Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1936 — Page 5

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ADAMS COUNTY : IS FAIRLY FREE OF FARM PESTS Little Evidence Os Pests " Which Are Causing Great Damage [' Adiuns county is comparatively • fee from throe Jests which are ausing millions of dollars of damage to farm crops In the United Itatcs and Canada, according to a purvey just completed by County Kgent L. E. Archbold. "' Ciusshopjera have been seen in ■lily normal amounts here. Heavy -ti testations have been reported in he northern tier of counties in Me state, however. The 17 year ulcad.it which emerg ' u d over the country this year have ! ieen seen infrequently in Adams ounty, although they are causing. amage in other parts of the state. ' The chinch bug infestation is al 'o light this year in the county. b Grasshopper Control J. J. Davis, head of the depnrt--1 lent of entomology of Purdue University said today: J "Grasshoppers seem to run in i yeles of longer or shorter length *nd once they become abundant hey are likely to continue to be bundant and destructive for two }|jr more years. Consequently we . lay anticipate the present trouble s a forerunner of a noticeably i eater outbreak in 1937. “At the present time the grasstoppers are maturing and if not oon destroyed will soon be laying aggs. The females prefer ground, jovered with vegetation as a place | o lay eggs. Consequently we find jhem choqsißft such places as j.c-edy and grassy areas, and aifai-; _a and clover fields to deposit the ■iggs which will remain as such intfl next May, when they will alch and begin feeding.” "Immediate control of the exist-, ng grasshoppers is best done | hrough the use of a poisoned bran ait broadcast over the infested s rea at the rate of 10 or 12 pounds dry weight) per acre. This will ave no harmful effect on birds or niinals of any kind.” The bait recommended is pre-: mred with the following mater-1 ils: bran, 25 pounds, parts green, 'hite arsenic, sodium arsenite, one ound; cheap molasses two quarts ; nd water, two or three gallons. , —wawsr. -■> Drug Store is "Gold Mine’ 1 ;.i Felton. Cai- —i. UP) •At least one __rug store In the state has become WANTED: Rags, Magazines, Newspapers, crap iron. Old Auto Radiators, atteries, Copper. Brsss, Alumwm, and all grades of scrap metIs. We are always buying all ! rades of waste material. We are also buying Wool and beep Pelts, paying the top maret price. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe St. Phone 412 • FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At 4% he Adams County National Farm Loan Association. f* l of Decatur, Indiana lit j-' I i 11 as received a Charter and has eon duly authorized and cnipowred to make farm loams in all of dams County. Elf yon are expecting to re-finance our farm loan, call or write this isociation at once. Office: 133 South Seconu Street Decatur, Indiana . Hurt Lenhart, sec’y-treas. Fred T. Schurger, investigator ■■■MhaMHMHMMi

<■ AET N A FA R M LOANS J lJ K ■ 1 11 Commission t 0 P a y I 2. Stock to buy I 3. Application fee | j [ 4. Examination of title fee ■ WdF I 5. Farm approval fee. Low interest rates, quick closings on 5, 10, 15, or 20 year loans, if you are considering a loan—See First Bank of Berne, Berne, Ind. |k Farmers State Bank, Preble, Ind. Suttles-Edwards Co.. Decatur, Ind. "H ■ "

a “gold mine” even without prere-1 pea l liquor sales. Ore taken from beneath the etore here has been assayed $2,215 in gold to the ton. I The store is located on old go.d: fields. BERRIES SHOULD BE PICKED EARLY Early Ricking Os Raspberries Aids Keeping Qualities Newark. Del., July 2 — There is an old adage about “gathering fruit with the dew on it," but early moruiug temperature, and not the moisture of the early morning dew, is the chief factor in the keepQuality of raspberries, say horticulturists in the United States Department of Agriculture. Tests at the Minnesota Experiment Station showed that red rasp- ‘ berries, picked from 7 to 9 in the 1 morning, had 15 to 29 per cent de- | cay after 4 days. Berries picked I from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. had 65 to • I 95 per cent decay. Even if the beri ries picked in the middle of the day were cooled, those picked early in the morning kept much bet- ' I ter. Raspberries picked early in the morning warmed up a little dur-' ing the day, but always were mijeh | cooler than berries picked later, . in midday. In a well-ventilated . shed they copied to a temperature . below that of the shed, through . I evaporation. When put in a cool , ; cellar as soon as picked, they cool- , ed more slowly than in the well ( ventilated shed or in the shade of a tree. , Berries kept in a refrigerator at 1 45 to 48 degrees F. for even 2or , 3 days kept longer after being tak- , **!! out than berries not put in the • 1 refrigerator at all. After 24 hours in the refrigerator, however, the longer the time they remained, I : the shorter the time they kept 1 when taken out. A delay of 5 ' hours or more in putting berries into refrigeration greatly reduced the length of time they remained in marketable condition. — ——o TOUR PLANNED NEXT TUESDAY I Adams County 4-H Calf Club Plans Tour F'or Members The Adams County 4-H calf club j has planned a tour for its memb- : ers for Tuesday, July 7. They expect to visit representative herds of the different dairy breeds to be found in Adams County. The first stop will be at the Peter D. Schwartz farm at 9:00 a. m. herd of Holsteins there. The , next visit will be at 10 a. m. to the Ayrshire herd of Otto Lehman in Wabash township. The third stop at 11:30 a. m. will lie at the home of Sol Mosser to inspect his Jerseys. Following the visit to the Mosser farm the club members and their friends will have a picnic dinner at the Lehman park in Berne After the dinner the club members will visit the Guernsey herd of Peter B. Lehman. An interesting program of demonstrations has been prepared at the various stops. The club members also expect to do some practice judging on this tour. Every 4-H Calf Club member is urged to go on the tour. Every member is expected to bring a picnic dinner and table service for himself and invited guests. o . .— Woman in Office 25 Years Turk k. Cal.,—(UP) —Mrs. Anna Sorenson believes she holds the American record for women in public office, She has just resigned after 25 years of service as secretary of the Turlock irrigatitotf district.

•’ DECATUR DATLT DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1936

Accordion Band To Give Concert <■ — . / Ji j f . The Beine accordion band, under the direction of Marcus Schindler, will present a sacred concert at the Pteeaant Mills M. E. church Sunday at 7:30 p. m. The concert will be sponsored by the Epworth league. No admission will be charged but a free will offering will be taken.

MANY BOYS YD ATTEND FAIR Large Enrollment Expected At State Fair Boys’ Camp Prospects for a targe enrollment at the 1936 state fair boys’ camp are better than for several years according to W. R. Amick, assistant state 4-H club leader on the agricultural extension staff of Purdue University, and director of the camp. The camp is held annually in connection with the Indiana state fair and ogers 4-H club members. who are exhibitors or members of a judging team, a place to slay while attending the fair. The largest enrollment in the history of the camp occurred in 1935 when 240 boys and leaders were present. The price of the camp this year is SB.OO tor the per-1 iod ot the fair. The boys, in addi-; tion to having a clean, comfortable | place to live, are given the best of food and have many opportunities to see the many features of the' fair and enjoy various trips plan- j ned especially for them. Boys at-1 tending the camp have an opportunity to meet those attending the : 'state fair girls’ school and many I |enjoyable joint programs are held.' An indication of the increased: interest in the boys’ camp is shown I by the number of counties repre-' seined in the camp during the past three years. In 1933 there; were 35 counties having one or more boys at the camp while in 1934 there were 42 and in 19351 there were 51. Information concerning the camp is included in the 4-H club booklet now available through the county agricultural agent’s oxice or from the secretary ot the Indiana board of agriculture. Only 200 boys will be admitted

Man Who Returned From Death! El* za b et h Kratzer~j 1 X’- . . ■ .. «F • I I I -< .|3|; , 1 ■ • ■ . < ife | Eugene Kratzer | —•' ’-V-t—. .—a- .. .. -Mwe—- - 4 - ■.■■■■ — , “I remember swallowing the acid. Then—the lights went out. I didn’t feel or see or sense a thing until I woke up in the hospital. It’s a pity I can’t tell about it, but—there just wasn't anything. , In these words Eugene Kratzer of San Francisco, “the man who returned from death’’, described his experience after doctors had revived him by pumping methylene blue into his bloodstream, nullifying the poison he had taken. His daughter, Elizabeth, is shown with her fathac t>» the two were reunited in the hosjiital. |

I to the camp this year and entries are due in the 4-H club ojice not ; later than August 19. o AAA Dairy Purchases Over 162 Million Pounds Washington, July 2 — More than 162 million pounds of price-depress-ing surplus dairy products have been purchased by the agricultural adjustment administration from August 1933 to date for the primary purpose of improving re-' turns to dairy farmers, according to a summary released today by the adjustment administration’s dairy section. These products, which included butter, cheese, dry skim milk, and evaporated milk, were brought from normal channels of trade and diverted for distribution to the needy and unemployed. Under the program more than 71.919.500 pounds of butter, 19,027,500 pounds of cheese, 17,955,700 ixiunus of dry skim milk, and 53,186,300 pounds of evaporated milk | were bought. While approximateIly $24,400,000 has been expended | in making these purchases, the eft'-' j ects of carrying out this program ! have been of considerable importj anee to the dairy industry. 0 PLEASANT MILLS NEWS Miss Bernice Master.-: of Fort! > Waynb visited friends here over the 1 we«k-end. Mr. and Mrs. Mahon of Piqua, Ohip>, atteiidl'd the Methodist i Church Sunday and greeted old ' friends. Mr. and Mrs. William Davis and I Mrs. Laura Davis visited Uichard i Davis at, Michigan City Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans took Mrs. Charles Smith to her home in , ' Macy Saturday. Mrs. Smith had spent several; days with her daughter here. The Home Economics Club had a|

good attendance at their ice cream ! social Friday night. Mrs. Mary Werling made a trip to Washington, D. C. with ■other G. i E. friends. o Blackbirds Can Dunk. Too Toledo —(UP)—Blackbirds know how to dunk, too. A bird picked up a piece of bread on the rim of Patsy Sayen’s bird bath, and finding it too hard to eat, dipped it in the water •between pecks. Bombs For Sharks Urged Santa Cruz, Cal.-tU.PJ- City authorities are considering a suggestion that aviation be utilized for ridding Monterey Bay of sharks by having airplanes drop depth bombs on the intested regions. The presence of the sharks is keeping the salmon fishers from taking their usual annual haul. — Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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INDIANA ASKS COTTON FABRIC FOR HIGHWAYS One Os 32 States Requesting Material For Highway Uses Indiana is one of the 32 states which have filed requests wTt.f, the AAA for cotton fabric and mats to be used in field tests of new uses of cotton in highway construction. Requests for more than 6 million square yards of cotton fabric for use as a reinforcement membrane in bituminous surface-treated highways were filed by 24 of the 32 i states. Estimates indicate that this material is to be used In the construction of more than 575 mil--1 es of road. Twenty-three of the 32 states > filed requests for nearly 90.000 • mats for use in curing concrete highways. The project is being financed with funds set aside under amend- . merits to the Agricultural Adjust j ment Act, approved last August, which makes available to the Secretary of Agriculture an amount # equal to 30 per cent of the customs receipts for uses which inj elude the encouragement of domestic consumption of agricultural j commodities by diverting them • from normal channels of trade to ! new uses. The offer was made to . I state highway departments so that . I tests might be made under all climi atic conditions. Those states requesting cotton . fabric oor mats for highway con- ’! struction tests are Alabama. Ari- ' zona. Arkansas, California. Maine, J F lorida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minne-

sota. Mississippi, Missouri. Montana. Nevada. New Hampshire, New Jersey. New York, North Carolina. Ohio, Oklahoma. Oregon, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, ': and Wisconsin. ’ URGE ALFALFA FOR PASTURES t. More Alfalfa Pastures Needed For Hogs In Indiana i Lafayette, Ind., July 2 — Alfalfa, • clover, rape, and bluegrass arel ; the principal hog pastures which . farmers in Indiana have found ’ best, according to C. M. Vestal, : swine specialist at Purdue University. And of these crops, alfal- . fa has more advantages, where conditions are favorable for its, i growth, because of its higher feedI ing value, its leugSi of time of re- . maining green and succulent, and its advantage of lasting through a I number of seasons. When alfalfa is not pastured heavily, one or two light crops of . hay may be cut during a season. This is good practice in pasturing, says Vestal, because heavy graz- . ing tends to kill out the stand. A . good stand of alfalfa will graze 18 to 20 full-fed hogs to the acre, I while the number will be reduced to six or seven where the hogs . are being grown more slowly on a half-feed of grain. A good pasture crop is essential for handling spring pigs most economically, Vestal states. Pasture saves 10 to 20 per cent ol the feed in the production of hogs. Sows and pigs should be out on pasture as early as possible in the spring. Ihe pasture not only saves feed, . but increases the milk flow of the

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sow and promotes health in the pigs. Alfalfa pasture is especially valuable tor pigs that have just been weaned. Alfalfa should be more widely used as a hog pasture crop in IndI lana. Vestal advises. Not many years ago, it was thought that alfalfa was a dixicult crop to grow in this state. Today, it is being grown successfully in most Indiana eommimities. Hog growers in Indiana should help solve their pasture problems by sowing a small acreage to alfalfa to supplement I I heir clover and other pastures. In I many localities in the state, alfalfa should be the principal pasture crop for hogs. Vestals believes. Q New Uses for Bacteria London —(UP) New industrial uses to rbacteria are being sought | by experts at the newly-established I mi'crobiological department of the I Government Chemical Research i Laboratory. Already bacteria pro--1 vide vinegar and help plants produce food. They also are credited with making the Black Sea black by producing “hydrogen sulphide” in the mud of its shores. — “Meanest Thief" Takes Cycle Toledo. (U.R) A “meanest thief” took the bicycle of Mrs. Fred Elwell's son. The boy, despite the loss of one hand's use in an accident two years ago, had earned and paid for the cycle and was using it to ride to a golf course where he caddied to pay for a hospital bill.

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