Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
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Humboldt ii ia have factory he. !
fore long if .i,resent MANS nature.
It's nrrnnse him he 4he manufacture !
OF a patent ronkey wrench
wild boaF from Africa has been
received at Anes nv the experiment
station Of Inuh state college for nse
In type test aid other breeding work
The resigrktion of Fuel Admins.
traitor Garffrt Is regrettable nv MANY
Iowa peopls' He was one man in
high official V,ositions who stood for
the interested the public.
There Kathleen shipped from Poca I
hontas coutiy the past year more
than thirtyIine carloads of shelled
corn. The Julk of this corn went to
other COUNTIES in the state.
Unless al understanding is reach
ed quickly III regard to the prices of
saps crawl and cement, delay may
be encountered in the calling for bids
tof northdh Iowa next year.
Iowats asld crops this year as re-
Gently reported on by the state and
government crop service were worth
almost af1ilEon of dollars. The state
Ear our~,f distances all other states in
the union in the value of it's farm
products.i 1t is estimated that the
hive stock on the farms is worth an
other billion Of dollars.
Miss rma b. Wenks home demon
stration agent for Story comfy has
{ succeeded in Interesting 468 Story
sounty school children in keeping
FoSsona accounts the past month.
Wenkssthools were visited bv Miss
State dand Miss Janet Cation OF Iowa
work. College in connection with this
TheB
instrus state superintendent of public
schoottion has been notified that
and As at Haysville. Keokuk county.
for auburn in Sac county are ready
MISREPRESENTATION. The voters of
Mevej respective school districts be.
progJ consolidated schools will mean
educFess for their county system of
TYation.
Grehe Merchants National Bank of
! $l1hne, Butler county. is Offering
no in cash prizes for the best corn
3wn in the county, prizes to be di-
S2ted into three sections, $40 first;
k.S second: and SIS third. Contes-
giants are asked to deliver not less
than 6 pounds of seed corn, shelled
and graded TO the bank by May LIST,
1920.
A farmers institute has been ar
ranged for, to be held In Eldora Janu-
AIRY % and oath Specialists from
Iowa State college In the persons OF
Profs. Hoffman, Blackman and Ward,
together with DIR. Stouder OF the
same institution, Will lecture both
days on agricultural engineering,
dairy cattle. animal tuberculosis, poul-
try diseases.
County Agent j. F.. Thomas says
that farmers in Franklin county have
begun to realize that poultry pays il
properly cared for. Eleven poultry
culling demonstrations have been
held in the county recently. Since
these demonstrations more than 20
people have asked for demonstrations
on their farms and 1886 birds have
been culled from which 1928 loafers
nave been selected
Forty county agricultural agents in
ssmthern Iowa received letter re.
sentlv from w Rarney state dairy
and food commissioner urging them
,to ioin in the more diaries and bet.
or dairy herdsn camnaign for that
art of the state The county agents
are renuested to arrange for meet.
Ings after Ian i when attaches Of
the dairy commissioners Office will
visit that section of the state.
BLACK Hawk county has as fine a
Gales payilion as any county in the
state. The building is OF brick
eOx80 feet. is modern and as com
pIete in every wav as it is possible
to build. The cost is $4,000. 1t is
heated has hot water throughout Is
fitted IN with Office. wash room and
eleepine rooms for attendants II has
an auditorium which will seat abou,
700 persons and is fitted up with