The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-09
Meeting at Donnellson This Week
Ends With Very Successful
Sale of Prize Corn
Ears.
PROCEEDS TO RED CROSS
Over 5000 Was Realized on This Sale,
and it Will Go to
Good
Cause.
IBy Staff Correspondent. !


Lee County Farmers Institute closed
its thirteenth annual session yester-
day afternoon. 1t was a most sue.
cessful meeting and the attendance
was good up to the last. The prize
corn brought 5000, which was turned
over to the Red Cross. The corn was
sold several times, and each time
brought a higher price.
Additional trophies besides those
reported yesterday were the Keokuk
Retail League trophy for the best
ten ears of corn. This was won
by Jacob Anton. The trophy must
be won twice in succession to become
the property of the winner.
William Lang won the prize for
the best thirty ears of corn in class
l and the oats awards in class went
to Jacob Anton, Val. Schmitt and O.
C. Krebi1l.
Control was the topic discussed by
Prof E. V. Walter, Iowa state col,
slege, who said:
An ounce of prevention is worth
more than pound of cure, was new.
er more true than in the control of
insects of the farm.
There does not seem to be much
Hessian fly in the wheat in the south
eastern part of the state this year.
but there are few fields where con-
| ditions are bad. These fields are
nearly all where wheat had followed
wheat for a number of years.
! Crop rotation is one of the best
| practices in insect control. The north
ern corn root worm is controlled by
rotation alone. Other insects are
controlled in a great measure by
! rotation.
/! We must rely on farm practices at
small cost to prevent injury. Even
! insecticides must be applied before
injury become accute. We must
know the habits of the insect to know
what methods to use.
Clean farming keeps down many
other insects. They cannot live un-
| less they have food to eat. Corn root
| louise can be held in check by clean
cultivation. Fall blowing buries
many insects SO that they cannot get
/! up again; others are exposed to
weather and killed.
! Insecticides must be used some
times. Grasshoppers can be killed
readily by the use of the poison
bran method, using the following
! formula: % pounds bran, one pound
Paris green or white arsenic mixed
/ dry, then add quarts of low grade
molasses. dissolved in 211s gallons Of
water, to which is added six oranges
| or lemons chopped fine. This is all
mixed together and scattered broad
cast over the field at the rate of six
to seven pounds of dry matter to tho
acre. It is In reality the farme r
himself who raises the insects that
ravage his crops and steal his profits.
In view of their great number and
variety he cannot hope to deal with
each kind singly, but must adopt a
system Of farming that will include
general preventative measures.
Corn Situation.
| In discussing the corn situation,
Prof. T. r. Douglass of Ames, said:
| Lee county seed corn is no better
| than the seed in other parts of Iowa.
Seed corn cannot be shipped in from
other sections of Iowa OF from other
states this year The only way to
secure satisfactory seed corn for
| 1918 planting is to test every ear of
corn and throw out the bad ones.
New corn that was selected early and
carefully stored will furnish good
| seed corn but every ear must be care
fully tested. Crib corn Of the 1916
crop will furnish lot of seed and
even though the corn may be bright,
one is not safe in planting this corn
without carefully testing it before
hand.
Any style of corn tester will give
good results If sufficient moisture
and average living room temperatures
are furnished.
Test now in order to know early
whether your corn is good or not
Neighborhood cooperation in test
ing and distributing seed corn will
work wonders in helping the seed
corn situation in Lee county this
coming spring.
The Prize Corn sale.
The session ended with selling OF
prize corn.
The money went TO the Red Cross
and was an even 5000 which was very
good It was:
First prize-Single yellow ear. Soid
to e. p. Armknecht for $40,
Second prize-SoId 10 Mr.. Laitz for
$500.
Third prize-Sold 70 Mr., Victor Per
riott for 81.
First prize-Sing1e white ear. sold
to Mr. VI, l. Oyerton for VI,
Second prize-Goid " Mr.. waiter
Raid for 81.
Third prize-soid 20 N, J, AuwaFr
ter for 81.
Boys prize corn eingte yell9w ear
Sold to Mr.. Gycrs for 81,
Second prize---soid ~ Hr ~, q
Lynn for 81.
Third prfze--sold 70 hr. r., ., Arm
knecht.
Boys prize 10 cars-~fffst@s9ld ~
Mr.. ClemepgoD for -,
Second pr1ze3oIf 10 ~, 9iefheh
son for 80.
Third prize soId % Nf cism4pssa
for Is.