Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1936 — Page 5

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■ewinter THER SILIS 91 OF WHEAT g Winter Wheat iged From 10 To [ 50 |’er ( ent _ killing nf wheat, j ■ om possibly ten per cent I uthern third of the state , as fifty Per cent or more reutrsl and northern In- , indicated by examinations i anu experimental farm , ponomists of the Purdue < r Agricultural Expert- ] lion during the last week, lition in northern Indiana worse if freezing weather . ) without rain. Many fields it ted and the surviving thin, requiring favorable conditions to make tsuffiLvery to produce a crop. wheat that is in good , can be made to produce | yield** of five to seven her acre on the average ymg nitrogen fertilizers t in April, according to its of extensive field exh conducted by the Agron- ■ Lament for several years.[ kperhnents show that an' i increase of a bushel of 6r acre may be expected [three pounds of nitrogen I bn good stands of wheat in aerials as nitrate of soda. | j of ammonia and syana- [ it of over 300 trials only [ Bed to snow increased ito the end of 1933. Back-| kat may he stimulated to ' stooling and recovery by! (plications, especially ou

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light colored sandy and clay soils, if cool rainy weather persists for some time yet. Top dressing with manure is also an effective stimulant to greater recovery. Nitrogen is the principal factor in the full development of the tillers in thick stands of wheat and in increased stooling and development of plants : that have been weakened by ice in- i Jury. Tests of time and rate of application indicate that in the case of quickly available, materials in which the nitrogen Is carried in the nitrate or sulphate form there is a range of two to three weeks for best results from early to late April and that from fifteen to twenty pounds of nitrogen -er acre is usually the most profitable amaunt at prevailing prices. Syanamid gives best results when applied in late March or early April. One hundred pounds of nitrate of soda carries about sixteen pounds of nitrogen and the same amount of sulphate of ammonia carries about twenty pounds. The choice of material is largely a matter of cost ■ per pound of nitrogen and ease of | application. Kiln dried sulphate of | ammonia and pellet or granular [ forms of nitrate of soda and cyan- i amid are much more easily handled and broadcast than the the old i forms. Plan Corn Seed Demonstration Plans for a corn seed demonstration next tall on the Franklin Mazelin farm in Monroe township were I made Thursday by Dr. C. T. Greg--1 ory. plant pathologist from Purdue 1 University, and L. E. Archbold. I county agent. Seed for eight rows of corn was , selected. The seed for four rows 1 I consisted of good, well matured ■corn. Seed for the other rows was !immature, soft and starchy. The yieleds will be compared next tall

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1936

ENROLLMENTS BEING TAKEN t IN CORN CLUB Twenty-one Adams County Farmers Have Endolled To Date Enrollments in the Five-Acre Corn Club in Adams county are now being received by County Agent Archbold, who is cooperating in this work with the extension department. Purdue University, and the Indiana corn growers' association. Enrollment closes June 15. Last year 22 corn growers of this county finished the contest out of a total of 661 completing the work ' ' in the state. So far 21 farmers of this county have enrolled in the [ Five-Acre Corn Club for 1936 as I I follows: Homer Arnold of Kirk 1 land township, Fred Blum. David D. i I Habegger, James A. Hendricks. D. . ! D. Kauffman. BenJ. D. Mazelin. ■ Franklin C. Mazelin. William Hup [ | ert, C. W. R. Schwartz, D. D. [ Schwartz. Willard Schwartz, and I | Peter D. Schwartz of Monroe town-. | Ship: Winfred Gerke of Root town -I I thip; E. W. Busche of Washington I | township: Otto Hoile, Adolph : Schamerloh. and Wilson Weiland of Union township; Henry Meyer, of French township: W. H. Patter- . son of Blue Creek township; Hob ert A. Myers of Hartford township: and Harve ineichen of Wabash I township. It is expected that several new members will enter the club in addition to the above list. 103 Bushet Yield The highest official yield of 103 bushels per acre in Adams county I iin 1935 was grown by Victor| Bleeke of Union township. To each corn grower who pro- j duces 100 bushels of corn per acre : the Indiana corn growers' association awards a gold medal ajid enrolls the contestant in the Indiana hundred bushel dub. Silver medals are awarded for yields of 85 . to 100 bushels and bronze medals i for 75 to 85 bushel yields. In Ad-I ants comity three gold medals, [ nine silver meda Is, and eight i bronze, ijiedals were awarded last [ year. Any corn grower who has five or m-are acrqa in corn can qualify for the five-acre corn club by becoming a member of the Indiana cprn growers’ association. At har- i Vest time the extension department furnishes judges to inspect' .and check yields'of contestants. Ap-i , plications for membership should' ’be made to the county agent. | Each contestant is furnfsl.cd I with a report blank in which a record of plowing, seed bed preparation. kind of seed used, fertilization and cultivation are kept dur-| ing the season. The annual report of the Association, sent to all mem-1 hers, includes a summary of the | five-acre work in the State, gold medal winners, reports of the program at the annual meeting and the state international shows. ■ — FARMERS NOTICE My pure bred Belgian stallion, i light sorrel with white tail and ! mane, will stand the season at my ; i place, two miles east and two and [ 1 three quarters miles south Monroe. , Price $12.50. colt insured to stand end suck. Will be careful but not responsible for accidents. Ernest R. Sharp. — Baaau.w if 11 nr un* WEDNESDAY April 29 will be our last regular Horse Sale lor this season, but we will [ sell a few horses each Saturday at 11:30 a.m. just before our weekly Livestock Auction. C. W. Speicher. i

TREND TOWARD LARGER FARMS EVIDENT

Modern Methods of Agriculture May Eventually Displace Homestead in Favor of Huge Corporate Farms FLarge scale farming I ' < 3 -MR J ) -ffM vJt v ' ? J7 i Ft llf /11l 's ■ -| Plowing huge tract j •[[ Another type of farmer |jr-~ '

By MAURICE MERRYFIELD International Illustrated News Wichita. Kas.. — Recent disclosure of some of the huge sums paid j out as AAA farm benefits raised | the question of to what extent agriculture has been established on a huge scale. An impression that farming in ( the future, and to an increasing exi tent during the present, would be done on a large scale, might have | beqn given by AAA statistics which revealed payments ranging from I $54,000 to $1,000,000 to some individual producers, planters and corI porations controlling farm acreaage. Such an impression is corrected by census figures which show that 96.7 per cent of the 6,500,00(1 larmiers in United States cultivate fewler than 500 acres each. At the I same time, this group farms S 3 per j cent of the improved farm land. One of the alarming trends of 'modern agriculture is the growing number of absentee landlords and corresponding decrease in the number of farmers who own their own land, however. The absentee landlord situation has long prevailed in Europe but was not true in United States until recently. Those enrolled in the contest from Adams county last year were as follows: Edwin C. Amstutz. Victor Bleeke. Lawrence Blum, Donald Burkhart, E. W. Busche. Enoch P. Habegger, j .Joseph P. Habegger, Reuben L. [ Habegger, Otto Hollo, Harve IneichI en, Rufus Inniger. Daniel D. Kauff ' man, Floyd Liby, Benj. 1). Mazelin. I Franklin C. Mazelin, Ralph S. Myers. Robert Myers, Leo L. Nussbaum. Wnt. Patterson. Wm. T. Rupert, Adolph Schamerloh, C. W. R. Schwartz. Eli M. Schwartz, L. lieu bn Sc h wartz. Pet e r D. Schwartz, Otis G. Sprunger, Daniel D. Schwartz. David .1. Schwartz. Calvin B. Steury, and David P. Steury. JOEL HABEGGER TO HEAD CLUB Monroe Township Man Elected Head Os County 4-H Calf Club Joel Habegger of Monroe town-, ship was re-elected president of the Adams county 4-H calf club at an organization meeting held in the Monroe Hatchery building in Monroe Wednesday evening. Other officers elected were: Gerhard Scw-irtz of monroe township, vice-president; J u unit a Lehman, Washington township, news reporter and Loßoy Schwartz, Monroe township, song and yell leader. Merwin Miller, county cow tester. and L. E. Archbold, county ageng. gave short talks in which they explained some of the work. Mrs. Robert Mann, assistant county agent in charge of 4-H club work, outlined the program for the coming year. Young men from Kirkland township furnished music for the affair. Approximately 45 boys and girls were at the meeting in addition to the adults, this being one- of flic most successful organization meetings in several years. There are uow 40 calf club nieiu-

Trend Toward Larger Farms This picture of American farming is further supported by AAA I; records which report payments of I farm benefits in excess of SIO,OOO -'each to only 113 of the 1.031,000 II cotton growers who received benefits. Another 227 received AAA i checks ranging from $5,000 to $lO,- ■ i 000. ■j On this basis, more than 99 per i'cent of the cotton growers receivi!ed less than $5,000 each. And cotii ton, together with sugar and rice, -[is one of the few commodities - which it is practical to raise on a -'large scale under present condi- ; tions. IJ In other words, farming on a l huge scale is still the exception. - The average farm is still restricted to an acreage which it is possible for the farmer and his family 'with the assistance of a hired man i or two in some instances, to operf i ate. And the huge agricultural ;j plants of hundreds, or even thous--1 amis of acres, is still the exception. But certain factors indicate that i 1 there is a. distinct tendency toward -, larger scale farming and bat it is i quite within the realm of possibility m the future that agriculture | wil! be organize*! on a far differi bets. Leaders in the work explaint ed that memberships will still be accepted. Club members plan to make the • Decatur Centennial one of the high • spots of the year’s program. This ■ year cattle will be snown for the ' four leading breeds. Jerseys, Guern- ’ sey, Holstein and Ayrshire. • At the close of the meeting Ice ‘ cream bars were furnished the ‘ group by I’ete Lehman. o —— Urges Speed In Soil Conservation Program 1 C. m! Long, district supervisor ■ for the soil conservation and domestic allotment committees in this territory, suggested today that the work in Adams county be speeded. He recommended that work sheets of all forms in the county be | brought to the county agent’s off- | Ice, and checked and list, d by May The final bases for the various I fr. ill '.lory will not be determined until after the state board has approved the work of the local committoe. The state board checks sheets in the order -. that I hey are received. f The work has been delayed in this conn l i .cause of the necesi sity of handling the sugar liect 1 program for 10 counties in this district under Ihe old AAA program • and furnishing some information • lor the io counties in the Decatur • factory district for the new pro- ■ gram. j —o Fann Wages Show Increase In April r Farm wages on April I were the highest for that dale since 1931, , according to the Bureau of Agri- . cultural Economics. Farm wages per month, with ■ board, averaged $20.89 the country . over: pel* month without board i $30.87; per day. with board. $1.05: > per day, without board, $1.43. The supply of farm labor exceeds the demand, but by a smaller margin than on January 1, this year . or on April 1 a year ago. To this

ent basis than it is today. Chain Farms Increasing l The size of the average farm has' f been increasing from 1880 when! ) the average size was 134 until it l ) is now about 150. This trend is at-! trihuted in large measure to the' i advantages of utilizing powerj - equipment, modern scientific technique of farming, and economies: i possible in raising livestock in | - quantity. Farm authorities foresee a grad-' . ual evolution toward large scale j 3 corporate-controlled farms in some' i lines, particularly in raising of such j • commodities as wheat, sugar, cot-i ton, rice and corn. Limitations are | i placed on such expansion by the; . fact that present prices make it 1 unprofitable to attempt to have ro- i •i tation of crops on large-scale eor-i ■ paratc farhis.-It has" been practical i i to raise only one crop on existing i - corporate farms since the setup is' 1 too complex to permit icitation. Another tiend in modern agri-' . culture.-tend one which promises t to become common sooner than 1 corporate large-scale farming is the 3 chain farm -sort of organization as represented, by share croppers and. * tenant farmers working for one. firm or owner. -is attributed the higher wages. j ■ The April 1 supply figure is eported the smallest for that date , since 1929, the reduction being at-! ] trihuted to increased industrial ent-- , ployihem and to “the many relief , and road-building projects now in . operation.” CLEAN PLOWING DEMONSTRATION I -— (Demonstration Held This I’ « Afternoon In Kirkland Township a ~ _______ - i A clean plowing demonstration 3 was scheduled to begin early this » atternpon on the Jacob Kaehr farm > in Kirklmitj .to. ip under the f direction of R. 11 Wildeman, of the farm engineering extension de- , partment of Purdue University. Assisting Mr. Wildeman v T be , L.‘ E. Archbold, cou Lent > ei ! it.. C. Shippmaif. of Purdue Uiiiver- . sity, ‘ ’ r Tlie new plot shields recently developed by the engineering depart- , ment of Purdue University, were slrown .hields are constructed t of shu ’ -.etal. shaped to form a . hood over the top side of the fur- ,, rough slice, us it is being turned n r The shields are hinged at the h lower corners and consequently are free to rise and allow obstruc1 tion to pass under the corn stalks or trash which is to be plowed under is held down by the shield and I plafihd. in the bottom of the furrotigh -in front of the turning slice, e ; The stalks and trash are not mere- , iy covered but arc buried deep i- enough so I lial little trouble is experienced from dragging the trash li to the surface during the tilling y 1 operations. d i The shields can he adapted to ; and used on any wheel i low. Mr. Wildeman explamod this s' morning 'hat Hie use of these shields eouioiins to good farm pracr' tices and makes working of the s soil in cultivated crops following I

I corn much easier. Prof. J. J. Davis, head of the 'entomology department of Purdue University, has stated that it has some effect on the control of chinch bugs. Nearly 100 per cent control of j corn borer could bo found if the | practice of plowing with theei ' shields wore a community projm > Prof. Davis says. These should be i used before the middle of May in . this ■■ rritory. The larvae come out es -> -rrownd to pupate after about May 15. lit lists stage of life . it is a poor "traveler" and must [ find some place such as a corn , stalk or other piece of trash. If it doesn't find this in a few Wotrs it | will either he destroyed by birds or die. Thia is the only stage in which It can be controlled. After passing a few Weeks as a ' chrysalis it emerges as a moth and in ordinary wind conditions may ' spread as far as 20 miles. Thus ' Unless this is a community pro , ject, it will not be an effective, practice in the control of corn bor I ers.

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IP!ES WEEDS BE DESTROYED Farmers Warned To Be On Lookout For Perennial Weeds - Lafayette, April 24 —When working in the field this spring be on the lookout fur patches of perrenlial weeds The most serious In Indiana are Canada thistle, European bindweed, quackgrass. perennial sow tliistle, mid Johnson gruss. These plants are called perennials because they grow from seed and roots. The roots are of under- | ground root stalk type and are of l ten spread by i ni' ation in seed i bed preparation. A small piece of ! root carried <m the lieatn of the , plow or on the cultivator from the ■ Infested patch to other parts of the field will start a new area of the pest. i- Plans should I ,A T.iade to eradiI rate smal platchcs of serious weeds by spraying with sodium chlorate or by persistent cultivation. The ' small |«trh of weeds should be looked upon as a source of Infestation for the fest of the field or farm. The time to eradicate perennial weeds is when they aro first 1 introduced and still confined to a 'small patch. Frequent surveys 1 should be made of the farm to disI cover new j- ' -stations of weeds and eradication methods applied i Immediately.—By O. C. Lee, Purine Botanist.