Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1936 — Page 5

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rges ample SEED SUPPLY BE SELECTED I irdue Biredoi- Urges urnicrs 1 <• Select St c <1 Corn Supply ( ind . Sept 11 "-M a „lt Os one of the most severe «lits on record in Indiana, *’ has greatly curtailed and on I I'farms practically ruined the! .wet of a corn crop, farmers I .Id make every effort this fall a t least enough seed corn meet their planting requirents next spring," advised directj H Skinner of the agricultural tfrinnnt station and extension urtment of Purdue University. !e situation is made more acute in in former years," says direct- i Skinner, "since there was pracilly no seed corn carried over in last year. The past winter," he added, as so severe as to make all but , specially stored and dried corn iafe for seed unless it was ear led. Therefore ftfrinera will re to depend upon this year's rn crop for next year's seed cbm. “The seed corn for Indiana farmI must be obtained very largely Mi this state, as the states farth x-sl have suffered more severefrom drought and are now look ' j lor seed corn sources in other u ■ fanners who save any suris seed corn above their own e<b will very likely tind a ready irket among their less fortunate ighbors or in other states To ii<h it may be adapted,” states error Skinner. 'Drought, combined with high spratures. " he declared, "has sined maturity of corn this ir. aud in some counties, seed s selection may be started much

Wheat Fertilizer Will have a car load of PRICE’S TOBACCO BASE 2-12-6 FERTILIZER on track next week. Place your order now! Nothing Better Made! Cash Coal & Supply R. A. STUCKEY Home Os Stuckey’s Hog-Glad Farmers h tSED FARM ' k f MACHINERY / .J' SALE Beginning SATURDAY, SEI*T. 12 to SAT. SEPT. 26 *' you care for some real bargains on used machines come in and see them. ' Rebuilt 10-20 McCormick-Deering tractor. 1 F-20 Farmall like new. » 3 2-bottom 12” tractor plows. 4 2 bottom 14” tractor plows. 3 Fordson tractors. 2 Grain binders. 2 hay loaders. 1 2-section spring tooth harrow. R 1 Potato planter like new. speri\'i *' an store th *se machines over winter we arc making Don't prices on t^eiT ' t 0 Set them into the hands of the farmer. rniss looking these bargains over. McCormick - deering store Third Street Decatur

earlier than usual. This will al-' low more time for the corn to dry out before winter, and thus, avoid a repetition of freezing injury caused last winter when the corn I carried excess moisture, j " Partners who have to go out' of their communities for seed will be glad to know that a larger sup j ply of seed corn of both open pol- | limited and hybrid rarities will be I harvested this year," the director I said in conclusion. | o— Cat Guards Home New Orleans (UP) — You may have the "best watch-dog in the I whole world," but Mrs. Grace snodi grass, of New Orleans, thinks she I I can go you one o tter. Mrs. Snod- ' grass has a "watch-cat," Olive, who prefers raw meet to cream, scares police dogs away and chases any stranger who ■ ome« in sight with th.* vic'.ousness of a tiger. o— —. Chicken Thieves Use Taxi Astoria. Orc. — (UP! — Two men chartered a taxicab for an egg and ..-h'tk|n stealing expedition, but ended up in jail when they could not pay their fare. The driver called police, who found nine dozen eggs and three white leghorns in the cab. — o Feast Traps Snakes Redding. Cal.—(UP)—Bultenakeii' ar having a hard time at the city farm h?re where pheasants are grown. They crawl sufficiently through the wire mesh fence to swa’low a pheasant, but after the I latter in safely inside they are unable to ha k out. Bachelors Held Not Boid Berlin (UP)—Naztzs consider lliat auy man who has lived to the ' age of 26 without getting married ! “lacks courage and -determination." 1 Therefore, as a matter of principle, they will be refused admission to a < special course of training in Nazi I lead rship. Q_ i Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936.

WHEAT SOWING IS BEST AFTER SEPTEMBER 25 I Farmers Are Urged To Sow Wheat After Fly Free Date Farmers are urged to sow their wheat on or after the fly free date. September 25. according to information released today. A few wheat growers in this i area have indicated that they woulit sow their wheat around the 15th of September. Experimental evidence shows that in the long run wheat sown on or soon after the fly free date produces better yields and suffers less from the fly than earlier sown wheat. . Wheat growers should keep in mind that there are two main broods of Hessian fly larvae every year in Indiana. These broods represents two generations and dur-1 ing each of these geerattons the I insect passes through four different stages of development so en- I tirely unlike in appearance as to confuse anyone unfamiliar with the pest. During the month of August and September the adults, which are the parents of the main fall generation emerges from the "flax-i seed" stage in the wheat stubble 1 of volunteer wheat which has been I allowed to stand. These adults lay their eggs on the new wheat plants and the life cycle is repeated. Soon after the eggs are laid the eggs hatch and little larvae appear. After these larvae have reacheir their full growth and without leaving their feeding position underneath leaf sheaths, their skins harden and turn brown, forming coverings known as "flaxseeds.” The small larvae transform to pupae within these "flaxseeds." In the spring the pupae are mature and they force their way out through the upper ends of the "flaxseeds," and soon after they are reI leased they are ready to fly. The I larvae arc finally all released in April and they soon begin to olay their eggs in the grooves along the upper surface of the wheat leaves i and their life cycle is completed. Two distinct types of injury are caused by the Hessian fly: the (killing in both fall and spring, of shoots infested while they are still small: and the breaking over just before harvest time of maturing stems which become infested in the spring after they have begun ito joint. Farmers should join toj ge'ther and sow their wheat on or after the fly free date. September j 25 in order to cut down on the in- ■ jury caused by Hessian fly. PURDUE EXPERT ! GIVES POINTERS Pointers Are Given On Proper Raising Os Fall Pigs Lafayette. Ind.. Sept. 11. Pigs | farrowd in the early fall may be raised to. marketable weights just j as economically as spring pigs, and oifly a few factors in management and feeding necessarily need be observed, states John Schwab, extension swine specialist of Purdue University. Fall pigs should not be born later than the third week in September, which allows about the minimum amount of time for good pigs to grow large enough to thrive at the beginning of winter Sows should farrow their pigs out in the field or pasture away from infected feeding places or old hog lots, movable individual houses being recommended tVily for far rowing quarters. They should be well scrubbed with boiling water and lye about a week before being used. When cold nights come, have east, west and north sides closed tightly to prevent drafts. Drafty sleeping quarters favor the development of pig flu, pneumonia, and other lung troubles, Schwab says. Sows should be fed lightly for a day or fwo after farrowing, and in a week or ten days liberal feeding should be started with an abundance of range for exercise. When pigs reach two weeks old, start giving them a nutritious feed. A mixture of 70 pounds of coarseground corn, 20 pounds of coarseground wheat and 10 pounds of good tankage is a highly successful pig starter, Schwab recommended. Continue to feed this mixture

until the pigs weigh 75 to 81) lbs., or more. The use of the self feeder suitable for young pigs is strongly recommended. No other method of feeding seems to produce the l growth and maintain the health of the pigs as satisfactorily. The 1 feeder should be located in a creep or in an individual house with the ; door slatted with Seven inch spaces to keep the sows out. A: fountain of drinking water should be kept close to the feeder. Every inducement should be offered to have pigs become as large as possible before wintry weather begins. Th pigs and their mothers should j be kept away from worm infested ; lots until the pigs weigh 75 pounds or more. After continual good feeding pigs sually are not seriously stunted by these parasites. To grow fall pigs successfully, Schwab summarizes, they should; be farrowed early in the fall, kept ' free from the intestinal round 1 worm and fed a nutritious feed, preferably by the self feeder meth od and when cool nights come, i have sleeping quarterds dry and comfortable. STATE POULTRY GROUP TO MEET Annual Meeting To Be Held At Purdue Sept. 30 To Oct. 2 I Hooskrs poultry raisers who ' plan to attend the annual meeting ' of the state poultry association of j Indiana which will be held at Pur-| due university for a three-day sess-l ' ion. starting on Sept. 30 and closing Oct. 2, may look forward to an interesting program develc, d ' about remodeling poultry houses, controlling disease, and managing the farm flock, given by nationally known specialists, according to an announcement made by Leon Todd, ’ | Purdue extension poultry special--1 ist and secretary of the associ- ‘ ation. ' Present day problems such as remodeling poultry hoses, disease. , control, farm flock management I ' and broiler production will be dis-. , | cussed. Such speakers as Morley A. Jull, formerly in charge of the fedral experimental poultry farm, and now head of the University of Maryland poultry department, Dr. W. A. Billings from the University of Minnesota, and Reese V. Hicks, Kansas City. Mo., executive secretary of the international baby , chick association, will be among' the outstanding speakers to attend. I Farm poultry raisers and com ! mercial poultrymen will find the; program for Thursday, October 1 of unusual value. Hatchcrymen , will hold their regular meeting on Wednesday, September 30, and turkey growers will “talk turkey" Friday, October 2. A complete program for this educational meeting may be obtain ed by writing to Mr. Todd. Purdue poultry department, Lafayette. —, Televise Coronation London. — XU.R) The possibility! of the coronation ceremony being! televised as well as broadcast is being eagerly discussed in British radio cfrcles. WANTED: Rags, Magazines, Newspapers, Scrap Iron, Old Auto Radiators, Batteries, Copper, Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We are always buying all ' grades of waste material. We are also buying Wool and Sheep Pelts, paying the top mar ket price. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe St. Phone 112 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 empow ered to make form lowa in all of Adams County. If you aro expecting to rc-finam e your farm loan, call or write this association at once. Office: 133 South Seconu Street Decatur, Indiana E. Burt Lenhart, sec’y-treas. Fred T. Schurffer, investigator

GENERAL PRICE LEVEL IS HIGH Price Received By Farmers is Now Highest In Six Years Washington. Sept. 11. The general level of prices Received by farmers now is the highest ill six years, the bureau of agricultural economics reported today. The bureau's index is 124, compared with 115 on July 15, and with 106 on August 15 a year ago. Grdin led the n.itrch to higher prices during the past month, with both wheat and corn passing $1 a bushed for the first time since July, 1928. Prices of truck crops rose substantially during the month; prices of dairy products were strong; chickens and eggs advanced seasonally, and meat animal prices were higher. Cotton, cottonseed, and fruits were the only major groups to recede from the July level. Group indexes of the bureau show that prices received by farmers for grain were up 20 points during the last month, truck crops were up 19 points, dairy products were up 9 points, chickens and | eggs were up 6 points, and meat , animals were up 4 points. Cotton ; and cottonseed were down 2 points and fruit prices dropped 9 points. Compared with a year ago on August 15, prices of truck crops j were up 42 points, grain prices ( were up 33 points, dairy products | up 27 points, fruit prices up 21.1 cotton and cotton seed up 6, chickens ana eggs up 1, and meat animals down 6 points. The bureau pointed out, however. that the rise tills summer in prices of farm products has not all been a net gain for farmers, since farmers have had to pay higher prices for goods purchased. Short feed crops have raised the price of all feeds purchased, for instance, to the highest point recorded since

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September 1930. Feed prices increases, the bureau explained, were chiefly responsible for ihe advance in the average of prices paid by farmers for all commodities. The index of prices paid for all commodities purchased wus 126 on August 15, compared with 123 oh July 15, and with 125 on August 15 last year. The Tffdex of prices paid Is slightly higher than that of prices received, but the disparity against farmers on August 15 was the smallest since August 1929. This summer's gain in farm prices raised the purchasing power index of farm products to 98 as of August 15, compered with 93 on July 15, and with 85 on August 15 a year ago. The five-year period 1909-14 equals 100 in all of these price indexes.

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SUPPLIES TO BE STRETCHED Cattle Feeders Will Stretch Feed Supplies To Limit Urbana. 111., Sept 11. Believing in the adage that cattle usually return a larger profit when corn is high than when it is cheap, feeders this season will have as many cattle on feed as the feed situation will warrant, according to Prof. H. P. Rusk. "Many of the feeders plan for shorter feeding periods or lighter grain rations," Rusk said. “Some undoubtedly will attempt to make butcher cattle with silage made from drought corn and little or no additional grain. Others will use i considerable oats in the ration and some will feed molasses as a substitute for a part of the corn normally fed. Feed supplies will be stretched to feed as many cattle is possible. "As a class dairymen are probably in the hest ]s>sition to make the most effective use of droughtstunted corn. Then- regular silo capacity can he supplemented with the temporary picket fence silo or trench silo where corn to fill them is available. "However, one cannot go into the dairy business merely to market one crop of corn," he continued "If the farmer is not a regular livestock producer and is planning on feeding operations merely to market his drought corn, he is limited largely to beef cattle or possibly sheep. This year farmers on the edges of mi * sheds have an opportunity to utilize this crop I efiiciently and to render a real serj vice by wintering young dairy I stock and dry cows from dairy j herds, thus relieving the feed situation tn some hard pressed dairy districts." (>■—■■...... [ T rade in a Good Town — Decatu l

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CAN CHICKENS IN SEPTEMBER September Is Proper Month For Canning Os Chickens September is a convenient and economical month tor canning ! chicken because it is the usual ; time for culling the flock. The ! plump 2-year-old hens, no longer I profitable Lu keep, are ideal for ! canning. Their meat has better flavor and texture after processing than the more tender delicate meat of very young chickens. Like other non-acid foods, chicken earned in any form requires special precautions in preparation and processing, says Miss Eva I. Buel, extension nutritionist at Pur- ' due University. Can only high quality products. Clealiness. speed in preparation, . chill ig, and sufficient processing for thorough sterilization are all ess- | ential factors for the successful , canning of chicken. Chickens may I be. canned either in plain tin cans lor glass jars in sizes up to a quart. (When packing unboned chicken the ' placement of the drumsticks in the center of the jar encourages more • efficient heat penetration. o ——— Terrier Gets 8.005th Rat London —(UP)—Spider, a terrier j bitch, and a great favorite with I.niidim Zoo keepers, celebrated her •. venth birthday by killing her B,oooth rat. She has never been known to let a rat escape. Trap*, gas-guns and other methods are used to . xt< rminate rodents at the Zoo. but Spider has bagged more than all these put together. One morning ehe ‘killed 67 within an hour. False Teeth Lost in Holdup San Francisco —(UP) —Evan Evanston does not believe the passive turn-the-other-cheek attitude is th“ i b st one to use in a holdup. When i two men took $lB he meekly kept his mouth dosed This aroused the (curiosity of the gangsters. So they 1 pri I his mouth open and d'.scover- ! > d he ha a set of false teeth with , several gold ones included. So they . | took his plates also. , oSoap From Coffee Grounds . Berlin --( UP)— Production of oil • i -suitable for soap-making from cot- ! fee grounds is the latest German I scientific discovery made at ths I technical school at Karlsruhe.