Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
COUNTY AGENT ANSWERS
HENRY RUEN'S LAST CHARGES


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lowered We have never been accused
of bing entirely ignorant before ana "a
communities wnere we nave llNeu onsI
Mr.. Ruen can not ind one man VINO
will say that your present county Aset'
ever knowingly mIsIepresented lact.
III ne had been really honest ne WouId
nave reported that the values aaJu .sle.Ci
by the State Executive Council feuuceu
valuations on q,
Colts one year old............s....... ..S5. -
Jolts two years ola ..............,....St'oV
Horses tHree years old .........'-.'. $t.V-
Stations So
Horses Of all ages .....,..,.....' go, 80
Sheep ....................... ..'.sl'0o
Tht Executive Council for the hrst
time equalIzed the taxation over the
entire state and ii a county reported q
average they were IUs,I ucteu To lower
il ana IL Iuey reported Il beto" t..S
average, they were instructed 10 III
crease Il. Il is reasonable 10 tAlh"'
spsdnmg from d STATE wIue NeS, thas
L.e most just equdnzauon tAat las ever
been DfOugas aDout is tns result OF the
Work cone this year BY the Executive
fJouEcil. IIe lana values IN W InAesh4e'-
counly wee Tcp0itsd as Sot.oo ana I''e
Executive COuucu lsIt 1t at the SANE
igure IN spite OF tAe fact thal otnef
Interests were doing every thing ~ t"eAr
power 10 raise ldnd values 10 tue point
Wfiicn tuey reacn curing the Doom per
iou. lae farm bureau attorneys ola
everything possible To Keep land values
where they were and 10 nave increases
made on the valuations OF Ctner proper
ties Nt.lcA uau not Detn raised as had
land values. This resulted IN tie ENe-
cutiye Council ordering Approximate
a 80 per cent increase on railroad YaIu-
ations. The companies Immediately Sc
cured an Injunction against this Increase
and again the Farm bureau Was On
nand giving statistics secured by t"et'
cost accountants as 10 Lht income On
earning capacity OF the Iowa farm -
is true the railroads received FAVOR
able decision. but the state Is carrying
this Oh to supreme court anG tile talih
bureau Is giving every possible assist
ance. 1t is rldICulOus to even suggest
that the Farm Bureau is defending Ing
taxes on farm property.
Mr. Ruen also states that the County
Agent is bound to cooperate with our
of Agriculture which is true and ne
insinuates that practically all Of our
present evils are eminating from our
state College and that il is responsible
for what he might term a hos. Of
parasites that are cooperating with
doubts as TO whetner all Of our present
economic troubles arise from these in
situations. We are very sure, howe yer,
that a great many of our very real
proper cooperation on the part of every
farmer could be entirely eliminated. We
refer to the San Jose and oyster Shell
scale ana other Truit pests. the European
corn bore that has already infested parts
of states as near to US as ONTO, no the
Texas fever. its cause and RENE dy; the
discovery Of the serum treatment tor
hog cholera and black leg; the bovine
test for tuberculosis in cattle whereby
millions of dollars have been saved and
Of Er,F. hot
has been eliminated wherever a farmer
was willing to cooperate in graduating
the disease. The County AGENT dis
covered during the past year that - the
sixty focks Of poultry handled by him
during the past year are representative
OF the poultry of the entire county that
there is tuberculosis in at least ii eighty
per cent Of the poultry fiocks ana tC
our personal knowledge this disease has
been cleaned up on a good many farms
due To instruction given at poultry
demonstrations. The soy bean rape
silaGe, greater interest in using cloyers
TO maintain soil fertility. the use OF
limestone to correct acid soil in fact
there. are countless things which oul
best farmers are doing today by i'm.
proved methods that are the direct Re.
suit OF the work carried on hy oul
Agricultural Colleges and our L. : d. \
We also say that We have no persona
grudge against Mr. Ruen. but We wOult
square deal An example OF the way il
which some of the Members of III
Equity Society are cooperating with u
in our work is readily shown ky tn,
pIOpOgaEG4 they have recently cote
out TO prevent a real systematic effOT
being MADE by the farmers themselve
to preNent tie further spread OF IN
Z CalFuian thistle. II is the plan of In
Farm Bureau to put a petition in IN
hands Of It's cO-Operator I'm every schor
district in the county asking the farmer
70 cooperate in this work and & pieGg
1 their support 10 the township trustees {
the various townships in their efforts
have farmers who heretofore have bee
careless I'm this matter TO take reason
able measures to prevent the spread
this weed pest 1t seems that the n
port Is being widely circulated that tn
Us simply another scheme to get wee
Inspector into the county on q high sa
airy. Everyone knows there is no grour
for this rumOr and We are only trying
/ help the farmers 20 help themselves
Our plea is this. that We get togeth
. a. one big community. Let's NAL
. Wlnneshipk county a better place
live In. Let US cooperate one with q
other, not farmers but tOwnsmcn
well, as We are simply big cOmmuni
with a common interest, that r. 70 har
better. safer. more comfortable home
healthier, better educated children al
all Of those things which are the righ
ful Inheritance Of everyone who cnOos
10 live in an agricultural cJmmuni
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