The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 12, 1920, Page 10

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North, . : Minneapolis, Minn. 10-foot body. e - Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers Do Farmers Want Price Guarantees? Action Must Be Taken at Once if Anything Is Expected From Congress =] DITOR Nonpartisan Lead- "I think I will plant 600 acres of wheat this year. I farm about 1,000 acres altogether. But this means a big out- ‘lay, because I have to pay so much for labor, seed, store supplies, etc. I have been talking with some other League members about the guaranteed price for wheat, which runs out on June 1, and most of them think that we ought to have the guarantee for another year. I don’t know much about it, but would like to feel certain of getting at least this minimum if I plant so much. I would like to know what you think about the matter. I live two miles south of Langdon, N. D., and have been a League mem- ber since it started. Langdon, N. D. V. CHAPUT. The League has not taken any posi- tion as to continuance of the guaran- teed wheat price. It was of no use to the farmers in the past year, and on the other hand the machinery created to maintain it was evidently used to keep the wheat price down below nor- mal. Were it not for this fact there would probably be a more general de- mand for continuance of the guaran- tee which would protect the farmer against a possible disastrous break in wheat prices. In the southern states, where soft wheat is produced, considerable head- way has already been made by a move- ment to urge that the price guaran- tee be extended for another year. The northern wheat growers are likely to command a better price without the guarantee. On the other hand they have more reason to expect favorable action from the government ‘than the southern producers because in the drouth sections of the Northwest the 1919 wheat crop was almost a total failure and farmers were robbed of the profit they had a right to expect. If the farmers want the guarantee extended for another year they should begin at once to make a demand for it. Write the Leader what you think about it. Also write your senators and representatives in congress.—THE EDITOR. Hessian Fly Plague Is Predicted Large Losses in Winter Wheat States Already—General . Outbreak Seen in 1921 ERIOUS wheat crop loss- es from the Hessian fly are predicted for 1920 and a disastreus general outbreak in 1921 is pre- dicted by government experts unless concerted action is taken along approved lines by the winter wheat growers east of the Rocky mountains. Reports already in show that con- siderable young wheat has been killed by the pest. Unfavorable weather conditions combined with labor short- age induced many growers to plant their grain too early in the season. And the result is that the Hessian fly has gotten. a start in practically all this early planted wheat. From these areas it can spread rapidly unless ‘| strenuous efforts to the contrary by the government and the farmers are made. Not only in the Mississippi basin states, but east of the Allegheny tains in the states of Maryland, Vlrg nia and Pennsylvania the Hes- sian fly has made considerable head- way. It appears from past experimenta- tion that there is no remedy for the Hessian fly when it has once taken possession of a wheat field. Grain that is so heavily infested as to afford little promise of yield should be deep- ly plowed down and lightly harrowed as early in the spring as is practicable, if possible by March 1. This will bury the stubble and prevent a large part of the flies from coming out and rein- festing other fields of growing wheat or barley. The land so treated may then be planted to oats, corn or other im- mune, quick-growing crops. Government experts recommend the following methods for fighting this pest: 1. Practice crop rotation. Do not sow wheat on stubble if it is possible to avoid doing so. 2. Plow under all infested stubble, where practicable, soon after harvest. 3. Destroy all volunteer wheat by harrowing, disking, plowing or some other method. 4. Plow all land to be sown to wheat as early and deeply as existing condi- PAGE TEN tions permit, and prepare a thorough- ly pulverized and compacted seed bed. 5. Conserve moisture against a period of drouth at seeding time. 6 Use good seed. Fertilize. 8 Sow wheat duung the fly-free period, as advised by your farm ad- viser or state experiment station. Adhere to these practices every year, whether the fly is abundant or scarce. scarce. Community co-operation is essential if success is to be attained, because one infested field may furnish enough flies to damage the wheat for several miles around. A CORRECTION In the February 23 issue of the Leader, in the article, “North Dakota Tax Facts,” it was stated inadvertent- ly in the third column that appropria- tions for state institutions increased 21 per cent and appropriations for education increased 41 per cent. The statement should have been that ap- propriations for state institutions were 21 per cent of the total appropriations and appropriations for education were 41 per cent of the total appropriations, as was shown in the table published in the second column of the same article. This slight error in statement has no effect upon the rest of the article or upon the general conclusion. COTTON PRICES E. A. Calvin, representing the cot- ton producers of Texas at Washing- ton, D. C., resents the charge that cot- ton goods are high because of high prices received by growers for cotton. Mr. Calvin recently went on a shop- ping expedition in Washington, buy- ing a number of cotton articles and then weighing them and calculating closely the sum that the grower had received for the cotton. Here are his figures: Cost of Cost of article cotton Gingham .........$450 $.25 Voile: . tusianenis 3.48 19% Handkerchief ..... 25 0115 Two pair socks.... .80 .04% They will help to keep it ;