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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
6
The annual Farm Bureau report highlights record crop yields and strong membership growth in Washington County. It details expanded projects, home and 4 H programs, a growing directory effort, music projects, demonstration plots, and increased county agent duties amid weather and logistical challenges.
List of local volunteers paying next year's Farm Bureau membership includes Will Longer Ruth Thorne Geo W Brown H A Hardin Harry Dye Knotek Bros G G Griffith Walter M Kyle with township designations Washington Marion Seventy Six Jackson Continues next week.
The notice lists parity prices showing 100 bushels of corn or other farm products equaling the same purchasing power across 1910 to 1914. Prices include Corn 87.3, Oats 54.3, Wheat 1.20.2. It notes prices vary with materials and labor costs, stressing price importance alongside production.
Farm Bureau approves 1938 plan focusing on soil conservation, erosion control, and home project work. Highlights include limestone and fertilizer needs, contour farming, strip cropping, terracing. county demonstrations with Extension services. poultry and egg grading. livestock groups. home crafts and health campaigns. youth clubs and community outreach. and tours to Iowa State College and Bethany Missouri for watershed demonstration.
The Iowa cooperative Producers Marketing Association reports a 50 percent efficiency increase in grading eggs since its start. Cartons sell for 8 to 12 cents above current receipts as farmers gain recognition for quality. The best eggs earn the Queen of Iowa grade, with Supreess of Iowa next, while improper handling lowers value.
The program will set up three corn improvement test plots to compare latest hybrid and open pollinated varieties. Pruning demonstrations for trees and small fruits will be held. Notices will announce time and mixtures for orchard spraying. Shelter belt demos continue and new ones begin on farms of Clayde Knapp in Cedar Township and Mrs. Elizabeth Steele in Highland Township. At least three erosion tree planting demos will be established. A control campaign will run if field crop insect outbreaks occur. Three weed control demos across the county will use chemical sprays with meetings with weed commissioners and farmers. Seeds will be sent to the state laboratory for analysis.
The program outlines swine improvement demonstrations on about 12 farms with a fall tour. It covers beef cattle through feedlot tours and outlook meetings in fall and spring, continues Quality Lamb Demonstration aiming to grade 400 lambs, aids Cow Testing Association in a county dairy program and dairy feeding and management school. Poultry Record Flock Breeding and Management demonstrations continue with livestock disease lectures by Extension Veterinarian and Hog Cholera Vaccination schools when enough farmers apply with fees.
The Mississippi Valley Farm Management Association discusses at township meetings key findings on agricultural economics. Topics include farm efficiency, cost analysis, and cooperative strategies to improve yields and income.
Two county meetings will study repairing binders and mowers and assist farmers in organizing to secure rural electrification benefits. Beekeepers will receive help in controlling pests and improving hive management.
Hold annual Township citations in October and November. Hold Annual County meeting in December. Urge township representation at Town Farm Bureau Federation in Des Moines January 18 19 and 20 1938. Conduct annual membership campaign in January and February. Continue weekly open letter to Farm Bureau members. Approved by Official Board Washington County Farm Bureau October 28 193%. Signed W Frams President.
UncleJim explains that grasses and legumes die reducing soil nutrients and causing costly soil losses while offering abundant cheap feed for livestock.
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