The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-08-07
Farm Bureau Notes.

by the coming demonstration 10
culling Of poultry flocks. Have yo,
made any arrangements win On
do So once if you wish to hold :;
demonstration at your farm. ~
cost attached for having specials
We are planning to hold our boy
Judging contest for the awarding Q
a free prize trip To- r. th s{,t Win fair FL u
one week with all expenses paid b!
the farm bureau. Watch, for tn
date of Judging. Open to boys fron
is to Ii years of age and farm boy:
only may compete.
1t may be interesting to some II
know that it costs around $lSO PEI
ing over even at that, 1t make:
them high lover there
The following article taken from
the Iowa farmer is a very interest
ing study Of the farm sale question
Approach any small group OF meI
will find the all absorbing question
is the farm sale as in the cOmmun'
ity. With farm land advancing
twenty-five to one hundred dollars
per acre it is no wonder. While
iowa land has ever been on the up
ward trend, we have never expert:
recently made. 70 one who has
been close on the soil. for the past
forty years watching closely the de-
velopment Of this grand state, the
question naturally arises. Is this
the outgrowth of a period OF quies-
ence due to the War? IS 1t a gen
iation, or is it due to DEPRECATED
dollar? Judging from the new
faces most busily engaged in the
game it might appear that the high
prices for farm products have at
tracted new recruits to the bust
During the time from the begin
mixed in the fracas, W, to the sign
ing Of the armistice, land values
changed very little, an advance was
really due, if we should keep his
tory straight, but even the most OPP
timistic never looked for such al
vance in prices that have taken
place.
Another element might be. men
toned as being the cause OF the
land buying epidemic, and at such
fancy figures, and that is the de-
sire on the part Of the retiring
farmer, to carry back a large part
of the selling price Of the. land as an
mortgage. In most instances for
long time and at low interest say
5 to 5k TO-. We have many in
stances of only four or five thousand
dollars changing hands on $4,000
to 10000 dollars. Even though the
purchaser has ten or twelve thous-
and dollars to pay down can he
living for himself and family even
at the low rates of interest? If the
purchaser happens to be Spectator
and not a real farmer, and is COM
PEELED to rent his land can he hope
to rent it at such rates that must
bring him in at least 5000 dollars
remedy suggested by a booster is
speed up production, Facts are we
have been hearing that story ever
since the war was, started, until we
have trusted production to the
limit, most any farmer in Iowa to-
day will have to admit that he has
bit too often. Rotation particular
ly has been postponed to his detri-
ment in SO many cases already.
We have reached a time when we
must give some of this large corn
acreage a rest. The far ~ seeing i ! :
a add "a q ns small 5ri,sh s E b by d rat MECH pr
SlCdl liS uOl Aohu - ANS ANN''
Another remedy is raise the rent.
take half the crop and S. cash per
acre from the tenant. Land rented
on cash basis $25 to $50 pei acre:
How will that appeal to the renter?
1t is a known fact in some Iowa
renters, some of them struggling to-
make both ends meet. At present
levels how will they stand this
raise? What will they do il prices
reach a lower level very suddenly
as they sometimes do?
A high authority on finance, form
s Mas eGmgto9l'er D. Of c. the a '4 fami1isf
Iowan, Geo. E. Roberts, in an ad-
dress before the Iowa bankers asso-
citation at Fort Dodge, recently ad-
vised caution along this line or
some of Iowans best tenants would
be driven out of the business. We
need the good tenants for no state
Last summer when we thought that
Iowa had a bumper corn crop in her
hand three days hot wind in August
all prospects. On. two diner
ent occasion frost played havoc in
recent years when we thought we
safe. Scab and disease has
Whaat c the P t%is ysar. a ar a our p1 hoppes
w "a Siop tHio SoA
have vanished. These little inter-
ferences are not to be forgotten but
must be taken into consideration by
the mar who is painting the fine
pictures of increased production:
If indeed we nave a deprecated
dollar then these raises on land is
justitiable, for it is fair to apply the
power of the dollar to
land as it is. to other commodities.
After reimbursement will these high
prices remain? Can we with any
of certainty expect twenty
two dollars for hogs? One and one
half to two. dollars for corn? If We
can then these big farm mortgages
will be paid off; as has been the
farm custom. Iowa being a corn
and hog state history will repeat.
at the present high prices a
car Of hogs or corn will pay for
more acres of land than before the
war. Fact is if we u S these COM
PARSONS land will 60 higher yet and
still be worth the money II these
prices remain. A condition however
with us that few have taken
into consideration and that is the
fact that the bankers and loan