Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1936 — Page 5

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hiding grants to states. which may ! he made immediately upon approval of stale plans, the state plans | must include provisions tor a ■state administrative agency. Such ; state agency must be authorized ihy the stale and approved by the | secretary ot agriculture. State plans must also include provisions ifor participation by county and 'community committees or assocla 'lions of producers organized tor I the purpose, and provisions for submitting such reports as the secretary finds necessary to assure I that the plan is being carried out. CLUB MEMBERS ENTER CONTEST National Farm Accounting Contest Open To 4-H Members Chicago, ill., Mar. 13 Better business is being ushered in on farms all over the nation as 4-H boys and girls upon them are opening up their books for the third national farm accounting contest. Parents, rural and vocational I school teachers, agricultural lead ' ers and bankers and other business 'un n are cooperating actively with 4-H club leaders and extension a gents in carrying on the contest which is sponsored by the international Harvester Company and open to every one of the million boys and girls enrolled in the 4-H this year. Reports of state club leaders I show that many of the first year | contestants and their parents were | so pleased with their initial efforts in keeping accounts that they have continued the practice according to survey of the National Committee on boys and girls club work, which is conducting the contest a gain this year. Contestants are required to show a complete opening and closing in ' ventory, all money received and : expended and for what purposes, and a balance sheet of profit and loss for 12 consecutive months end-: iug not later than Feb. 28, 1937. ■ Any record book providing such | information approved by the state ' extension office may be used ' Judges are required to keep the I records confidential. Prizes aggregating at least $7. ' 500.00 are provided by the Harvest ; er Company for winners to be des-1 ignated by t(ie cqoperallpg club; leaders. County winners receive a SIO.OO IHC merchandise certificate, state winers the choice of a cream separator or SIOO merchandise certificate. and four sectional winners each a double unit milker or S2XS certificate. The national champion has the choice of a Farmall tractor. half-ton motor truck or SSOO certificate. No winers may receive more than one prize. o ' Max Baer Pays For Pride Sacramentp. Cal. HJ.R) Max Baer agreed that special built automobiles lost some ot their appeal during the license renewal period. He headed the list of placer county motorists paying high fees when l is cost him $55.25 to register his | car.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1V36.

SPRAYING FRUIT TREES NEEDED Despite Sever e Cold Weather, Spraying is Still Necessary The severe weather of the past . two months has been harmful to I some fruit insects, has had no es- : feet on certain types, and has been I indirectly beneficial to others, according to J. J. Davis, head ot the entomology department of the Pur- ( due University agricultural experiment station. The cold weather, he declared, has doubtless resulted in a high I mortality of San Jose scales, and , yet in mauy localities dormant spraying to eradicate this pest so far as is possible is still highly important. This is due to the fact that the scale has been on the in- ' crease and because of its high re- . productive capacity, even though it winters over only In few numbers, these few overwintering indi-! , viduals may lie responsible for a 1 high population by fall. lie empha- . sized lhat it is especially import-1 ant that the scale by controlled in' those areas where the 17-year locust will occur in 1936. because the healing egg slits on apple branches are ideal places, not easily reach : ed by dormant sprays, for the scale to pass the winter for several years to come. He said that there is no evidence , I to date that the winter has appreciably reduced either the codling 1 moth or Peach' tree borere popula- : tion. or that of the overwintering ‘ Oriental fruit worms. However, I since the cold has reduced chances j of a set of peaches, damage by the ' fruit worms is not an important, i factor, for with a reduced food supply in the way of fruit, there I may be an appreciable reduction ■ of this pest. Davis declared that one of the most important problems which ■ will confront the grower of peachI es and other stone fruits this com I ing season is the shot hole borere. I This insect is seldom serious on i I stone fruits as long as the trees 'are in vigorous, growing condition.. I but when the trees are weakened, j | damage is very likely to result. I j The cold weather of recent I ; months has. doubtless, weakened | ! trees and in some cases killed I i branches. To overcome this weak jened condition and subsequent infestation by the shot hole borer or bark beetle. Davis recommended that growers apply a nitrate fertilizer to stimulate growth and thus prevent the beetles from becoming established. Weakened trees should receive an application of nitrate of soda or other nitrate available fertilizer, using two to four pounds per tree, to be applied soon after growth starts and at least before i the middle of June. In applying a j nitrate fertilizer, he said it should be broadcast on the soil, especially beneath the outermost branches where the feeding roots occur. o NOTICE 1 will be out of town from Sun-i | day morning until Tuesday eve-| ning. Dr. W. E. Smith. Itx i

American Farms Are Behind the Times FARMS WITH FARMS WITHOUT StCITKXy It*. 0999 [iJJ«a’ a a a 4 ? A dom. ,b ■. foth tymbol rapfM nh KA ol oil lonviv

’T’HIS chart, prepared by the Rural * Electrification Administration, illustrates the surprising scarcity ot electric service on American farms, despite its almost uniform availability to city people. Illumination and running watermade possible by electric pumping —are only two of the many advantages w' ich electricity brings to the farm. With them come dependable i refrigeration, cool cookery, power for feed grinding and other farm tasks, poultry bouse illumination for greater egg production, and electric dairy machinery—over two hundred farm uses for electricity have been listed. This chart, prepared by the Rural Electrification Adjuinistra- . tion. illustrates the proportion of ' farms in Adams County, that have I electricity, and its corollary, run ning water, compared to the number of farms that have other modern necessities and conveniences, such as telephones, automobiles land radios. I At the beginning of 1935 about | ' one American farm in nine had ' electric service. New line construe i tion had tapered off to almost nothin, and the outlook for any \ further advance was not particularly promising. Congress and the , President decided to do something 'about the situation and a portion lot the work relief funds was set a 1 side for rural electrification. The , , Rural Electrification AglministraI tion —REA -was created to admin- . ister the program. J REA operates directly by lending | money to build distribution lines' i in rural areas not now served. It makes no grants of any kind, hut ' any organization may borrow, provided the project which it sponsors < meets the legal, engineering and; economic tests applied by REA. Most important, the project must ( pay its own way. After a slow and careful start. ' the Federal rural electrification . program is npw making itself felt : throughout the country. Forty-two' projects, in twenty States, have 1 received REA approval since November 4. 1935. and construction ot I i some of them has been completed land the new lines placed in service. REA allotments and loans for building rural lines in unserved, areas totaled $8,144,862. up to ; March 1. 1936, to be used for the i construction of over 7,500 miles 1 of dstributiou lines to lake electric■l energy to some 27.000 rural resiI dents never before served. | in addition, the private utility ; industry is rapidly awakening to i lithe fact that the vast farm market 1 for power is the only remaining market to be tapped. On the basis > lof figures submitted to REA by, the utility industry, there was an increase of approximately 175 per ■ cent in the number of American j farms electrified during 1935. com-; pared with the previous year. Esti-| mates point to a new peak in rur-1 al electrification activity in 1936. Morris L. 'L'ooke. REA admini-' strator. believes that this sharp' mowing in rura lextensicns in the; most encouraging development in, rural electrification in years. He credits the expansion to increasing organized demand by farmers for; electric service, the lowering of rural customer requirements and ' rates by more progressive utilities.

— FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At 4' < The Adams County National Farm Loan Association, of Decatur. Indiana has received a Charter ami has been duly authorized and empowered to make ft'’.: loans in all ot 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. Hurt Lenhart, scc'y-trcas. Fred T. Schurger, investigator i ■■■■■■■■■aßH-HS-aia

By financing tho construction ot new electric distribution lines la territories naw without any electric service, as well as wiring installations on groups jt farms, the Rural Electrification Administration Is en- j deavoring to correct the condition which this chart portrays. Assistance in financing purchases ot equipment and appliances to utiiiza the electricity brought by the new lines is to be given by tae reorganized Electric Home and Farm A«thority, while financing of plumbing and remodeling is within me jurisdiction of the Federal Housing Administration. the establishment of REA, and the ability of many utilities to borrow private funds at low interest rates. -—— o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Rural Electrification in the United States-1935 4 1 ■ • ■ •18////W L ’ LEGEND MM X - inni—** PERCENTAGE MID NUMBER Os FARMS IpVGIOW DECEIVING \ 7 j V CENTRAL STATION ELEOTRICiTY Prepared by Rural Electrification Administration

TOO many American farms are behind the times. In the West, where electricity i. used extensively for irrigation, and in thickly settled North Atlantic States, about one farm in three has electric service. In the South ant" throughout the Middle West rural electrification is very much rarer and in some States almost non-existent. The Rural Electrification Administration believes tba. concerted action by farmers, private industry and the Government, using modern methods and modern practices, can change this condition radically. Lina

PUBLIC SALE 160-AC RE FARM and All Our Personal Property At we are quitting l farming, we will 'sell at pifblic auction, one-halt mile south of Poe; or 11 miles southeast of Fort Wayne, on MONDAY. MARCH 16. 1936 the following property: FOl'R HORSES -One ba\ mare 9 years vid. weight 1700; One sorrel mare S years old, weight 1500; One Mack ma-a 10 years old, weight 1500; One bay mare 10 years old. weight 1500 10 CATTLE: Seven Good Cows Jerseys, Shorthorns—v. ill be fresh in March and April; one with calf by side, one fresh byday of sale; two heifers 2 years old, to be fresh in April; one heifer coming 2 vears old; One yearling heifer; One coming yearling heifer; One roan l ull 1 year old in April; One Jersey yearling bull; Two Guernsey bulls six months old. 12 HOGS; Brood Sows and Gilts: Three Duroc sows wihl 2o pigs by side; One Duroc sow with five pigs; Five sows to farrow in April and Mav; Three gilts to farrow in April; Ten feeders, weight 125 lbs. each; Thirteen feeders, weight about 40 lbs. each; One Hampshire boar. 1 year old. POL'LTRY: 75 While Leghorn and Minorca liens. HAY AND GRAIN: 250 bit. corn; 200 bn. oats; 150 bu. good clean soybeans; 20 bu. barley; 100 bu. good potatoes; Five tons mixed hay. IMPLEMENTS. ETS.: One Fordson tractor, pulley eqni: -ed, in first Masts condition, extension rims: Oliver tra-tor plows. 14-inch; One buzz saw with 2-inch mantel and 36-inch saw; One good McCormick-Deering ,--tt. binder: One good 12-hole Hoosier fertilizer grain drill; One good Rock Island side-delivery '«••; One double fagi endgate seeder; One John Deere 999 corn ph.iit.ii with bean and fertilizer attachment, like mw; One 6-ft. Deering mower; One cuitipacker; Two riding cultivators; One 3-section new heavy- spike-tooth harrow; One good McCormick Deering manure spreader; One cutting box and bean thresher combined; One tedder; Otic Deering web hay loader; One good wagon and Hitt, rack; One good John Deere l')-ft. single disc; One spring-tooth harrow; One 10-inch feed grinder; One Oliver walking plow; One power corn sheller; Two double sets work harness; Two G. E. electric radios; One l-j h.p. G.E. electric motor; One Vi h.p. heavy duty electric motor; Line shafts and hungers; Butchering tools; Kettles; Two refrigerator:;, 4PO and 500-U . ice capacity;; meat blocks; power sausage grinder; lard press; blacksmith tools; anvil; forge; hog feeder, 60-bu. capacity; good army saddle; Three 120-cgg Buckeye incubators; One Id-gallon cedar churn; and other articles too numerous to mention. REAL ESTATE: We will also sell to the highest bidder our 160-agre faint, with ti-room house: new 34x66 bank barn; bog homie; double crib and wagon shed; poultry house for 500 hens with scratch room; work shop; garage; concrete- cellar; all buildings have electric lights; good driven well: land i. slightly rolling, very productive; 30 acres in timber; 15 acres new ground pasture, Italiutco all under cultivation. TERMS- tin federal loan to run 30 vears can 1,1 •• ■■• timed bv puK.ii,. ;er; balance ca--h. Farm wiM sell al 1:30 p. m. Sale begin- al 10 a. in. Lunch -by UuJies A, i I'Ou. FRANK B. and MABLE SNIDER, Owners hoy Johnson, Auctioneer. Harley Somers, Clerk

POULTRY TIPS PRESENT MONTH i Poultry Tips Are Listed To Follow During Present Month It is not too late to move (he , brooder house to clean ground— i that is. ground that has had no j poultry or poultry mauure on it' for one year. Chicks which run with the laving flock or which run | over ground infected last spriug | are likely to pick up any disease , germ which may be present. First, see that the chicks and layers do I not range together, then avoid us-' ing ground infected with last sea-; son s chicks Decide now upon a complete! feeding program for the chicks and growing pullets. There are many satisfactory formulae, select one which will use available farm grains, but which is known to be ! satisfactory II is unwise to guess I ou the formulae. Most starting rations are to be ' used until the chicks are six to eights weeks old. Then change to ] a growing ration and mash. In checking reports ou 710 flocks in. 1935 it was observed that many persons did not feed a satisfactory, growing ration during the summer i months. Pullets which lay well; during the fall and winter need to be properly developed through' the use of a suitable growing ra-,,

costs are now much, low er than they were even a year ago, contributions toward the cost of extensions have been reduced or eliminated entirely, rate schedules are simpler and in many cases lower, and Federal loans are available in every stage of electrifying a farm. REA will lend money to build rural lines and to wire groups of farms: the Electric Home and Farm Authority helps to finance the purchase of appliances and equipment; and Federal Housing Administration's facilities are available for plumbing and remodeliug.

tion. Successful poultry raisers are not starting as many chicks in any one house or pen. 300 chicks to a 10 x 12 foot brooder house are enough. Even with this number the cockerels should be removed as soon as possible, and it is often advisable to provide additional roosting space tor the pullets durthe late summer. URGES FARMERS TU BUT NURSES Local Auctioneer Urges Farmers Keep Good Horses In County (By Roy S. Johnson) t Decatur Auctioneer) The demand for good horses j throughout the United States has been steadily increasing for the past four or five years. Today that j

FARM LOANS To Responsible Borrowers LOW RATES — LIBERAL TERMS PROMPT SERVICE Application for loans submitted to Union Central Life Co. A . D. SUTTLES. - - — :So Do We X £ Ikey—“ How I hate Texes." Izzy—“ You never seen Texas." W Ikey—“l mean Sales Texe ." > We have always Had taxes and always will a just as you probably all will need • FIELD FENCE J 1 am fully prepared on a larger scale than ever before " to take care of all your fencing needs. I carry on the $ floor Superior Steel & W ire Company’s J “SUPERIOR BRAND” A of fence which is dual zinc-coated, full length and size, carrying all the best selling numbers in 16-20-30 J and 10 rod reels. The most complete line of posts, either in white cedar or steel. — See us before buying. ® We make it worth your while. • Cash Coal & Supply • R. A. STUCKEY £ HOME OF STUCKEY S HOG-CLAD. ••••••••••••••••••••St — It Isn’t Necessary to spend a fortune making your walls home-like and attractive. Our Sun-Tested. Washable Mayflower Patterns have Style. Harmony, Merit, and Character. They are beautiful in design. Priced As Krt Per Low As ib Roll We carry a complete line of Housecleaning Wants: — Sponges, Chamois. Dica-Doo, Climax Wall Paper Cleaner. Murphy's Oil Soap and Farr-Better ( leaner. - AT - ’ Kohne Drug Store ■»■■■ ■■in —it

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demand Is probably greater than it tiny time in the last 20 years. Buyers t'nun easteru states are sccitring the corn belt section for good horses and are willing to pay good prices for the right kind. Th* horse today is s source of revenue that no farmer can afford to overlook Farmers in Adams county will have mt opportunity to secure at the H. I*. Schmitt sale March 23, registered Belgian brood mares of J uuistuiiding quality, that have proven abilily Io produce the right kind, as the seller has already demonstrated by the number of , gold medal colt club winners foul | ed by these mares. , The stud colt Bozier recently , given as a prize bj the Brtedera’ j Gazette was foaled by a mare that | will be sold tu this sale. Several I registered fillies, exceptional in quality and color and of popular blood lines, will also be sold. K°ep these good brood mares ;aud fillies in Adams county. We need them here, we have the repu tation of furnishing for the murklet more good horses than any othII er section of the country. Now is . j the opportunity to improve one of your niost profitable products. The horses that will be sold at .! this time are oft Tie type lhat are ! being sought today and they I should be kept in Adams county. ■ 1 urge fanners to attend the sale. ' bringing the boys aTo girls to the i sale and buy them a pair of these | fillies or a good mare, later to ; I reap a fine benefit. Trauu . . a Good Town — Decatur