon and his staff depend for the
permanency of the road The board
has also contracted for $4,000 feet of
Tile and this will make the difference,
says Mr. Hillon. With such drainage
the gravel will not disappear as it has
in the past.
G. w. Lennon, residing few
miles from Sac City, has purchased
he Hugh Mead place at s14o an acre.
On this farm is pond. about forty
acres in extent, from which Mr.. Lem
mon expects great things. Some
years ago this pond dried up unusu-
ally early, it being iilled with water
every year to uniform depth Of
about two feet. The place was own
ed at that time by Thos. Burroughs.
Mr. Burroughs disced the land and
planted corn The season was just
right for such procedure and he
took 200 bushels to the acre from the
piece. Mr.. Lennon is now planning
to drain the pond and hopes to dup
licate the effort of Mr.. Burroughs, al
though it has been tried once or
twice before without success.
Six dual orchard and poultry dem
onstrations were held in Jones coun
ty the past year. Poultry specialists
ment OF the fiocks, demonstrating
with specimens culled from the
focks. Spraying and pruning was
demonstrated by an orchard expert
at the same meeting. In the poultry
culling work from 10 to rs per cent
of the flocks examined were thrown
out as culls. After each demonstra
ton those in attendance were allow.
ed to practice culling until the flock
was cleaned up. Their judgment
was checked up by the specialist and
the county agent. tuberculosis was
found in four out OF five flocks Gull
ed. Records from two foc&s show
double production after culling
County Agent John c. Eldridge OF
Emmett county thinks the best way
to handle sick chicken is to kill
her as soon as you notice that she
is sick and do 1t in such a way that
her blood is not scattered around
the place, also to bury her as deep as
possible, A sick Chicken is such a
common sight, that very little atten
tion is paid to them and they are al
lowed to run with the other chickens
until they die. AS consequence
when any disease gets foothold in
the average flock, it is apt to spread
until a large number Of the flock are
affected. Oftentimes the disease viii
not kill many hens at time. so thai
no determined effort is made to rid
The flock of diseased birds, with the
result that the disease may drag
along for long time and ultimately
a great many birds may be lost.
The old log cabin with it's huge fire
place and heavy creaking door, Its
small window and curling clapboard
roof, is almost forgotten. 1t is sci
dom one finds a survival in its true
state, surrounded by the peaceful
landscape that nature gave it. The
landscape has changed. The cabin
abandoned, has fallen apart The log
cabin typified tenantry OF more thar
half century ago. 1t was fit ant
convenient then, and it was suited
to it's surroundings; its construction
and arrangements were adapted tc
the needs of Its occupants Of that age
and time. But today we have the
modern home to replace the log cabin
This modern farm home has all the