Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-30
arm Bureau Notes

(By B J, County AGENT
III Wool Growers "a. Meet
Wool pooling has been carried on
with such success III many localities
during the past year that r q state
wide campaign Is. now being launched
for pooling the wool by counties. Bel
tramis county collected 14,300 ponds
of wool which sold TOR SIC per pound
at Bemidji last year The pooling
meant saving Of $1,43O to the grow
ers. In Hubbard county about 10000
pounds were similarly sold.
The Iowa Wool Growers associa'
Htion, q cooperative enterprise has
membership. of 5000, and last year
marketed Il 100000 pounds OF wool
on which it saved $4,000 for farm
ers because of better markets 1t was
able to find. This is enough monev
to pay the salaries Of all the County
Agents in Iowa for one year.
! Why Should Wool be Pooled?
Large quantities of wool are col
lected in one place where it can be
egraded by a competent grader and
sold according to grade. Large guam
titles of wool in one place attract
outside buyers who will pay the top
notch price as much time ordinarily
consumed in collecting small lots Is
eliminated. -.
When q carload of wool is pooled
at one place the expense OF, shipping
is considerably less as the carlot rate
is about one-haf the local rate.
10 The Plan feasible7
Morrison county has between two
and three carloads Of wool and grant
ing that each grower has 10 to so
sheen it would mean so to 400 pounds
of wool per farm. This could easily
be loaded into an automobile and
taken 20 miles or more to some cen
trail shipping point. A gain Of 1oc per
pound would give a good profit on
the transaction.
AT a county meeting Of the wool
growers. a wool selling organization
can be perfected, and manager ap-
pointed to handle at commission
OF cents per pound.
Sheepmen throughout the county
are interested in the plan and are
asking that an organization meeting
be called on Thursday, May 6, at 2
o'clock in the city hall, Little Falls.
Locals
Wool growers to meet in Little
Falls, May 6.
County wool pooling to he dis
cussed at meeting in Little Fails,
May s.
How To Treat Seed For A One Acre
Patch Of Potatoes
Equipment
Wooden barrels, make hole near
bottom to draw of liquid, or wood
tank. 90,
Preparing the Liquid
Dissolve 1 ounces Of corrosive SUBJ
Innate in hot water, then dilute to
30 gallons OF water. Do not use metal
pals or tank, as the solution Wip
corrode them.
Time OF Treatment ..*
One and one-half hours. Use s0lu.
ton 8 or 4 times, then make strong
or by adding two ounces more Of cor
rosive sublimate dissolved fn< hot
water. :. s@S%:~
By putting the potatoes loose in
the barrel. about bushels may be
treated each time and. enough for !
acre treated with ounces Of cor
rosive sUblimate. -" *. ->,.,, 49,,
Caution 49,.
Corrosive sublimate is deadly
poison and an treated potatoes
should he kept away from livestock.
Dry the potatoes after treatment
and use clean sacks for handling.
Cut the seed for the seed plot by
hand and throw out all potatoes hav-
ing brown and black internal disclora-
tions. Such potatoes may be affected
with wilt.
The corrosive subSmate treat
ment kills scab and black scurf or
dry stem rot. It insures better quail
ity and larger yield. Every potato