Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-02
GLEANINGs FROM THE Comfy
AGENTS OF rGE..
Sorghum Mills Arc Busy I'm Many
Parts of the County.

There is a great deal of interest
manifested right now in connection
with sorghum making. Over forty
mills are available for farmers IN
Winneshiek county. Many OF these
mills, however, do very little custom
work, while large number OF them
do great deal.
All sorghum mill operators are re-
CURED to take out license with the
United States Food Adi.inistra ton.
No producer of sorghum. nor retailer
of sorghum syrup need take out a
| license. The amount which any per-
son may sell is not limited by United
States Food regulations. Several
enquiries have reached this Office
during the past week pertaining to
the above points.
Attention Live StOa.< Breeders.
All breeders of pure live stock in
| Winneshiek county are invited to
! be present at the large court room,
DEBORAH on Saturday Oct. 9TH, at
300 p. m. for the purpose of making
arrangements for pdtiic sale Of
pure bred live stock early in Novem-
Der. Much interest has been mani
tested in this project already. There
is a remarkable opening Tor ian en-
terprise OF this character in Winnie
shiek county. Let every breeder
give this his careful consideration
and be with to do his part next
Saturday.
The fair grounds have been ar
ranged for; the auctioneers have
been secured; several other details
have been taken care of. Let us get
together and organize carefully, Oct.
9Th.
Food Administration Request Hog
Survey.
! committee of six has been ap-
lpointed by the Food Administration
for the purpose of making a survey
of all hogs in the county The peo-
pie in general including the school
teachers of the county have been re
quested to assist in this survey. The
committee met last Tuesday to lay
out the preliminary steps for the
survey. The survey will be launched
in connection with the Teachers
] Conyention at DEBORAH this week.
GOVERNOR Harding Making Seed Corn
Survey in the State.
Governor Harding has not forgot
ten the serious proposition confront
ling our corn crop last spring. While
he realizes that most people will Sc
ilect seed corn this fall, he takes nc
Ichances on anybody. He is waging 4
survey of all seed corn stock in the
state this week. Material has gone
forth to a farm bureau co-operatcl
in each school district, who is expect
ed to and must report the name OF
every farmer in his school district
together with number of bushels OF
lseed corn selected. No farmer must
let his co-operator report him with
zero bushels of seed corn selected.
Farmers Acre Corn Contest.
Farmers having good fields o
corn, should enter the State Acre
Contest. Any corn grower over Il
years of age, last January 1st, Ii
eligible for the contest. His entry
must be made before November 18th
Anyone interested should make ap.
plication to the County Agents
Office for the proper blanks and
Specifications. WinneshielI county
has many splendid fields IF corn
Let them be interested in competi,
Ition for the State Trophy Winnie
shiek, county is to the north but il
has several advantages over the
southern part of the state this year
because of the severe drauEnt which
visited the southern counties May
we not have several contestants fol
Winneshiek county?