Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-04-13
farm BUREAU
NOTES INTEREST
Wool Growers are not Discouraged
With the Wool Market Ac-
cOrding to Secretary Iowa
Wool Growers
Association.
CORN GROUND
SHOULD BE RESTED
Farm Bureau Meetings Will be Held
Next Week i'm Various Places
in County. Food Special
ist Will Attend.

couraged with the wool market, ac-
cording to V. G. Warner, secretary
of the Iowa Wool Growers Associa-
ton, but are showing their faith in
the organization by nearly 900 of
the members signing a three year
contract to market their clip through
cooperative methods. Buyers of
wool Mr.. Warner reports want the
sorted and graded wool and buy
from cooperative associations more
quickly than from individuals who
have not graded their product. The
following grades have been sold:
Hard bury, 1Sc; black, 1Sc; dead,
15c; cots, 13c; damaged, 15c. Little
of the better grades have been sold
and there still is an enormous
amount of last years clip on hand
while the new clip will soon be
ready for market, yet 60,000,000
pounds have been imported during
the last months and 100,000,00O
pounds are headed this way. 1t looks
as if we could stand some pro-
tective tariff along this line and /
think we can feel pretty sure OF get
ting it.
Two boxes of wool blankets have
arrived at the Office for distribution
to those who ordered. The blankets
show up much nicer than the samples
and all who ordered blankets will be
pleased with them. AS soon as we
receive another case so that the as
sortment is complete. letters. viii be
sent out to all who ordered blankets
so that they may call and get them
Rest Your Corn Ground
An editorial in this weeks Wal
lace's Farmer has for a heading,
"Less Corn, Less Labor More
Money. The article points out that
cut of 20qo in corn acreage would
probably give us our normal corn
carry-over into 1922 and would in
crease the return for labor per hour
put on corn to three times as much
as it would if we planted our normal
corn acreage. Farmers are not or
ganized in this matter of regulating
supplies to meet the demand in the
same common-sense fashion as the
United States Steel Corporation. The
State and National Farm Bureau
Federations which. are the most po-
werful of all farm organizations still
feel that they cannot inaugurate
campaign to reduce acreage at this
time and that each individual farm
er should be left to his own de-
vices in the matter of reducing or
increasing his grain acreage. 1t has
been suggested that farmers who
are unable to get help to put their
grain crop should SOW a portion of
their corn ground to clover this
spring without nurse crop, thus
giving their soil and themselves
rest.
Schedule of Farm Bureau Meetings.
April 12-Bee Keepers Association,
at Calmar, F. B. Paddock, state
apiarist, will be present.
April 13-10:15 a. m., school house,
at Castalia. 2:30 p. M, Princess
theatre at Ossian.
April 14-10:15 a. m., City Hall, Fl.
Atkinson. $3.50 p. m., school house
at Nordness.
April 15-10:15 a. m., school house
at Locust. $3.50 p. m., school
house at Burr Oak.
Miss Margaret Baker, food nutri-
tion specialist of the extension de-
partment, will be with us to conduct
these meetings.
On April II we are planning to
have meeting in regard to the use
of lime and commercial fertilizers
and their relation to increased pro-
duction. This meeting will be held
at the hall in Burr Oak and Mr.. M.
A. Hauser, who has made in inten-
sive study of this subject will be
present.