Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1935 — Page 5

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MCALLAND ’ ■jO SPEAK AT I SOYBEAN MEET Ltal Man Will Speak At I American Association I ' Meet Al I’urdue ■ , , v . r ,i calland. field manager | ' Central Soya company of | will make the first ad- | 4 the i Friday, Auk- | K at I’ur.lue University be..f the American „ in,.. lath'll at ’heir an- | KL meeting ■I wubje. t« 11 "Commercial | ■Ljhlities for Soybeans." ■ . tlmimaml soybean growls over -he United States , ... ..••-•nd the annual * King of aviation which - Khel.l I-th Evansville, in I louiitv amt at Purdue I Knriity. Atmimt ->• -- alld 23 ‘ Ehe program will bring together ■ letdiur aiith.sities on soybean Ejuitlon. marketing and uses in States, with Hie growKjrt'ins an opportunity to hear . Ea '- n‘ w “ in "■ !yvartetk?s * KTproduction met hods but also ■ marketing the beans for the K, a9e t 0 which -hey are being

■t ■ Iwe: the headline speakers be !>' " •- Burlison of the Kresty of Illinois, who will Kai on soyliean oil in paint: Dr. Bj, Webber of the Nashville, K»n Agricultural Normal InstiKp ,-ho will talk on soybeans !n Kb die': Dr. W. F. Morse of the K Department of Agriculture lite Till speak on aaicient and lisiern uses of beans; Dr. J. A. Kperc, also Lorn Washington. Ko till speak on blending of soy ! Kan and other flowers, and Dr. fa H. Cutler of the Purdue staff Ko rill Jtpvuk on how the plant fawder develops beans to riie<* fa peculiar meds of processors of I I ■ These- are only a. few of the top-1 fa tor discussion before the meet-i fa which will open Wednesday afternoon rhe 21st at Evansville, fait evening a soybean menu din-| fa will be served and Secretary ■ Ilf Agriculture. H. A. Wallace, and! If V. Gregory, farm paper editor. Ito been invited as speakers. The plowing morning will be given lever to the inspection of Purdue faperim* ntal fields with soybeans Bear Evansville and the afternoon ao mother speaking program.

FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At 4% THE ADAMS COUNTY NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION, of Decatur, Indiana received a Charter and has been duly authorized and empowered »make farm loans in all of Adams County. If you are expecting to re finance your farm loan call or write *'» association at once. Office: 133 South Second Street Decatur, Indiana E- Burt Lenhart, Sec'y-Treas. Fred T. Schurger, Investigator

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♦ * NEW DEPARTMENT Next week's Issue of the farm I ■ page will contain a new depart- | meat which will deal with re- ; , ilpos, household hints, etc. A . | prize will be given each week to | to the person sending in the | best reclpt. All material must | | be In by Wednesday of each | week. Housewives baling new or | old rocliies axe urged to send | them in to the Woman's Editor, j Farm Page, in care of Decatur | Dally Democrat. Write on one | side of the paper and give name | and address of sender. Next week your recipe must | contain peaches In some form. | either a dessert or marmalade j or some attractive method of | serving them. If you are a mem- j .ber of one of the home econom- | ic clubs p'ease state to which j club you belong. Announcement | of the grize to lie offered will | be made later. PLAN PICNIC ECU BREEDERS Ayrshire Breeders Os Indiana To Picnic At Berne August 22

Ayrshire breeders of Indiana will 8 hold their annual picnic on Thursday, August 22nd, at the farm ot 1 their president, Henry Asch'lman of Berne. A particularly interesting program has been arranged , which will include an address by , C. T. Conklin, secretary of the , National Ayrshire Breeder’s Asso. I with headquarters at Brandon. Ver- . moot. Mr. Conklin advises that the . Ayrshire breed has been making very rapid progress In Indiana. Dr. J. L. Axby, state veterinar--1 ian and Dr. H. Busman, federal ■ representative in charge of tubericdlbiis eradication will discuss diisease control. E. E. Ormiston of I Sullivan, Indiana, who has recent■ly returned from a tour of eastern Ayrshire herds, will discuss his experiences. An inspection of Mr. Aschliman’a fine herd, and judging contests are also scheduled. A pure-bred bull will be awarded to the winner. To the basket dinners will be added ice cream, coffee and milk, furnislted by the association and Mr. .Aschlimun. Any one interested in dairying, regardless what breed, is invited to attend.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY. AUGUST 16, 1935.

INDIANA CORN CROP PROSPECT REPORTED FINE Ideal Weather During July Brings 10 Per Cent Increase In Condition , - Lafayette, Ind. August It—Favorable weather conditions during July, which was marked by rains spread over the month and high average temperatures, caused a marked improvement in Indiana corn condition, according to the monthly crop report, as of August 1, released today by the Department of Agricultural Statistics of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station in cooperation with the U. S. Department of, : Agriculture. As a result of a ten point inI crease in condition reported for ' the month, corn production was 'estimated at 139,311,000 bushels, as ■ compared to last year’s yield of ‘ 96.298,000 bushels, and a five-year average of 154,125,000 bushels.. , However, it was pointed out that !<orn is at. least two weeks late,' and there is even a small per cent of poor fields in the best corn sec-1 tions of the state, with poor spots: showing in many good fields. Wheat threshing has been retarded by rains, and some wheat in the shock was moulded and rprouted. The heavy straw has, been deceiving in estimating yields j which did not live up to the expectations of a month ago, and re-1 ports continue to tell of uneven I yields even in the same neighborhood. A yield of 15.5 bushels per acre for the state is reported, ranging from 9.3 bushels for the sev-' enth district to 22.7 bushels for the third district. Oats have been uneven, and a ■ decline in condition since last month shows that harvesting and : some threshing proved the earlier' appraisals of yields had been too i high. The estimated yield is 28.5 * bushels per aero as compared to j the ten-year average of 29.3 bush-I . Barley, with an estimated yield] of 20 bushels per acre, is report- j ed near the ten-year average. Rye estimates came down with wheat and oats, although the decline was not as great as with other small gra'ns, while although potato condition dropped one point the estimated yield is sti’l 92 bushels per acre as compared to the ten-yeajr avertige of 86 ibushels. Soy beans are a thrifty crop over the entire state, while the condition of alfalfa and all tame hay remains high. —o_. ■ —...- Contracts Stimulate Soil-Building Crops More than 27, 500,000 acres have been shifted from surplus basic crops this year as rented or contracted land under 1935 adjustment contracts. This represents about i one out of every twelve acres of ; cultivated land in the United States. The use of the rented and cul- I tivated acres has been the leading factor in the largest increase in • legume acreage ever reported in i the United States. The 1935 acre- .1

Stage Annual Snake Dancejor Rain in Arizona I i. ~ jfln — 1 71 x arw mW - • ..... ( Hopi snake dance L»,. ztx - J w

For the 395th time, Hopi Indians of Walpi, Am., will gather Aug. 19 to watch their priests and medicine men put live, venemous rattlesnakes in, their mouths and dance about In a prayer for rain. And for the 395t!r time, spectators will wonder

age of alfalfa hay is 1,750,000 acres larger than last year’s, having risen from 11.482,000 acres to 13,198,000 acres, a 14 par cent Increase. During .the same time soybean acreage went up 1,200,000 acres, from 4.223,000 to 5,463,000 an increase of over 29 per cent. Lespedeza has ; increased greatly in acreage as evii denced by the volume of seed sold to growers. Hay acreage for 1935 was 66,096,000, an increase of 5,384, ' 000 acres This Improvement in farm mani agement practice, which conserves 1 and builds up soil fertility. Insures that the American public will have continued adequate supplies of meat, milk, vegetables, cotton and ' other food and fiber products, In proportion to needs. The 1935 total of rented or contracted acres is diveded among four groups as follows: corn, 11.969,000; wheat, 4,912,000; cotton, 10,293,000; and tobacco, 430,000. A preliminary estimate shows that well over a third of all rented or contracted acres j this year were planted to crops that Improve and conserve the soil. In the South cotton and lobacco acreage ha»s been widely used for food and feed crops for home use. It is estimated that less than 15 per cent of the total contracted or rented land was idle or fallow; and I that of the fifteen percent the larger part was fallowed for definite purposes of moisture conservation and weed eradication. VEGETABLES MAY STILL BE SOWN iSomc Vegetables May Be Planted As Late As September 5 Columbus. O. Aug. 16 —After the ' middle of August there are approx- [ imajely 55 days before tender veg- | etables may be expected to be killed by light frosts, says H. D. Brown 'pr ofessor of vegetable gardening 'at the Ohio State University. Brown says there are a number i of vegetables that may be sown between August 15 and September Ift with a reasonable assurance that they will reach maturity be-' fore cold weather. He sqys turnips should be sown I by August 10 but that plantings made as late as August 20 often reach an edible size. Late plajited 1 turnips, he adds, are less likely to be injured by .the larvae of the I cabbage magots. Leaf lettuce, radishes, mustard ; corn salad and spinach all may be I planted as late as September 5, ac-j cording to Brown. He advises planting Old Dominion variety of spin-. ach because it is resistant to mos-! ale, a diseaser that often attacks the fall ’crop. Later plantings of the same variety may successfully . winter over during some seasons . in all sections of the state. Old | Dominion does not, he says, go to ' seed In the spring as quickly as the older Virginia Savoy variety. Brown recommends cultivating the land for several weeks prior I to planting fall crops so that weeds are killed. It is frequently possible ' then to broadcast the seed. Early | frosts, he explains, kill most of the I weeds that appear. However he| says, the best gardeners plant In rows so that weeds may be killed by one or two cultivations.

just what it 1* that makes»the Hopis immune from the snake poison. The scientists always have been handicapped because the annual snake dance is not a show, but a sacred religious ritual, and thus interference with rites would be dangerous."

■NEW WHEATPLAN . TO BE OFFERED J Wheat Adjustment Con--1 tract To Cover Years Os 1936-39, Inclusive The new wheat adjustment plan, asked for by wheat producers in ‘ their referendum May 25, is expected to toe ready to offer farmt ers soon in substantially its presI ent form. The new contract follows J. the lines worked out In conferences J between the Administration and ( representative wheat farmers. It will the four-year period, 1936 to 1939 inclusive. .I The contract will become effec- . tiveon the wheat crop for 1936. So I that winter wheat growers may i start their planting plans, It was i announced thaj the required reduction with respect to the 1936 crop , year will be 15 per cent of the . base acreage. With the adjustment of 15 per cent, any contract sign- ,' er may plant not more than 85 . per cent nor less than 54 per cent of his base acreage for 1936. Plantt ings in subsequent years can bb . varied up or down within a 25 per cent maximum, as demanded . by conditions. I The new program is expected to , ' divert excess wheat acreage to soil improving and erosion-preventing crops and to return some of it per-, manently to grass or to tree crops., Under the contract the .producer | . has the option of withdrawing from ; the contract at the end of 1937, if he has met all requirements up to that time. The contract may also be term-1 inated by the Secretary of Agriculture aA the end of any contract year by proclamation before July ] 1 of such year. The producer agrees to adjust his acreage as may i be required in any one year but i not by more than 25 per cent of ; his base acreage. Producers also i agree to plant at least 54 per cent j j of their adjusted base acreage, and :if .they have other farms not under contract, they agree not to increase acreage on those farms. As ■consideration for his performance I under the contract, the governj ment agrees to make adjustment payments to producers in such an ; amount as will tend to bring producers as a whole a parity or fairI exchange value return on their alI lotments. which are 54 per cent of ] their adjusted average base pro- ■ duction. Adjustment payments are to .be made In two installments. The first payment is to be ap- ' proximately two-thirds of the diff- ■ erence between the average farm I price and parity price on a repreisntative date before July 1 of the year for which the payment is to , be made. The second payment, at the end of the contract year, will Ibe adjusted upward or downward, depending upon the average price ; of wheat during the marketing year, ajid will be in such an amount as will tend to complete , ; payment to give the producer a , 1 parity return on his allotment, . which is the share of his average production consumed in this country. | The first installment for each I ■year is to be made after the pro- 1 ducer submits proof of compliance ' with the contract for that year,

I and the second payment is to be made after similar proof of comI pllance has been submitted for the ■ crop of the following year. Reasons why wheat farmers may launch their new program with confidence despite processing tax litigallon, according to officials are: ' firat, the new amendments to the Adjustment Act specifically enact the rates of processing tax; second, | the provisions Ln the new contract permitting termination by the Secretary at the end of any year, and allowing grower withdrawal aj the end of the first two year, give ample machinery for ending the program In the event of an adverse decision in the Supreme Court; third, signers will be fully protected as to compensation for actual performance of compliance with I the contract, up to the time of termination. — o Announce Soybean Grading Standards New official standards for grading soybeans effective September 3, 1935, have been announced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. In general these changes present grades only in tightening them up and making them better. Present grade “U. S. Extra No. I’’ is | eliminated. Moisture content in ‘‘U. I S. No. 2’’ is reduced from 16 to 15 | per cent and in “U. S. No. 3” grade I from 17 to per cent. Foreign material permitted in “U. S. No. 3" grade is reduced from five to j four per cent, and in "U. S. No. 4” grade from 10 to six per- cent. A i reduction of the maximum percentage of damage permitted in “U. S. No. 1" grade from two to one per cent is also made. o Blight Attacking Early Sugar Beets Early sugar beets in this section have been attacked by a blight which causes the lea-ves to turn yellow' and black and drop off. Beets planted later in the sea- | son are not affected. The reason for the blight is not known by the field men. it is said, as it is something very unusual in beet culture. Fortunately, however, very little damage will result from the blasting of the leaves, beet growers say, as new leaves continue i to grow on .the plant and the root is not affected. —o ■ ■ i... Named Winners Os Master Mix Contest

More than 900 visitors to the recent Street Fair and Agricultural Exhibit ventured to guess at the weight of the large farm dinner bell which was displayed by McMillen Feed Mil’s aX the Master Mix booth. After a careful checkup the bell and iron yoke were found to weigh exactly 97*4 lbs. The guesses covered a wide variety of weight, the lowest being 16 pounds and the highest 698 lbs. W. H. Stults of Rural Route 3 and Herman Hockemeyer of Rural Route 1 tied for the first place, each making a correct guess of 9714 pounds. The winners have been notified and will be given 200 lbs. each of any Master Mix feed by calling at the plant office j here. — _o Cave Makes Farmer Wealth Galena. Mo.—<U.R>— Wally Powell a year ago owned only his farm, but that was before he found a cave on it. Since then, visiting tourists have paid Wally’s mortgage, and he has run his land hold-, ings to 1,600 acres. o SOVIET SILK HARVEST LARGEST ON RECORD Moscow —(UP)— A record harvest of silk worm cocoons has been I collected this year in the Soviet, totaling 18,000> tons. . Sericulature is widely developed in Transcaucasia and Central Asia, and during recent years advanced farther north. Alt present about 800,000 collective farmsteads and 23 state experimental sericulture farms in the Soviet are rearing silkworms. — o — Chickens Fattened Artificially Leningrad —(UP) —The Peterhof Biological Institute, bac succeeded, by applying miolysate (lysate prepared from muscles) to chickens, to cause them to grow unusually fat under imuhl conditions of feeding and rearing, the weight of their fat reaching 23 per cent of the total weight of their body. - ———-o Sea Lion Drowns in Tub Rcckawav. Ore. — (U.P.) —A young sea lion found by BUI Dallas drowned in a bathtub when it was left alone for a few minutes.

: DAN MAZELIN : COW IS HIGH I Jacob J. Schwartz Herd High For Month Under Testing Program I The results of the Adams county ( (row testing asßocJation for the l , last month were announced today , by Merwin Miller, county cow teat- , er. The five high cows belonged to , th* following men: Dan Mazelln i 80.3; David F. Mazelin 76.5; Jacob , J. Schwartz 65.4; Oliver Steed 62.- . 2; and E. H. Kruetzman 59.9. The 10 high herds belonged to the following cattlemen: Jacob J. Schwartz 42.2; Sol Mosser 40.5; Dan Habegger 35.8; Henry AschleJ man 35.0; Noah Schwartz 34.4; Habegger Bros. 34.2; Dale Moses 33.3; Telfer Paxson 33.3; David F. Mazelin 32.7; Dan D. Schwartz 31.4. ~ o | FISH HATCHERY KEEPS MUSEUM OF FREAK TROUT San Franciaco —(UP) —As a rule i one brook trout turns out to be ‘ about like every other brook trout. There is a gratifying degree of normality about them. But it eeenrn there ie need of a <hychopathologiat at the Tahoe City hatchery of the state division of fish and game to determine juat what some of the finny inmates are trying to do. There as a tankful of fish freaks that would have delighted P. T. , Barnum. Twin fish that are linked ' back to back, side to side, or tail to tail, albino fish that are almost t nans parent, fish that have necks co twisted that they swim through life always looking behind them — these are some of the w'ierd specimens Superintendent J. C. Lewis has gathered. Lewis noticed the finst musewm specimen about a year ago. They have multiplied many fold since. One p-air is hitched together near . the tails. After months of extperI ience they still try to swim in opposite directions. A second pair is joined tandem fashion, the side of one to the tail of the other. The result has been that the forward twin gets Use bulk of the food and outweighs his I brother by several ounces. ■All the freaks are in good health. | i They are fed ground liver, beef : hearts and curdled milk. But they *

(farm loans To Responsible Borrowers I LOW RATES — LIBERAL TERMS I PROMPT SERVICE ■ Application for loans submitted to S Union Central Life Insurance Co. | A. D. SUTTLES IWWWWVWVVWVWWWWWWWWVVVVVWVVWVIAAA Amateur Program Sponsored by the < !! Kirkland Twp. Teachers i' ;; THURSDAY, Aug. 29 - 7:30 ;! KIRKLAND GYM j; Contest open to anyone wishing to enter. NO ] 1 ENTRY FEE. Cash awards to winners. Anyone desiring to enter please notify Miss <! [ Lucile Beavers, Decatur, R. 2, not later than ; ! August 27. • < Admission to Performance ! Children 15c, Adults 25c, Family Ticket fiOc |

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1 1. re kept separated from the normal j trout. The normal fisih would givo ' quarter. DRESSING UP FAIR GROUNDS State Board Os Agricul- . tore Preparing Grounds For State Fair Indianapolis, Aug. 16 —The Ind iana Board of Agriculture this year is painting many of their buildings, and is also building a ne» tooaru 1 fence around the mile track, both I inside and out, which has been there many years. This will help ! beautify the track and will make ; races more safe. ; The dog and cat building Ih be- ! ing re-roofed, repaired, and repaint- ! ed, and will correspond with the other buildings on the grounds. The grounds in the southeast I corner have been filled with s«vi era! thousand loads of dirt, making much more available parking space near the midway. Dick Heller, Manager of the Indj iana State Fair, states the Indiana State Fair Premium List is being printed and the prizes this year for ell livestock, racing, etc., will be much larger than in previous years. The dates this year for the State Fair are August 31st to September 6th. O ■ ! - Ginnivan Dramatic Co. Tent 1 Theatre. Monroeville, one week, starting Mon.. Aug. 19. Plays and Vaudeville. Opening play Monday night "A Hollywood Romance." Price 10c and 15c. I Fertilizer I Prices I Lower M Order Your K V-C FERTILIZER I NOW Iburk | Elev at o r Co. Decatur Phone 25 w Monroe Phone 19