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Ktweather ! ■i CURING OF Ism BEAN HAY n —— —— ■ember Best Time For ■ring Os Soy Bean < ■Hay In This State ■ first few * ml “ of Sepl T < ■Laily provide favorable, K r for lining -oyl'ean huy, ■*, the preferred time in the K of many Indiana farmers ■•ariet‘v. <••■' be in a deairKy>W by- are September ■hr long days of not sunshine K rv nportoiH m properly cur , ■hi« hay that at the best re-1 ■ four or five days of good I weather. The usual , K. i« to rut with the mower, j K the hay dry tor about two , Kn the swath and then windKr shark It while it is tough. | ■ most soybean hay is pitched ( ■rower with a big acreage is ■ed to use th- loader and oth- , Kr saving devices An occa- , ■ farmer uses the grain bindK for light growth, this tool but it is difficult If -a heavy growth of green Kans through it without some The hay handles nicely in Kes. although it may be a bit ■i, drying under the bands, ■some harmless mold may de■e stage in which to cut >• deKied to some extent by the Kie for which the hay is in-' ■d Dairymen desiring as much I ■in and tonnage per acre as ■ble will obtain best results ■ot cutting until the seed is ■eu to the greatest green site pod. and the lower leaves ■rellowing and dropping While ■s may be lost by waiting for ■stage, yet the increase in tprot■o the seed has been responsible ■ greater milk and butter tel ■union from hay cut in this ■ than from that cut earlier, ■its made at the Purdue Uni■ty Agricultural Experiment ■is highly important that hay! ■thoroughly dried in the field: ■er than the mow, and exper- 1 ■ed growers state that a good ■of properly dried hay can be ■e by bending the stem. If the ■ is brittle enough to go into yarn, but if it only bends, more lottASIH-SOFI IRON BAU YOUR FEET INTO A PAIR Bf WOLVERINES I THEY’RE SOFT Bl SUCKSKIN ... STAY SOFT ... BVEN DRY SOFT AFTER SOAKING IfflEtt HtrnyrmpF. work shoes richols Shoe Store

FARM LOANS To Responsible Borrowers LOW RATES — LIBERAL TERMS PROMPT SERVICE Application for loans submitted to Union Central Life Insurance Co. A. D. SUTTLES FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At 4% ADAMS COUNTY NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION, of Decatur, Indiana a , Charter *nd has been duly authorized and empowered if you Mn * ,n of Adam » County. 8 essociation a* P o Ctin 9 re '*’ nance y° ur f arm loan call or write Office: 133 South Second Street Butt „ Decatur, Indiana enhart, Seo’y-Treas. Fred T. Schurger, Investigator

drying is necesaary. The big acreage of soybeans In Indiana and the general exhaustion of hay supplies of last winter in- ' dicate that more sbys will be cut for hay than usual in this state. Indiana farmers are reported to have planted 720.000 acres the most In the history of the crop. .This is an increase of 33 percent lover last year's acreage, and the increase in the corn Helt is 30 per--cent over that of 1934. The total 'acreage reported for the United , States this year is almost five and one-half million acres. By Keller Beesnn, Purdue University. o INDIANA CORN CROP IS GOOD Condition Os State Crop On September 1 Well Above Average Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 20—Indiana’s corn crop condition on September 1 was reported well above . the ten-year average in every dis Strict of the state except the southwest. according to the monthly crop report issued today by the Department of Agricultural Statistics of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. The corn was reported tail, thrifty. and fairly welleared, although two to three weeks late, and the estimated production was 141,330,000 bushels, 147 per cent of last 1 year's yield. The crop report pointed out that August weather continued warm without excessively high temperatures, and with rather high humidity. conditions were favorable for plant growth. However, threshing and hay harvest were retarded, and comparatively little plowing has been done for fall seeding. Oats condition has declined with every report since harvesting began, rains bleaching the grain in the shock and causing mold and decay in many sections. Oats pro-' duction wis estimate dat 42.930. j 000 bushels, over twice the yield I 1 of last season. i The condition of barley and ; buckwheat both improved over the j previous month, as compared with ■ a usual decline, but potato condi- i tion declined twice as much as usual during the month. Sweet potatoes showed a slight improve-1 meet. Hay prospects were reported good, although it was pointed out that while alfalfa has made a good growth all year, much hay has been damaged by rain while curing, and much timothy and clover hay is weedy. o ■ —— Officials Attend Management Tour J. Ward Calland of this city and Ralph McMillen of Van Wert, 0., left last evening ?5r Lafayette, to attend the farm management tour by the National Farm Management Association. Mr. Calland will give 'a talk at the evening meeting. All day Friday the tour will visit a great number of farms in the vicinity of Lafayette. Dick Schacks Orchestra, Sunday dance, Sun Set Park.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935.

FIELD MEETING HERE THURSDAY WELL ATTENDED One Hundred Fifty Farmers Attend Soy Bean Variety Test Plots About oue hundred and fifty farmers attended the field meeting Thursday on the Krick and Tyndall farm south of town, where Prof. Beesoin from Purdue University. who is president of the 'American Soy Bean Growers Association explained the soy bean variety test plots. Ten varieties of soy beans were 'grown in the test plots this year by the Central Soya Company in cooperation with tie extension de- - partment of Purdue. Prof. Beesom I explained the good qualities of soy; beans and compared their produc-l tion of beaus and date of ripening, t The different varieties on the test i plots have been developed by the ] various agricultural experiment j stations throughout the corn belt. < One of the most promising, varie- i ties according to Prof. Beesom, is 1 the Mandel, a variety recently developed by Purdue and now ready I for distribution over the state. < Following the soy bean variety demonstration Prof. Walker of Purdue University explained the sugar j beet fertilization plots which are , used for experimental purposes on , the same farm by the Central Sug- , ar Company. The large number of sugar beet growers present were greatly inter- i ested in the very definite results apparent from the different fertilizer applications. These field experiments will be carried on for I the next six years. Field days will' be held from time to time to study results. At the close of the field meeting open house was held at the cenYYift Soya Company. The entire group was taken through the oil meal plant and the new feed mixing. - ware house recently completed. j A number of farmers from Ohio ' j were present, several from Michi-, gan and four men from the Purdue , I staff. MONTHLYPURDUE REPORT LISTED Agricultural Statistician Gives Monthly Report For Indiana Miner M. Justin, agricultural statistician, for the Purdue University Agricultural department, has , released his monthly, report for Indiana. The report covers the month of August and is: . August weather continued warm without excessively high tempera tures. With rather highly humidity conditions were favorable for plant growth. Threshing and hay harvest were retarded. Comparatively little fall plowing has been done for fall seeding. A heavy growth of weeds i 1 with near normal precipitation i leaves the ground very dry for' plowing. Corn on September Ist was re- ' ported above the ten year average 1 condition in every district except I the southwest. Corn is tall, thrifty ' I and fairly well eared but is still I two or three weeks late. The indi'cated production is 141,330,000 bushels. i Oats condition has declined with every report since harvesting be-1' gan Many rains have bleached the, grain in the shock and caused ( mould and decay in many sections., A production of 42,930,000 bushels is estimated. Barley condition is five points above last mouth. The usual change is a decline of two points. The estimated yield ,of 22 bushels is one bushel to the acre more than last year. Buckwheat condition has also improved since last month. The usual change is a decline. Fields are in full bloom which is rather | heavy. The crop appears thrifty i over the whole state. i Potato condition declined twice 1 as much as usual the past month. < Following the heavier rains during the earlier part of the season, the < late crop has suffered from lack of, * moisture as rainfall declined. 1 Sweet potatoes, reported the i same as last month and one point j ■ above the ten year average, indi- ’

Power of Wheat • \<Nor Including Benefit Peymente) . 5 ARTICLES FARMERS BUY ml. ■-■f* mi " rf l hi "i """"I fa TiHt B f rH, --I' 1 * •y 'y WHEAT • WIO - V* ** 10 I Mk ITTTI mail rUr " hl ni, 10K, «*» l9u TTTTT tvtv. Zo»u «*<> mnnnilmrrrh Itn, In, • Uc** MCW 3 but**'* f Fxit I THE sacks of wheat show how higher wheat prices are giving farmers more purchasing power, even without counting the adjustment payments. They show that when wheat was at a fair exchange value before the war, 15 bushels would buy a plow. In the depth of the depression in 1932 it took 55 bushels to buy the same plow, but in 1935 a farmer could buy the same plow with the money from 27 bushels of wheat. The sacks of wheat in the other squares show the purchasing power of wheat in terms of a suit of clothes, paint, and barbed wire.

Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 20—Both the farmer and the business man gain from the wheat adjustment program of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The farmer gains because his wheat has more purchasing power and the business man gains because the increased purchasing power of the farmer enables him to buy more of the things he needs. In the time that the wheat program has been in effect, wheat farmers have been aided through their adjustment payments, but they also are better off as a result of higher prices for the wheat they sell. These improved prices for wheat are important for the farmer, because he can sell all his wheat at this price. His adjustment payments, however, are paid on his farm allotment. The buying power of wheat in

cates some improvement since a [decline in condition for the month is the usual change. Tobacco condition shows more than the average increase in condition over August. Some tobacco is • being cut. Hay prospects are still good. Al- | falta has made a good growth all ■year, but much hay has been damaged by rain while curing. Much timothy and clover hay is weedy. Soybeans show a tine condition, seven points above the ten year average and three points above [ last month. The main crop is late. I A large crop is expected if t"ie plants have time to mature. Some , fields show a lack of innoculation. Indications from growers are that la larger percentage than usual will be harvested for grain if the crop can mature. Production is estimated at 4.960,000 bushels; last year, 3,560,000; 1928-32 average, 1,925,000. Cowpea prospects are for a crop better than average. A condition ifigure eight points above last I month is thought to be largely due Ito the plant’s unusual growth in partly making up for the lateness of the season. On September Ist, 78.5 percent of the cows on reporters' farms were being milked; last month, 75,9; a year ago, 76.6. The daily production per cow milked was 19.2 pounds; last month, 19.6; a year ago, 19.3. On farms reporting less thin 1320 hens and pullets of laying age, 32.8 percent were laying; last mo. 38.9; a year ago, 32.5. The average size of farm flocks reported was 7'birds; last month, 77; a year ago, 74. UNITED STATES Crop yields for the country as a whole are now expected to be just about equal to the 1921-1930 average. An ample supply of most food [crops now seems assured. o EMPLOYMENT ON FARMS HIGHER Farm Employment Throughout Nation Higher Than Year Ago Washington. Sept. 20—Farm employment was reduced seasonally in August but on September 1 was at a higher level than on September 1 last year, reports the Bureau of Agricultural Economice. Harvesting of the small grain crops was nearly completed on September 1, but cotton picking had not yet reached its normal peak in many parts of the cotton bait. Harvesting of corn was not yet under way except in the extreme South.

i relation to the articles farmers buy indicates how much better off farmers are now than they were in 1932 when the depression was at ■ its worst. With wheat at a fair exchange i value as it was in the pre-war period, 17 bushels of wheat would ■ bring enough money to buy an i ordinary suit of clothes. In 1932, the price of wheat had fallen so low that it took the money from . the sale of 46 bushels of wheat to t buy a suit of clothes. In the first . six months of 1935, the money from the sale of 20 bushels of wheat , would buy a suit. ■ The closer wheat is to a fair ex- • change value, the more goods the t farmers can buy. This in turn - means better business both in the i cities, where the farmer trades, and in the industrial centers i where goods are manufactured.

i The bureau says that although fall i plowing was in progress in some sections, the summer low point in » employment was doubtless reached - the first of this month. s I Crop correspondents reported an average of 320 persons employed ■ per 100 farms on September 1, com--1 pared with 328 on August 1, and • with 312 on Sept. 1 1934. The i make-up of this labor force consisted of 224 family workers and , 96 hired men per 100 crop reporter r farms. The figures show a seasons al reduction during August of 3 • family workers and 5 hired works ers per 100 farms. 5 About the same number of family workers as a year ago were t engaged in farming operations on 1 September 1, but hired hands were ? about 8 more per 100 farms than • a year ago. The increase is attribt uted mainly to the fact that last - year the drought restricted labor i requirements on many farms. » . o SUGAR COMPANY LOADING LIME — 1 Load Tons Os Lime Free For Farmers Os Adams County This Week Lime will be loaded at the Cen1 tral Sugar company for those farm- . ers wishing to haul it away until Saturday night owing to the great ■ demand for it. About 1,200 tons a ! day have been taken and by Satur- ‘ day night at least 7,500 tons will . have been hauled out for distribution on Adams county farms. > I Many farmers report that they ’ have obtained increased yields on • practically all of their crops from 1 applications of this lime. Several reported an increase of from eight to 10 bushels per acre on corn and from five to six bushels per acre on wheat. The offering of lime to the farmI ers of Adams county is unique to the extent that no one has ever I given away lime and loaded it free |of charge. Adams county farmers . are fortunate to have this oppor- ' tunity, | ■ The lime is aby product in the processing of beets. The first twenty years of operation of the plant . the lime accumulated in the lime pond near the mill. Since the present company has adopted the poll- . cy of loading lime free of charge it is being hauled away much fastler than it is produced. The acres of Adams county farm IffUds have . been greatly benefited W its use. o Hen Proud of Its Owner Stoughton, Mass.--(U.R)—A Rhode Island Red hen, owned by Mrs.

Minnie Schaaf, recently laid an egg which bore the initials, “M. S." STINKING SMUT EASILY STOPPED I Stinking Smut Os Wheat Is Reported As Easily Controlled Stinking smut of wheat is easy to control—so easy, in fact, that it is not worth while to take a chance of not having a disease free crop from the use of untreated seed. than one per cent of smutted heads may result in a severe infection the following year. Grain carrying a heavy coating of sinut is nearly a complete loss. Stocks will not eat it unless forced to do so, and the grain is unfit for milling purposes. It is the peculiar persistent, fish-like odor associated with the smut which renders the wheat unfit for use. Fortunately, however, smutted grain is not poisonous. R. C. Thomas, of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at the Ohio Experiment Station, advises that grain should be treated with finely ground copper carbonate powder, used at the rate of 2 1-2 to 3 ounces per bushel. Treatment can be most satisfactory and quickly made by placing the seed in a barrel or some form of rotary container, sprinkling the required amount of copper carbonate over the surface and then rotating for a few minutes to insure throrugh mixing. Each grain should be completely oated with the dust. Dry-treated grain may be stored and sacked indefinitely without injury to germination. The treatment does not become effective until the wheat is in the soil. Excess treated grain not required for seeding may be fed to stock. Drills should be ret to sow about oneeighth more than the desired amount because dust-coated seed ; does not flow as freely as clean, untreated seed 0 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

IT’S TIME TO CAN AND YOU CAN T CAN SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT THE PROPER TOOLS AND UTENSILS. LOOK OVER THESE BARGAINS BEFORE YOU BUY’ YOUR SUPPLIES. ECONOMY CANN ER 14 Quart HEAVY GALVANIZED—REDUCED FROM $2.25 Durable NOW 49 Economical This was a good buy at $2.25 so its a Bargain of a Lifetime at this low price. PRESTO JAR RINGS 5c doz. BaR Mason Ball Mason Ball Mason PI N T JA R S lz 2 GAL - JARS QUART JARS 65c 99c 75c Dozen Dozen Dozen 8 Quart “UTILITY” GRANITE CANNER SL6S “THE CANNER WITH A HUNDRED USES.’’ THIS HEAVY, DURABLE CANNER IS POPULAR BECAUSE IT’S SANITARY, USEFUL AND INEXPENSIVE, OTHER CANNING SUPPLIES AVAILABLE AT LOW PRICES. HARDWARES HOME FURNISHINGS

r COUNTY AGENTS ' COLUMN • The new wheat contract runs for the four-year period 1936-39, but any wheat producer who complies with all the terms of the contract and who wants to terminate his contract at the end of the 1937 crop year may do so if he desires, County Agent Archbold says. The four-year period for the new contract has been selected to avoid the expense of frequent sign-ups, but the two-year cutoff period has been selected so that farmers who wish may terminate their contracts. A farmer who terminated his contract at the end of the first two years would not pe eligible to enter into a contract during any remaining part of the four-year period, Mr. Archbold says. In addition to ths Individual termination for the country as a whois by the secretary of agriculture at the end of any crop year, or after a referendum of contract signers. If 25 per cent of the cooperating growers In any principal wheat growing area, such as the

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spring wheat area, petition for a 'national referendum on the question, such a referendum will be 'held as a guide to the government, j Wheat growers in May this year ' favored continuing the present wffeSl program by a vote ot 404,I 417 to 62,303 —nearly 7 to 1. I The contract may also be termI Inated If the purposes of the adIjustmenf program are attained. WEATHERFAVORS INDIANA CROPS Recent Clear, Warm Days Prove Boon To Farmers In Indiana The recent clear, warm days in this vicinity have been a boon to farmers whose work met with serious and in some cases costly, delay during the prolonged wet spell of a few weeks ago. Plowing for wheat has gotten under way in many sections. Considerable soy beans are being cut and prepared for hay. Corn prospects at this time seem very good, with the grain developing well. The unusual height of much of the corn this season has produced what might be called a supplementary crop, consisting of and abundance of reports of records for the tallest corn, the reports ranging from ten feet on up. It is true, however, that in height the "average” field ot corn this season would in many seasons be i considered a "record” crop.