The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-10
Farm Bureau Notes..

All wool shipped by the Decatur
| County Wool and Sheep Growers AS
sociation will be graded this week
and next by Tom c. Stone OF the ex-
| tension department OF the Iowa State
| College who is sheep and wool
specialist. Mr.. Stone left Ames on
July 3rd to begin his duties OF grad
ing our wool as soon as ne arrives
at Chicago. He is secretary OF the
Iowa Fleece Wool Growers Associa-
ton and under his supervision you
are assured of fair and just treat
ment, In all he will grade almost
million pounds of wool, the result
Of this years clip that was shipped
from Iowa counties by the various
sheep and wool growers associations.
It is interesting to note that this is
have made concerted effort to ship
their product comparatively and with
some kind of system whereby the
expense of marketing is cut to the
minimum, and the result will be
watched very closely for it is OF vital
interest to the consumer as we'll as
to the producer that every cent pos
cost of wool that is uselessly addeo
by increased marketing charges.
There is concerted action on the
part of the Fleece Wool Growers AS
ISOLATION at the present time to have
a law passed that will show the con-
sumer just, how much wool any
article Of clothing that he buys con-
tains. This will be step in the
right direction. You can tell at a
glance just what your suit or over
coat is worth computing on raw
material basis.
Now is the time to prepare for the
seeding of alfalfa. ii you are con-
templating sowing your seed on
s sQa aeh gaf re een or fo oarS %e
just as soon as oats are removed to
conserve the moisture and make
blowing easier. Alfalfa seeded just
after oats are removed will do just
as we'll as if seeded earlier and will
be just as far ahead next spring as
if it had been soWed in May or June.
The discing will not only conserve
and make blowing easier and ground
in better condition for seed bed but
will sprout millions of weed seed
that would otherwise be menace to
your crop of young alfalfa. 1t has
been brought forcibly to my atten-
ton that the best thing to do in get
ting stand of alfalfa is cultivation
weeder or spike tooth disc for cult
walton OF your alfalfa and do not
stop until all grass and weeds have
been uprooted Do this cultivating
just after you cut each time and in
the spring before alfalfa gets too
pig. DO not use ordinary round
plants and they will not come again.
Use limestone on ground that is to
be sown and don't forget to inocu-
late your seed Mr.. c. c. Dye of
Woodland township, a man who has
had experience and has made a sue
cess OF growing alfalfa says that in
oculation does not make any differ
ence. He says that it will grow and
thrive just as well without inocula-
ton as with it. At least this has
been his experience.
Watch those cherry trees and if
you see small purplish spots on the
leaves that later turn brown you
may know that you have leaf spot
This disease if allowed to run will
defoliate your trees by midsummer
and one or two years in succession
will kill the trees. The spots may
irregular spot on the leaves but are
usually round or circular in shape
and the formation of a corky sub
stance in these spots adjacent to the |
'elativeiy healthy tissue may cause |
hem to drop out giving the leaf the
appearance of being full of holes
This usually known as Shot Hole
,fect). Badly infected leaves turn
fellow and fall. Use the bordeaux
mixture for treatment. lbs. I'M
lacked lime, lbs. bluestone, sol
'alls. water. Spray when fruit is all
licked, Next spring spray again
ust when blossoms are forming,
gain just when 95G of blooms have
allen and again just when fruit is
licked
Sow buckwheat as catch crop.
ow soon as possible. This crop is
sually good paying crop and will
ield excellent returns if sown on
jch ground. Much overflow land
ould be utilized for this crop.