Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1936 — Page 5

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end furni flocks of 39u <>r i.-ss hens I and >«UotS f laying am- WM tt I . . I y. a, ago. 6* I The per cent laying was the highest r April 1 since 1929. Fewer Chicks The number of young chicks per farm is reported below last year and shows the effect of the cold weather of late winter in retarding hatching. The farm labor supply was reported as 116 per cent of normal; A year ag", 106; on January 1. ’99. demand 1 r farm labor was reported as 87; last year 78; n January 1, 'Bl. The ration of supply to demand f was 110; a year ago, 136; on Jami-> ary 1. 122. [; The farm wages were reported |' five per cent higher than on Jan-1 ! •urary 1 an ( | 11 per cent higher than ; a year ago. ' > 0 , Latest News Os 4-H Activities In Adams County The Monroe 4-H Crops (Tub held ' the second meeting of the yew [ Monday evening. May 4. at the!, .Monroe high school auditorium. [ The twenty-five hoys present were presented with their record books for their projects. The distribution was made by Mrs. Mann. ! coutfty 4-H tilth leader. After the meeting popcorn was served the group by Milton Liechty. The next meeting will be held the first Monday in June at the i Monroe high school. o Over Two Hundred Attend Demonstration — A total of 215 persons attended the canning demonstrations under i the direction of Mrs. Dorothea , Muel Potts in a series of four meetings last week, Mrs. E. W. Busche. county leader of home economic clubs has announced. The attendance at the four I meetings was: Kirkland, 50; Deca-I I tur, 30; Monroe, 60. and Berne, 75. i i Leaders reported that they were j I well pleased with the showing. MMMBMMBMb*-*■- —- - ■ • I

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LIVESTOCK IN INDIANA SHOWS DROP IN YEAR! — Estimated Number Os Livestock On Indiana Farms Decreases The estimated number of live-1 stock on Indiana farms January 1,! <936, showed decreases in horses, | mules, milk cows and milk heif- i ers and increases in all cattle, swine, stock sheep and lambs on feed since January 1, 1935, according to the United States depart-1 ment of agriculture in coopera- , tion with Purdue University. The same comparison for the : United States showed decreases! i ill all classes except swine. The estimated changes in numIbers for Indiana and the United | | States shown as percentages are ■ jas follows: horses decreased in j Indiana 1 per cent, in the United , States. 1.9 per cent; mules decreased in Indiana 1 per cent, in the' United States, 2.8 per cent; milk I cows decreased in Indiana, 4 per! icent, in the United States. 9.1 per ! cent; stock sheep and lambs in-1 1 creased in Indiana 2 per cent, dei creased in the United States, .6 I per cent; feeder lambs increased 'in Indiana 14.7 per cent and decreased in the United States 5.4 i per cent; all cattle increased in i Indiana 5 per cent, decreased in j the United States, .5 per cent; I swine increased in Indiana 10. per Icent, in the United States, 9.1 per I cent. This is the second time in the i last 10 yhars that milk cows have shown a decrease from the preceding January. In both Indiana and the United States, the values per head and the total value was greater for all classes of livestock than on January 1 ,1935. Milk Production Up The percentage of all cows beI ing milked on reporters' farms in : 11935 shows increases during eight I months, decreases in three months land the same percentage during ■the remaining month. The produc- | tion per cow milked showed in-It-reases for all months except JanI uary, February, September, Octobler and November, in Februai-. | production was the same. Production per farm was greater from March to August inclusive and less during all other in ont h s. This would indicate that thd better pastures of 1935 were largely responsible for the increase. During months of dry feeding, appar-i ently little grain was fed other i outlets for grain making a strongler bid for the available supply. Cattle Reduced The reduction in milk cows is the largest ever made in the state since records are available, but still leaves a larger number than ' for any year up to and including . 1932. There has been a steady increase from 1926 until 1934. While milk heifers also showed a de-, crease, there are still more on Ind-: iana farms than in any year prev-1 ions to 1930. Sales of cattle and caves from ' Indiana al the principal stockyards showed a one per cent increase ox-, er 1934. The average price of milk , cows increased from s3l to $49 and the per head value of all j cattle from *24.60 to *38.40. More Hogs Hog numbers were 10 per cent j greater than on January 1. 1935., Spring furrowings were estimated , to be 88 tier cent and fall, farrow 1 ings 116 per cent of the rescpect : ive farrowings of 1935. Sows to 1 farrow in the spring of 1935 were ; estimated to be 11 of the number: farrowing in the spring of 1935. 1 llenipts in Indiana hogs at the, principal stockyards were 71 per! cent of those in 1934. The averagevalue per head of hogs on farms in-' FEDERAL FARM LOANS ! Now At 4% The Adams County National Farm Loan Association, of Decatur, Indiana has received a Charter and has been duly authorized and empowered to make farm loajts 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

creased from $6.40 to $13.50, Sheep Increase Inuiana sheep increased in num- , ber for the second successive year ' while sheep in the United States ! were showing decreases both years [ This increase in Indiana was 2 per , cent tor stock sheep and 14.7 per cent for feeders. A total of 515,000 | ewes produced 574,n00 lambs, a ■ 112 per cent lamb crop or a five, per cent better crop than in 1934. ' The estimated number of sheep j shorn in 1935 was 642.000 head; in 1934, 640.000. The wool clip for the state was 4.943.000, in 1934,! 4.800.000 pounds. The average fleece weighed 7.7 pounds in 1935; | 7.5 pounds in 1934. Wool prices for | the first 10 month of 1935 were ' from 1 to 10 cents less than for the corresponding months of 1934. 1 The November price was the same. 1 and December showed a gain of 3 cents a pound. Sheep sold from Indiana at the j principal stockyards were 15 per i cent more in numbers than in 19 34. The average value of stock i sheep and lambs on farms increas-! i ed front $ 1.33 to $6.34. TRAINING FOR HORSES NEEDED Horses Need Spring Training For Long, Hot, Summer’s Work Urbana. 111.. May Horses, like baseball players, need a per- I iod of spring training if they are to stand the long grind of hot summer’s work, according to Dr. Hob- ■ ert Graham, chief in animal pathology and hygiene. College of Agriculture. University of Illinois. “How well horses resist heat stroke this summer will depend upon the amount and kind of conditioning they receive this spring,” Dr. Graham said. “After a winter - of idleness they need several weeks of hardening work to prepare them for the hard pulls ahead." i In connection with spring conditioning. Dr. Graham recommends that farmers, start increasing the I amount of sa'lt fed to their horses. Heat stroke has been found to be closely associated with low salt j content in the blood, and the most ; practical method of maintaining the salt levels is by feeding liberal amounts of salt to horses at , work. Salt in the ration replaces that lost through perspiration. During extremely hot weather, if horses do not take sufficient salt, it can be added to their drinking wati er. “Spring conditioning of a majority of horses should also include treatment for uUestliial parasites,' he said “It is estimated that ap- ' proximately 90 per cent of all hors'es in the state at some time harbor one or more types of intestinlai parasites. As long as horses car--Iry and serve as incubators for j these intestinal parasites, their vitality is lowered, and they can not stand the strain of hard work on i long, hoi days.”

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LARGE PER CENT l! RAISE CHICKENS ■ I More Than 94 Per Cent t Os Indiana Farms Raise Chickens i I Os the 2.039 farms in Adams , | county on January 1, 1935, 94.6 per , cent had thicks of chickens accord- , I ing to a report just issued by the , ■department of commerce at Wash- . i ington. D. C. There were a total of 207,499 , [chickens tn the county at that , [time. Only chickens over the age , [ of three months were reported. In 1934 the report shows that | there were 1,962 farms in the coun- ■ ty on which 1,326,192 dozen of eggs [ ! were produced. On 1,878 farms in 1934. 380,210 , chickens were raised in 1934. In 1934. 134 farms in Adams counity had 1.081 turkeys over the age [of three months. In 1934. according to the report, I the production of eggs amounted ‘ to 80.694,735 dozen in the state. I Tlte number of chickens raised was [26.721.283. Kosciusko. Allen and I 1 Ripley were the three leading 1 ounties in the number of chickens on hand January 1, 1935. Kosciusko county ranked first. ■ Ripley county second and Marshall county third in the production of chicken eggs. I Turkeys were reported on 5.6 I per cent of all the farms in the state on January 1, 1935. MUST PROTECT EARLY CABBAGE Cabbage Maggot Must Be Controlled To Insure Profits Geneva, N. Y., May 8. — Protits in the growing of cabbage and i cauliflower to capture the high prices of the early market depend very largely upon the degree of success attained in controlling the cabbage maggot, says Dr. Hugh Glasgow, entomologist at the state experiment station here, who. points out that early cabbage and | cauliflower may suffer severe in- [ [ jury or may even be completely destroyed by this pest unless some I means of control is adopted. Danish cabbage and cabbage grown chiefly tor kraut are seldom troubled by maggot because tile plants are not set in the Held until most - -I-.. ~n j.... -naggot flies have disappeared, it is explained. Corrosive sublimate is higlily effective in combating cabbage > maggot and is probably the chief i material used by most growers, although several other methods of treating early cabbage and cauliflower for maggot, including the use of c'alomel. are worth considering. says Dr. Glasgow. Timing The Treatment For the treatment of early cab-

bage in the field with c orrosive [ sublimate, 1 ounce of the poison ! shuld be dissolved in 10 gallons of water. This solution should then be applied to the newly set plants within 3 to 5 days after transplanting In ...i h away that the soil immediately around the Irnse of the plant is thoroughly moistened. The amount required will depend somewhat on the character of the soil, but ordinarily 3 ounces should be ample for each plant. The treatment should be repeated at least once and preferably twice at intervals of about a week to insure complete control. In case of plants set early in the spring before the flies become active, the first application should be deferred until egg laying commences. This gen erally occurs about the time European plums begin to bloom. In small plantings, the most satisfactory means of applying the solution will be with a pail and dipper. Where large fields must be protected some simple mechanical contrivance, such as a tank mounted on wheels and provided with several leads of hose for i treating a number of rows at a [ time, will lessen greatly the labor [and cost of application. o STAR SIGNALS — BY— OCT A VINE For persons who believe that human (h stniy is guided by the planet, the daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astrologer. In addition to information of general interest, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated j i dates. May 9 l The Day is adverse until Hie even-[ ! ing. Concentrate all your efforts to- [ [ward the later part of the day. Make ' any appointments of importance after dinner hour, if y.-u wish the < ■'>e-it success an dthe help of the planets. Today’s Birthdate You should have the ability of a great genius, it you develop your talent. There is the pui'bability of gain tjhjough speculative matters, [rto-j mance. travel or children during, December 1936. Travel by land or benefit through expansion shculd come your way during February, 1937. D > everything to advance yourself at this time.

Readers desiring additional information regarding their horoscope are invited to communicate with Octavine in care of this newspaper. Enclose a 3-cent stamped, self-ad-dressed envelope. o ... .... .I. I Amateur circus presented by Decatur high school students, Friday and Saturday, 8 p. m. Adults 25c; children 15c. Central school grounds. 77" ' ‘ *f 't'VH , ■ -Aw . Jr jk lw ? jSIF t ': r z</ - ARTHUR SUTTLES SAYS:— Property purchased at a reasonable price will yield a sure and profitable income. Just as .(he weather goes from cold to hot and dry to wet. prices are sure to go from low to high. That Is h. ,w thii,-s have been] gobo" in America and that is how they will go again. We need faith in our country and its people, no bigger than a grain of mustard seed to believe It. To share in the prosperity coining you must have something to invest. Martin Luther reminds you in the good advice given in his “Rule of Life” to first trust firmly in God. “enst vertrau auf Gott recht fest,” then reminds vou that you must save money which lie calls the greatest lever in the world, “STiur das geld, den groesteu hebel in der welt.”

SEED CORN TEST WARNING GIVEN I, Indiana Corn Growers Again Urged To Make Germination Test Lafayette, Ind.. May •— All lud ' iana corn growers are urged, in a final warning isued today by the i Agronomy Department of Purdue. < University, to make a germination test on all untested seed corn. It I was pointed out that with the start . of corn planting from ten days to ' two weeks off there is still time to make a germination test, which i can be completed n fn m aix to eight days. < Late reports from commercial and community testers from all sections of the State show that on[ly 50 to 60 per cen. c the . orn! submitted for testing is of good [ germination and satisfactory for; 1 seed. Many good farmers who , thought their corn would grow. based on eye or knife test have ' been surprised to find such seed of poor germination. The difficul- j ty of selecting corn which is safe to plant, by methods that serve I fairly well in the ave.rage season [ is due this year to the large a | mount of seed which is weak, mak- [ ing a germination test even more ’ imperative than usual. The same I kind of farm storage which has resulted in satisfactory seed corn in [ previous years gives no assurance I that it will be satisfactory this I year. This applies to all crib corn' | or rack dried corn which was stor-| .led without the use of artificial I i heat in drying. ,' Seed corn can be tested in the [ i' soil indoors at room temperature .! or by the use of the “modified rag .[doll.” Instructions for making the rag doll test may be obtained from | the county agi Those farmers a, no have to buy i 1 their seed corn are advised to eon- • I I | tact their county agent for seed i [ sources on which germination test [ 1 [ are available There is aVaiWble to ’I every section of the state satisfnc-l | tory seed corn sources based on I germination tests, and there is no I 1 need for farmers to run the risk i !of ou, n seed corn about which i ' they know little in the way of ad [ 1 aption or germination. Since a good stand of corn is the |

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J fii st requliite to a good yield, the I importance of testing seed corn, | i.articulurly when it shows such a I vide variation in germination as lit does this year, should be obvious Ito every thiuklng farmer, according to the Purdue agronomists. —— Q ... * PREBLE NEWS \!i Earl Stiaitb and son llarlv of Spencerville, Ohio visited Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family Thursday. Mr. and Mrs Walter Shady ami daughter of Fort Wayne ■ pent Sun[day visiting Mr. and Mrs. Albert [ Shady and daughters. Miss Marie GaPmeyer and Miss i Gres slay ■ t New Haven visited Mrs. ■ Mary Werllng Sunday. Mr. and Mi • gar Zimmerman I and daughter had ns their guesta I Suntlav f r dinner Mr. and Mrs. I Clinton Zimmerman and family. Mr- and Mrs. George Bultemeier and daughters l ad us their gueats I or dinner Sundi'y Mr. and .Mrs. Cole Bultemeier and family. I Mrs. G. Spragiue of Decatur visited Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Grandstaff ' Tut slay. I Mrs. Charles Sullivan and daughter Glarevna visited Mrs. John Kirchner and daugntere Tuesday evening. Q Dance Sunday Sun Set

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