Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-08

thered. A few Of the farm women ~
port little chicks and It 10 safe to cay
no less than q hundred incubators are
going business at the various stands
thru the State. Seed corn testing -
going on and the germinating quail
ties Of the corn seems to be excep-
tionally good.
II farmers of Story county win
grow 100 acres of cane this year.
the Ames Canning Company will put
in complete. modern sorghum plant.
The demand for farm hands In Iowa
is increasing steadily despite the fact
that the men are asking from IS to
SIS a month more than last year. The
state employment bureau has sent
110 farm hands throughout the state
during the last few days. Since Janu-
ary Ia total Of 61S farm hands have:
been placed.
Goose lake, the mecca Of hunters
from central Iowa, eight miles north
Of Jefferson, will soon be matter Of
history. The drainage project has
been completed up to the lake, end
the water now slowly vanishing thru
the 30inch tile. This lake covers
about 800 acres and is from six to ten
feet deep. About two years ago pot
ash was found in the water Of the
lake, and estimates placed the value
of the potash at close to 81 900 900 but
the expense Of obtaining commercial
product therefrom was prohibitive.
Attempts to stop the drainage by In
junction, have been made at different
times without success.
At the time of the 1910 census,
Iowa had 216,S07 farms. averaging
l56 acres. In total value Of crops in
1918 Iowa with product worth $S21,-
100000 was excelled only by Illinois.
The cereals generally, dairy and mar
ket garden products. hay, wool. lin
seed, sorghum, and live stock Of ali
kinds are very largely produced.
Iowa is first in oats and corn. The
! 1919 crops included 375.e24.000 bu-
shells of corn; 229,672,000 bushels Of
oats: 4,2S6,000 tons Of hay; 9,64s. 900
bushels of potatoes; 11.340,000 su-
shells Of barley; and 1ssS5o,vvv bu-
shells Of wheat. Other grains are al.
30 largely grown. Grapes grow well
in the southern part of the state. and
fruit culture is increasing in oil sec
1 tions of Iowa each year.
The state park board has formally
accepted tract Of some twenty OF
twenty-five acres lying four and q
half miles northeast Of Traer Tor a
state PARK. Tho tract has been pre-
sented to the state by Mrs. F. A.
1 Mccormack Of Sioux City, who inherit.
ed 1t from her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
T. F. Clark. The Clarks were pio
neers in Tama county and their old
home farm has long been used as
public gathering place because Of
its natural beauty and the generous
donation of the grounds to the public
for picnics and similar events. 1t is
probable the state will improve the
grounds with a baseball diamond and
will provide water and convenience
for camping. Mr.. Mccormack o.
Sioux City visited the town Of Trael
recently perfected the transfer o
the land to the state.
Iowa, located as 1t is in the corr
belt, and because of the favored po
sition it holds, stands at the top q
, the corn producing states. Not onl!
!, have her farmers found that the crol
Of field corn can be most advantage
ously grown, but in recent years Ger
tain farmers have been reaptng a bil
profit from pop corn, which produce
most satisfactorily in most section
OF the state. Then, too, about 20 ps
cent Of all the canned swee: corn II
the United States is packed in lowe
Pop corn. however, has become an al
tractive crop to many farmers VIII
. have raised it most profitably in re
. cent years and are planning on in
) creased acreage the coming yeal
/ There is danger, though, Of overstocA
| ing the market, because Of the limit
ed uses to which pop corn may b
i. put. While field corn always has
: cash value and can be fed profitabl
J. to stock in case the market does no
suit the producer, pop corn has 1t
!. limitations.
) Clinton county may well be terme
) the birth place of the Iowa Farm B,
e reau movement, as the first count
= agent to be employed in Iowa wa
( M. L. Mosher and he began his dutie
' there Sept. /, 1912. About this tim
4 Congress made an appropriation 70
j. cooperative demonstration and farr
management work in counties thrl
|. out the country and Clinton county
t through the assistance Of the lat
r Hon. L. N. Pepper, then in Congress
t and the Clinton Commercial Club, tt
' gether with number of progressiv
d farmers. among them j. w. Cove
/ dale of Elwood, now secretary of th
l. State Federation, formed Farm In
$ provement Association with headqua
y ters in that county. For five year
}, after Clinton county formed the
e Farm Bureau this movement had
h slow but steady growth in Iowa an
# in not one single instance did an
It county after once taking up the wor
e drop 1t. Instead each year has see
It's grow tn gradually increasing.
/. Four calves in one year is the re-
l. ord of cow owned by l.. H. Johl
It son Of Belmond. The cow had twi
n calves April ], 1919, and another 8.
r was born March %. It Is thought thi
is the world record for one year
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