Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-10
PRECINCT COUNCILS OF DEFENSE
EXPECTED TO MAKE CANVASS
SUNDAY.
COUNTY MUST SEED 5000
ACRES TO WINTER CROP
Precinct Quotas Based on Ratio Of
Five Acres to Each 16O-Townshp
Council Of Defense Expected to Re-
port That Quotas Of Acreage, Have
Been Secured Next Wednesday.

TIL drive to secure Marshall county's
quota Of 5000 acres to be seeded ia
winter wheat Is on and in every town
ship members Of the council OF defense
Will be soliciting farmers to subscribe
to an agreement to seed stipulated
number of acres to this grain. The
national department of agriculture has
fixed 100000 acres as Iowa's quota
for the winter wheat crop.
An urgent letter addressed to the
precinct members of the council of
defense urges them to solicit their pre-
cincts Sunday for the acreage and be
ready to report at meeting of the
council OF defense to be held next Wed
nesday afternoon.
Five Acres to Quarter.
In the aggregate 5000 acres, seems a
large quota for the county, but when
prorated 1t amounts to no more than
five acres for each 100. 1t Is pointed
out to the council Of defense precinct
members that the. securing of each
precinct quota is just as important as
the securing Of quotas Of liberty bonds
or Red Cross. and that the quotas must
be obtained.
Because the organization Of the
council OF defense is subdivided by
precincts. and not by townships. the
acreage quotas for this drive were di
vided by precincts. The acreage quotas
by precincts are: Eden. Liberty. Min
erva, State Center Washington and
Vienna, 525 acres each: Marietta, $50
acres: Liscomb, Marion, and Timber
Creek; $50 acres each: Greencastle NO
l, 335 acres: jefferson, No. I, 1926
acres: Bangor, $40 acres; LeGrand. No
2, 2So acres: Logan Nos and 2. 26a
acres each: Taylor. 2s2, acres: L.
Grand, No. 1. 235 acres: Iowa and JEFF
ferson No. 2. 1875 acres each: Green
castle No. 2. 166 acres: Linn No. ! and
Marshalltown, 1870 acres.
Raising Wheat Duty.
1t Is pointed out by the council OF
defense that the raising OF wheat is
lust as much Of a patriotic duty as
buying bonds or giving to war fumes
and the council OF deferse can not ac-
cept explanations OF failure to secure
precinct quotas.
>VuAitN <A~CHt pOlHtS OUT
that in view of the growing scarcity OF
farm help wheat can be grown with
less labor than crops that require culti-
walton during the growing period. He
also indicates that because Of the au-
vanced stage OF the corn crop wheat
can be seeded early on corn land cut
over for silage, or on oats stubble as
soon as threshing is out OF the way.
Plant Early in September.
The county agent points out tina;
stubble ground should be plowed at
once for winter wheat, because seed
sown ON early blowing will yield iron,
two to Ave bushels more to the acre
than when sown on late blowing. The
reason is that the early blowing has
more time to settle and become firm and
makes n better and flrmer seed bed in
which more moisture is retained than
on late blowing. The seeding should
be done between Sept l and 20.
A preventative measure for winter
killing. that is somewhat new In this
locality, but which has been success
fully tried out here. is to pillow early,
seed, and then cover the seeding lightly
with straw. The stray tends to hold
the snow on the young wheat and also
conserves moisture. The wheat readily
breakes thru it in the spring. This
method was followed by C1aud Cox. of
near Clemens. who got a yield Of thirty
bushels to the acre. The Western
Grocer Company will follow this method
on the LaPlant farm north Of this
city.
Corn ground can be readily prepared
for wheat seeding by disking. and the
wheat will take the place Of oats in the
crop rotation. It is imperative that
farmers at once take steps to procure
their seed. Wheat grown in the county
is being held for county farmers. but
it will be so held only for limited
time, as outside buyers are bidding for
It. Applications for seed should he
made thru the office of County Agent
W. A. Buchanan.