Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-28

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HI Over the State
According to County Agent Beeler
Of Boone county, . good many men,
bers OF the Farm Bureau are talking
livestock shipping associations. AS
soon as the township units are form
ed this will likely be the first thing
brought up in many places in Boone
county. Most of Boone county's live
stock is fitted for market in less than
car load lots.
Reinbeck is due to pave this year.
At a recent meeting the city council
accepted the bid Of Bryant Paving
Company, Of Waterloo, for paving the
streets outlined with bitulithic paw.
ing at 1919 per yard and to pave the
alleys with reinforced concrete at
| $3.50. Only two bids were received,
the unsuccessful bidder being the
Ford Paving Company. Of Cedar Ra.
pids.
John Lamb OF Brandon, Buchanan
county, has been chosen by the Farm
Bureau to head the committee that
will have charge Of all drainage mat
tiers for the Bureau. Much work has
been done to interest certain sections
OF the county In drainage questions.
Two large drainage projects In the
western part Of the county have been
established with another under con-
sideration.
Three women are now members OF
the Marion county farm bureau.
They have seen the advantages Of
the organization and have pledged
their support to the activities OF the
club. They are Lottie and Lucetta
McClymond. living two miles south
OF Knoxville, where they farm eighty
acres, and Mrs. Mary Veenstra, two
and one-half miles north OF Knoxville,
who farms 235 acres,
"A special committee Of the Live
stock Breeders Association Of Scott
county met with L. o. Wise, county
agent Of Clinton county recently to
listen to IN outline Of the calf club
work In Clinton county. The commit
tee voted to solicit prizes and make
arrangements for a show for the
grade steer feeding club which they
will organize at the Mississippi VAL
ley District Fair this fall.
Theodore Dirk, a farmer living in
Carroll county, has recently disposed
Of car OF pop corn to dealer in
Arthur. The car contained 1850
pounds and he received 1910 per
100 lbs. for the crop. His return on
the whole amount was something
like y9,SOO.OO. This corn was raised
on IS acres of land. Besides this big
shipment Mr.. Dirk also disposed Of
$3.50 worth Of corn which he raised
on farm near Odebolt.
Cooperative livestock shipping
companies have been organized at
Pringhar, Hartley, Pauline and Calu-
met lately and all seem to be -four
ishing.. The farmers Of O'Brien are
very enthusiastic about these or
CARNATIONS and their, success seems
| assured. Farmers who have shipped
are well pleased and the local mana
gers are having no difficulty In secur-
ing stock, but are experiencing diff
Guilty in getting cars.
Duroc breeders will be interested
in knowing that an organization to-
be known as the Missouri Valley
Duroc Breeders Association was eft.
fected in Omaha recently. Nebras-
ka, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, South
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and
North Dakota are the states which
will be covered by the organization.
Some 200 delegates from these states
were present at the first meeting. NJ.
T. White Of Des Moines was elected
president.
The O'Brisn County Hereford Breed
ers Association sale held In Sheldon
recently was good success and
much credit is due to County Agent
Yockey in working up the same The
crowd was large and bidding keen.
Forty head were sold at an average
OF $3.50 per head. The top animal,
Polled Hereford bull, was purchas-
ed by Chas. Getting for $1125. Chas.
Getting of Sanborn was the heaviest
buyer, buying Is head and he paid
liberal prices for them.
W. G. Brown, a well known farmer
of Dubuque county has had excep-
tional success with clover and says
the first crop should be cut from
June Is to July l, so that the second
crop may have good early start
before the dry weather sets in. For
seed, 1t should not be cut before the
heads are dark brown. The mower
Is commonly used for cutting the
seed crop, but some farmers use an
old binder and take the binder at
tachments off, making dump that
fits down on the lower ends of the
boards, fastening to the bundle car
rier. BY tripping 1t with your foot
the attachment raises and the clio
yer slides of the boards In lunches.
From rs to so farmers OF Mont
gomery county experimental with
sweet clover the past season. Par
tial or total failures we're met with
when sown later than May I. The
earlier the seed is sown the better
the stand. Two men sowed 20
pounds Of seed per acre, broad
cast the latter part Of February with
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