Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1935 — Page 5

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b[l TUBKEtS ■kMMKETED Hna Crop Uiout Nor- ■ Biit Oilier Sections ■Under Average D Hoosier Inr■,.,s need not get panicky ■ sl , their birds to market ■ fear o' ou i production thia Kaording io estimates of the

freliminary Report Shows ■ Fewer Hogs In Indiana of Commerce Bureau of The Census Washington) ■ MHi.OOO FEWER HOGS IN INDIANA I igNSI S SHOWS GREAT reduction in five-year period fame is reduced hogs by more than 800,000, but increased about half that number in the last five years according to c Farm Census figures just released by William L. Director id the Census. Department of Commerce. This shift in In general crop plan, biH has not greatly affected corn ■treai’. Indeed, there were 3,849,780 acres of corn harvested for grain K 193; against 3.675,946 in 1929. ■ Other imp changes since 1930 are the increases of over 300.000 ft reß wheat, about 40,000 acres in rye, 24,000 acres in Irish potatoes, Kd Jti.ooo a<r*s in hay. The decrease of about 535.000 acres in oats Kr slrt is partly explained by a decrease of almost 40,000 horses. AlRy the northwestern portion of Indiana was severely injured by Ke Ift drought, and the crop failure in the State reached almost 400.Ku a< es. the crop acreage harvested was only about 100,000 acres of five years ago. Kat the various counties illustrate the movement from industrial mines and quarries to small farms, as is the case in the industKil Aas of the Atlantic seaboard and the mining regions of both ■nw and Kentucky. Farmers of this kind conducted operations Kt, a try small scale, which contributed to the reduction of the gener- ■ w ige size of farms in this State from 108 to 102 acres. Os the of 19.000 farms, this small type represented a considerable than one fourth and the average value per farm about oneother interesting facts will be found in the preliminary counwhich are available for students of the farm situation, detailed data will be given in the State bulletin for Indiana, will be published soon and which may be secured for a small the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Bt: j Washington, D. C. I Preliminary Figures: State of Indiana fcalen far year 1934. 1930. inventory items are for April 1; production items, for year 1929. ITEM Census of Census of 1935 1930 fA® 8, FARM ACREAGE AND VALUE ,a ? ” Intwer cf farms 200,835 181,570 operated by— owners 106,047 97,553 owners 29,935 27,964 tenants .a........ 63,509 54,575 of lurtns Hand and buildings) $1,040,238,254 $1,415,542,192 At* ’age value per farm $5,180 $7,796 ABrage value per acre - $50.70 $71.90 (ft id in farms acres 20,518,745 19,688.675 Aw rage acreage per farm 102.2 108.4 ’AI: LAND ACCORDING TO USE (ACRES) _ 3| land harvested 10,102,689 10,213,813 failure* 394.127 347.912 I land idle or fallow 1,340.907 1,160,511 a it Imible pasture » 2,951,164 2,810,184 pasture . 2,091.878 1,833,869 B pasture 1,301,634 1,312,363 oobland not pastured . 972,309 785,611 11 Jher land in farms 1,364,037 1,224,412 available for crops 11,788,887 14,532,420 •irvested. failure, idle, fallow, and ■wable pasture.) ■BLR of LIVESTOCK ON FARMS I * and colts** 401,808 439,65$ V and mule colts** .. 81,503 81,603 ®P* ... , ~ ’ 1,604,368 1,202,819 B"s ami heifers 2 years old and over .. 910,951 687,055 and lambs . 852,829 1,118,184 ■ and pigs 2,540,071 3,347,256 ■ 4 ■WTED CROPS HARVESTED*** . ■ for all purposes . acres 4,060,646 4.220,931 i r “ for grain '' acres 3,849,780 3,675,946 . bushels 106,068,136 114,871.320 Br ’ threshed . acres 1,844,966 1,533.0,>1 bushels 31,810.639 25.190.384 | threshed acres 1,125,072 1,661,155 bushels 17,524,438 47,465,387 ■ wit and fed unthreshed acres 164,965 101,716 fX threshed acres 12,819 32.644 1.. bushels 206,029 e ?o’?c» ■ threshed acres 138,430 98,663 bushels 1,520,129 1,103,213 ■’ grains threshed acres 8,510 24,658 I bushels 122,868 614,683 P sorghums (for grain) acres 152 60 . bushels 2,712 r beets for sugar acres 5,923 1,859 tons 45.989 15,623 F co acres 8,447 19,372 pounds 7,159,566 15,901.768 Potatoes acres 73,617 49,642 bushels 7,066,999 4,145,446 Pt Potatoes acres 6,130 3,160 l bushels 463,253 388,843 ay. and sorghums for forage ... acres 2,117,191 1,920,184 tons 1,882,202 2,451,321 nn" : "?. r ’ agp of crop failure does not represent the total acreage P which failed, but only the acreage of land in crops which failF "V'Hch no other crop was harvested in 1934. Fv<-i„m ailln alB under 3 month of age April 1, 1930. led ums'!. 8 llui ts, vegetables, and ths various annual legumes enumP wWch will published later,

I probable 1935 turkey crop given i by J. 11. Florea, associate editor of * a turkey publication, before the I turkey group at the State Poultry ) Association annual meeting at Purdue university recently. Estimates, considered reliable, - indicate that only about 90 per cent as many turkeys will be marketed this year as in 1934, he declared While the number in Ind lana is about normal, poor hatch- ■ ability of turkey eggs last spring and unfavorable weather during . the growing period has reduced i the number in other sections. If ! these estimates are correct, it will

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mean the marketing of about 15ti millions of turkeys in the United States this year, the smallest numi her since 1928. Florea also stressed the desirability of all turkey growers marketing their stock only as It acquires the necessary finish, thus making a more orderly marketing season, with less danger of flooding the market. For, on the average, there is very lijttle difference between prices at Thanksgiving and Christinas; so the important thing is to market only the good birds which will increase the consumers’ liking for turkey meat. He also briefly touched on some of the developments in turkey marketing. such as cooperatives, a longer marketing season, and such specialties as turkey broilers, half turkeys, and canned turkey meat. These all will tend to increase the demand for turkey, and thus benefit producers, he pointed out. o FARM PROPERTY TAXES IN U.S. SHOW DEGREASE Farm Real Estate Taxes Per Acre Show Decrease Throughout Nation Washington, Oc t. 18 —Average farm real estate taxes per acre the country over decreased 5 per cent from the levy of 1933 to that of 1934. The decline in the 1933 levy compared with 1932 was 14 per cent. The figures are from a study by the bureau of agricultural economics. The 1934 figure stands 36 per I cent below the 1929 peak, says the bureau, but 54 per cent above the base year, 1913. In relation to farm real estate values, taxes reached their highest point in 1932 and I have since declined 26 per cent, but in 1934 were still more than 100 per cent above 1913. Average taxes per acre rose 141 per cent from 1913 to 1929. The rise was rapid from 1914 to 1921, but more gradual during the decade of the twenties. The upward trend halted in 1924 and in 1926, but each time resumed the former course. Farm real estate values began a decline in 1921 which continued through 1932. As a result of this movement, taxes in relation to the values against which they were assessed (taxes per SIOO of value) I rose more rapidly than did taxes per acre. The 1929 levies per SIOO lof '‘true" value were 116 per cent 1 higher than in 1913. From 1929 through 1932 taxes per acre declined. but farm real estate values went down more rapidly. Thus, the bureau says, taxes per SIOO continued to rise, until on the 1932 I?vy they stood 173 per cent higher than in 1913, and 26 per cent higher than in 1929. By 1933 the decline in farm real estate values ceased and a moderate increase began. This resulted in a decrease in taxes per $1779, which for 1933 and 1934 combined amounted to 26 per cent of the 1932 level. Between 1932 and 1933 the movement of the indexes of taxes per acre in Individual states was rather uniform, all but one state showing average decreases; but between 1933 and 1934, 11 states showed average increases, and two showed no change. The only geographic division for which an average increase appeared in either 1932-33 or 1933-34 was New England, with about a 4 per cent rise from 1933 to 1934. Certain preliminary estimates for the 1935 levies have been made on the basis of personal judgments of state tax commissioners and tax experts in more than one-half of the states. From these It appears that the 1935 levies for the country as n whole will not be greatly different from those of 1934. o WHEAT PAYMENT IS UNCHANGED Reduction Is Different But Method Os Payments Unchanged While the new wheat contract being offered to producers by the wheat section of the Agricultural Adjustments Administration calls for only a 5 per cent reduction from base acreage, the adjustment payments will be made on the same

I . r x ‘ USE OF WHEAT ; --■B PROGRAM FUNDS J ’”1 ffl 1933 v 1934 ‘oo ao 60 — 40 ' B II s ¥ i o ■nJkAn. Adjwsle.nt Reserve, ,o Refunds on Cosl Refunds r Peyments be refunded t.poruandlo of '* to termers on floorStocb promote Exports Admin ,trefion Relief flour

The wheat program of the Agri- 1 cultural Adjustment Administration meant about $100,000,000 a year additional income to wheat farmers for each of the first two years of the program and will mean about $115,000,000 additional income for the third year. The 1936-1939 wheat program is expected to mean similar additional in-; come. By far the greater amount of the funds of the wheat program goes to farmers. For instance, for the first two years of the wheat i program, the adjustment payments amounted to $200,250,000. In this same period the cost of administration was $5,800,000. Other expenditures under the wheat program have been those made according to the terms of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Among these items are funds used ■ to promote exports from the I’acif-'

basis as in the old contract, according to L. E. Archbold, county agent of Adams Comity. "Many producers have obtained a false idea of how the adjustment payments are to be made under the new contract," Archbold stated. "However, no radical change is to be made in the method of determining the payments. Each co-op-erator will receive an adjustment payment, to be determined by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace next i July, on 54 percent of the domestic allotment, or, in other words, he will receive adjustment payments on 54 percent of the bushels of wheat he actually produces under ■ the contract. “The amount of the adjustment payment will be such that it will j bring the actual income of wheat producing cooperators up to the parity level and cannot be determined until next July, when it will be announced," Archbold explained. “This year it is 33 cents a! bushel while last year it was 30." * The wheat contract sign-up campaign is under way in Adams j County and producers who are eligible to sign may obtain informa-; tion from the office of the Adams ■ County wheat control association or the office of the County Agent. o ASK PRODUCERS TO CAST VOTES; I Vote On Corn-Hog Program Not On Any Particular Contract Corn and hog producers who ■ vote in the forthcoming referend-1

urn on October 26 on the question: I “Do you favor a corn-hog adjust-' ment progfam to follow the 1935! program which expires November | 30, 1935?" will be voting on the question only and not on any specific contract or program, Henry Rumple, president of the Adams county corn-hog control association said here today. "I)he referendum is being held to determine the wishes of the! corn ami hog producers," lie slat ed, “and for no other reason. It is the second step required by law to be taken by Secretary Wallace be fore plans are made for a new program. The first step was the recent hearing in Washington in which fanners, consumers, and pro cessors expressed their views. The j results of this hearing, which fav ored continuation of the adjust ! ment efforts, caused the referee-1 dum to be announced for October 26. ’ In order to thoroughly acquaint producers with the outlook for the future and with the agricultural, situation in general, series of meetings are being held in local commufuties at which producers may | aSR question and receive accurate ! Information concerning results! both with and without adjustment. “It will be necessary for the ma-

I ic Northwest and refunds made on I exports. The refunds of the pro--1 cessing tax on exports are made to millers when they export wheat. These refunds are made so that the tax does not handicap exports, j During the first two years the to- | tai export refunds and funds used to promote exports was $10,500,- ; 000. Millers who ground flour for ; relief purposes paid the tax, but this was later refunded to them. This amounted to $3,500,000 during the first two years of the program. When the wheat program began, the floor stocks of flour which bad been ground before the tax was effective, but which had not entered consumption, were taxed. This amounted to $13,900,000. This amount is being held until the future time when the tax may be lifted and refunds will be necesisary on floor stocks on which the I tax had been paid.

jority of the producers to vote if a true cross-section of their opinion is to be determined. If most of them wish continuation of an adjustment program, plans will be made for a new, more equitable contract and, if the referendum shows that continuation is not wanted, the matter will likely be dropped.” Rumple explained. “No matter which way the vote points, a large vote is desired." I Rumple also said that voting in the referendum woulff place no obligation on the voter to sign a new contract, should one be presented. (, INDIANA MUCK — CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE 1 | Nappanee; James Leaeh, LaOtto; | Arthur Gumz, Denham; Gervase I Carrico. South Bend; George Keller. Hamlet, and Ed Nestle, Churubusco, One of the entertainment sea- , tures is the selection of a queen of the show. Cities, towns, and communities lin the muck soil area, which inI eludes more than 20 counties in 1 northern Indiana, are holding conitetsts to select their representative in the competition. Several Adams county muck crop farmers west of Berne are expected to attend thte show-. Menno I Eicher is a director in the assoi ciation. o | College to Train ‘Wall Flowers' Burlington. Vt. —(UP)— There I will be no more wall flowers at University of Vermont. Those who feel ' doubtful about their tenpslchorean ; preparation for college life can enI roll in the social dancing class for men and women.

FARM LOANS To Responsible Borrowers LOW RATES — LIBERAL TERMS PROMPT SERVICE Application for loans submitted to • Union Central Life Insurance Co. A. I). SUTTLES FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At THE ADAMS COUNTY NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION, of Decatur, Indiana has received a Charter and has been duly authorized and empowered to make farm loans in all of Adams County. If you are expecting to re-finance your farm loan call or write this association at once. Office: 133 South Second Street Decatur, Indiana E. Burt Lenhart, Sec’y-Treas. Fred T. Schurger, Investigator

LOCAL CANNING FACTORY ENDS RUN THIS YEAR Adatns County Packing Company Crating Last Os Product This Week The Adams County Packing company. this week is crating the last of the cans, preparatory to shipping them. The last frost spoiled the rest of the crop for canning purposes. The popularity of tomato products is increasing yearly. The crop this year over the entire country was in excess of five million acres. Growers, in what is known as the tri-state district consisting of New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware, produce most of the eastern tomatoes. The Ozarks is another large region. Fndiana tomatoes are recognized j over the nation for their quality, color and flavor. They are preferred by most buyers. Tomatoes are not all canned. More than 60 per cent oi the crop 1 is processed to produce such products as juice, sauce for beans and spaghetti and catsup. The Indiana crop this year was about 50 per cent normal taking the state as a unit. The average yield in Adams county was about : seven tons to the acre this year. Some growers with exceptional yields produced 14 tons to the acre. Tomatoes have not been found to be a difficult crop in the county. One error many Adams county farmers made was in using too small a percentage of phosphorus. The Adams County racking company had about 160 acres of tomatoes under contract this year. Next year the officials expect to sign contracts for about twice as many i acres. o DISEASED BEAN PLANTS FOUND Downy Mildew Disease 1 Found This Year In Soybean Plants Urbana, 111. Oct. 18—Diseased soybeans being found in many sections of Indiana and Illioiiis this fall probably are infected with downy mildew disease, said G. H. Boewe, field botanist for the Illinois Natural History Survey, cooperating with the college of agriculture, University of Illinois. In a recent survey 25 fields located in 12 counties were examined, and only one field was found to be free of the disease. Careful counts made in 10 of these fields showed an average of 85 per cent of the plants infected and 49 per cent of the leaves on these plants diseased. Downy mildew is an Oriental disease of soybeans which attacks and destroys the leaf tissue. It was first seen in the United States in 1929, and in that same year small areas of infected plants were found in Champaign and Piatt counties. So far no effective remedy has been found for tiffs disease. Since

It is new in the U, b., plant disease workers have had very little opportunity to make Investigations and tests, according to L. R. Tehon, botanist in charge at the survey office. Indications are that the disease is more prevalent during years of plentiful rainfall. This indication

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i In borne out by conditions in Indiana and Illinois. Very little of the disease was seen during the recent dry years, but with the greater supply of moisture this year soyi bean downy mildew is abundant. Exfttnlnations of diseased plants ; this year show that about 10 per ' cent of the leaf tissue has been ■ destroyed by the disease. o ,— Cal Kunkel of Monmouth was a ' Decatur business visitor this mornFinest Quality WINTER APPLE Many Leading Varieties. Daniel Mazelin R. 1. Berne Phone 4693.