Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1935 — Page 5

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..-^-■^ rw - M , lrnrm l nn - l - l m ■deral farm loans of the Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Ky., the ■MS COUNTY NATIONAL FARM | LOAN ASSOCIATION, s of Decatur, Indiana J Charter and has been duly authorized and empowered loans in „ll of Adams County. ■pW Ire expecting to re finance your farm loan call or writ! ■ Office: 133 South Second Street B Decatur, Indiana Sec’y-Treas. Fred T. Schurger, Investigator I / ■rcm/JiiW/l ■l* THOSE PESKY “FLIES” AND j fOSQUITOES” ON THE OUTSIDE Mow is the time to fix up those old ■ween Doorsand Window Screens i' 'iti' 1 s P‘ en, *' , l line of fine quality l ine Mesh I■ 11 “' a ck, Galvanized and Copper. [ Priced Exceptionally Low |W Ri) WARE HOME FURNISHINGS

this phase or chattel mortgage service would have cost but $2,100, whereas the recording fees actually paid by the borrowers amounted to probably slo.ooo. Production' i credit association members, of I I course, are but one of many classes | of borrowers whose loans are supi ported by liens on personal propI erty which will benefit from the I tiling system now "being inaugurated.” Indiana farmers are using the short term facilities afforded by I production credit associations very | freely in financing their spring ' farming operations, according to i Mr. Roberts. “From the beginning iof the year up to April 15,” he [said, “the Muncie Production t’red- | it Association lias closed 409 loans I for $131,097. This association I serves the counties of Adams, . Blackford, Delaware. Grant, IlamilI ton. Jay, Madison. Randolph, Tip- | ton and Wells. During the first | two and one-half months of 1985 ’ the ten associations of Indiana I made 946 loans for over $385,009.” Production Credit Associations [are cooperative credit organizations lot farmers making short term loans for production purposes. Each borrower becomes a member and I stockholder. All the voting stock 'is owned by the borrowers. Loans j are made for all usual farm operI ating purposes, including producI tion of crops, purchase of livestock 'and the liquidation of indebtedness j incurred for agricultural purposes. Collar ral required consists of the crops or livestock being financed and other personal property sufficient to soundness of the loan. Production Credit Associations in I Indiana are located at Albion. Bloomfield, Greencastle, Huntingburg, Lafayette, LaPorte. Muncie, Peru. Rushville and Seymour. o , Trousseau For Groom Vilna, Lithuania.--(U.K) —When a Lithuanian girl marries, she takes along a trousseau for her husband as well as for herself. For months before the marriage she makes up shirts, sea ks and woolen vests for the bridegroom, who turns over his old elbthes to his father and young--ler brothers.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1935.

MILLER GIVES COST SUMMARY OF DAIRY COWS Adams County Cow Tester Points Out Value of High Producing Cows (Editors note:-This is thethird of a series of articles being written for the farm page by Merwin Miller, Adams county cow teeter.) “A summary of feed costs and value of produces above feed costs of all the cows in 25 different dairy herds in the Adams county dairy herd improvement association in 1934 shows the highest producing cows returned the most money above feed co»ts. "One group of 17 cows producing between 100 and 199.9 lbs. fat had a cost of grain of S6.OS, total cost of feed $28.11 and the value of products above cost of feed $23.55 each. The next group between 200 and 259.9 ibs. fat had a Cost of grain of $13.82, total cost of feed $35.69 and the value of feed cost $41.56. Next group of 99 cows between 300 and 399.9 lbs. of tat, cost of grain $17.29, cost of feed $40.07, value of product above feed cost $63.21. The group of 61 cows between 400 and 499.9 'bs. of fat. cost of grain, $20.48, total cost of feed $44.31 and value of product $87.77. The highest group consisting of five cows between 500 and 599.9 Ibs. of fat, a cost of grain of $19.53, total feed cost $43.80 and value of product above feed cost of $119.85 for each; cow for the year. "It is interesting to note that although the highest producing groups had a greater feed cost, they had a much greater value of product above feed costs. “The 241 cows in the Adamo county D. H. I. A. had an average of 343.9 Ibs. fat and value of products of $62.71 above feed costs. The average cow in Indiana is estimated to produce about 185 lbs. of fat per year and this would fall in the first group with a value above feed cost of $23.55. This shows that the Adams county farmers in the association raise the average production of their cows and realize nearly S4O-00 more above feed costs, for eac t cow (bey owned alcove the average cow in Indiana. "These statistics show the value of eliminating the low producing cows, using only good dairy bulls, and other good practices to raisa the production of the dairy cow.' — 0 TIME FOR SPRING SEWING — Have your machine oiled and adjusted for sl. Singer Sewing Machine Company, 112 West Monroe, Decatur, Ind. Phone 925. Notice to Breeders The Belgian stallion Marvel 17,211 will stand during the season at the Henry Dehner farm in I nion township. Henry Dehner Phone Decatur BLI-J. BURK’S BIG CHICK $2.59 BECO 9Q STARTER BURK’S 91 LAYING MASH 9’ All With Cod Liver Oil. hog feed Complete (IM QK P cr too MASTER MIX and WAYNE SUPPLEMENT BURK* ELEVATOR Phone 25

James B. Fitch To Act As Judge At Big Cattle And Club Shou) In August

James B. Fitch will judge the calf club show, tne regional Guernsey and the Jersey parish shows hero during the cattle and club show to be held next August. Mr. Fitch, (or 25 years with the dairy division of Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas, chosen baud a fthe dairy division of the Department of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, on November 3. i 1934, took up his duties in Minnesota on February 1, 1935. The elec-J tion filled the place made vacant [ by the death of C. H. Eckles in ' February, 1933. 'Recognizing the great impor-1 taiice of the dairy industry to the state, the aim of the University was to obtain a man with a wide and thorough knowledge of the problems involved in dairy pro- • duclion. dairy manufacture, and ! dairy marketing, and these qualities,” says Dean W. C. Coffey of the University of Minnesota De-, partment of Agriculture, “are com-. bined in the new appointee.” Professor Fitch was born near Huntertown. Indiana, June 26, 1888. He was reared on a farm and in town, ami was graduated from Purdue University in 1910. On Oct- I ober 1. 1910, he became an assist <int in the college creamery of Kansas State College. September 1 of i the following year he was placed in charge of that college’s dairy, herd. July 1, 1913, he was made j head of the dairy department at Kansas State College, a position he, has held ever since.' Professor Fitch’s service to the' dairy industry of the country has | been recognized by his election and appointment to important of- | fires. He served as secretary of I the American Dairy Science Asso-1 ciation from 1922 to 1926, and, al-

Kirkland High School Student Tells Os Inspection Trip Made By Class

(Editor’s Note: — Henry Marshall, student in the agricultural class of Kirkland township high school, under the direction of Robert Mann, has written the following interesting report of a tour of , Adams county farms.) "Wj knew this was going to be a hurried trip because we were going seven places in one day. We started about 8:15 and our first stop was at E. H. Kruetzmann’s. He has a good herd of Holsteins. He first started with Shorthorns but finally got a few Holsteins and worked up to his, present herd. He is now milking fourteen head. His herd has an average of 365 pounds of butterfat, and two of his cows . make nearly 590 pounds each. He has exhibited several of his cows , and each took first in its class. His cattle did best in 1931 and 1932 because of lower priced feed. Holsteins will produce up to thirteen years of age but are most productive when they are four and five years old. They start to give milk at two years. "Mr. Kruetzmann is one of the few farmers around here that uses a milking machine. Tho cows have to be stripped afterwards, but otherwise lie can see no difference between machine and hand milking. and tho milker save's time and labor. His bull is fifteen months old, its mothei’ had a record of 600. This sire was entered in nine shows and won Grand Champion seven times. One of the times he was defeated by a sire that cost $3,500. Mr. Kruetzniann stated that horns, as you know, can be either clipped oT SaWed oft, but tile sawing leaves a nicer bead. When the horns are clipped the bones in the head may be weakened. Sawing may be done as soon as the horns appear. After looking at his tine team of Belgian mares and other horses wo went across the road to Otto Bieherich’s. "Mr. Bleberich also has Holsteins, his highest being over 500. Ho gave a talk on dairy problems, the most important one being feed He said that while feed lias tripled in price the dairy products have shown a .corresponding rise of only one third of the original. Tito chief reason, he told us, is that land does not produce as much as it might because it lacks humus. A half century ago the soil contained forty-five percent more of this material than ft does now. One of the best ways to build up soil lacking humus is to plant a legume, let it rot dowj), and then plow tt under. This he has found to be. profitable. "Next we stopped at Thomas Griffith's. His herd is made up of Jerseys. His average test for the herd is 5.2, while his best cow has tested 7.2. One of the reasons for keeping Jerseys, he said, is because the feed required for two Holsteins

■■ & J. B. FITCH so, president of the same association in 1927. In 1928 he was an' official United States delegate to the world's Dairy Congress in London. spending three months in the dairy countries of Europe following the congress. In 1928 he was made a member of the permanent committee on cattle elassifeation I for the Holstein-Friesian association and in 1931 was appointed to a committee on herd classification for the American Jersey Cattle ! Club. From September 1 to DecernI ber 31, 1933, he was regional consultant for the dairy section of the I Agricultural Adjustment Administration. He is a Mason and a Ko- | tarian, and is married and has three children.

He then showed us some heifers tliat had taken first place in the calf club last year. "After eating dinner we went to Henry Aschleman's. where we had a judging contest sponsored by our host. SThce Mr. Aschleman owns Ayrshires the prize was to be a years subscription to the 'Ayrshire Digest’. It was won by Reuben Ringger on route 4, Bluffton. Mr. Aschleman also has fine horses. “We next went to David Habegger's to see the stallions. Ihe younger one is four years old and the older one fifteen years old. On the younger, which was imported from Belgium, he pointed out many i things a good draft horse should | and should not have. "We then went to Thomas Balt-1 zell’s to see the registered Shropshire sheep. He has a flock of fiftyfive ewes and seventy-five lambs. Mr. Baltzell is the oldest breeder of Shropshires in Indiana. "The last place we stopped was at P. B. Lehman’s, the owner of a fine herd of Guernseys. He, like many others, started with a few head and now has forty pure broils. The average test for his herd is 4.7 to 5.7. One of the host things to bring up the test is green soy beans. Mr. Lehman was the first to try soy beans after the oil lias been extracted at the soya bean factory, and he thinks it is all right. His largest Guernsey weighs 1400 pounds, while the average for his herd is 1,200 pohnds. His establishment was the cleanest and the best equipped of any that we visited. "As we hurried back to • school wc decided that, the trip had been enjoyable and worth while. URGES SPRAYING OF APPLE TREES Mazelin Urges Immediate Spraying Following Rains of This W eek (Editor's Note: Following is the eighth in a series of articles written exclusively for (he Decatur Daily Democrat liy D. D. Mazelin, Adams county fruit expert.) “Due to the continued rain of last Monday we would suggest that, all growers who had not covered their apple trees just before the rain should spray them immediately if they have not already done so since the rain. By the lime you will read this article it will lie ■rather late already but a spray al this time will still be very valuable toward protection agaiust scab. ’'Some trees have already bloomed out and many more will be in

full bloom shortly. In cue that a continuous rain should fall during the full bloom stage, Mr. McCown of Purdue recommends that an application of 1-3-50 Bordeaux spray be applied as a means of protection against scab and fire blight during that period. This spray will not luirm the bees since no arsenate of lead is added to this spray. The formula 1-3-50 bordeaux means, one pound bluestone, three pounds lime to 50 gallons of water. SCHEDULE FOR i RADIO PROGRAM May Program of Station) WBAA of Purdue Uni- . versity Is Listed All broadcast periods. 15 minutes, except 4-H clubs; agricultural programs 12 to 12:15 o’clock, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week: all home economic programs during Homemakers’ CoCncil, 11 to 11:15 a. ni. every Tuesday and Thursday; 4-H Club program third Saturday of the month for one-half hour, 11:30 to 12:00. May 6—" Feeding Home Grown Calves" —P. T. Brown. May 7 —" Foods for Children” — Miss Wilma Miller and Miss Dorothy PoWell. May B—“ Farm Facts for Farm Folks” —T. R. Johnston. May 9 —"Combating S u m m e r' Household Insects’’—Prof. J. J.! Davis and Mrs. B. E. Montgomery. I May 10—“ AAA Wheat Referen-I dum” —Virgil D. Sex/on. May 13 —"The Crop Reporting I Service” —M. M. Justin. May 14—" Vacation Hobbies for Children” — Miss Helen Duff and | Miss Gavena Vickery. May 15 —“Farm Facts for Farm Folks”—T. R. Johnston. May 16 —"Planning Hot Weather I Meals"—Miss Edith Gamble and ! Mrs. C. D. Kinsman. May 17—" Soybeans as Lifesav-ers"—-K. E. Beeson. May 20 —“Planting Pointers for Indiana’s 100.000 Acre Tomato Crop”—Roscoe R. Fraser. May 21 —“Summer Reading For Children”—Mrs. S. S. Cromer. May 22—" Farm Facts for Farm Folks’—T. R. Johnston. May 23 —"Fun for the Farm Family in Summer”—Mrs. O. A. Scipio and Mrs. G. C. Blalock. May 25—“ Trucking Hogs in Hot | Weather”—J. R. Wiley. May 27 —“What Growing Pullets | WANTED 500 LAWN MOWERS to Sharpen. Acetylene Welding and Blacksmithing. Frank Schmitz Cor. Ist & Jefferson. |||i |U| i|||||i'"ii||| ■ w i DON’T slip up—when you go on a trip. Always remember to An inexpensive Accident Ticket Policy pays up to $5,000 for accidenu on trains, busses and other public conveyances. $3,000 for other accidents. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. Aetna Automobile Ins. Co. Aetna Life Insurance Co. SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. Agent* Decatur, Ind. Phone 358 I 111111 l iffillllllll

i .ii in , rwTasaMh— m— Need This Summer” — We. Kohlmeyer. May 28—“ Outdoor Suppers" — Miss Ruth Jordan and Mrs. Esther Fleischhauer. May 29 —“Farm Facts for Farm Folks"—T. R. Johnston. May 31—“ The Five Acre Corn Contest” —M. O. Pence. o Mrs- Stella Cort>ett of Huntington is winding several days with friends and relatives.

Attention Farmers We now have a complete line of McCormick Deering and International farm machinery repairs in our new building at 220 North Third street. Decatur, Ind. Your patronage will be appreciated. McCormick Deering Store 50/ FARM F* 0/ /O LOANS O/O ■MM Twenty year amortized loans. Privilege to pay any amount / at any time. Interest to stop from date payment is receivcd at home office. A. D. SUTTLES Suttles-Edwards Office Niblick Bldg. ■K ' - — 1 i Jil BETTER SERVICE In order to better accommodate all my clients, I am pleased to announce that I have secured the services of MR. CHARLES STITZER who will persorally assist me in taking care of my real estate transactions. We are in a position to furnish buyers for Farm and City properties and to take care of Rentals and Leases. If your real estate is for sale or you are in the market for a home, farm or business please see Mr. Stitzer or myself, as we may have the buyer for your property, cr, the property you wish to buy. Roy S. Johnson AUCTIONEER and REAL ESTATE Peoples Loan 4 Trust Co. Bldg. Phone 104 | - zzzz flfli ; ~ r — The most unethical thing in the world, is to lake advantage of man in his weakest moment. Man is never so much at a disadvantage as when his heart is torn with sorrow. The Black Funeral Home has never taken advantage of nor made capital of human sorrow. When our services are needed, those who need us can feel sure of honest, fair treatment. The BLACK FUNERAL HOME S. E. SLACK MRS. S. E. BLACK, Lady Asst. CLARENCE WEBER | ■MBHMMMMHMMMBMHMMMnMMMMMMI

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Auctioneers Report High Prices At Sale Col. Fred Repp»rt and Col. Roy Johnson conducted u eale of 41 head of puro bred Short Horn cattle ul Wapuk netu Monday. The cattle averaged $126 per head. Tliki wan SSO ,per head better average than nt a similar gale a year agu which Indicates that farm price* are iacreuaiug. o— Country Conservation League To Meet Monday The Country conservation league | will meet at 7:30 p- m. Monday nt 1 the St. John’s school. All membi'M ! are rvxiuest -d to be present ae plans for the club picnic, whioh, will be held Sunday, May 19, will be die- , cussed. t oDance, Sunday, Sunset.