The nonpartisan leader. [volume], April 12, 1920, Image 10

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On account of bad roads and late
mail service, many readers of the Non
partisan Leader have not received their
papers on time.
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every farmer who is troubled with Wild
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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
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
moimtains in the states of Maryland,
Virginia 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
Do Farmers Want Price Guarantees?
Action Must Be Taken at Once if Anything Is Expected
From Congress
DITOR Nonpartisan Lead
er: 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.
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 disastrous general
outbreak in 1921 is pre
dicted by government
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.
tions permit, and prepare a thorough
ly pulverized ajid compacted seed bed.
5. Conserve moisture against a
period of drouth at seeding time.
6. Use good seed.
7. Fertilize.
8. Sow wheat during 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. They will help to keep it
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 $4.50 $.25
Voile 3.48 .19%
Handkerchief .25 .01%
Two pair socks 80 .04%