Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1919 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT GF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY CO. AGENT LEAMING. To Study Clover Failure*. Arrangements 'have been made with the Agricultural Experiment Station for a studj' of the causesofclover failure in Jasper county, providing a few farmers who are having difficulty along this line will volunteer to eooperaxe" with the' experiment station. In carrying out these experiments, it would be the station’s object to work with farmers who would on their own account give the field in which the experiment was located a required uniform treatment, excepting, sf course, the experimental pk-cs which would receive various treatments. This would mean that the farmer should be interested in clover production and willing to cooperate. There would, however, be very little inconvenience caused him as the plans are very simple and would require little, if any, detail work except applying the various treatments Co a preceding crop or crops and the determination of clover hay yields from the plots at harvest. ly recognized in this county and it is hoped that a number of good men will volunteer. In this, as in other lines of experimental work, the man who gets the most good of it is the man who carries on the work. Shorthorn Men Confer. That ,the quality of the Shorthorn cattle in this locality can best be improved by the introduction of more Scotch females was the general opinion of a group of breeders who met last Saturday for an informal discussion of methods of herd improvement. A number of breeders expressed their intentions of securing one or more “top” animals in the near future. A oommitte consisting of Lewis Selmer, Kenton Parkison and Percy Hauter was appointed to investigate the advisability of pooling resources for the purchase of an outstanding Shorthorn sire. There was a strong feeling at the meeting that rapid progress is being made by the breeders in the improvement of their cattle and that too much of a boom might not be as desirable as a healthy growth along sane and conservative lines. Meeting in Newton Township. The Home Economics Club of Newton township met at the home of Mrs. Benton Kelly last Thursday afternoon. . This club was organized last November with a membership of only seven. This month shows an increase of seven, making a total of fourteen. ’Great interest and enthusiasm is being shown among the women. We hope that many more of these dubs can be organized in the various townships in Jasper county. - Rensselaer Home Economic* Club Meet*. The Rensselaer Federated Home Economics Club holds its annual- indoor banquet at the home of Mrs. Rice Porter in Rensselaer Feb. Ist. Poultry Association Ha* Good Year. The affaire of the County Poultry association are on a stronger financial basis and the organization is backed by a larger membership than ever before, according to the report of the secretary, A. E. Wallace, at the annual meeting held last week. The following officers were elected: President, Jesse Snyder; vice president, Ivan Carson; secretary-treasur-er, A. E. Wallace; superintendent of com, P. H. Hauter; superintendent of poultry, Max Kepner; board of directors, Simon Thbmpson, Riley Snyder, J. M. Sauser. Preliminary plans for the 1920 show were discuseel, it being the intention to maintain the present high standard of the poultry department and improve bn the corn exhibit.