Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-26

MARKETING
Prof. c. w. Hammans Expert on CO.
Operative Marketing Gives
Talk at NOrdness.
WILL ORGANIZE AN
ASSOCIATION AT NORDNESS
Farm Bureau Motion Pictures Great
ing Lots of Interest And Is
Money Well Spent.
Cooperative Marketing Expert Here

A meeting of Livestock shippers
was recently called in Nordness. Prof.
| c. w. Hammans was present and
| inasmuch as he has made state
wide survey of cooperative shipping
associations in Iowa, which now
number about seven hundred, he was
in position to give those present
some valuable information in regard
to the causes of success or failure of
various shipping associations through
out the state. Mr.. Hammans states
that the success of the cooperative
marketing movement depends mainly
upon three things:
! LIST, Proper management
End, Volume of business.
3rd, Loyal membership.
The principal object in organizing
shipping association at Nordness
was to secure volume enough of
business at that point so that the
stockyards might be in a better loca-
ton and in good repair and to save
| the additional seven miles haul that
the shippers in that vicinity now
have to make when bringing their
stock to DEBORAH. Mr.. Hammans
pointed out that in many places over
| the state it has not been possible to
secure enough shipments to make it
practical to secure the service of a
competent manager, without which
an association fails. This fault is
usually overcome by combining sew
eral associations which are near to
each other, or along the same line
of railroad under one head. The
associations then outlieing from the
head association need hire only suffi-
cient labor to list up the animals to
be shipped and to take care of the
weighing and loading.
1t was felt that this was the feas-
IDLE plan to be carried out with the
Nordness Association. Due to the
fact that much of the stock that will
be loaded a. Nordness has already
been coming to DEBORAH, it might
be detrimental to the local associa-
ton should another separate associa-
ton be started at Nordness, thereby
defeating the very motive for which
cooperative marketing was estab-
| lished. The association there then
at Nordness will be established more
as a matter of convenience for those
in that vicinity and will cooperate
with the association in DEBORAH. This
seems to be the feasible plan and
the future success of the shipping
association will undoubtedly depend
upon the three essentials pointed out
by Professor Hammans.
Attention, Fruit Growers
We are informed that lice are I'M
usually numerous on the fruit buds
of our apple trees this year. This
condition is prevalent throughout the
state. From several inquiries we
have made from different men having
orchards and who have taken the
trouble to observe closely, we find
| that Winneshiek county is escaping
this pest. We realize that more men
are going to spray their orchards
this year in Winneshiek County than
have ever sprayed before. This I'M
| doubtedly is due to the fact that the
prices of apples have been high and
that instruction in pruning and
spraying has been given by the
County Agent in practically every
township in the county.
To all those who are going to
spray, expecting to use the usual
solution of lime sulphur and lead
arsenate we want to urge you to add
one half pint of nicotine sulphate
| Grade name, Black Leaf 400 to each
80 gallons of spray solution or water.
Black Leaf 40 is by product of to-
bacco manufacturers and is the only
thing that will successfully kill plant
| lice. When using nicotine sulphate
alone, one half pound of dissolved
soap should be added to increase the
spreading and sticking qualities. So
cure the nicotine sulphate at once, as
it is likely that due to the unusual
demand that our local dealers will
not be able to supply you and may
have to order it from a distance.
| Unless we have some warm rains
and sunshine we hardly expect the
blossoms will be ready for the first
spray before the week of May Sth.
However, as this depends entirely
upon the weather we will again say
to spray Just as the blossoms are
showing in little pink balls and be-
fore they open. Use to 10 quarts
of lime sulphure to so gallons of
water, add IL pounds dry lead
arsenate for leaf eating insects as,
curculio, canker worm, and tent cat
| GIDAlldI. EhNu y pllll OlCt'h Leu ~
to control the aphis or plant lice.
Farm Bureau Motion Pictures Worth
While
The motion picture outfit which
was recently purchased by the Farm
Bureau promises to be money well
spent. During the past week the
County Agent has been showing a
thousand foot reel on the European
Corn Borer, against which the state
entomologist has recently issued a
strict quarantine. The film shows
the corn borer at work, methods of
control and the various ways through
which it may be transported from
one place to another. Celery and
cut flowers are two sources of in
lection that it might be possible for
Iowa to suffer from. Any suspicious
looking worms which one may find in
such things should Immediately be
destroyed or put in a tight glass
container and sent to the County