The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-25
FARM BUREAU, NOTES.
(By T. M. Deal, County Agent.
Plant Some Cane.

Plant Some Cane.
The government is urging that
every farmer plant a small patch of
cane. This will in way relieve the
sugar situation; which is becoming
SO grave that all the sugar bowls
have been removed from the tables
in the restaurants and person Is
one cup of coffee
The Iowa Extension Service. has
ask one man in each schOOl dlstrict
to make a report Of all the cane mills
in his district. The reports are now
in the hands OF the Farm Bureau.
Seventy-tive cane mills have been re-
ported, in almost every district there
is one or more of these mills. II
there is any one who does not know
of any mill close to your farm this
office will be glad to ssad him list
of all the mills in THAT township:
of cane seed listed, which has been
reported.
Use More Potatoes.
A national campaign is being start
ed by the Agricultural Department
and Food Administration to increase
marketing and consumption OF pO-
tatoes. There is surplus OF over
thirty million bushels which must be
marketed, unless these potatoes are, are
to the, farmers. Last year potatoes
were usually. high, this caused the
farmers to plant an unusually large
acreage. This year, when we have
on hand the largest crop. ever. pro-
duced the market is low, there is not
this will cause the potato crop to
be short next year and the price will
be high. We should plant more po-
tatoes this year than any year pc
fore because potatoes will take the
place of other foods, they are good
substitute for wheat.
Farm Bureau.
A District Labor Bureau has rec
emily been established at Creston,
Iowa. Through the aid of this 6u-
reau some OF the farmers or TINS
county have been getting assistance,
they still have a number OF men VINO
want employment on farm.
Keep Up the Meat Production.
Dean C. F. Curtiss of Iowa State
College, strongly advises farmers to
tinue to produce as many hogs ana
beef cattle as in normal times.
Il believe that it will be profit,
able to produce even more meat,
says Dean Curtiss. Argentine,
which has been formerly sexportlng
tries Of the world, will soon be shut
off because ships cannot be. spared
for trade between South America
and Europe. America will be ask
ed to supply this shortage OF South
America meat. ] believe that with
in a year there will be as big a de-
mand for beef as for wheat and that
prices may have to be fixed to keep
going up beyond all reason.
Time to Spray Fruit Trees.
Cluster bud spray should be : ap,
piled just day or or two n1oa betore E me
some of the earliest fruits 1t is just
spray the later fruit. This spray is
used for the curcrlio, spring canker
worm, and green fruit worm.
For the cluster bud spray, q
liquid mixture OF three po9nds 81
pounds of powdered lead arsenate,
eight to ten quarts of lime sulphur
and fifty gallons of water is recon-
mended. If the bordeaux mixture Is
used, the ingredients should be pro.
portioned to include three pounds q
bounds of powdered lead arsenate,
four pounds OF blue stone, also
known as blue vitriol or copper sui
phate, four gallons of lime sulphur
and fifty gallons OF water. :.
The next spray should be, applled
Just after the petals fall.
Farmers Must Deliver all Wheat
Held.
Due to the wheat shortage. the
government is requiring that all tne
wheat that is now being held be turn,
ed in at once. There IS quite souu
deal of this wheat in this county,, the
greater part being in small lots.
Any one having any wheat IN their
possession should dispose OF 1t pc
fore April 25th.
This will require us to depend up
on new wheat for seed but the pros
meets are favorable for having a
good yield.
Seed Corn Testing Testing Laboratory
A large number of the farmers in
this Vicinity have ask that the Farm
Bureau put in a laboratory to test
their seed corn SO we have made ar
rangements to test this corn. a
laboratory has been established IN
the upstairs of the garage formerly
occupied by the B BID aga cen Bro on
ear.
The laboratory at Lamont has
tested over four hundred bushels,
besides testing over one hundred
samples sent in by the Farm Bureau;
There is also laboratory at Grand
ANY one wishing corn tested
should get the corn in as early as
possible as there is lot to be test
ed. There are two men working IN
the laboratory and within one-nali
day after the laboratory was started
there was over twenty bushels OF
corn brought in.