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er. Dr. Beavers’ tenants specialise in horses. cattle and hogs. The Idgg eat source ot profit, he believes. js j his herd <>f horses. On the iso , acres tenanted by Gilbert Hirscbey [ he has eight head of horses. 3>i ! i head of cattle and 40 head of hogs. Dr. Denvers favors a short horn cattle although he now raises pure bred Guernsey milk cattle. He belives there is more money in In-es. He raises O. I. C. hogs. He system of making a profit off them is to hold down production during the times when the prices are low and to raise more hogs when the mark et is up. Dr. Beavers has seldom sold feed and has often bought it. He has found that it pays him more to feed It into livestock than to sell it. •'One of the commonest mistakes ! among farmers is that insufficient • livestock is kept on the farm to ■ produce enough manure to fertilize the fields. My livestock produce about too wagon loads a year. This I is not piles! up but is spread as soon as it is produced. During the growing season my tenants spread it on the pastures and nt other times on the crops. 1 often have manure spread on growing corn. “I have discovered that it pays to have my corn plowed during the growing season. The plowing is done only two or three Inches deep.” Dr. Beavers gave one pointer in buying farm property. That is to examine its Inc om e producing qualities rather than Ils appearance. "One of my farms does not look very good because it is cut by a | , creek running through it.” he said. | "This creek drains off the water fast enough that my tenants are able to work it three days before other farms.” Dr. Heavers is a strong believer iin tiling the fields well. ‘Tile are i placed every 50 feet. Good drainage is one of the most important factors In producing income.” oMakes Money On Beets Despite Poor Season Albert Coppess, during a bad season ami with bad luck, has found that his beet crop this year will pay despite the fact that he hired all of Ids labor. Mr. Coppeas has compiled the coSt per acre and per ton of beets | produced. He believes that the cost is now about equal to the amount he has or will receive from the Central Sugar company. His profit will be realised when ho receives his check from the government for the 1934 AAA benefit sugar contract. —— Conservation League Meets Monday Night The regular meeting of the Adams county fish and game eonser- ' ration league will be held at the i American Legion hall at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening. Plans i will be made for the annual baniquet and important business will Ibe transacted. All members are ; expected to attend. * Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1935.

■■MMaMMMMWMMM■■J——MiII ■■ I ■■ FONNER STOCK FARMS ’SP’ iismHi .ti ■•■ B Fl tßr ' 'PSJ t ■ ■ A 1 Pictured above is a farm home, one of the barns end a herd of cattle on the IFonnei* Stock farms. Lust week the farm page carried an article discussing several experiments made by Charles s. Friend, manager of the farms. The barns on the property located north of the city on I'. S. highway 27 are considered some of Hie most modern in Indiana. Each year the farms raise a large number of beef cattle as well as milch rattle and feed. _

OWNER OF FARM SAYS PROPERTY HAS PAID TAXES A. D. Suttles Tells Os Showing Profit Even During Depression •'.My farm has always paid its taxes during the 10 years I larve had lit,” said A. D. Suttles, who owns ' a farm in Union township. "This includes the worst of the depression.” Mr. Buttles has managed over I 3.000 acres and today manages 2.-, 038 acres of Adams county farm I properly. Only a tew of these have I ever failed to pay their taxes. These were the fat m.s whi<£i raised grain for the market. "My advice to a person who has money to invest in stock is to invest it in livestock. Willi reasonable luck it should produc t five to ten per cent. Farm real estate will give about the same returns.” Mr. Suttles stressed the point of getting good tenants. Clint Stevens has been on his farm for eight years. In addition to the profit. Mr. Suttles believes that the purchase . of farms will bring a degree pi | satisfaction unobtainable else where. He expressed his approval of the various farm programs being sponsored by the government. These, j he has found, have been profitable] both to the farmer and to the business man. The best way to make the farm pay. he said, is to feed the grain into livestock. He cited the instance of his first venture into hog raising. He purchased a sow and a litter of pigs from E. A. Beavers at s3l. By the tinm the sow farrowed again he had sold the first litter for $99. He still had the sow and the litter of pigs. Ho believes that income similar to that would be difficult to obtain from most of the stocks and bonds being sold today. He al<o told of an Adams county I man who purcha a cowa abd ' H,em IO farmers. The farmer gets lithe cream and he takes the calves. [I m four or five years he has ree. ,v > ed back his money in calves ami ; - BURKS BIG ! CHICK STARTER l $2.60 , ( X. ! BECO • CHICK STARTER ! $2.40 .X. I : LAYING MASH ‘M [ Per 100 lbs ! bukks him; Ujl I FEED, 100 lbs-. BURK ELEVATOR CO. ; Phone 25

Fourth In Series Os Articles For Daily Democrat By D. D. Mazelin

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a scries of artlcb’s written exclusively for the Decatur Daily ! Democrat by D. D. Mazelin, promjinent Adams county horticulturist). This week we will leave the subject of apple worms and proceed with it a little later when further steps in control should be taken. Our subject today is apple scab and its control. Apple scab is a fungus disease which attacks the fruit, leaves and twigs of the tipple tree and is recognized as the most destructive and most universally, distributed of all diseases of the apple. The seeds or spores of this , fungus pass the winter inside the |old leaves under the trees and as Iso m as vinnn weather seta in in the spring these spores begin to develop. Wet seasons are very favorable for scab development and it takes rain to release these spores from their winter quarters. After being released the spores rise thrtiugh the air into the tree and there cause infection on the young leaves and buds which are , now very tender and easily made - the lies': of this serious disease. As the disease develops the leaves and j ouds will become stunted, spotted, turn yellow and drop off. Scab I infected fruit will also drop to tiie

DON'T CROWD I YOURTURKEYS H. 1). Munroe Writes Article Os Proper Care Os Young Turkeys — H. I). Munroe, former professor ■of poultry extension of the Penn-1 sylvania state college, has written; the following article on the care j lot turkeys for Avon Burk of this ■ j city. i' “Do not crowd turkey poults or i : brood too many in a flock. One i hundred poults to a HI x 12 brooder house is an ideal flocl:. The I brooder stove 'should be started j ; i forty-eight hours before the poults i ; are placed around it. 90 to 95 dejgrees at the edge of the hover, two] j inches from the floor, is correct I for the first week. Each week the temperature should be decreased ■ 5 degrees until 70 is reached. Il 'i.should then be held at this point k until the poults an well feathered and have learned to roost. • Many little turkeys starve to death tile first week they are under tlio brooder stove and it is up ■to the feeder to prevent this by : ■> ring to it thill Bu y all learn io ' eai during the first few days in the brooder. i ‘Place shallow feeders or boxes filled with n reliable turkey . stal ling mash before poults as (soon as they are put in the brood--1 er. Young turkeys do not eat mash

Horse Sale AT LA FONTAINE. INDIANA 11 WEDNESDAY, April 3, 1935 Sale starts at 12 o’clock sharp. WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED HEAD OF HORSES. If you wish to buy we have the horse. II 'on want to sell, brinv your horse, we have the buyer. A horse for everybody. C. W. Speicher and Charles Reeg

ground early and even if some would reach maturity it would be so badly twisted and gnarled that It would be neither edible nor marketable to say the least. Since infection takes place almost any time now it would be a very good idea to cover all your trees even before the (blossom budu show pink, again when they are pink and again when in full bloom if the season is wet. If the season is dry the pink spray will usually give satisfactory control of scab. The fomula for the pre-pink and pink sprays, according to Purdue University, requires 2*4 gallons of liquid lime sulphur or 10 pounds dry lime sulphur to 100 gallons of water. The full blossom spray culls for 2-6-100 Bordeaux. This means 2 pounds bluestone, 6 ■ pounds hydrated lime, to 100 gallons of water. ■ Even if the trees have made . some bud development it is still i time to apply the dormant spray I If you have not done so. > If derailed information is desir- ' ed regarding these sprays I would ■ suggest that you get in touch with i the writer of these articles who i will he glad to help you with your problems. Your county agent will > I also lie glad to give you informa- ■ tion on your horticultural problems.

las readily as baby chicks and must be taught to cat. “It is very important that young I poults he taught to eat. This can be accomplished by the feeder I spending some time with them, j Some turkey raisers put a few (older potllts in the young flock for a few days as a means of teaching 'tiie little poults to eat. "Another means of teaching Uli tiie flock to eat is the use of a j moist mash. A moist mash mixed j with milk and composed of ground 'alfalfa and turkey mash should be [started the first few days tiie : poults are in the brooder. Some feeders grind green alfalfa in a food chopper and sprinkle it o'er the mash as a means of teaching poults to eat." o , Merchant Says Farm Is Best Investment Ulmi'les Teeple. Decatur clothing merchant, believes that farm properly today, if managed right, is tiie best investment in Hie market. He owns a small farm near Monmouth. “A farm can be a losing proposition,” he said, however, “both from an income producing standpoint and as an investment. "A farm purchased today and with little indebtedness against it." lie staled, “is better than bonds or securities. In my opinion.” Mr. Teeple warned against purchasing property with a heavy debt agaitfst it. He said that any farmer or property owner would find 11 difficult id such a case to make it pay.

nftLlTHfll llß ** allJ Particular kind of apparaI LUN I Kill i tns tor n "‘ work ' ,o, ‘ mereiv * hi>v ' WIvIV I UUJIII’UIo I tiling the oats and dust together tn runi a hip n win be Sllf,l( ' ,ent ' An y sort ° r a jy L i' P I fi IMf II I lloße<l revolving container will alI V LAILM 11 1 LUin do a highly effective job. “After this application the oats , ; are covered with blankets or sacks Treatment Os Oats For tot at least io hours. After this | Smut Control Explain- the B ~ d ma \ he plan ?^ a ',, 1 on I ce j i> or may he sacked and held till the ed By l OUnly Agent planting time. However, it is best , , ~ , not to store the treated oats longCounty Agent L. E. Archbold has er f()U| . we#kß befor( , plant . received many requests lately for information about treatment of mi. "This treatment not only kills oats for control of smut. He has s mut. but experimental eviobtained the following informs- dence indicates that the treated tion from Dr. G. T. Gregory, exten- ()atg wj)l yjeld Qne Q| . two t, Uß hei ß sion botanist of Purdue University. more t))aft the untreated . This ."Although most farmers who meant thgt evpn thQUgh tljere ig grow oats are familiar with the no glnu t j n the crop the small informaldehyde treatment to control P ,. eage , n yield will pay the cost of smut, many are not aware of a treatment. In this case the farmer new treatment, recently discover- can j nsure the crop against smut ed, that is superior to the formal- a||<l get pal(1 for doing it. dehyde treatment is some ways. It "One objection to this treatment is the‘ethyl mercury phosphate | s that the dust may lie injurious (new improved ceresanl treatment to the operator if inhaled in quanwhich consists of an organic nier- titles. Always wear a mask of a cury dust that is mixed with the dampened cloth or sponge over the I seed in the dry form. nose and mouth while working "The treatment consists of mix- with this dust. Treated seed should Ing one-half ounce of this organic not be fed to farm animals because mercury dust with each bushel of | of the poisonous nature of the miseed. and it is not necessary to ' terial.”

- ■ —— - |<l \ /" A A Vk *' / * $ ? <> ' _ _ CURTAINS and DRAPES NEWNESS .... FRESHNESS is the story in f . Curtains and Drapery Fashions for this Spring. We laid plans for it weeks ago. Now we’re showing the latest Ideas in curtains for the season. ” ' ’ WITH THE COMING OF SPRING EVERY HOI SE WIFE has an irristible desire to “Spruce Up” the home with New Curtains. ** . If your curtains are old, grimy and y iwifr dirtv why not huy new ones. V"** Curtains this Spring at Schafer's are Beautiful, yet low in price. " Y?M BNew Ruffled Curtains <M nn I Illi A Beautiful New Line of Smart Ruffled Curio tins in Fancy Weaves and Candle Wick Dots. Mk I rC Assorted Colors. 4) JL.uU Ecru Straight Curtains SI.OO pair MARQUISETTE NEW SPRING 15cBOSTENETTE PANELS DRAPES Curtain Material 40” x 2'4 yards Beautiful New Mexican SPECIAL each yard Crash, Terry Cloth. CJ/"* * )a mask. Cretonne and J « Monks Cloth. Cottage Sets ffl® V v* 1 $4 AA Effi New and \ crv Attractive SMiC S?SS} ■ ■■■ ■ V- 1 W brighten up KI 'wM' ** I kitchen this spring. Set.... ... ... S - . — '<’!• >••»;.< .<(f.„ ffr I Beautiful Lace Panels SI.OO to $2.00 j SsSchaferSs | HARDWARE46WHOME FURNIS’HINGS

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Business Man Well Pleased W ith Farm One Decatur business man who does not want his name revealed, stated today that he purchased .i farm a year ago and although he , failed to realise anything from Ills I investment the first year is satisi tied with his purchase. The farm was purchased, he said ! both to conserve the money and |to provide a yearly source of Income. This year he put a large amount of repairs on the property and purchased all his feed. Next year he will have to buy only alI salsa seed. During the present condition of the securities market he believes I that a farm is the only thing in which the principal itself is secure. Q .. — A . — —— — ♦ I With Our Subscribers | W. F. Hilipert of route 5. Deecatur was transacting business in this city today and renewed Illis paper. — O' ■■— — NOTICE TO BREEDERS Major No. 17637. 3-year-old Belgian Stallion will make thia season at my farm, 3 miles west, 1% mile south of Monroe. Albert Fox. owner. mar.S9-apr.lx NOTICE The Belgian draft stallion. Bill Dexter, dark sorrel, white etrine in forehead, light mane and tail. II year old, sure breeder, will j make the season, 1 mile west of Lewton Bridge or 4 mile east and •/j mile south of Echo. F. J. SINGLETON & CO. Owners.