Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-04-08

900.
The first stock sale ever held in
the new sales pavilion at Iowa City
was when Ward Rowland disposed of
80 head of Shorthorns for S5l,850 an
average Of 1929.
Appointment of pastors OF United
Evangelical church of the Des Moines
Conference was made at session at
Center Point. recently with Bishop
M. 7. Maze, LIE Mars, presiding.
Activities among the shippers of
Tama county have resulted the past
month in the organization of two
shipping associations. at Montour and
Elberon. The former has a member
ship OF 26 and the latter Is. Both are
doing good business.
In sale that is believed to have
broken all records in Iowa for prices
paid, 54 head of Shorthorn cattle
sold for total price of s1OS,225 in
the sale held at the Upper Mill farm
near Wapello. The average price
paid for each head was $1,000
Interest is being aroused in cleo
tricity for farm use among a group
OF farmers living south of Pringhar.
There has been considerable talk of
running high tension line from
Pringhar, but it has not been decided
whether this will be done or whether
the farmers will build their own plant.
A total of 1S2 clubs were establish
ed in 76 counties in Iowa during 1919,
composed of 1882 boys and girls.
These were baby beef clubs, pig feed
Ing clubs, pure bred SOW and litter
clubs, pure bred calf clubs and corn
clubs. This work is recognized as
one of the most important, if not
the most important, pieces of work of
the farm bureau.
Mrs. A. w. Lynn, is making an eff
fort to see that her farm flocck pays
out and therefore keeps accurate rec
ords. She keeps a daily egg record
and following are her figures for
1919: From 142 chickens she re.
ceived 1858 eggs; she sold $4,000
worth of eggs and 277 chickens for
S261.56. Not only does she keep egg
records but feed records as we'll.
Sixty-two counties of Iowa included
farm management as one of their ma
jor projects during 1919. Most of this
work was along the line of keeping
business records OF their work, figur-
ing the cost of production of their
products and making out their income
tax report. Fourteen thousand two
hundred and ten farm record books
were distributed by the farm bureaus
in 1919.
nouncement of the population of New
ton, the commercial association has
taken steps to get recount of the
city census. IT is the opinion that the
government figures Of 6,627 are not
correct and the business men OF New
ton have appointed committee to
take the matter up with the proper
authorities to see if something can
not be DONE
At recent meeting of the Hamil-
ton county farm bureau it was decid-
ed that the work for the coming year
would be carried on through COM
mittees to be appointed. the work to
be in the hands of a chairman and
two or three members of the bureau.
1t will be the business of these COM
mittees to assist in every way pos
\ sible the furthering of each undertak-
ing in the township organizations.
The annual session Of the North
west lowe Teachers association was
attended by more than 1900 teach.
ers. Among the speakers were DR.
Newell Dwight Hills of Brooklyn, DR.
c. A. Fulmer of the University OF
Iowa, President Mossman of Morning
side college, Sioux City, Miss Theda
Gildemeister of Winona, Mimi, Dr.
Homer Seerley of Cedar Falls and
Dean William Gray of the University
of Chicago.
Thirteen cow-testing associations
are now operating in Iowa under the
direction of the farm bureaus and the
Dairy Extension Department. These
organizations have 374 members, who
are milking 400 COWS. AS result of
their work and of 97S individual
tests, 1856 COWS were discarded dur
ing the year as Improbable. Dairy
manufacturing problems have been
taking the attention of several coun.
ties. Worth county has conducted a
butter scoring contest with one of its
creameries. which has created much
intrest in standardizing creamery pro.
ducts. Creameries over Iowa have
also federated for the purpose Of CO.
operating in the buying of supplies
and in shipping their products.
reduced
The census bureau has announced
the following 1920 population figures.
Davenport. 56.727, an increase since
1910 or 1889 or Bis per cent; Cen.
terville, 1886 an increase of 1850 OF
1928 per cent.
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation
has $4,000 on deposit bearing per
cent interest, and has $46,296 invested
In Liberty bonds valued at $4,000.
Besides the foregoing the organization