The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-04-08
Farm Bureau Notes.

The Farm Bureau held one of the
most interesting meetings., as wen
as the most educational en- last Fri
day afternoon in the Court room
that has ever been held in the coun-
ty. Mr.. Grant Chapman, Asst state e
excellent address which everyone
should have heard.
At this meeting the Directors pres.
ent voted to endorse the holding OF
township meetings and try and get
some definite information from all
members in regard to what they
wish the Federation to accomplish.
was appointed to. gather exhibits
and install an agricultural exhibit Of
farm products grown in this county
at the coming State Fair. Every
farmer in Decatur county who has
the interests of the community at
heart should lend every EVERY effort etc, Il ,t TO
an am extra effort to grow some crop
that you know is true to-. name
ular class? Correspond with Mr.
Fred Wooley, Garden Grove, Iowa,
or in care of County Agent, Leon,
Iowa, as we must begin on this pro-
ject at once. ~.
There will be series OF town
ship meetings called soon for the
purpose of getting an expression OF
all members of the farm bureau on
the proposed Nolan Bill which will
soon come up before Congress. rms
bill will provide for straight l per
cent excess tax to be levied on y o az
worth of real estate. This tax is
proposed to supplement the income
tax and not to take it's place. How
are you going to instruct your FED
Grafton President to act? For or
against the measure when 1t comes
up for hearing.
The County Agent will receive
direct live stock market reports by
wire each day from the SAINT Joseph
market-begining April 18th, if you
wish to know what the above mar
ket is-ask the County Agent
services free to everyone. Arrange
ments are also being made to OBJ
tain daily weather reports. Can me
same.
We are now making arrange
ments for cucumber sailing station
at Leon, we hope to secure an acre
age of cucumbers to insure install
lation of same. The Keokuk Can
ming Company has offered a price
Is inches by II inches-inside
in length. price of 25cents per
box for cucumberS over inches IN
length; ,,,oo s+ono COM
ing soon. Anyone wishing a lew
tons of this should make application
at once.
It is not too late to .prune those
trees. Do it now. Place your orders
for spray material, as it will not ar
rive before you need it.
Don't forget to treat those seed
oats. Use one pint-4O per cent
formaldehyde to ten gallons water;
thoroughly sprinkle seed, cover with
hours, when dry enough to run
thicker if still swollen. For po--
tatoes use one pint-4O per cent
formaldehyde to 80 gallons of
water, soak seek for two hours, re-
move, cut and plant. Never treat
seed after cutting as it will Kill the
sprouts.
The boys and girls pig and corn
clubs are coming along nicely and
both this year. The corn club work
must be- rushed along if anything is
to be accomplished and hope all
boys and girls who wish to enroll
would notify us at once. Would
IS IKE 10 Cali upOu yOu ~ posei
a mans acre corn club contest. also,
and would like to enroll several men
who think they can grow corn, so
let us see who can grow the best
acre in the county. No extra trou-
BILE, Just pick out your best acre
anywhere in the field-after cult
three experiments with different
varities Of corn to see which is the
best yielder in this community and
we want so ear samples of all corn
taht is available for this experiment.
If you have a kind of corn that you
think will out yield all others, would
you donate 80 ears for test?
Notify the county agent and ne VIII
call and get it.
We are also running test OF ten
different varieties of soy beans on
two of Decatur cOunty's best farms
to try and determine the best variety
adapted to this locality for seed,
silage and hay. This seed was o. ;
tanned from the college at Ames at
seed for sale to local parties next
fall. We will watch these expert
ments with much interest, as the
soy bean is one of our best legumin-.
GUS crops, as well as yielding. vast
amount of seed that is very high in
protein, as h1gn or h1gner In Iact,
than oil meal. Why not grow your
protein as we'll as put nitrogen back
in your soil? Don't forget to in
noculate your seed.
Almost every day now adds a
member to the Fleece Wool Growers
Association, and we will be in
position to furnish you with
sacks and twine at cOst-same plan
as last year. A circular letter will
be issued in q few days, which will
explain our plan OF organization
more fully.
A tractor school will be held one
day at Lamont, at the Ford Garage