Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1925 — Page 3

■<< CHAMPION FARMER WHO WAN TED To be an artist

• A Champion Farmer Who Wanted B( , ad Artistis the title of an concerning C. W. R. Schwartz „ Adams county farmer, which apa ared in » rPrent ,saUP of ,he Parm 4 Fireside, a farm periodical. Mr. Schwartz. who ls 36 y, ' urs of aKe and ‘ fa ther of four girls and two boys onP o f the moat progressive farm,.rs of Adams county. He is in bual_ess with his brother, David J„ and they own two farms, one consisting 120 acres and the other a quarter section. The story, which appeared ln Farm & Fireside, was written by Tom Delohery. associate editor of the magazine. The story was accompanied by numerous pictures of Mr. Schwartz, his family and scenes around his farm. The story is as follows: • f W. R Schwartz, of Berne, Ind., holds medals for two of the highest farm achievements in his state. Al thougb he didn't want to be a farmer he has won honors for growing more than 100 bushels of corn per acre, and for producing a ton litter of pigs. j[ fl really wanted to be an artist,, a camera artist. The prizes he has W on in photographic competitions suggest that he would have more than achieved his real ambition had n oi family influences decreed that he farm. ••At the age of 12 Schwartz had built a camera that was envy of all of lhe boys in the neighborhood. The pride he took in making the machine was no greater than his desire to make good pictures and to have an education which would him reach his goal. The chance to go to college was denied him because his father, at that time a poor farmer, could not afford the expense; but his artistic sense enabled him to make pictures good enough to win honors in national con tests. His work attracted so much attention that when he was eighteen he was offered the post of assistant canter man in one of the largest motion picture studios. “Father would not let me accept the position," he said. "Perhaps it is just as well. However. I feel confident that if I had gone into the movies I would he np toward the top”. Naturally Schwartz was disappointed. Boylike, he made up his mind that when he became of legal age he would again make a bid for fame and fortune. For the third time he was disappointed. About the time he turned twenty-one his father called the children around him and said that if they remained at home he would leave them the farms, otherwise the land would be placed on jthe market. Schwartz can't recall that he was affected by this threat or promise, because he had his wagon hitched to a star and intended to follow it through However, when the family heard of his plans they pleaded with him to remain at home. He agreed reluctantly but made up his mind that if he had to be a farmer he Would be a good one. “Then he began the task of divert ing his artistic talent from pictures to farming. Here is his version of what an artist really is: “An artist is not just somebody who paints a picture, snaps a camera or builds a great building,” he explained. "Any man can follow plans if he has half a mind, hut the fellow who conceives the scene for the canvas, the subject for the picture and the plans for the great building is the real artist. “I think Peter Lux is the greatest corn artist I know because he conceived an ear of corn anr has been able to produce it. The Woman who gets up a really good meal is an artist. “I like to produce something better than the ordinary because it means the achievement of what I have first conceived in my brain. In the case of the ccrn I was much more pleased with 100 bushels than I would be with a commonplace 60 bushels because growing the latter is more or less mechanical. The land would do it with ordinary management and cultivation. The same is true in growing the record litter of hogs. Os course the additional revenue was mighty nice but my first thought was realizing my ambition. I guess this is the spirit of the artist. “When I made up my mind to remain on the farm I knew I would have to be better fitted to do what I wanted, so I took a short course at Purdue University. This schooling helped me formulate a plan of action. 1 was surprised at the things they taught at the short, course, because they w Pre so different from the way we farmed at home. But when the teachers submitted proof, both actual and theoretical, I was convinced that ’here was a chance in farming. I came back home with two big ideas: “One was that to be a successful farmer I must do my own thinking and build my own plans. The second thought was that I would have to push these plans regardless of what other folks thought or wheter or not they agreed with methods and practice already in use in the neighborhood.” Schwartz started to break farming

| conventions about, ten years ago. He a farmer being awarded a gold' ; medal for growing corn Then and i ”’ Prp h * marip "P his mind he was go- '• Ing to have one of those medals or 1 know the reason why. He was eon fldent of winning because he believed . that, he not only could do what the . farmer did but also do jt Just a mt),, 1 better. ; For nine years, he worked with his r sell to bring It into shape where tl e 1 would ho In position to get that medt a| for growing corn. He realized his , ambition in 1923 and he did the job . ti little better than necessary by aver-; •_ aging 107 bushels of corn on 15 acres s In the 100 bushel club contest. Only s five acres and 100 bushels were need-* p d to win. but Schwartz wasn't satis- 1 ~ fled with merely crossing the line.' t On twenty adjoining acres he made i. between 95 and 10Q bushels. This r same land fifteen years ago wouldn’t f> grow much more than 50 bushels per , t acre. i. He had the same feeling when he 1 heard of the ton-litter contest, and s he did the Job so well that, he holds s the state record. Instead of making B a ton of pork from one litter, he pro--1 dueed 11 pigs that, weighed 3,040 B pounds in 180 days. His total weight' has been beaten by a man who made j a litter weigh 3,200 pounds, but there f were 13 pigs in the lot. His average , weight was 30 pounds less than , Schwartz'. F , “There is no secret in my growing . 107 bushels of corn per acre", he ex- , plained. “The yield was due almost , entirely to the way I fertilize my land ! I and to the use of good seed. Instead I of applying manure on the land and' s then plowing it under. I use it more as , I a top-dressing. I have manured corn . when it was a foot tall. My idea in ■ . adopting this plan *s to place the fer-1 , tlizer where the first rains will wash t the plant food down to the roots, in-! ~ stead of placing it where the preci-1 pitatlon will bury it so deep that an I » extensive root system is necessary to t hunt for it. In addition I use a little t commercial fertilizer —sometimes to 1 I get more corn and sometimes to help . mature the crop. “Last year, for instance, I got 122 j t bushels of corn more for the ton and a 1 I half of fertilizer 1 used on one field. , It cost me S4B but the additional grain was worth more than twice thecost., I Ordinarily a treated field will make' corn two to three weeks earlier. I grow ~ the big type Reid's Yellow Dent, and B our season is a litlle too short to maj ture it without help. “I know this plan of growing corn is contrary to the general practice in the Corn Belt, especially where the j land is like mine—good black dirt. , especially adapted to the corn. I am getting results, however, and I am, ’ much better off mentally and finan-| t dally with 90 to 10»k bushels per acre | , than those who get from 50 to tit)' bushels and lot of worry becouse they ' insist upon sticking to time worn , methods. 1 “ A long time ago I decided that if I hit upon a plan which was bene- ’ ficial I would carry it through regardless of what others thought. The way 1 i use manure and commercial ferti- ’ lizer is part of my system. I have fol ’ lowed along tthe same idea in making livestock, for both my hogs and r cattle are purebred. I paid what looked like outlandish prices for my foun- . d ation stock, and friends threw up their hands in despair when they , ’ heard of it. However, I am getting fat cream checks, good prices for my ; calves and breeding hogs, and I have r raised more than a ton of pork to a ' litter. Hogs that will make weight t quickly and economically mean money B to me. tor I get them to market when | prices are the best nine out of ten J times, and my teed hill is at minimum j B As a usual thing my hogs are ready „ for market in six months . “While I have pushed corn and hogs ; don't gather that I have dropped j everything else. I have not. 1 have B gone along with other crops, giving r them the proper care: and with the benefit of the fertilization I do foi > corn I am getting 50 to 60 bushels of i oats when it is used as a nurse crop ■ . 20 bushels of wheat and 4 tons of alfI alfa. Not big yields, figuring by corn.

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but better than the average. I Schwartz does his plowing in the i fall, to a depth of eight inches. In I I the spring he goes over the land three | i times with a disk and once with a I I harrow. This cultivation prepares a . flnq seed bed, into which he drills | j corn in rows, with hills 5 1-4 inches | (apart. This gives him a heavv stand i but his land is rich enough so that J he gets ears on 97 per cent of the stalks, with very few' nubbins. Since | corn usually follows clover ft has Hu , | benefit of three kinds of fertilizer. | Usually hois seed is home-grown, but if he hasn't enough or ft isn't of desired quality he first tries to buy a supply in the neighborhood. ; His medal-winning batch of hogs was handled the same as he does the ( stock to be sold as breeders or on the markets. Usually he breeds six to j eight sows twice a year, thp pigs com •ing the last of March or ttie first of ' j April. ■ o Many Superintendents Os Schools Are Re-elected I County superintendents of schools 1 were elected in all counties of the state yesterday. Re-election of the present superintendents prevailed in J practically all of th counties in this part of the state, E. S. Christen, present superintendent of the Adams county schools, was not a candidate for re-election. His successor is Cliffton E. Striker, principal of the Monroe schools. Following is a list of the superintendents chosen in several counties in this part of the state: Wells county — J. D. French, re-elected Jay county — Harry Nixon, re-elected ' Dekalb county— Clarence Green re- | elected. Blackford county— W. E. Pursley. ' re-elected. Elkhart county— Charles F. Miller.

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re-ele<ted, Whitby epunty Alvin R. Fleck reelected. j Allen county— David (). McComb, reelected. | Wabash county—Howard Williams, reI elected. —: Women’s Clubs Strike Blow At Red Agitators West Baden. Ind., June 2 —(United Press) —A blow at revolutionary activities of red agitators in the United States was struck today at the eighteenth biennial Council, meeting of the general Federation of Women's Clubs. The executive board approved a resolution for presentation at the council meeting pledging support of the federation of clubs in combatting the peril. The resolution declared there is a "well organized far-reaching plan to overthrow the government of the United States and set up a communist soviet rule.” Operating tinder the direction of the junior international of Moscow, workers are spreading the red propaganda among school children of the country, the resolution declared. The federation meeting opened last, night with an address of welcome by Mrs. W. J. Torrance, of Evansville. Ind., general federation director for Indiana. More than 600 delegates representing women's organizations in every state in the Union were in attendance. o Columbus. — “Take some thunder to make this critter let go." William Robertson of Columbus said when he landed a 1,500-pound turtle. Bluffton. — Arch Gordon of Bluffton caught a ground hog going across the road. “Probably six weeks more of winter," said Gordon.

SCHEDULE FOR HEARINGS MADE Board Os Review Arranges Dates For Hearing Objections of Taxpayers The Adams county Ixtnrd of review has arranged n schedule for hearing objections of taxpayers to tb<> a s> ssments on their poraonal property and real estate. The hearings will start on Thursday, June 11, and continue until Saturday, June 20. The board be gan its annual session yesterday and for thenext several days will go over the assessments placed on property In the county by the township assessors. Following Is the ■ chedu’.e for the hearings: June 11. — Union, Root and Preble townships. Jone 12 and 13 Kirkland, Washington and St. Marys townships. June 16—Blue Creek, Monroe and French townships. June 17—Hartford, Wabash and Jefferson townships. June 18 —Geneva, Berne, and Monroe corporations. June 19 and 20 —Decatur corporation. ■■■—. ■ —oCOOK COUNTY IN A REVOLT County In Which Chicago Is Located Demands More Representation Chicago, June 2.—(United Press.) — Raising the cry of her colonial forefathers —"No taxation without representation"—a woman today headed a revolt against the government of the state of Illinois. . The woman is Mrs. K. W. Bemis, member of Cook county's official 1 board. She offered a resolution, direefing the county’ treasurer, Patrick 1-

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J Carr, to withhold from the stat* treasury the state's portion of taxes collected in the county, amounting tc $4,690,000, The resolution passed unanimously. I The action was in protest againsl the state legislature’s failure to r» ippoti on Hie stale as provided by constitution. Chicago, which spread* fur over most of Cook county, ha* I grown far in excess of the rest of th* state, Mrs. Bemis contends, am should have more votes in the staff assembly. Cook county's taxes tota i more thun the balance of the state ‘luxation without representation Is tyranny, no less today than 15i years ago," Mrs. Bemis declared it ■in Impassioned appeal to the count)

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s board. , Mrs. Remis based her arguments on j a claim that since the legislature had I failed to abide by the state constitution regarding reappointment It was t automatically illegal and there was “(no state authority to whom taxes 1 ! could legally be paid. ■*i Cook county’s action is the latest 4 development in Chicago's fight for ' reappointment. Threats have been I I made to demand a split In the state, ‘ making Chicago and adjoining counI; ties a "49th" state in the union. 'i | (las City. M. J. Brophy, principal 1 of Gas City high schools, will be the i; new superintendent of schools then* VI next year. He succeeds N. J. lusher.