Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1920 — JASPER COUNTY AGRICUL TURE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY AGRICUL TURE NEWS.

A Naw NadUufe# From a 'farnrttrv in WntaWM Btign - now being carried on by the nited States ftepaebnentrol Africulture in eo-operation .WWn 'Stateand<> local agencies. He > applies■ r* new title to the reactionaries of bovine. and .cites - the; indubitable fact rthat scrub.bulls are the enemies of good production; that they levy upon the milk, .cream and butter checks Sad compel?.the farmer to keep. hows, where the cows should', keep the farmer. •. With these-charges in mind and with his eyes on the international situation, this ? farmer suggests that the scrub hull be known hereafter as the Bulfheviks. No Ghaoiihtufor ‘Quick Tarsowr. ♦‘Farmers- hesitate to pay higher wages hecdw,* unlike other industries, there Is no opportunity for a quick turnover or to paaa the wcreaesd cost along to consumers. Nit .only ate farm wages higher than ever before, but farm hired labtor fe acaree' at any price and, on the Whole,' 1 is said to be relatively .less efficient than 'formerly. er* are repeatedly assured from one f source or another that prices of all commodities, especihUy farm prices, 'JftilP'fcfe lower this year than last ’*liS , ''may bfr may not prove to be true. >ut the farmers knew that the slump in live stock prices since last Jtffy has cost them several hundred million dollars. „ A " fqniey gre now faced with tie pthblem'of deeding whether to pay M#h prices for all the things then IfigSt, seed, fertilisers,. - Clothing and tttipplies—and the investment of a large part of the cost of production in the early spring months, with the prospect that after harvest, when they come to <barket their Atops; they will be compelled to accept- lower* prices for everything ithe* ; have*te sell; or, whether 9 they 'Shim-cut down the initial expense of production by investing lew capital in equipment, supplies, and hited iabor by reducing acreage and Worn here of live stock. The lifter course means smaller production. AM business men what would you do 'M the same circumstances? . It is Y matter tint concerns every busiman and every consumer. The gid situation during the next 12 ntihs will depend upon what an-;r-the farmers give to this diffit problem. Farm, Bureau Movement. ‘i* The Farm Bureau movement is irOt'a mere matter of sentiment. It gja business organization in which Wery man, woman and child in every neighborhood is vitally inter-uWheh-the county is federated and hifcawfeed on its own .bans, it is MOadyto become a strong coraponWft part of the State Federation. tltflesß the counties are well organised, the State Federation cannot ffd Sts best work and when the State Federation is properly it will 0 in turn become a pillar of strength for the National iFedera-

Lasting Quality 6t Lima. . .. James- Amsler *an an experiment .with lime three years > ago. ’The ; lime being applied in one strip across Ms corn ground, at the rate of two hundred pounds to the acre. Last year the same ground was sown to oats. Several days J ago County Agent Mawhorter took several samples of the same soil which was limed and unlimed. The lime soil showed a slight degree *of acidity, -While that which was not Jimed sftbwed a marked degree of acidity. 4- Thus jt is very evident that lime has its-beneficial effects on the ground for several 1 years after being applied; School Visits. County. Agent Mawhorter visited the - City Schools and demonstrated to the agricukiaral students, the methods .of capanizing roosters and ifegltestiUK of eeils for acidity, JPoulfifor Association Mooting. ' • /The Poultry. (Association met last Thursday- nigh* aid made arranger irients for the poultry show this fail end expressed their willingness so aid the County Agent in visiting the girl#; In thePoultryClub and help encourage-“them -to carry -out theiri work in -fdU. FoStillaor Demonstration. ~ ;C. M. -2>ewey, with the aid ofthe County Agents a fertilizer and lime demonstration for his alfSlfa and corn last Saturday. The different* fertilizer, namely, Kainit, Pholphoria and Phosphems and Po* ash. in cheekstnpsvand then i the*lime was applied in different parti across these, strips.