Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-27
NEWS FROM COUNTY AGENT.
Winneshiek's Agent Gives Timely
Advise to the Farmers.
Wheat Seeding Time.

in shape to work, the better crop he
expected to harvest (others are SOW
ing even more).
Last year he had acres of spring
wheat but owing ito the urgent need
for wheat and the poor condition of
the winter wheat crop he considers
it his duty to increase his acreage to
three times what he usually has.
He expects to use for spring wheat
some of the corn stalk land normally
used for oats, and feels confident
that with the present guaranteed pyi-
ces of wheat the crop will be more
profitable than oats. A small acre
age of spring wheat, say not less than
five acres on every farm, ten acres is
better, will tend to distribute the la
Dor little at seeding and at harvest
time.
Seed Corn Situation.
Thousands of tests show that seed
corn selected last fall will not grow.
Corn that appears as good as seed
corn of normal years is found to be
absolutely dead. 1t would be little
short Of calamity to oermit such
corn to be planted this lear.
One dead ear planted means about
500 missing stalks or 266 missing
hills or LA acre wasted and all the
labor put on it. If each farrrc-' in
Iowa plants only one dead ear of
corn it will mean $4,000 acres of
land idle and the labor of nearly
1000 men and 1000 horses wasted
for the season.
Every bad ear of corn planted
helps the Kaiser. Every good one
planted helps Uncle Sam 1t is the
duty of every patriotic citizen to see
to 1t that neither he nor his neigh
bors help the Kaiser whether inten-
tionally or not Consequently let
every one do his utmost" as never
before.
Home Demonstration Work.
1t is possible to secure Federal Aid
for Home Demonstration Agent in
Winneshiek county. The Board of
Supervisors in session, recently made
the financial provisions and every
thing is now in readiness to organ
ize for the work.
The various uses which must be
made of wheat, -four substitutes and
meatless day schedules have baffled
many housewife and has made for
keen interest in Home Demonstra-
tion work
On Wednesday at 300 D. M,
March 9th at the Court House there
will be present a representative from
the Agricultural College at Ames
She will discuss the plans of the work
and assist i'm organizing. Every Farm
Bureau member, delegations from
any and every woman's Club or Or
ganization in the county, and others
interested in the work of production,
economy, and conservation should
make 1t point to be present.
THIS MEANS YOU. Don't leave it
to the next one.
Save All The Pigs.
Iowa has been asked to increase
her pork production by at least 25%
this spring. She has sold off her
brood sows below her normal num-
Der. The two only possible ways for
her to increase the output Of pork are
first. by holding over her light weight
hogs to a greater weight than has
been the normal practice and second
ly. to save greater percentage of
the new crop Of pigs.
All light hogs should be run over
cheaply and put on early grass and
cheap forage till the new crop is
available for fattening.
It Is the aim Of every hog man to
save as large a percentage of the pigs
farrowed as possible. But somehow
1t Is often found even in modern hog
houses that frost has accumulated
over head due to lack of proper ven
tila,tion. This frost and ice melts
and drips, into the pigs nest caus-
ing heavy losses of little pigs that
would otherwise have grown into
hogs.
Let every hog man consider it his
patriotic duty to save every pig this
spring and swell the output of pork
in Iowa far above all past records.
Don't Neglect Seed Weat.
Don't neglect to secure your seed
wheat at once. Seeding time Is
here already. Some farmers are re-
spending periodically, others will
follow. 1t will require more COM
plete cooperation on the part of
some of our farmers. The County
Agent of Winneshiek county is tf, be-
able to report that she has gone
Over the Top" in her response 20
Uncle Sam. Set aside ten acres for
wheat! Do your Utmost!
Sunshine for Little Pigs.
Provide outdoor exercise and sun
shine for those little pigs these
bright days. Be sure to get them
out and prevent the loss of pigs by
thumps and other troubles which are
brought on by confinement In dark
places. Sunshine and exercise are
indispensable to thrifty pigs Both
are plentiful this spring ard the
cheapest we can provide for our
pigs. Save every pig! Don't neglect
them! Uncle Sam urges increased
pork production. 1t will paw you to
do it and it is patriotic besides,
Sow Few Acres Barley.
Sow few acres Of barley t,,s
year. 1t will help out most SPLEEN
didly for your hogs next fall till he
new corn crop comes on. There
will be little corn for the hogs next
summer and early fall, Then, too, a