The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-18
Farm Bureau Notes.
(By T. M. Deal, County Agent.)
Burroughs for Farm Boys.

to grant short furloughs to farm
boys during planting and harvesting
seasons. These furloughs will only
be granted where they will not in
terfere with the regular military
| for short periods, probably limited
| to twenty or thirty days.
Burroughs will not be granted to
enlisted men above the grade OF
First Sergeant, nor will they be
granted in any organization that
has been ordered or is in transit
from points of mobilization or train
| ing to port of embarkment.
These Burroughs are granted with
out pay and allowances except that
enough pay will be retained to meet
allotments in force on the date of
this order, war-risk insurance and
pledges on Liberty bonds.
The application for a furlough has
to be made out by farmers or rela-
tives, blanks may be secured from
the local board or from the county
agents office. 1t is necessary. for
both the county agent and the local
board to O. k. the application.
Seed Corn Tested Free.
/ The Farm Bureau will test a
seed corn they are doubtful about.
Any one expecting to plant new corn
is not sure of a stand unless they
test every ear planted We can not
do this for you but we will test
twenty ears. Either bring the
twenty ears to the county agents
office or else remove six kernels
separate envelope, number the en-,
velope to correspond to the ear and
bring the envelopes to this office.
Boys and Girls Clubs.
Boys and girls expecting to get in
on the club work should get their
enrolment blanks in as soon as pos
sible. The enrollments are coming
enrolment is to close in about two
weeks.
The total value of pork PRODUCED
by club members last year was &c.
364.60 with an average profit of
$1S.6S for each pig. The value this
year will be many times that of last
year.
One of the members of last years
corn club, Eugene Dugan, of Ply
mouth county, raised 1859 bushels
on his prize acre.
The average yield of the entire
group of club members reporting was
$3.50 bushels, a yield averaging "a
bushels more than that Of the aver
age Iowa farmer.
for both these clubs from this office.
Soy Beans VS.. COwpeaS.
] have had a number OF inquiries
during the past week regarding the
value Of soy beans and cowpeas for
hog feed when planted in the corn
and hogged down. The soy bean is
preferred to the cowpea for this To-
cality as the cowpea is better adapt
ed to the warmer climate or south
ern Missouri
Either of these crops has very
high value as feed, they are exceed
ingly rich in protein. This is the
nutrient which is most deficient in
our common feeds. 1t is for protein
that oil meal. cotton seed meal,
bran and other such feeds are fed. |
Soy beans will do we'll planted
with corn, drilled separate and cul-
tivated, or sowed broad cast and cut
for hay. When planted in the hill
with corn they are very valuable as
slage and may be cut with the corn |
binder along with the corn. Soy |
bean attachments may be procured
which will work on all of the stand
,rd makes of planter, these attach
nents will plant the beans in the
ill with the corn. In this way the
)eans are not in the way while cul-
waiting the corn.
Soy beans are exceptionally good
heep feed. Where western lambs
re used they may be turned in the
orn field after the corn is laid by.
Soy beans have about the same
alue. as clover as nitrogen re-
torer for the soil.