Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-03-18
VALLEY IOWA. MARCH 10. 1920

spray them as 1t 10 to do any other
important work ON the farm. Spray
ing IL culminative in its results, as
not only large yields Of better fruit
are obtained, but the trees are in
better condition to produce fruit buds
TOR the next years crop. During the
growing sseson The trees must, Arst,
feed the insect posts and diseases
that live on them; second. mature
if Ioseible = crop Of fruit; third. pro-
ducs fruit buds for the next years
csoD.
Professor r. T. Parkhurst, Iowa
State College visited Mahaska county
recently to look into poultry condi-
lions. Professor Parkhurst gives his
report on conditions - follows: 81
found conditions very poor. Five out
OF ssven flocks visited were mongrel.
One flock was . mixture Of five
breeds. 90 mixed that 1t was impos-
stble to tell what varieties previous
" existed. There was one bird in
this hock with blue back and body,
blue wings and red hackle. Four out
OF the seven docks had tuberculosis
Most Of them also had roup. There
was not single house that was prop
erly ventilated. Most OF them could
be made over with little labor and
expense into ideal semi-monitor type
houses
Near Peru. Madison county, in the
Hiatt orchard. still, stands the apple
tree from which the famous "Delic-
4ous' variety was obtained. The quail
ity Of the fruit produced from this
particular tree attracted attention
and an enterprising nurseryman down
In Missouri heard Of 1t and he pro-
ceeded to obtain scions from its
branches and by grating it was not
long until start was made toward
tho development Of the most popular
apple grown in the west. Millions OF
busAels are marketed every year and
By the time the choice specimens
reach Boston. they readily sell for 26
cents each. As fne apples Of this
variety as are grown anywhere are
produced from orchards right here in
Iowa. In an early day near Peru
was located the largest sugar camp
in the west. A great grove of hard
naples, the original sugar-tree, pro-
vtded sweetness for the people OF
that section before reAaed sugar as
We now knowstt had been evolved.
The Presbyterian church in Sioux
City has quite history. 1t was the
first church in Sioux City. organized
In 1859. The first pastor was a mis-
sionary named Chestnut. He was go
ing down the Mississippi river one
time and remarked to the captain OF
the steamboat that he was planning
to build a church at Sioux City, then
q mere village out on the frontier
The captain told him when he got
ready for bell he had the very one
that was needed. and so an order was
/, given for the bell and in due time
! $3.50 was raised to pay for 1t. Be
fore the church was completed the
bell was placed on pole and served
to call worshippers to the school
house where services were being held
Since that time three different church
ediices have been erected by the
Presbyterians, each an improvement
over Its predecessor, but the same old
bell Is still doing duty. It is pat
termed after steamboat bell, but is
much larger and is made from com
binati0n of metals Of which bell max
ers OF the present have no knowl
edge. The bell was brought to Siou1
City on a steamboat up. the Missouri
river in 1861.
/ Iowa farmers are starting the new
farm year With $4,000. 900 more bu
shells OF corn in the crib than they
+ had on March OF last year, tota
o8 166.500,060 bushels of corn being
foa hand, according to figures ISSUED
!. by the Iowa cooperative crop report
!. ing service. While 40 per cent O
the total crop for 1919 is still on the
farms, only 2S of the remaining .6t
per cent has been shipped from the
state. About 80 per cent Of the oat,
crop last year, or nearly 26,8O0, ,O0l
bushels less than last year, are nov
in the bins. OF the remaining 6.
per cent, about two-thirds will b,
shipped out Of the state. Wheat ant
barley are not kept over the wir tel
In large amounts for only II pei
cent Of the wheat and 81 per cen
Of the barley is still In the posses
sion OF the farmer. About 67 pc
cent Of the wheat and As per cent o
the barley will ts sold outside o
the state. The increase in farm
values during the last year. show TO
poor plow lands an average of $12
to $157 an acre. Good plow land
jumped from 1896 to s257 an acre
. and the average from $169 to $219
Improved lands showed an increas'
from 1892 to $255 and unimprove.
lands from 1856 to sos.
4 Contestants from the high schoo
in Goltneld won the three firsts il
the declamatory contests of Eagl'
Grove. Clarion, Belmond, Dows, Row
an and Goldheld. Clarion was sec
0nd. Eagle Grove third.
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