Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1926 — Page 6

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WIN HONORS IN JUDGING CATTIE Adams County Stock Judging Team Scores High At National Dairy Show During September, 1925, dairy cattle judging practice was conducted by Roy Price, tester employed by the Adams County Cow Testing Association. All sessions were held in the evening, due to the fact that farm boys and men participating were too busy to spare time during the day. Automobile spot lights and burnyard electric lights were used to light the work. Attendances ranged from 12 to 18, in all. about 20 people taking part. In the elimination contest conducted by Mr. Price on October 3, in ord er to determine the team, Noah Rich. Simon M. Schwartz and Jos.J.Schrock were victorious, Reuben L. Habegger ranking next to the winners, and accordingly. was awarded the position of alternate. In the farmers’ dairy cattle judging contest held in connection with the National Dairy Show at Indianapolis, October 14. 1925, Mr. Rich was unable to participate. The three other members of the team entered competition and succeeded in winning second place in the judging of Holsteins. Simon M. Schwartz was awarded a diploma in recognition of his ability in judging. There were no stock judging contests held in Adams county this year. MANY DIFFERENT FEEDS ARE USED Ground Corn And Oats Most Common Dairy Feed In Adams County A variety of feeds are fed to dairy cows by Adams county farmers, but the most common ones are corn and oats, ground. Some farmers feed the corn and oats whole, but this method is considered very inadvisable. Good dairymen are feeding ground corn, ground oats and some commer-

ng What of your future? Not long ago vze walked home at night from factories where most of the work was done by hand, to read by the light of oil lamps. Now»—12,000,000 homes are wired for electricity and central stations are furnishing our country alone over 200,000,000 electrical horse-epower-hours each day. The electrical industry—born but two score years ago—has grown Thu monogram—a to fifth in size of all American industries, and is still young, ucts made by General on e MAZDA I iam a p S p th« General Electric men are actively LomeV “n the n gia« engaged in designing, manufacturturbines in battle- ing, and selling electrical apparatus control throughout the world over. They share in the the pride of these accO mplishments Sanufactur!ng r pianC and find opportunity to develop th*newMt’oMbring themselves as they build the at thia addreaa. industry. GENERAL ELECTRIC G E N ■ B A L BL ■ C T B I C COMPANY, DECATUR, INDIANA

cial protein supplement, such a linseed oil meal or cottonseed meal. Many feed commercial, mixed dairy feeds, that are already balanced, especially farmers in the vicinity of Berne, who have large numbers of cows in proportion to the size of the farm, making it impossible to grow sufficient feed. Practically all members of the Cow Testing Association feed ground corn and oats and cottonseed meal in proportions, 4-2-1, respectively. Many farmers are now substituting ground threshed soybeans for oilmeal. Led by Adams county dairymen, the alfalfa acreage in the county has jumped from 287 acres in 1922. to more than 2.000 acres at present. Many farmers who have not obtained stands of alfalfa are sowing soybeans for hay, this hay being about 80 per cent as valuable, pound for pound, as alfalfa for dairy cows. The real progressive dairymen of the county state that three essentials for a good ration for cows which are expected to produce butterfat in winter, are: corn silage, legume hay (clover, alfalfa or soybean), and a balanced grain ration, containing oil meal, cottonseed meal or ground soybeans as the protein carrier. Adams county has about 50,00# acres of corn, 38,000 acres of oats, 3.000 acres of clover. 2,000 acres of alfalfa, and 1,800 acres of soybeans. — o SILOS ARE FEW IN ADAMS COUNTY County Does Not Have Its Proportionate Share; Total Number 233 Despite the fact that Adams county holds a place among the leading dairy counties of the state, this county does not have its proportionate share of silos. The last available figures, computed in 1923. show that Adams county has only 233 silos. This is only two-thirds as many as there should be in the county, in proportion to the number of farms, taking the average for the state. Adams county has 1.2 per cent of the farms in Indiana, but has only .8 per cent of the silos in the state. It is estimated that 1.4 per cent of

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the corn in Adams county Is cut up into silage. - ' ■ o- - WILLIAM JAMES EDWARDS Wm James Edwards was born to Lewis and Elizabeth Edwards in Guernsey county, Ohio. August 26. 1850. H e is one of a family of nine children, six girls and three boys Six of the brothers and sisters have proceeded him in death. Horace of Blue Creek township ant! Isabella Suhm of St. Petersburg, 111., survive him. In 1865, when he was about 15 years of age his parents brought him to Blue Creek township, Adams county. Indiana. He has spent the remainder of his Mfe in the same vicinity. He went to achool at the old Woods school, located near his home, but now tom down. His higher education was obtained at Willshire, Ohio and Roanoke. Indiana where he attended a normal school. For nine years he taught in the schools of Adams county, Indiana. * About thirty years ago he affiliated with the Masonic lodge at Willshire and was a loyal brother until summoned from his labors to the great unknown. October 8, 1900% he married Anna Kauffman and settled on his farm to rear his family of six children; Chalmer, Raymond, Gerald, Grace. Corine and Mildred, ail survive with their mother to mourn the loss of their father and protector. Death overtook him while busily engaged in the cornfiel dgathering the fruits of his labors. He was stricken with apoplexy while In the act of cutting a few hills of corn for his cattle. Thus endeth a life of 76 years, 1 month and 8 days. , His diary that he kept since 1883 shows him to be a man of deep sentiment and as loving the beautiful and poetic of life. Just a few days Before death took him he penned this beautiful poem: The clock of life is wound but once And man has not the power To tell just when the hand will stop At late or early hour. Now is the only time you own; Live, love, toil with a will Place no faith in tomorrow for The clock may then be still. Our brains are seventy year clocks. The angel of life winds them up once for all Then closes the case and gives the key

To the angel of the resurrection. I Tuk, tock, tick, tock gos the wheels ' of our thought We cannot stop them They cannot stop themselves Sleep cannot stop them Madness only makes them go faster Death alone can break into the case. Sleze the ever beating escapement we have carried so long Beneath our wrinkled foreheads. Mr. Edwards was well known in this section of the country and he will be missed by a host of folks who sympathize with the companion and children and other relatives , o - -J State Road North Os Bluffton Being Widened Bluffton. Oct. 15—The work ot widening the Bluffton and Fort Wayne road between this city and the Cloverleaf crossing, was started this week, under the direction of State Road Superintendent Arthur Glass. Several trucks will be put in use in a few days and the work will .move along rapidly. Six feet of dirt on each side of the pavement will be placed all along the road, making it level with the pavement which will permit machines, that are compelled to stop along the road, to be driven clear of the pavement. This plan will check so many accidents that occur along this highway, it is believed. Several telephone poles on the east side of the road between the Wabash bridge and the Cloverleaf crossing will be moved in a few days by the local linemen, as they are within six feet of the pavement. The widening of the road comes about following a meeting sponsored some time ago by the Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, of representatives of the Nickel Plate railroad, Indiana Service corporation and the state highway department. This meeting was called following two fatal auto accidents at the Clver Leaf crossing. At that time, the service cor-

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nal flasher posts, and the highway department agreed to widen the road. The highway department Is the first to begin the work agreed upon.

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