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VIEW of LITTLE fOWN ANNUALS 1 O'er |93(i Catalogs lr A Few New [’lowers ’Grow This Year. “Wi-deiH; have Ihcir share " s ' nasturtinnis. zinnias i l ’ 1 ‘- batter-known an-t »w th w . are hundreds of Fusing flowers . vhj ,.- n • from the first "" Jur acquainted with the ' ' ,|f annuals which seed * Way is no meager job. fti, ' gardeilf ”' should' have ; nr « new annuals are S(,asun ’ 110 willi. hw ' sll . ’"s over a period cf fc-,; »! nt flow ' S sulphur is *>■ Me 11,1 •. ami is g (Kzl] for M is wars " ‘“ te whcn the •tarlHl bld h. 11 1S slow * et - k l(i as a season i S'has Fwg "«e-Not, cyu-' k falnml i 1 a ’ 11 S,,ain ot blue' e. gracL.,!* Their [*' of oi •W’h a iis l w ., e ,J) ,IK:ht!S ' Tl,e M!» Mll« ? '" fght well be s r u ' ad ~f driuK tta *niow„ r (>ww with eramJ fiMl e l« thi 'a i an<i a lieli< ' !lte ’ Bw It da ”’■*> Ol ' angel’s i ‘Mfe b ui B *'«’! in most 4 ‘ Bu,J uid be alul . te d ■ • I

hue and to more favorable terms • 1 tor repaymentin recent years with morn favor- 1 hibie price rations, lower rates of I interest, and low prices for farm I land the good fartnor is using credlit indebtedness, Prof. Lloyd pointled out. VAN WERT MAN NEW FIELDMAN Wilbert E. Miller To Sue- • ceed Ben Chilcote In Van Wert Area i J. Ward Callan, vice-president j and field manager of the Central:. Sugar Co. announced today that i ( Wilbert K. Miller of Van Wert has j been appointed to succeed B. O. , Chilcote of Ohio City as represen- ( i tative ot the sugar refinery in the t I Van Welt area. Mi. Chilcote re- , I signed as field representative to , I enter other business activities but ( i will continue in his present capa- F i city until .March 1 when Mr. Mill-jj I er will assume active charge of the ■ t I district. ’ ( , In commenting on the appoint-i x ment of Mr. Miller, Mr. Calland |, I said: “We are sorry to have Ben> ( I Chilcote leave us and we wish him . t I every success in his new endeav-i ] iors. We have been particularly ft»r-! ( 'unate in securing the services of ( an experienced field representative , hik.. Mr. Miller. We have every con-' s fidence in him and teel sure that ( our growers in the Van Wert ter-j ritory will accord hirtt the same, splendid co-operation that they did i ( Mr. Chilcote.” Born and raised on a farm near I, Pandora, Mr. Miller who is of >. Swiss descent has had long exper-l. ience in sugar beet growing and: ( served for three seasons as field' ( man for the Northeastern Sugar, , Co. of Mt. Clements, Mich. He was . graduated front Michigan State s (College where he specialized in|| agriculture and subsequently , taught the t in high school.!; Mr. Miller is a world war veteran with 11 months overseas ser- ( vice and in addition to his other ( activities has played college foot- ( ball for three years and has coach-' ed athletics. He is married and; moved to Van Wert recently. i . □ | ! Vacation Up to Teachers CLEVELAND (U.R) themselves will decide whether i ( they wiil have a spring vacation I ami close the Cleveland schools > ( June 19 or will teach without re-i| ces; and quit for the year a week earlier. The Cleveland Teachers : Federation wiil conduct the poll. ,

early tn a seed box or flat. They make Fine pot plants, and are good for bedding. A real dazzler,. which might well be used to accent l<eds or borders, is the kochia. popularly known as the burning bush because of its fiery red colors. It grows 214 feet tt’.ll and its close-branching habits give it the physical appearance of a small evergreen. It makes a fine colorful low htxige for separating parts of the garden. The annual statice is not only a beautiful flower for garden purposes. but may be dried for winter decoration. Xeranthemuni is: another everlasting which niur be i cured for later tree. It has silvery! foliage, and attractive pink, white| and purple flowers. A flow er from the East Indies of easy culture is the globe amaranth or gomphrena. It has clover-like 1 I loscoms in white, flesh, rose and purple colors. Sow seed in late spring ip sunny location. They bloom from July until frost.. Pick a few to dry. KupLoibiu i» .in interesting flower because of its attractive foliage. Coleus is another. Some 6f the ornamental grasses might tit in well in your ga,rden. and most of them are useful to dry for winter use. Most of these annuals can be I grown with a minimum of preparation by the amateur. Although ■they do not take the place of the I oid and sure-fire favorites, they < j make interesting variety, and add I much to the pleasure of growing flowerg, Get a few of these this ■ year.

PECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1936.

NEED OF USING WELL MATURED SEED IS TOLD I Purdue Expert Tells Os Necessity Os Using Well Matured Corn At the corn school held at Mon- 1 to- on February 14. Dr. C. T. Gregory again emphasized the of felng well-matured seed corn. Farmers who have heard Dr. Gregory before will reinember that he has consistently urged them tt> select the well matured ears for ; their seed corn. During the morning session he told how diseases effect the corn plant from the seedling stage on through till the ear is matured. He showed how the little corn seedlings are rotted in the soil and explained how experimenters iiave studied this problem. It has been | found that the soft immature types. of kernels are much more sua-1 ceptible to this rot than the hard ! well matured types. Furthermore, this rot is much worse at low soil temperatures than a high soil temperature. He also showed the relation of storage to seedling rots by explaining that dust and dirt that may accumulate on the seed oars in storage will carry the spores of these seedling rotting fungi. It is experiments such as these that have been the background his recommendations to the Indiana corn growers; namely, select well matured seed corn; store in a clean storage place; and treat all early planted seen corn with one of the organic mercury compounds. If corn is planted late and well matured seed is used the ! farmer may or may not treat his seed before planting, however, this ! treatment only costs about two ■ cents an acre and may be good in- ; sttrance. Field selection of the well matured ears on standing stalks was shown to In one of the best means of obtaining strains of corn mat are healthy and adapted to the ! soil and climatic conditions on the ■ farm Dr. Gregory showed that I plants which have grown vigor- : ously and have matured the ear !of corn have proven their tree- . dom from disease and their adaptI ability to the soil and climatic conditions. Consistent seed selection i from such plants will slowly but : surely build up the quality and I yield of the corn. Seed corn testing by the modi- ! tied rag doll is strongly recotn- ■ mended this year. The low temperi atures we have had may have caus- | ed considerable injury which can only he detected by the germination test. A cheap type of germinator can be made from an ordinary lard can. A row of holes j punched in the sides three quartI ers of an inch from the bottom and a false bottom of screen wire or hardware cloth is laid in the bottom on one inch blocks of wood. The dolls are set up in the germinI ator and a wet burlap sack is laid over the top. The germinator is set in a warm place (80 F. I and lukewarm water is poured into the end of the dolls at least once a | day. In seven days the doll can be i opened and read. Gregory said that i three things need be considered. | First, all of the six or eight kernels from each ear should germinate, discard all ears that do not germinate 100 per es nt. Second, is the germination strong and vigorous. Discard all ears in which the growth is weak as compared with the growth in the adjacent rows. Third, discaid all cars in which there is a rotting of the sprout at the point where it emerges from the seed. All other rots ami molds need not be serious if the germination Is strong but jf such moldy seed torn is used it. should be treated before planting. o Expeditions to Hunt Cleopatra's Temple London —tL'P) —Ettorte to trace remains of Cleopatra's Temple, which the Egyptian queen built in honor of the birth of -her son. will 'be made >by a British expedition which will leave for Luxor shortly. Oliver Myers, leader of the Sir Robert Mond exipedition of the Egypt Exploration Society, also hopes to get further information about an ancient c ivilization at. Ar- ' maut. which, if fe beleved, was connected wth that of tht» peoples of the. South Sahara, as far west as Timbuctoo.

New Fieldman - f- — * - - i . I*' I ft . . 7,, 1 Wilbert E. Miller of Van Wert to succeed Ben Chilcote as field representative for the Central Sugar company In the Van Wert area. GIVE FIGURES ON POPULATION Federal Expert Delivers Talk On Trends On Population Lafayette. Ind.. Feb. 21— One of the most interesting talks delivered at the recent agricultural conference at Purdue university was that by Dr. O. E. Baker of the U. S. dept , tment of agriculture, in Washington, who spoke on "The Place of the Fann Family in the Welfare of the Nation." Dr. Baker, who is a keen student of population trends feels that Americas

population will continue to increase for the next 10 or 20 years then remain stationary for some years and finally begin to decline, because of the reduced birth rate. Wfth a decline in nuiitber of consumers, it will be difficult to maintain prices of farm products, he points out. Dr. Baker said in part: "Modern urban civilization has grown out of a rural civilization, and has derived from this rural civilization a large part of its strength and sustenance. As urban civilization has become more dom inant. Its weaknesses have become more apparent. Os all the influence of urban life, the most serious is that upon the family. "1:-. the large cities only about two-thirds enough children are now being born to maintain the population of the cities perman ently stationary without accessions from outside In the smaller cities the deficit is bout 15 percent. In the rural non-farm population (village and suburbs', on the ofner hand, there Is a 25 port ent surplus, and in the farm population 40 to 50 percent surplus of children. But the rural surplus no longer balances the urban deficit, shat is, not enough Children ate being born in the Nation to maintain its present population permanently -stationary. "However, the population of the Nation will increase for at least 10 years, possibly 20 years, because of the large number of middle-aged people, the heritage of the higher birthrate and heavy immigration of the past, who must grow old ami increase the number of deaths. The increase in people over 65 ytars of age was 34 percent between 1920 and 1930 in the Nation as a whole. The nutabcr of old people will double within the next 30 years and quadruple within GO years. Soon the number of deaths will increase, while births doubtless will continue to decrease, until a balance occurs. This balance may last for several years, and then population will start to decline Ft will be difficult to main tain the prices of farm ptodttcls when the population of the Nation is declining. "The rapid decline in births during recent years—from nearly 3,000,000 in 1921 and 2.900.000 in 1924 to 2,300,000 last year—associated with the urbSTlization of the people, suggests strongly that land and life are closely related. D is becoming clear that the land is the foundation .of the family and that the family is the foundation of the Stall’."

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SAVE COST IN OATS SEEDING Disinfect Two To Six Weeks Before Seeding To Prevent Smut Urbana. 111., Feb. 21— First sign of spring: Preparations for oats seeding ' and a report from Benjamin Koehler, crop pathologist of the college of agriculture. University of III; nois, that farmers can save half the cost of disinfecting their seed against smut by treating it two to six weeks before seeding. Although still shivering from the effects of the winter's record cold weather, it is none too early to begin preparations for oats seednig, ; Koehler pointed out. More than a I third of the oats in Indiana and Illinois is planted in March. and| that Is only a month away, he said. ’ Treating seed two to six weeks a : head means that preparations must i start now. Much of the several million acr- , es of oats seeded this spring will >‘ be planted to seed treated with , the new improved ceresan, a pre-; ventive of smut damage to yield I and quality, he predicted. This dis-1 I infectant, available at most seed * stores, is a dry chemical dust which acts both by contact and as a gas.! If the treatments are made early i and the treated grain allowed to', stand in sacks or in a bin covered , with canvas or blankets, the gasp has longer time to act and thus j ] less disinfectant is needed, Koeh-p ler explained. 1 “The usual recommended dose. I

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one half ounce a bushel, should he used when oats are stored only 24 hours before seeding. It is false to think that If a little disinfectant is good, more will be bettor. An excess weakens germination of the seed, and this is followed by a little loss In yield of grain. “In well-claaned grain one-fourth ounce of disinfectant to the bushel of seed, mixed well and allowed to stand for two or more weeks before seeding has given as good control of smut as one-half ounce a bushel allowed to act only 24 hours. | “Another factor affecting the dosage needed is the amount of dirt in the oats, ti the seed has much fine, dusty dirt in it and it is not being recleaned beiore the disin- . fectant is applied, a full one-half ! ounce of the chemical to the bushel may be needed even though the oats are stored for some time be- : tore seeding. “Thorough mixing of the disinI fectant with the grain is essential ; for the liest results in any case. ! Mixing done with a good machine i gives more reliable results than I that done with a scoop shovel. “By cleaning and treating his seed and keeping in mind the length of time the oats will be stored alter treating and before sowing, then adjusting the dosage of the disinfectant aceosdinelv the farmer not only will - jney on disinfectant, hut also id assure the best yields ot grain." Lot Free, Pius Taxes EUCLID. 0. (U.RI —This suburb of Cleveland will give a. lot to anyone who will build a house on it. The catch is that a lot. worth perhaps 1400, has some $3,500 in delinquent assessments against rt for improvements put in by a now bankrupt development company.

DEATH LOSS IN POULTRY HIGH Heavy Mortality Losses Stili Threaten Poultry Flocks Urbana, 111., Feb. 21 Although the outlook for poultry and eggs is mostly favorable during the first half of the year, heavy mortality losses still loom as a threat to the poultry industry, according to H 11. Alp, poultry extension special ist ot the college of agriculture, university of Illinois Some flock owners last year lost as high as 47 per cent of their mature flocks, and there will be ruinous losses again this on unless poultrymen ado.,' r „e stringent methods than they have used in the past, he said. The drive against poultry mortality losses might well start wi'h greater alertness on the part of flock owners in detecting birds o ; of condition, in destroying and removing quickly from the pen dll seick birds and in a real appreciation of cleanliness. Alp said. "Certainly durgs and so-called

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■ .ctuedles have failed to solve the I problem, much th*V have been !uaed. “There l« too much iioctoring’ !of sick chickens and not enough I clean feeders, watftrera au4 houn- ; es. It is useless, of roitrso. to clean , ih>' dropping-- ’,' ii’d mid leave it ‘ side rull to it foeiff'r or waterer filthy dirty. Dirt around the feed anti water helps to give the birds every possible chance of thorough .'xposure so any disease or pnra{site present. “Faulty sanitation or llock nuiii agament is probably not wholly re'sponsible for heavy innrlulity lossies novft being suffr rod by slot k owners. There is considerable evidence that t ortaln strsbts of poultry Fnay lie lacking In vitality Future breeding may need to he done more with two-year old slock ttnd less with yearlin More cousid eratfon might web vo given to the •effect of breeding or mortality.'’ , o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At 4' . The Adams County National I arm Loan Association, of Dcatur. Indiana has received a ( barter and has been duly null, rized end empowered to make farm lot;. all of Adams County. If you are expecting to re-Hnam e your farm loan, call or write this assoefation at once. Office; 133 South Second Street Decatur. Indiana E. Burt L-übart. soc'y-trens. Fred T. Schrnget. Investigator