The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-07-21
Farm Bureau Notes
Iime n ShoMing Resulta.

Lime Is showing hesuitas
s.We must do something, is the ex-
pression often heard among the farm
ers of st. Francois county today.
Some farmers are finding one thing
that is wrong and are setting about 70
correct it. They have found that their
land is sour and, believing that lime Is
needed. have used some Of the lime
stone near by. The indications Oh 9
need of lime is the failure % clover
to stand the hot, dry weather OF sum.
mer and the freeing and thawing tnat
occurs in winter. Also the presence
Of a large number Of dewberries ana
Of red sorrel, is an indicator. .,
Mr.. John d. Rion, two miles north
Of Pennington, reports that his spring
(. seeding Of red clover is much better
7 wiiere he applied lime than where ne
used no lime. He also applied some
manure on his wheat where clover was
sown. On part Of this he applied
lime and on part he did not. lie
states the clover is better where lime
and manure were used than where
manure alone was used. Mr.. Rion Is
intending to apply lime on large
acreage this fall.
Mr.. Roy Johnson, one mile nortn
of Pennington, on the Flat River
road. used some lime on his wheat last
winter and seeded clover in the spring.
Some Of his land was left unlimed.
He has Hagerstown silt loan soil.
Mr., johnson states that his clover
where lime was applied had greener
color and stood the dry weather bet
ter.
Mr.. Louis Rost, in the Copenhagen
district. three miles southeast OF
Pennington, used lime this past win
ter on a Lebanon silt loan and states
he secured clover where he had never
been able to before.
Mr.. C. G. Schuttler, in the Unity
school district, four miles southeast
of Pennington, used some lime on.
Lebanon silt loan. He reports the
clover being better where lime was
used than where no lime was used. he
intends to use lime on big acreage
this year.
Mr.. Fred Kollmeyer, in the lndepen-
dence school district, used lime on his
wheat late the past winter. The field
was seeded to clover this spring. On
July 9Th. a great difference was seen
between the two parts of the field.
The clover where lime was used was
larger, better color and better stand.
He has a Lebanon silt loan soil.
Mr.. N. C. Sebastian, west of Liber-
tyville, hauled one or two tons OF lime
from the Independence community
last spring and put 1t. on about an
acre Of wheat. Clover was sown this
spring. He intended originally TO
mark this "strip' off by stakes and
then decided If he could not tell any
difference, lime was not needed. He
states now that he can see the diner
ence from his house which is some dis
tance from the field. Mr.. Sebastian
is one of number of farmers IN his
community who have ordered lime
stone pulverizer to be used in that
community.
Mr.. P. A. Cashion, north and west
of Libertyville, has been making ef-
forts to secure lime and is now one OF
a number of farmers in his commun-
ity that has ordered a pulverizer for
that community.
Mr.. Anton Mullersman, two miles
east of Knob Lick, ordered a pulyer-
izer after two hundred and fifty tons
of lime had been signed up for in that
section of the county. Mr.. Mullers-
man has rock on his farm that tests
more than 81 per cent.
Mr.. Clellan Horn. II miles north
and l mile west of Pennington, has
ordered pulverizer after hls neigh
borhood agreed to purchase 200 tons
of lime from him. He has rock test
ing more than SO per cent.
Farm Burau Decennial Celebration
August 10th.
A large number Of the sixty-four
County Farm Bureaus of Missouri,
will cooperate in the Decennial Cele-
bration at Cape Girardeau on August
10th. A big parade consisting of a
large number of floats will be one OF
the features of the celebration. The
st. Francois County Farm Bureau
will be represented in the parade by
two or three floats. A basket dinner
will be served.
James R. Howard, President of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
will be one of the speakers for the oc-
casion. John L. Roland, President of
the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation,
will preside at the speaking program.
The st. Francois County Farm Bu-
reau is one of the oldest County Farm
Bureaus in the state and should be
well represented on the occasion.
Farm Bureau to Have a County Wide
Picnic.
Action has been taken by the st.
Francois County Farm Bureau to have
a countrywide picnic about September
1st. A general committee consisting
of w. H. Counts, Chairman, p. G.
Rickus, ]. d. Rion and G. A. Tetley,
is making plans to make this event
the biggest farmers picnic ever held
in the county. A number of other
committees will be selected by this
general committee. Mr.. Counts, the
chairman Of the committee, has proved
his ability in making picnics a success
and there is no doubt but that this