The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-02-24
COUNTY FARM BUREAU NOTES

Hair at Hays on Wednesday of last
week The weather being bad there
was some question as to whether the
Farm Tour should be held. After a
short discussion it was decided to visit
few places.
Fifteen minutes of eleven several
cars started for the farm of H. H.
Kingsley west of Hays. By the time
we reached the farm the wind was
sitting the soil badly. 1t was noticed
however, that the field where Mr..
Kingsley had used the lister, most of
the field was not drifting badly The
wind at this time was blowing almost
directly from the west and as the fur
rows were east and west, they could
not be expected to stop the drifting
Mr.. Kingsley was not present but sew
eral of the men who have in former
years and are this year controlling
the soil drifting by the use of the list
er, Endorsed the method very highly.
From there the men went directly
to the farm of Mr.. Atwood. Mr.. At
wood answered several questions con-
ceIkaing silage He has a hollow tile
si!o. Among the statements made by
Mr.. Atwood he told US that he con-
sidered the silage an excellent feed.
He recommended the community plan
for filling in order to reduce the cost
He compared this silo to that of the
wooden silo and stated that he
thought the stave silo was not adapt
ed to this country on the account of
the high winds.
Mr.. Atwood also has an electric
light plant on his farm. He took the
men to his pump. This pump is con-
nected to the light plant and as soon
as the pressure becomes low the
motor on the pump starts and pumps
a fresh supply of water. The only
storage tank he has is the enc at
tached to the pump holding thirteen
gallons of water. The well is twenty
to thirty feet deep. While the men
were at this we'll the women folks
opened a faucet at the house and the
pressure was great enough the motor
was stopped.
From Mr. Atwood's the drive was
made to the farm of Geo. Riedel.
Here we found the modern farm
home Mr.. Riedel has his house COM
pletely equipped with electricity. The
electric washing machine has taken
away the drudgery of washing. A
rubber hose carries the hot and cold
water to the washing machine, the
wash water is emptied on the floor
and runs into the sewer, the wringer
is run by the electric motor, and the
wringer is used for rinsing by merely
turning it. Hence, Mrs. Riedel never
needs to lift water during the wash
ing. Mr.. Riedel took us up stairs on
the first floor; here we saw the cleo
tric vacuum cleaner, iron, and dish
washer Mrs. Riedel no longer worries
about the washing of dishes but puts
her dishes in the machine and while
she does other work the disheS are
being washed. There are many other
features about this home which are
especially built for convenience and
comfort but we will let you go and
see for yourself.
The men went from the house to
Mr.. RiedePs elevator. The things are
arranged here so that the wheat may
be made to test most anything that is
desired. Feed may be ground and
run in the wagon without any scoop
ing.
At this point the day took a change
fof worse and the men decided to
drive directly to Hays. However, all
endorsed the tour and we hope that
next year it will be one of the big
features of the work.
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Last year a new feature was added
to the work of the Farm Bureau when
the county Farm Bureaus of Kansas
and other states met and formed the
State Farm Bureaus. These State
Farm Bureaus then formed the Ma
tional Farm Bureau Federation. The
only object of forming National
organization was to cement together
all farm organizations under one head
so that they might have one view fol
agriculture. 1t is not the intention
of the National Farm Bureau to do
work that already is being done by
other organizations but to merely
hold the same relation to other agri-
cultural organizations as does the
national federation of labor to the
other labor organizations.
AS was stated in this article the
work of the County Farm Bureau,
cooperating with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and the agri
cultural colleges, is merely that OF
better production, insect control, etc
but the National organization believes
in going still farther and helps to find
a market for these products With
this in view a farm congress was
called last summer with represent
atives from all the leading farm or
CARNATIONS of the country to agree
upon one marketing system for al