The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-06-24
Farm Bureau Notes.

Ing ana shipping aSSOcldtlOu mas
come to- stay Is now an assured fact.
ket, no life to the wool trade and
withdrawal of credits by banks to
the commission men who have bought
our wool heretofore it looks like the
farmer and wool grower will have
to finance his own marketing Of wool
future. The National Wool Ware
house & Storage co. at Chicago
where our wool is shipped and stored
is this year handling cooperative
shipments from nine states and all
wool consigned to them will be
marketed as the demands OF the
will not be all dumped at one time
demoralizing the markets as farmers
have been doing heretofore If there
ever was year when the consigning
OF wool to a bonded warehouse
should be followed out now is the
time, for under the circumstances
the prices he is forced to bid on the
product. In the consideration of the
big problems of wool marketing, the
delay in marketing and uncertainty
of shipments, the switchmen's strike
and the congestion of freight at the
prosecution of wooden manufacturers
for profiteering has caused a feeling
of uncertainty in manufacturing cir
cles. These have resulted good
many times in cancellations Of orders
for wool from manufacturers and as
q result demand for wool has declin-
ed. On account of the uncertainty
wool growers are reluctant to con-
sign wool especially in view of the
fact that it will be perhaps three to
six months before the returns are
all made on. wool so consigned. AS
much as this is to be regretted ;, it
mills exact from sixty to ninety days
for settlement for all wool bought
from the ware house and it will take
as long or longer to grade the pro-
duct into marketable lines. Many
growers object to financing the prop
osition on this basis as It looks to
the man up a tree like the grower
house waiting on his money for same
until the mills have made it in to
clothing sent it out to the retailers
the grower buys it pays for it with
borrowed money and waits until the
retailer pays the mills to pay the
wool. Perhaps this order of things
may be changed another year. The
federal reserve banks are coming to
the aid of the wool grower some
thing like they did to the cotton
grower in times past and ii this
materializes then many of the prob
lens of cooperative marketing will
have been solved You can borrow
now rs per cent Of the value of your
wool consigned if you wish to sight
d. aft on the warehouse for it. You
will however be required to pay 7
per cent interest for the money so
advanced. The consignor's receipt
\ <1,~ {xy mt Of n
will be collateral for money borrowed
on consignment.
There seems to be but little re-
lief from the present car shortage
before the fall movement of grain
begins and with the old grain still in
elevators and on the farms which is
years crop it is going to be large
problem in marketing this year.
Should such prove to be the case it
is doubtful if elevators will be able
to take care of much of this years
crop as hauled from the machine at
threshing time. In view OF this fact
the farmers who are planning to sell
their grain at threshing time, that
now is the time to construct or re-
pair that granary that will re depend
ed upon to hold your grain for q
short period at least until this
freight cOuScStlOu lOOoCuS Up.
If such precautions are not taken
by grain growers much loss will OF
necessity be the result from poorly |
constructed granaries from loss by |
grain being destroyed by rats and
mice. Grain especially wheat and |
oats are too high in price to waste |
very many OF them TINS ms year ar; Ar
spare minute. Another thing that
needs looking after now is the re.
pair of the threshing machine. If |
your local threshing machine opera
tor is not getting ready to do you an
efficient job of threshing through
negligence or lack of repairs better
be casting about now to obtain
machine whose manager is up and
doing before some other community |
has obtained his services for the
season. There is no excuse for any |
man to be operating threshing out
fit that does not give good account |
Of itself: The time of Yourself our y3 %e
now days to try and get along with
an inferior threshing outfit because
the operator is a good fellow:
Next Friday, June 25th at the
home of Mr.. S. H: Duffield, who is
now president of the Decatur county
q bee-keepers picnic. Prof: +; B;
be present all day and will give a
very interesting address at 300 p. m.
Many local bee-keepers who are
making a success with bees will be
on the programme with short ad-
dresses on different subjects. Come
to this meeting, bring your lunch
basket, all the family fam and nd all II the the
jitney. Program will start at 10000
q. m. and we promise to have some,
thing doing all the time until 400,
.. m. Mr.. Duffield has an apiary of
something like fifty to-. seventy-five
swarms Of bees and demonstration
that will be practical. Do not fail to
hear Prof Paddock as this %, oRpor soan
again. Surely you will want to
know something more about honey
and honey production considering
the present high price Of sugar. Mr..
Duffield's farm is located six miles
northeast of Leon, one mile north OF
the w. D. Lionberger corner. on the
Leon and Garden Grove road. Party
will leave the county agents office at