Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1936 — Page 5

EAR HEAVY DAMAGE CAUSED BY COLD

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(TREATMENT Bl Seed Corn Seed Oats K Ceresan Bn Semesan. Jr. (organic mercury compound) 1 mercury compound) or formaldehyde. B Assure yourself of better crops by B using these treatments. I Kohne Drug Store BHBMMHKaBMBMmMaBWWMHMMI 111 5 THE ELEMENTS HAVEN’T ACHANCE TO MAR THE BEAUTY OR PROTECTION ROOF P* Ktcrnit AU vest ns Cement Shingles have i>ee® noted for tiieir remarkable strength, durability, weather* resisting qualities and lirepronfnes. And rightly so, whee phsider the materials from which (hey are made . Port* and asbestos rock fibre . . . well nigh aceless! a color and beauty so important in roofs lodar Lar V ql ? r * c h* warm colors of these new Eterhit Dutch lines k hln #*® s an d the unusual charm of their attractive roof rerf 7k S, * <l ‘i• v desirable for your home. Architecturally cor«y will satisfy the most fastidious taste. I 1X, 1 .*' tt j r s, ' • thc ingenuity of their design affording lower ‘vail ij ma,cria ' c “' s •■ • makes this Dutch tap Shingle a,l c ,( amaringly low price. Etcrnits can be used 3 well for new homes, tor re-rorffmg or sidewall shingling. von' P*' , ’ n ? or in for descriptive literature aud let us show samples of these remarkable shingles. X/— Hlh Tour rool is important! Buy the best you tan buy— ETER- » MT and relieve yourself of BESTtIS CEMENT Trouble for years to conu*. Estimates cheerfully given. Ashbaucher Tin Shop Street Phone 739

I Henry Klopfeusline of Sou tli Washington township reported that 100 per eent of the seed corn stored in tils house has germinated hut that only 30 per cent of his crib corn would germinate. Q, J. Suman of South St. Mary's 11 reported a crib corn germination Jof 49 per cent. Everett Rice of Monroe towni ship reported a 40 per cent germinration of cola racked in an unheat ed brooder house. Roy Heller of Kirkland townI ship reported 100 per cent germin at ion of corn stored in the house land 50 per cent of corn racked iu 'an unheated building. These men were setectsd at ran dotn lit Decatur this week and probably represent a fair cross secI tion of the county. Corn specialists I have recommended that fanners ’ lake immediate action to obtain .good seed corn. Tests made by the ' University of Illinois indicate that j occasionally a crib will be found 1 with good germinatuHi If possible Purdue specialisits recommend the 'location of good corn in the local \ communities. Less information was available this week on the moisture content of corn in the crib. It is probable tliat this will have raised, lowering the market value of the corn I and making it more susceptible to mold and damage. It has been advised that this he tested at once. Wheat Stands Poor Early reports are that the- wheat has suffered severely from the icq and sub-zero weather. A few farmers have reported stands of less than 40 per cent. It is possible that with fair weather this percentage may be increased somewhat. J. J. Davis, head of the entomology department of Purdue University. has warned the farmers to use every means to control the insects in the state, this year. Many of them were protected by the supw. which acted as an insulator. Others which suffered a high win ter mortality, have so, many generations g. year that this fact ifmeans little. “Early and as nearly ' 100 per cent control as possible,”

DECATUR DAILY DEMOC RAT FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1936.

Its* been udvised by him. Damage has been reported to' fruit trees. TWO COMPOUNDS FOO TREATMENT OF SEED CORN L zx ~w. Iwo Organic Mercury ( onipoundb Recommended For Treatment There -are two organic mercury compounds ou the market that can ' lie recommended for seed corn i treatment. Either of these materials can be purchased from drug stores, seed stores, elevators and I possibly other places. They are made specifically for seed corn 1 treatment. Use two ounces per bushel of shelled seed corn and mix In some sort of closed container. Shake or revolve the seed with the dust so that each grain will lie thoroughly coated If possible make some arraugeimiits whereby the excess dust will »ift from the seed corn. In some cases one ounce of dust has been found to be enough to cover a bushel of seed but in this case an efficient treating apparatus must be used. To be safe use two ounces of the dust aud then sift the excess dust from tbe seed. The value of this treatment is that it kills the mold spores on the surface of the seed. In cold wet soil th&se molds will rot the ] seedlings causing uneven stands. ; However, this is all the treatment ! will do. It does uot control. It will not prevent stalk rot later in the season and it will uot prevent ear rots, it is valuable only to protect the seedling, but it is very valuable for that purpose and is worth many times its cost. After tbe seen corn is treated it may be sacked and held until ready to plant, but such seed must lie j kept in a warm, dry place, if the i seed gathers moisture, or if the I sack gets wet, the treatment is : very liable to injure the seedlings. llt causes a dwarfed, thickened 1 growth of the seedling. It may be safest to do as many farmers have done, namely to treat I the seed corn in a lard can or old i milk can in the field. A hail bush el of seed is treated at a time using one ounce of the dust and thoroughly shaking the seed and dust together Seed out® also should be . treated. USE LARD CAN TO TEST SEED Farmers May Utilize Used Lard Cans To Test Seed Corn The leaky lard can. no longer useful in holding the family lard supply, may now become the salvation of the farmers seed corn j supply, for Adams county farmers, this spring are using the “lard can" tester to find whether their corn will grow. Ill’s tester is aj simple device to hold the improv-! ed "rag dolls” in which the germ ination. of individual ears of corn may be determined, and the weak and dead ones discarded. A "rag doR" consists of strips of heavy paper faced with toweling paper or muslin on which six or eight kernels from each of twenty ears are laid in rows, and after seven days germination, at about 75 degrees F. the performance of the seed from each ear can be determined easily. Siflce the dolls must be kept warm and moist',! the lard can become an excellent place to store 20 to 25 dolls while they are germinating. A false bottom of wire about an inch from the bottom of the tester will hold (the dolls out of water accumulating iu the bottom of the lard can, aud if the lard can does not already have holes about an inch above! the bottom, small openings shouldj be made with a nail to permit the surplus water to drain off. Full details, and pictures of the tester are given in Purdue Ijxtenslop Pulletin No. »93, available at county agent L. E. Archbold's off-; ice and at Purdue University at Lafayette. The “rag doll" is regarded as the most efficient and simple device for both home and community testing When operated on a commercial scale iu large units, the cost is usually less than one' and one-half cent per ear. and when operated at home the cost is less than a tali' cent per ear. The lard can will hold at least 20 dolls aud in one operation will test 400 ears. If all were good Illis would provide enough tested seed to plant 50 acres of corn. White many lots of corn that will be tested are low iu germination, yet testing is cheaper than

buying seed in many cases. If fifty -1 percent of the seed is dead, it is ! I necessary to test twice us many 11 ears as are needed for seed. To find too seed ear*. 200 ears of: com would have to be tested. At i one cent per ear this is a cost of ■ 12.00 to find more than one bushel' of seed corn. Rarely cun a bushel I of good germinable seed corn be | purchased for that price this I spring Even where larger quantities I must be tested to find good germ- I inable seed, it is still preferable 1 * to obtain seed close to home be- ,' cause of its local adaption. In ad * 1 dition. there is little or no seed' 1 corn available in other sections of i 1 the corn belt, and those bringing I' in corn, may be obtained seed that j 1 in germination, adaptation, aud ; 1 yielding ability is actually inferior ' !to that which he can obtain local- 1 ly. 1 COMMITTEE FOR RURAL CANVASS 1 1 Thorough Canvass Plan ned For Rural Electrification Ralph S. Myers, president, and Ray Duff, secretary-treasurer of 1 the Adams county rural electric I membership corporation, announce ; that are being appointed to begin a thorough canvass of' the community for the purpose of making government funds available in the building .of rural electric lines in the unnerved parts of the < Oqynunity. “In addition to the paying of a ' five dollar membership fee for ■ I each occupancy served, the sub-] | scribers are expecte< to give the; best possible estimate of possible, 'electric current needs in the near! | future, “the officers announced.; i‘‘No persons can be served unless (they become members, but Hie re-1 i turns to be expected are said to be large in proportion to tbe fee ask ed. “The purpose is to serve a whole ■ community, on a non-profit basis i and thereby be able to return to members in patronage dividends! or rate reductions all which would be saved it tbe line were to he set ' *up far profit, and also save those I things which are saved by free I community effort, such as the se-! curing of customers and of adding 1 to r their numbers from time to i time by volunteer comm unity est-! ort. “When rural residents are solicited. they become ‘their brother's keeper' for they have a vote on, whether the community gets ser-p vice. They are not simply passing lon the question of personal need. Over the whole state the governors Commission found about i’-j ÜBservcd rural residents to the i mile. It takes about three to the njile to make a project economical- ■ ly feasible. The statute requires a ' majority of the rural residents' in the territory. l>ut the foregoing 1 figures show a sound business re-1' quireinent tor two-thirds, instead ; of a mere half, if the line is to be • a business success. The man who i stays out may be saying more ' than that he does not today need I electric service; he may be saying ■ that neither be nor his co mi u unity should have it for years to come. ' “The government is not concern I ed with individuals —- it is interest 1 ed in the public welfare. A com- 1 munity must unite to secure the assistance of the Rural Electrifi- 1 cation Administration in Washing- ) ton. That is the question to be put 1 to the people by the many teams 1 of volunteer solicitors as they go T from house to house. J “These teams are not askiftig • whether you as an individual want > parity of opportunity with your J city brother — they are asking < whither you want all the children 1 Os your whole community to grow up under tjie best conditions. They t will not ask whether Farmer Jones t is tired of having wash-day and < ironing time periods of drudgery < for Mrs. dopes they aye asking 1 'Shall rural life he made better < and more enjoyable tor all the i people, men and women, young and eld", the local REMC officers de ! dared. ( • o Sorrel Stallion Located In County Persons interested in good hors ! ' es are invited to see the fine sored stallion. Robuste du Clypot, re ! cently purchased by Archie Smit ley, of Herne from the Holbert 1 Horse Importing company, of Oree- I ley. lowa. < The stallion was a 1H35 winner ‘ at' the national and international ! Belgian horse shows. , Toledo — (UJ?) -The Toledo Mu- ‘ seum of Art. the nation's third largest, has ptoiy than eight acres of floor space. A fourth of it is 1 required for 35 exhibition galleries. > ■

REDUCE CHICKS IN ONE HOUSE! Purdue Expert Warns Against Crowding Brooder Houses “When too many chick* are rais- 1 ed in one brooder house there is ' danger of serious crowding in the I corners, more of the chicks are] likely to he runts, and there is 1 greater danger of disease troubles." warns Ix-on Todd, extension poul- 1 trytnan of Purdue university. Poul t-ry raisers are gradually reduc-| iug the number of chicks in one 1 flock regardless of the size of the house. No more than 300 chics should be started in one house or pen, the Purdue specialist advises. With 300 chicks in a 10 by 12 house and with a 10 per cent ntortality there would lie 270 chics to use the house until the cockerels are sold. Then after the surplus males are sold there will remain around 135 pullets plus any cockerels kept for breeders. During the late summer even this number of growing birds will b“ pten'y for roosting in a 10 by 12 loot brooder house. To relieve crowded brooding conditions, Todd advises that the I cockerels be separated from the | pullets as ssou as possible. WUeu | there are two brooder houses in use. the cockerels may be placed in one and the pullets in the other house. If only one house is available the cockerels may be placed in some other farm build- ! ing as soon as they do not need i heat. To allow the pullets to roost in ; trees will help to overcome any 'crowded quarters. It is poor prac|tice to permit the growing pullets Ito roost in the laying house with i the mature birds as the young , stock is likely to pick up any dis--1 ease infection which may be in the layers. TDREADJUST FARM PROGRAM — Rusettlement Administration Program Is Aid To Farmers i Editor's Note: Following is the ; second in a series of articles on the farm rehabilitation program, t written by Judge Joseph L. Dailey, 'assistant administrator of the resettlement administration at Champaign, Hi.) The resettlement administration has a rehabilitation program today because millions of farm »ople are in danger of starving or be-! coming permanent relief charges unless they are given a new chance to readjust their farming through scientific planning. In order to reestablish destitute! amd low income farm families on a firm economic footing we have undertaken to do three things: first, to see that the farmers have adequate land on wbieil to 'farm; second, to see that they have adequate equipment with which to carry on farming operations; and third, to see that they have adequate technical advice iu farm management. Loans are made for the purchase of farm supplies, for the renting of laud, for the repair of farm equipment and buildings, and for subsistence. Repayment of these loans is partially assured by I mortgages and liens on property | and crops. But the principal assurance which the resettlement administration desires is the assurance that these families have a peiniauen-t basis for rehabilitation. This is furnished by the farm management plan wTilch the farmer agrects to follow. These plans are care'u'ly w.c.rXed out by the farmer v.Ju ui- 7 ip of the county rehabilitation supervisor and the county agricultural extension agenl. The immediate aim of these

FEDERAL FARM LOAffS Now At 4'; The Adams County National Farm Loan Association, of Decatur, In (liana has received a Charter and Inis been duly authorized and empowered to make farm loajis in all of Adams* County. If you are expecting to re-fitiauco your farm loan, call or write this association at once. Office: 133 South Second Street Decatur. Indiana E. Hurt Lenhart, sec'y-treas. Fred T. Schurgcr, investigator -•t - --_ T —--r wr"~TirwMrii

farm plans Is to provide a means whereby the farmer can support his family and pay hfs debts to the Resettlement Administration and to other creditors. The ultimate purpose Is to furnish the farmer with a llve-at-home program of diversified faiming and intelligent land use which will in some measure Insure him against a d v-e rs e economic conditions. Through a suigll loan, which will be repaid, and agricultural ad vice many a good farmer has been ' saved to continue the intelligent , cultivation of his owu farm. LIVESTOCK TO 8E EXHIBITED Texas Centennial Exposition To Be Scene Os Prominent Shows i Dallas, Texas. March 27 — The majority of the outstanding nation-

Her violin music signalled the approach of—DEATH i® io f 111 U I THERE'S Bl t MURDER W H 'N THE AIR X by ROY CHANSLOR c IJuSJSh The amazing mystery serial of the I 1 I H i- ftirl whose mind mirrored—MUßDim. Were the waves of bate generated io the brains of criiuiftab in tho cict of committing violence transmitted to the mind of this beautiful gid as she played her violin, just like radio waves are picked up by a receiving set? Was this why she could visualize murder being done? . . . Here is Monday, Mar. 30 mystery within mystery ... a story that baffles and intrigues ... originality that is rcfresSauj. You'll doily in be fascinated by the psychic angle of this amazing serial and tlirilled by cadi instalment. Be sure to read THERE’S MURDER JN THE AIK. . )» Ths Daily Democrat

ul livcHtock ami poultry uhcwu of America during l'.)3u will be »tag cd in the new million dollar agricultural and livcatock center of tbe Texa« Centennial Exposition In the two great livestock build lugs five shows of national interest will be held during the progress of the southwest's $25,000,000 WorlS's Fair. In the poultry building no less than IN shows of national importance will he held. Livestock shows scheduled to date include; National Dairy Show, October 10 to 18; Texas Centennial Exposition Swine Show, October 17 to 25; Texas Centennial Exposition Sheep and Goat Show. October 2!) to November 6; Texas Centennial Exposition Horse Show. October 31 to November 8; National Mule Show November 14 to November 20. The i >nal dairy show has nev ei La'lme bee ii brought to th-, southwest and with the national mule show ranks among the premier events of their kind interna tiouaily. Texas Hereford cattle shew; Texas 4-H. clubs livestock show and Texas future farmers of America livestock show are also

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scheduled. In the poultry buildlug of the exposition the following shows are scheduled; National Turkey Egg and Turkey Foult Snow. June G to 25; National Baby Chick hud Egg Show, June 6 to 2J; Advertising Breeders Show. June 2(1 to August 27; National Young Bird i’igeon Show. August 28 to September 3; Wiild Bird Show, September 4 to September 10; 4-H. Club Poultry Show, September 11 to September 17; Future Farmer* of America Poultry Show. September 18 to September 24, Young Bird Poultry Show. September 25 to October 1; National Bantam ‘.how. Octo ber 2 to October American Breed Show, October 16 to October 22; Mediterranean Breed Show, October !» to October 15; English aud Asiatic Breed Show. O' 'ober 23 to October 26; United Orpington Club of America Show, October 23 to October 29; Texas C finish Club Show. October 23 to October 29; All Turkey Show. October 30 to November 5; Texas Pigeon As&ociatiou Show and Ribbit Show, November 6 to November 13.