Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-08-24
FARM BUREAUS
RECORD BASIS
FOR NEW DRIVE
TNcaI Organization Has More
Than Repaid Farmers for
Money Spent, Lead
ers Say.
(By Farm Bureau News Service)

association has a dOlIar-anO-cenCS
savings record that justifies the
membership revival campaign,
which starts next week, accord
ing to local leaders in the move
ment.
On the single item of picric
acid supplied to farmers, through
the Bureau there has been q saw
ing of $7,7OO. disregarding
entirely the benefit to the COM
munity as a whole that the use
OF this explosive has had in put
ting new acres into use. A saw
ing Of 10 cents a pound was made
on $4,000 pounds and Of 3 cents
a pound on 10000 pounds. The
savings this year alone on $4,000
pounds was $500 over local
dynamite prices.
The local bureau has made an
excellent record in other market
ing projects. The Rock Creek
township unit was supplied with
cedar posts at a saving of SO per
cent. A carload of alfalfa hay
was obtained and delivered for
only 81 a ton more than was
being charged for wild hay. A
saving of $126 was made on 700
pounds of paris green.
But the Bureaus greatest ac-
Invites has been along crop i'm
provement and increased yield
lines. The county's potato crop
has been SO standardized during
the last four years that at
present, more than 80 per cent
of all potatoes are of varieties
best suited for this section. Pine
county potatoes already have an
enviable reputation in the mar
ket places. Inasmuch as this is
one of the major crops, the
excellent beginning that has
been made must not be LOST by
breaking off the work at this
time. Farm Bureau men say.
They compare the status Of the
potato crop at present with con-
ditions in 1918. when but one
community was growing stand
ardized varieties-and justify
their efforts to materially in
crease the Bureaus membership.
Potato disease demonstrations
have been carried on until more
than Is per cent of all seed now
is being tested regularly. One
farmer has been induced to try
out a high pressure sprayer and
indications are that "sprayer
groups will be commonplace
before long.
Results With Rosen Rye.
An example of how the Farm
Bureau has been responsible for
crop improvement. with direct
benefit to every farmer in the
county. is to be found in a
RENEWAL Of what was done to
introduce Rosen rye, a variety
that is practically In universal
use at present. After initial
/, tests showed that Rosen rye was
better suited for Pine county
than any other varieties. yielding
5 to 10 bushels more an acre. {
campaign was put on to make II
popular. Now, most rye grown
is Rosen.
In a similar manner, though
less extensively. Red Rock win
ter wheat was introduced
Through the Bureau and it
agencies, field peas and oats have
been introduced as hay on low
lands and are giving excellent
results; producing as much a.
five tons per acre on land tha'
previously was practically use
less. Soy beans have been intro
duced and II plots of alfalfa have
been established in two years.
/ Live Stock Improved.
i In the livestock field. II count,
herds have been tested for tuber
culosis. A cow testing associa
ton has been formed and i
functioning satisfactorily