Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1935 — Page 5

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mnd Talks To American Soybean | Association Today

L Plant Represent-! K ve Discusses Com■mercial Possibilities ■for Soybean Crops. ■|\\( Al. MEET ING . .... a ,|,| -■ on this after- ..... I le mutual IlWet|K( . . Aul . S.o bean A»*OIRgn at Lata-. ■■■ was given by K. , representative Blit W"jl So,'.i company of rriaml ■ • isst'il the coni-po.--iH' ■ •■- tor .soybeans. address follows: K, |t< " ■ introduced in- ’ United S ab-s in l*"l. but it: |K M ; V important crop Kj'ilh 1.--t I’ l years. Within Bl sb':- p. im.l 11 Ims increased Bfcrrau 1 ■ ■■• •■'■ '!•»•’» lUl > ~lh’ Beam Bel- o"l' Fifteen years u, '. -s than one-half IBioti »rre> - f oybeans grown Btoc»‘ lll i: " yel “' l ' r< ’ ,lUl ": Bl fad into.i' 'I to million , Be whi'.v “ 1 ' B«‘verumeut , Btotte I'l s ' ,ps ltle 1935 ‘ rop at ' acres. Thus we have B l! approximately HO car Indiana atone, ■pg tn ha'- increased its soy-. a rtare Kono acres for 19- 1 treat ir-t"a»e in acreage ■ >'.«;i.ir '•«' he palt ' Barlaiueti I - ’lm fam that more, B fi. null: on acres have been I trim: suiplus crops this I K ' h mi. amernment adjust- . K . on im I- i'm- represents aBtniie <>u: nt every 12 acres ot Kntrd land n the I nited Stat-’ nuiili of this shitted. But 112' into legume eropo Biha- been a tartar in increasing planted to soybeans. lyp approximately IS million Bktbof iH-an- were threshed: of amount Indiana contr.tinted 1.B** l bushels. For 1935 with a 30 increase in acreage these Bires a.’e t sniv io be greatly inKt.-! Anione the reasons which to i!11- Stowing popularity as a profitable farm Kp we the to 11 o w ing: I—AlB«h de?:< ant m minerals, the h in protein and when into soybean oil meal K mixed with suitable minerals Ktliighlv valuable supplement K the feeding of livestock and Kltry. 2—lt is the richest nitroroughage adapted to most ■xM.k. proper handling, it Ktishe; a -a isfactory substitute and is a good emergency crop. I It is adapted to a

FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At 4% HE ADAMS COUNTY NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION, of Decatur, Indiana > '■eceived a Charter and has been duly authorized and empowered m »ke 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 Burt Lenhart, Sec’y-Treas. Fred T. Schurger, Investigator Public Auction 7 Room House and Household Goods *Jk residence of the iate Sarah E. Baker, 216 South »t., Decatur, Ind., on SATURDAY, AUGUST 24th Commencing at 1:30 P. M. frame house in good repair. New roof. Arcola heating plant, b’rn. Cistern. Good garden, fruit trees and flowers, one wanting a good home here is an opportunity. TERMS—S3OO.OO cash, balance $15.00 per month. 6% interest. Household Goods Ran fle cook stove: Kitchen cabinet: Drop leaf walnut table; Crocking chairs; Dining table and chairs; side board; Bod comJ' 2 three quarter beds complete; Antique Dresser; Oak dresser. n 9 Machine; two Axminster rugs 11-3x12-6: small rugs a *’’ Ish. ° d t’shion stands; hall tree: commode; sofa; step ladde ’ lan bed clothes; curtains; cooking uteniUlt; small too s, a >’rticles too numerous to mention. terms- cash. , MRS. JOHN D. STULiTS, Owner Johnson, Auct. Lower, clerk.

! wide range of son types. s—Be!5 —Be- ! cause ft is a legume. It has merit 1 as a soil builder. 6 —lt ranks highly as a cash crop. 7 —lt fits well into crop rotation* and in comparatively free from insect and disease injury. “Naturally with this crop Increasing by leajis and bounds the commercial possibilities for its utilization become of prime importance isation become of prime importance. Fortunately for the farmers of the Corn Belt, there are many, many uses for soybean products in the commercial field. It should be deeply gratifying to every grower of soybeans to know that the soybean oil consumption for each quarj ter of 1935 has been greater than the total consumption for any previous full year. In 1933 but 489.000 pounds of soybean oil was consumed for vegetable shortenings, and compounds of various sorts; in 1934 its use in this field had increased almost 700 per cent, while other : edible soybean products showed a i gain of about 25 per cent. All told | the various commercial fields absorbed 200 per cent more oil in 1934 than in 1933. and this co “- I sumption is being greatly -increas- | ed for 1935 as previously indicated. ■ Such increases in the utilization ,of soybeans and their derivatives helps to make the future of the soybean pleasant to contemplate. | "There is however another phase I of soybean products and utilization ’ which is deserving of serious i thought from exery agriculturist I and friend of the soybean crop. Figures from Indiana Agricultural Ex--1 pe.iment Station indicate that 5 • yean ago. in 1930, only 125 tons of sovbean meal was sold as a commercial feed in Indiana. In the same vear 7,000 tons of linseed oil meal and almost 12.000 tons of cotton seed meal were purchased by farmers and feed manufacturers for livestock and poultry rations. Let us consider, then, what, has happened in this field in the last 4 years. The most recent figures available show that last year soybean oil meal which was sold for feed reached a totaj of 1,031 tons, compared w*lth 3,563 tons of linseed oil meal and 4,625 tons cotI tonseed meal. In other words the farmers of Indiana are using times as much linseed meal and 4% times as much cottonseed meal as they are of soybean meal grown and produced in their own state. This situation is one deserving of careful attention it the future or the soybean crop is to be assured. “Here are the finished products

from materials' produced right U the Corn Belt; If soybeans are going to be produced on a steadily increasing acreage it means that farmers will have to use tn turn the manufactured materials from soybeans. By so doing they are helping to support their own market and to maintain an increasing demand for soybeans. It is this increasing demand that maintains the cash price and enables the farmer to raise a profitable legume crop which is beneficial to his land and insures him a good cash return. I "Moreover, this year the price | of the coming crop is menaced by importations of soybean meal from ! Manchuria. For the 10 months ending May 31. 135,855,000 pounds of soybean meal were hnported, com-' pared with 53,180,000 pounds dur- : ing the same period the year before. Since the price of all protein concentrates is interrelated, it is Interesting to note that Increased imports were not confined to soybean meal. During the same 10months’ period, imports of soybean meal, cottonseed meal, linseed meal and coconut meal were more than 3 times as great as during the same period a year before. This is a situation that should be met promptly and aggressively. “Because of their high protein content, raw soybeans are very generally used as a stock feed on the farms of the Corn Belt. However. due to their high oil content, raw beans should be fed with discretion. Particularly is this true for hogs where continued feeding of soybeans produces soft pork of decreased market value. When the oil has been extracted from the \ beans by the expeller process, the residue is a highly palatable protein supplement, which although I still deficient in minerals, has a low oil content and is highly valuable in feeding poultry and livestock when proper mineral ingredients have been mixed with it. With i the low cost of soybean of meal i today no farmer should risk a loss i n market value for his pork by feeding raw beans when they can be exchanged for the meal at little or not differential, as the processing companies can, at present, derive a satisfactory revenue from the sale of the oil. "During the past few years, unusual progress has been made in the commercial utilization of soybeans and their by-products. A great deal ha.s already been said at this annual meeting of the association about the many products ‘ manufactured from soybean oil and : soybean oi’ meaj. 1 assure you 1 shall not attempt to repeat all ot I these products. I do however want ;to congratulate the Colleges and Experiment Station staffs of the Corn Belt for the excellent and tireless work they have done in the development of the soybean industry. Much credit is also due. of course, to the U. S. Department of Agriculture for the splendid work done by Dr. Morse and his associates; also to various commercial organisations who have spent many tflousands of do’lars in developing new uses and new products. And 1 most certainly want To express the appreciation of everyone interested in the soybean crop to the officers of this Association, Mr. Beeson and Mr. Webber, for the marvelous job they have done ih arranging for and carrying on this annual meeting of the Association. Surely it is one of the best evei held. “This meeting has done much to

BURK’S LAYING MASH $2.17 Per 100 lbs. BURK ELEVATOR CO. Decatur Phone 25 Monroe Phone 19

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1935.

6,000 Turkeys Annually | i-Ljh ... Sr dig WE'*

(Photo One ot the largest turkey growers in this part of the state is William Runyon of Huntington county, who raises approximately 6,000 of the birds annually. The poults are all started in special batteries designed by Mr. Runyon. Later in the growing stage they are placed in large pens similar to batteries, where they age on a wire mesh about 2*4 feet above the ground. When they grow larger they are placed on a I range. i A blended balanced ration of 25 | per cent protein is fed to start : them. The poults are kept on this wholesome food for at least ten weeks, then they are graduaJly changed to a 20 per cent protein mash feed. At the age of three I show us the almost limitless opi portunities that await the soybean and the man who grows it: but I every person who grows soybeans land who raises livestock and poultry can and should help to further ■ his own development by using evi ery opportunity to purchase products made from soybeans. “Both cottonseed and linseed • meal are and have been used extensively In Indiana and through, out the Corn Belt in feedstuffs. While both of these are good protein supplements let us remember they are grown many miles from our back door step. We have our own meal —soybean oil. meal — which the experiment stations have declared equal to both cottonseed ' and linseed meal as supplements for livestock and poultry. Let us I remember that the next time we buy a protein supplement. “At the Central Sugar Company we ha v e long used the motto. “What Indiana makes, makes Indiana,” it is equally applicable to this situation. What we grow, helps us to grow. The soybean has a great future and let us all pull together toward making the common objective a bright and glowing one.” Minerals Will Be Tested At Fair Indiana farmers and other land owners in the state who think they may have valuable minerals on their farms will be able to obtain free testing of these minerals at the experimental testing laboratory to be set up and operated during the Indiana state fair in the Utd, lana University buildings. The I. U. department of geology and the state geologist’s office are cooperating in giving this free service to the people ot the state. Samples of minerals will be examined and advice given by the mineralogist In charge. —— o —■ Families Live in Churches Knapp, Wis.— (U.R>— With every house or building in this village of 425 inhabitants occupied, two fani- ; ilies are living in old churches. H. Patzwold. and his family, live in the Seventh Day Advent Church, which ceased services 12 years ago, and another family lias leased the old Baptist church. — o Get the Habit — Trade at Home

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y Courtesy McMillen Feed Co.) - months, grain is also fed along ’ with the mash anlT also a large ' amount of green ajfalfa is fed. After they are taken out on the i range they are never again given . shelter, remaining on the range unf til sold. They roost at night on I pales, laid on a scaffold about three f feet from the ground. The roost t poles are cleaned and moved along as the birds are taken to new terrii tory. They are moved to new ground i or range at least every ten days, t Mr. Martin, who is in charge of i the turkey farm is recognized as an authority on turkey raising and ■ | a visit to Fairway will prove that . he has modern equipment, neces- ■ sary for proper raising of poults. SIGNERS Will BE PROTECTED Wheat Control Signers i Need Not Fear Adverse Court Rulings Washington, Aug. 23—In announcing that the new wheat contract would call for a reduction 1 from the base average of 15 per cent, Chester C. Davis, administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment ’ Act, assured farmers that they 1 need feel no hesitation about sign- ’ ' ing the new contract because of ' court cases pending which involve the adjustment act. Davis gave several reasons for f this assurance. He said the new • amendments to the adjustment " act, as passed by both Houses of 1 ' Congress, specifically enact the s , rates of the processing taxes, 1 thus meeting fully the question of ‘ delegation of legislative power. Ab- ’ sence of this provision in the origi- • na! act was decisive in every instance in which lower courts held the processing tax unconstitutional, he said. The new contract permits terr mination by the secretary of agriculture at the end of any year and 1 allows growers to withdraw at the f end of the first two years. This 1 provision, Davis said, is ample ma- ’ chinery for ending the program in C the event of an adverse decision \ by the Supreme Court. ’ Davis said signers will be fully protected as to compensation for actual performance of compliance with the contract, up to time of ’ termination. "The government would have both a moral and a legal obljga- ' tion to compensate farmers for ’ performance up to date of such decision,” Davis said. “The government in ■ fairness and honesty, would pay, and legally would be bound to pay in full tor their com--1 pliance up to that time, but not beyond that time.” i Owts Attack Track Walker , Gateway, Ore. —iU.R) —Lauge owls ; attacked Barney Marx, n-ight track ■ walker for a railway company, on his 10-mile beat, inflicting painful head bruises. Marx thwarted tho s birds by wearing a tin hat.

SOFT CORN CAN BE FED ANIMALS FOR FATTENING However, Immature Corn Will Have Best Value As Silage With corn from twß weeks to a month late due to a cool, wet spring and the coolest June in 80 ; years, farmers in the Adams eouni ty are talking soft corn. Soft corn can be fed as a grain to fattening animals, but since the : number of cattle and hogs available for the feed lots will be un- | usually small this fall, immature corn will have its greatest value as silage. Probably the most economical way to preserve the "soft” corn is through the use of trench silos. over the country show that 200 ton caipaclty silos were excavated by drag line outfits in about three hours at a cost of about 10 cents for each ton of ca- | paoity. Trench silos also can be dug at s'ight cost to a farmer who uses his own equipment and labor. These storage pits for winter feed can be made to take caje of almost any number of animals. Because of Its shallow depth the average weight ot silage per cubic foot is less in the trench ello than in the upright silo. If allowance is made for spoilage a storage space! of 60 to 75 cubic feet or more will be required to obtain a ton of silage for feeding. Trench silos are merely large trenches in the ground with the ends on an incline so that a team or tractor can be driven through, ias the construction work usually , is done with team or tractor power. The side walls are finished i smooth and as nearly perpendicular as the soil will permit so that the trench is only slightly narrower at the bottom than at the top. i The walls shou’d be smoothed ev- ' ery year with a spade, preferably when they are not too dry. The width, depth and particularly the | length vary with the number of 'animals to be fed. Selection ot a site with good ! drainage is important. It be in the field where the silage is produced, rather than in the barn-; i yard. A soil which is too sandy or [ 'one in which the water table is. too high is not satisfactory. An objection to trench silos is the possible accumulation of water when' there is a heavy winter rainfall. If j the trench can be located so that, the lower end opens on a slope.' drainage is simple. Because trench silos are not very deep, the silage does not pack : much by its own weight. In filling It should be kept high in the center and packed by heavy animals | or with a tractor. The silage keeps i best if covered with wet, chopped straw and then with several inches of earth, well packed to eliminate air pockets. The top should be rounded enough to shed water. Trench silos are emptied by beginning at one end and working toward the other, rather than from top to bottom as in the case of silos above ground. If one end of the trench is sloping, a cart, wagon or truck can be barked in to make removal easier. Further information on trench silos may be obtained from county agents, from State agricultural colleges and from the Department of Agriculture.

HESSIAN FLY IS PREVALENT Fly Free Date For Sowing Wheat In Adams County Sept. 27 The Hessian Fly Free Date for sowing wheat in Adams County is September 27. The following statement by J. J. Davis, department of entomology, Purdue University, is of particular significance this year: •Tn order to understand the increase or decrease of an Insect pest, it is often necessary to study | the weather, cropping practices and other variables for a year or two previous. In explanation of the present serious Hessian fly infestation we may go back to the summer of 1934 when the dry weather resulted i« much shattering of wheat,' while the early (all rains promoted early germination of the shattered »»«da and aa abaadwt trewth of volunteer wheat. The early tall rains likewise were favorable to

fly emergence. Thue with this combination of optimum conditions, a heavy infestation of fly developed in the early volunteer and early sown wheat which carried over and produced a destructive spring brood ot fly in 1935. “In this connection It should be stated that sowing after the flyfree date is a preventive for fall infestation but not for spring infestation. In other words, if there is a carry-over of fly in abundance in volunteer or early sown wheax, any wheat in the spring is subject to attack. This is what happened the past spring. At the present time there is a heavy fly infestation irf wheat stubble throughout] the state, especially the northern two-thirds, which will result in e very heavy and destructive infestation in the fall of 1935 if wheat or rye is sown before the fly-free date or if volunteer wheat is permitted to grow,” Miller's Honey Flake Bread —made with Honey and whole wheat—at all urwers-

FARM LOANS To Responsible Borrowers LOW RATES — LIBERAL TERMS PROMPT SERVICE /. —— Application for loans submitted to Union Central Life Insurance Co. A. D. SUTTLES

Amateur Program Sponsored by the Kirkland Twp. Teachers THURSDAY, Aug. 29 - 7:30 KIRKLAND GYM Contest open to anyone w ishing to enter. NO ENTRY FEE. Cash awards to winners. ] Anyone desiring to enter please notify Miss Lucile < Beavers, Decatur. R. 2, not later than August 27. i Admission to Performance Children 15c, Adults 25c, Family Ticket 60c ]

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FIRST PAYMENT 80 CENTS TON Final 1934 Su<ar Beet Adjustment Payment To Be 75 Cents The Agricultural Adjustment Ad- | ministration has announced that ■the final 1934 sugar beet adjustment payment will be at the rate of 75 cents a ton, and that the inItial 1935 payment will be 80 cents a ton. The initial 1934 payment was 51.00 per ton making a total I adjustment payment for 1934 of 31.175 per ton. The total 1935 payJ ment will depend on the prices which growers receive for their present crop. The final 1934 payment and ad- | vance 1935 payment ’cannot be ! made until the compliance papers have been made out, signed by all interested parties, and audited at Washington. Work on the cornpli- ■ ance reports has already begun. I When these reports have been i completed they will be presented ]to the sugar beet growers for j signatures at local sign-up meetings. o — For Sale. Young Fryers and Ducklings. Either dressed or alive. Well deliver. Ben Anker at Twin Bridge Service Station. Phone 7573.