Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-06-15
FARM BUREAU
NEWS FOR
WINNESHIEK
Banker Farmer Conference at Des
Moines was a Very Profit
able Meeting on June z.
REPORT OF STATE
CORN VARIETY TEST
Plans Under Way to Pool the Wool
Clip in Winneshiek County.
Order Sacks Now.

Reports from the Iowa Corn and
Small Grain Growers Association re-
garding the corn yield contest have
been received. 1t shows total Of
102 entries from the state; Is Of
these were from the northern section,
23 the north central, IL south CEN
trial, and q from the southern.
About so per cent of these entries
ware made by those who had enter
ed their corn last year. About 40
per cent of the entries We're samples
which had not been entered last
year in the state yield, but most of
them were samples that had run high
in the county contests. A test IS
cbeing put on the farm of VIM.
Rabe, New Hampton in Chickasaw
county, also one on the F. A. Meade
farm, Manchester, Delaware county.
1t would be interesting to visit these
fields should anyone have an OPP
portunity. Test plots are located in
three different counties of each Of the
four sections. A. w. Oxley of Os-
sian, Iowa, is the only one who has
a sample in the state test from this
county. Inasmuch as his corn was
among the high yielders last year,
it is expected that he will again be
well at the top of the list this year
if not at the head.
Report of the Banker Farmers Con-
ference at Des MOines,
June 7th.
A very profitable meeting was held
at the Orpheum Theatre, Des Moines
June 7th. A bout % per cent of the
mornings attendance We're farmers.
President Howard of the American
Federation, Z. H. Cunningham and
&c. w. Hunt of the Iowa Federation
appeared on the program and gave
some straight pointed facts to those
present. Throughout the gathering
greatest courtesy and respect was
paid the Farm Bureau and every
farmer present realized that his or
ganization had got him somewhere.
We have a few "Doubting Thomases"
in Winneshiek county that would
have profited great deal by hav-
ing been present at the meeting. Mr..
Hunt made clear that if agriculture
fails, all other industries fail and
that agriculture will fail if better
prices are not brought about, in
sisted that farmers would rather be
pulled out of the ditch TO a level
with others rather than to have them
pulled down into the ditch with them
Harding, who is president of the
Federal Reserve Bank, gave a very
instructive talk and insisted that now
is no time for pessimism and that
banking was on a more sound basis
than it had been for years. The time
for fear was past. Farm representa-.
tives urged extension credit for farm
loans longer than six months time
The average credit extended by the
Federal Reserve Bank was shown t.
be of less than one months dura
ton, and not a large per cent is be
ing used for farming business. Al
emergency loan by the government
for farmers in need was recommend
ed.
Monthly County Agnt Report
In checking over the report tn
County Agent is required to maxi
to the state County Agent Leade
and extension department each montl
we find that work has been done il
II of the townships in the count.
this month. Twenty farm visits hav
been made, 8 meetings with an at
tendance of 81, 800 miles have bee
travelled on Farm Bureau business
l49 members have called at the offic
for various reasons; 1856 first elias
letters have been mailed out. Thre
circular letters besides the regula
Farm Bureau Exchange were pre-
pared with a total circulation o
1870. Projects taken up during tn
month; Cow Testing Association
Sheep and wool demonstrations far
crops garden, soy bean variety ties
and arrangement were made for tn
June picnics. Two specialists wer
secured for work in the county-Tol
C. Stone for sheep and wool d.
monstrations and c. B. Finley 70
COW testing association work.
. Winneshiek Will Pool 1921 Wool eli
5 Plans are under way to pool ii
' wool clip in Winneshiek county.
!. is expected that we will be able
: load the cars of pooled wool Il
j week following July 9th. Ord
: sacks through the County Agent in
4 mediately as there will be no exit
sacks at the car.