The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-06-03
Farm Bureau Notes.

The past week has been one OF
mach activity by the farmers as
they all have been working overtime
to get the corn planting done. Much
OF the corn is coming nicely but at
this date May 31st there is about
one third Of the corn still TO plant.
This is very backward season es-
pecially for those who nave ground
that is inclined to be wet anyway.
+ Oats and wheat are not showing up
like they should but if the sun still
continues to shine and we get some
needed showers all things will come
out alright in the end.
It rarely happens that we get two
good crops Of corn and small grain
both in the same year for what is
good for one crop is setback to the
growth of the other and so it goes.
II We have warm weather 1t is not
conducive to a good crop. Of oats, OF
wheat and if we have cool weather
1t is not good for the corn.
AZ With the present high prices be-
ing realized for grain Of all kinds
and the decreasing prices for cattle,
hogs and sheep it is great tempt
alton for all farmers to sell the grain
and get out Of the livestock end of
farming. The cattle market was
been for three years and men are
not figuring now how much they
are going to make on their feeding
operations but how much they are
going to lose. We know personally
Of one feeder who marketed twenty
three head of prime beeves last week
that lost him fifteen hundred dollars
on the proposition.
Any commission man that you
talk to will tell you that the prob
ability is that you will be able to
buy stock cattle any where from two
to three dollars per hundred cheaper
next fall than now: 1t means that
you are going to feed those cattle
all summer for nothing; The gain
offset the loss you will be compelled
= Many farmer fruit growers are
taking pains in producing better and
cleaner fruit this year by the jude,
ious, use of lime Sulphur and lead
arsenate. Thus far this season we
nearly one thousand gallons of lime
SULPHUR and nearly fifteen hundred
pounds of lead arsenate. Surely
there is no reason why the farmers
Of Decatur county cannot produce as
fine fruit as grows anywhere II they
will only give reasonable care 20 Inc
trees.
"a Now is the time Of year when all
apple trees should be gone over
and the apple tree borers removed
from the base Of the trees. This is
one of the hardest pests to- control.
Take a sharp knife and dig them
out, it is the only safe way You can
not get any poison to them that
will kill or drive them out as they
are. under the bark too far and you
cannot reach them.
We now have completed the
planting of our soy bean experiment
al plots and we have eleven diff
ferent varieties growing on three
different farms in the county. Ger
tainly this will give US some very
definite information which Varlety
is best adapted to this locality at |
harvest time.
Not very much interest has been
shown in the pig club work and we
very much doubt if anything is go
ing to be accomplished this year in |
the work. The corn club and, the
cal club are coming along fine how
ever and the boys and girls in these
two clubs are showing some excel
lent work.
The Decatur county branch OF the !
Iowa Fleece Wool Growers AssOcla.
ton will meet with the board OF
directors next Saturday afternoon az
county agents office to determine
the date to be set for pooling, the
wool clip. We will provide for hav-
ing buyers here on wool day il you
wish or we will get ready with cars
ia shin yOuf wool. Come out to
this meeting and let us know what
YOU want us to do. We are not your
boss but your hired man; keep us
busy.