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

The 1920 automobile tax in the
gtate Of Iowa will amount to approx
mately $S,000,0O0.
William Dunkel, the first white
male child born in Iowa City, is dead
ct his home, aged 79.
Cedar Falls has a population of g.
316 according to the 1920 census. This
is An increase Of 1904 or 26 per cent
since 1910.
Mrs. Mary Norris, aged 81. died at
the home Of her daughter in Des
Moines. Mrs. Norris was pioneer
resident of Iowa having lived here
over 65 years.
A hock Of Bun Rock hens, number
ing 100 and owned by Mrs. Henry
Parsons of FairfielA, and kept under
ordinary farm conditions, brought
their owner returns to the amount
OF @590.1s in one year.
The Iowa State Conservation So
ciety has acquired 2O00-acre park
In the Blue Lake district. of Monona
county. Another site in Tama
county was given by Mrs. F. A. Nc
Cornack Of Traer.
Counties Of Iowa situated along the
route of the North Iowa Pike continue
to lead all the rest of the state in the
matter Of permanent road improve
ments and 1t seems certain now that
these counties will be the first to
have their paving completed.
To help keep fertility and to get
the land in good condition for the
following crops Iowa farmers should
put in many acres Of red, sweet or
alsike clover this spring with an early
oats as nurse crop and on soil in
good condition for the growth OF
crops.
Plans are under way at Indianola
for the construction Of new Metho-
dist church to cost 100000. One
part Of the Methodist centenary pro-
gram provides for a gift OF $4,000
for the erection Of modern churches
In Iowa towns in which colleges are
located. providing sS0.Ooo 10 raised
sAy the church itself. This amount
has been raised by the church in In
dianola.
Twenty-three members constitute
the boys and girls pig club in Floyd
county this year. The animals were
purchased recently at from 800 to
t170. each. It Is planned to hold q
sale next fall when the animals will
60 to the highest bidder. Practically
all Of the sows were bought at public
sales. They were distributed by lot
to the members. Most of the sows
were young ones.
One thousand feet Of 5,inch tile
on January Of this year could be
purchased for 35.9 bushels Of corn.
In 1911, 55.5 bushels of corn were
necessary to buy the same amount,
while in 1918, GIL bushels were re-
CURED. The greatest trouble Iowa
farmers experience at present is the
inability Of the factories to fill the
orders on hand. and altho the prices
are high they are not out of reason
with other commodities.
For a number of years the farmers
have been building silos in Iowa sc
that the use of them has become very
we'll established They have found
s that the use Of silage is big factor in
the feeding OF their live stock and
& 1t is common thing now to see .
& silo on majority Of farms. Where
J ever a farmer has found his first ef
forts at storing ensilage a success, he
has also found In many cases tha
one ssilo does not meet his needs ant
he has erected second one.
The Poland China breeders of JET
ferson county held their first consign
ment sale recently, and while no rec
ord breaking prices were received
one mans average was 1914 and an
other breeder averaged $sS for nE
stock. The Duroc Jersey breeder.
held later bred SOW sale and tn,
average at this sale was also yer.
: satisfactory. The average in both o
these sales ran about $40. Recent!
44 head of bred gifts were shippe,
from the county to parties in Wis
consin
Bee men of Iowa should standard
ize their apiaries to such an exten
that when specialist comes to thei
county less time will have to be spen
4 in talking and making the necessar.
change to increase production an
better bees. They should standard
lie first by discarding box hives, hol
low trees or logs. ETC., for such thing
do not pay. Here is where the cheaI
est is not the best Use a we'll made
preferably a 1O-frame hive. TIL
frames should be wired and fitted wit
full sheets OF comb foundation 70
the brood chamber and the last, bu
not least, Italian bees. Come on, be
men, let's go!"
Chickasaw county is growing RAPID
s ~. Six hundred and eighty.two be
bies have gladdened homes in the las
two years. That is a growth create
than the census gives to some large
towns.
Because Of It's central location an
because 1t Is regarded as shown
conditions typical thruout the stat,
Marshall county has been chosen q
the first in the state for the activitie
OF the Iowa Farm Bureau Federatio
In conducting campaign to dete
mine the cost Of productions on th
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