The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-04-01
Farm Bureau Notes.


The time is rapidly approaching
when all boys$and girls who expect
to enter the corn or pig club will be
required to enroll.
The corn club will be conducted
along the same lines as last year,
and premium of free trip to
Ames Short Course, with all ex-
penses paid will be given to the win
ner growing the best acre OF corn.
and harvest a single acre, but may
plant and attend whole field, and
then, at harvesting time choose your
acre anywhere from this field.
We want you to plant pure bred
seed and will sell it to you if you
do not already have it. We will sell
you this seed on time and will take
harvest time from the new crop for
what was furnished. This prize is
worth striving for and we want a
large number of boys enrolled, girls
to, if they care to undertake it.
In the pig clu b the same rules
that governed last year will hold
good again this year, but we are
possible to obtain them, feed them
out, and sell them at public auction
at the County Fair next fall, after
they have been exhibited.
All breeds will be represented,
and we are trying now to have clubs
of different breeds within the one
big county club: We are expecting
pig club project, and if breeders of
other breeds Of hogs 40 as we'll as
the Hampshires we will have more
money as prizes to distribute. We
are already assured of $500 for
awards in the Hampshire class and
are now working with Clarke county,
promoting, an inter.county contest,
pleted, the Hampshire club will have
from 10000 10 $4,000 for prize
money.
If the Poland China, Duroc Jersey
and Chester White breeders do as
well, we certainly can have some pig
club. If you do not have pure
bred gilt, or cannot obtain one for
respond with the County agent and
we will locate one for you. If you
do not have the money to buy your
pig, will help you secure loan or
find a party who will furnish a pig
for you to feed on the share plan,
pig to be sold and proceeds from
sale equally divided between breeder
from $1,000 to $4,000, unless you
wish to go higher for better bred
stuff.
No club member will be barred
from bidding on his own or another
club members gilt at the public sale
of the pigs as an incentive to club
members who desire to keep their
gifts, or any other they may be able
to buy, we will offer an extra prize
the breeding privilege to some Of
the best herd boars in the county
free of cost Certainly boys and
girls this is chance for you.
Any boy or girl between the ages
of and 10 years will be eligible to
enter this contest, and boys camp,
will be established, each under the
supervision of a suitable chaperon.
This camp will be open to all boys
and girls who exhibit at the fair.
May we have your enrolment?
The boys and girls enrolled in the
calf club who exhibit at the Fair, will
be eligible to fair camp also.
A mems acre corn club contest
will soon be taken up also, and
would like to have number Of men
who think they are corn growers to
enter this contest. Who can grow
the best acre of corn in Decatur
County? Do not know what prize
we can award in this as yet, but will
try and plan something worth while.
Do not forget that it is getting late
for pruning your fruit trees and it
should be done as soon as possible.
All orders for spray pumps, lime,
sulphur, lead, arSenate and supplies
should be placed at once, for 1t Will
take sometime for it to reach
you and you may be caught without
any spray material this spring when
time arrives to use same. Secure 1t
now. Have it ready.
Don't forget the bee-keepers meet
ing at the farm of Thomas Bryan
first house east of Elk chapel in
Grand River Township. Meeting at
1880 p. m. Thursday, April LIST. Prof.
E. w. Atkins from Iowa State Col
lege will make demonstration. He
show you how to take the sting
out of honey production. Program
all afternoon. Come out.
Now is spring seeding time and
no man sowing oats this year should
neglect treating them with formalde--
hyde--seventy-five cents worth OF
if properly used. Use one pint--4O
per cent formaldehyde to ten gallons
of water. Wet thoroughly, shovel
over and leave in pile covered with
treated sacks or blankets, for two or
three hours. Sow little thicker it
oats are still wet and swollen.
Don't neglect to treat your seed
potatoes for scab, ETC.; 10c worth
Of formaldehyde will be the cheapest
insurance you ever bought for that
garden plot. Use formaldehyde at
the rate of one pint for thirty 900
gallons of water-soak potatoes in
solution two hours, remove, cut and
plant. Never treat potatoes with
this solution after cutting-as it
will kill the seed.
500 Reward, 500
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