Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1936 — Page 5

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■ ~, ■■ ■ , ~ ~■-..., , ... _ ■Robert Myers Wins I Mythical Crown As fl County Corn King —

1936 Records For IHigh Corn Y *eids 1,1 *| Annual Club Contest |Kr County Farmers. BUSHELS Myers. .Bm"|> •'•' ""“ kinß 1,1 Ad ‘ i:us K>J,. of ltd bush. 1.4 to til- ' lls 1,1 entrants in kthelttr ■ •'" '*'"' ( " rn 1 111,1 "’" Lit Hl. ..unity. By right of his bushels ■wiii ' ivi a gold medal. KK ay.'in's oth<. | 111.- Theek i|. Twenty Three Myers, win. ■had- yi I Os 97.2 bushels; Fred ... . K ujg Two bronze mt nai kotJll 1 ■'!' 9 bushels; and Dav ii..i. Rille Bb-.-k. I^^fl.-il <;.-rke. James A. |i . hen Hufns Cui 11. Mazelin. Franklin Howard Nussbaum, .lacBobJ Nussbaum. William H. Pat tßteajo . Peter It. Schwartz. Millaid /■sAirtz. Reuben Schwartz, and ■ Hybrid Best -. .[iiite interesting to I medals were won with Hy and that only 3 plots tailed to wine medals, the ■Mat yl '' l ' l 101 Hybrid being GJ.7 Eleven of the members on open pollinated corn. highest yield being 71.8 and as low as 53.8. The average lar acre tor all Hybrid in and Hi'- average op. u pollinated plots In other words, the Hyplots averaged exeat tly JU ■ inure per acre than the Hopes pollinated. - til,. B0W" -■ the latest methods in sCibreeding . practices. While

I WANTED B Skunk. 0Weasel, Coon, Mink. BRhest prices paid. BB'e also buy Rags, .Maga- ■ , Newspapers. Scr a p • Old Auto Radiators, Copper, Brass. minum, and all grades of P metals. e also buy beef hides sheep pelts. ■■ The Maier Hide I & Fur Co. ■HO M. Monroe st. Phone 112 farm loans I Now At 4% ■ W Adams County National E B ar m Loan Association, ■ I of Decatur. Indiana ■ ■•wteived a Charter and has K uuly authorized and empoW' K W "> make farm loams iu all of County. you uro expecting to re-lmance BW iarni loan, call or write this tion at once. ■ Er ce ’ South Seconu Street Decatur, Indiana K BEfr QU ' lar t. sec’y-treas. ■ 1 ■ Schumer. investigator

» . ""far || Farm Loans m | * arm owners desiring to purchase more land. ■ I refinance old loans, remodel present larin buildE | ings or tile drain your farm should see us tor I | attractive payment plans and rates. g The Suttles-Edwards Co

the yields of both open pollinated and Hybrid were very satisfactory for this year, it was clearly demonstrated that under the adverse i conditions under which both varieties grew, that the Hybrid could take the most punishment. It has a much deeper root system and ' could take the most punishment. It has a much deeper root system and could get moisture and food, while the open pollinated alongside suffered to a greater degree i for the lack of food and water. Increases Yield Franklin C. Mazelin and Wm. H. Patterson operated with the county agent's office in planting corn variety demonstrations this year. In both cases the check plots were planted with the owner's own open pollinated corn and some of •me new Hybrid varieties planted rlong side. Hybrid in every case gave an increase over the check plots. These increases ranged from 1.7 bushels up to 24.1 bushels. The aighest yield recorded for a Hybrid for these plots was 83 bushels. Mr. Mazelin also rgp a fertilizer test, applying 90 pounds of fertilizer in the hill per acre. This check plot showed an increase of 2.9 bushels over the unfertilized plot. With corn at 60 cents per bushel, this treatment would pay two for one. o I HORSE SENSE Feed molasses is low in protein, a fact which should be considered when molasses is used to replace other feeds in the ration for livestock. Liberal feedings of whole grain, supplemented with a good growing mash, is recommended by the North Dakota extension service as the best practice for fattening turkeys. These feeds should be kept before the birds at all times. Dry shelter for the sheep flock, particularly for breeding ewes, is essential if producers want to secure maximum returns from their flocks. The sheep do not need warm sheds, as long as the shelI ters are dry and give protection from wind and weather. A declining national population 'is inevitable within 15 years uni less the birth rate should rise or immigration increase. the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The birth rate has declined more tiwn 25 percent during the past’.lo years. . . , No AAA payments to farmers will -be withheld because of other Federal obligations, except in special cases, according to H. it. Toil- ' ay. Administrator of the AAA. These exceptional crises are those in which a debtor committed a fraud against the United States in connection with a loan, misapplied 1 funds borrowed, filed a petition in bankruptcy, or had a judgment in i favor of the Federal government rendered against him for the amount of the loan. Tests have shown that a mini , I mum of mixing produces the tendI erest, lightest muffin of the most I I I uniform texture. Homemakers are l ■ told that too much beating causes holes or tunnels in the -muffins, i and also make the muffins peaked : at the top. Three important points of any ■ crop insurance program are the 1 determination of yields on individual farms so as to provide a bas- : is for rates, the collection and assembling of the premium payments | by farmers whether in cash or in kind, apd the storage of products in years of abundant production to I be available for the payment of ; losses in years of crop damage. The amount of radium in a cubic miTe of sea water is a hundred j limes greater than all radium thus I <

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As a climax to the American agricultural show year, the International Live Stock Exposition will be held in its 37th annual renewal at the Chicago Stock Yards November 28 to December 5. Pictured above is a representation of the many thousands of purebred farm animals that will be exhibited in competition for continental

FLOWERS BROW DURING WINTER Cold Weather Gardens. Are Possible In Window Boxes "Did you ever raise a garden in the winter?” asks It. B. Hull, extension horticulturist of Purdue University. Os course, the specialist is referring to gardens planted in window boxes or even in a few flowerpots. One of the main points to observe. Hull says is to have good soil in the window boxes or flowerpots. A soil consisting of one part of well-rotted cow manure and two or three parts of a good garden loam is about right. The ideal soil has tor its foundation well-rotted sods. Add the rotted cow manure, some sand, and a very small quantity of bonemeal. The sand should be mixed thoroughly. advises tue specialist, and! screened through*a coarse screen to remove any lumps. | Among the vegetables that may be raised, suggests Hull, are: Basil. chives, slimmer savory, sweet marjoram, and parsley. The window-box should be at least 8 inches deep and long enough to fit the window readily. A layer of broken stones about an inch in thickness should be spread in the bottom of the box for drainI age, and then' should be one or I two holes to allow any surplus ' water to drain out. Too many ; plants should not be crowded into the box. It will need water twice a week, or oflener if the soil begins to dry opt. If flowerpots are used, they sbpuld be at least 6 inches in diameter. Place a tew small stpnes in the bottom of each pot to keep the drainage holes open. The pots may bp set in saucers, but. waler should not be allowed to stand in the saucers. Potted plants usually need a little water every day. Giving the plants all the sunlight possible and turuing the box or pots from time to Wine to prevent the plants from, growing one-sided are aids Io last results. * , -p —— County Officers Are Elected l or Leaders The Junior Leaders of Adams County hud a pot-luck suppei at j the home of Pollyanna and Juanita Lehman on November IT. Ttvr [chib was reorganized and the tollowing officers elected:' President, i Gerhart Schwartz; vice-president, Beatrice Mathys; secretar-trcasur-er. Vlury Cline, and news reporter. Margaret Poling. Several games were played and prizes’ were won by Mrs. Munn and 'His Spruuger. (J— — — Almost Utt per cent of the world flora is as yet unexplored. The Shoshones Were once one of the greatest divisions ul the North American Indian.

honors. Stockmen from nearly every stale in the Union and province of Canada have listed entries. Secretary B. H. Heide says that eleven percent more beef cattle will be shown this year than last, while the number of draft horses is 28 percent higher. Farm youths from twelve states will . exhibit 550 baby beeves, lambs and pigs in th« i show’s junior feeding contest, a3O percent increase

SHEEP SHELTERS' SHOULD BE DRY .Expensive Buildings Unnecessary For Breeding Flock Dry shelter for sheep, especially for the breeding flock, is essential if producers would secure the greatest possible profits from their flocks. “A good shed," says George J. Baker, extension husbandman oi the North Dakota Agricultural College,” should be dry at all limes, it should furnish protection from storms and winds, have good ventilation, he free from drafts, and have plenty of light. “Expensive barns are not necessary.” Baker declares, "and real warm housing of sheep is undesirable. Use no dark, damp, drafty quarters for sheep. They will not do well under such conditions.” The sheep shed should be located on high ground, well drained a I I way from the shed, so that the. yards are also dry. “Shed doors should be wide for ’ sheep. There is danger of injury by crowding if doors are narrow, especially if the ewes are heavy with lamb.” , Baker also offers a suggestion on breeding, pointing out that it pays to use good purebred rams. Breeders who want, lambs as late as the ' middle of May, still have 5 to 61 weeks left in the breeding season. I li is desirable to have the owes gaining in flesh al the time-of breeding. ■ — o FEDERAL BUYING HELPS FARMERS Government Purchases Raise Prices Os Farm Products Newark, Del., Nov. 20 -Federal ptfrehases of price-depressipg surplus farm products are serving a twofold purpose by improving market conditions and returns to farmers, and .by assisting in pre venting waste <fl food supplies, according to Jesse W. Tapp, under whose supervision the purchases at'fl juttde, The ConmimtH les Purchase Sec tidn of the AAA is in charge of the actual purchase operations of I surplus farm products. The Fedor-: al Surplus Commodities Corpora ! ticMi arranges with accredited red lief and welfare agencies in the . States for the distribution of all coijnuodiliivs the districution being' imide on such a basis as will not | interfere with regular commercial pun-liases, of these agencies, Mr. I Tabp says. Funds for the purchase of these; surpluses were made available toj

| I the Secretary of Agriculture by I Congress, and are used for the enI couragement of exports and the diversion of surplus agricultural com modities outside the normal channels of trade and commerce. The plan was put into operation during me latter half of X 933. and during the droughts of 1934 and 1936, was coordinated with certain droughtelief activities. A wide range of surplus pro.ucts, ineluding fruits, vegetables rains and cereals, eggs dairy products, and cotton goods were purbased. The commodities were ob dined from ’ practically every ma vr producing area of the country.l nd quantities distributed for re- ! i def use in all the states. It is estimated that approximately 2,500000.000 pounds of surplus farm products have been made available for relief distribution during Unlast 3 1-2 years in which the Cor- , potation has operated. o — From Millions.re to Dole Lincoln, Neb. — tUPI — Fifteen years ago reputed a millionaire—today destitute and an o'd age as : sistance recipient drawing $22.50 a . month— the state assistance direc J ! tor said this man was present when 1 t l e spoke in a northwest Nebraska I town. o Sutton’s Jewelry Store Opens Saturday, First Door North of Winnes Shoe Store. ohßiOl Santa’s going )/[ YkJ to bring me... xA v BOOT! Btns lOi $2-95 up. i WWBK MENS ■ up- -- ■ A L. 3UST whet your boy like* I to wear when the snow drift! high end ram poursl Rugged,wear resisting leathers! NICHOLS SHOE STORE

ANNUAL SCHOOLS ME ANNOUNCED Allen County To Be Site Os One Os Management Schools Lafayette, Ind., Nov. JO—Many farmers, who have spent years wondering just how they eould earn more money on the Farm with no additional physical labor, will have

PHOENIX HOSIERY / . — /ZD . /z budget K \ This 4-thread chiffon ma^n 9 new frionds . every day _ The stock . ‘ M *L > ing is sheer enough fa. tWK W to be flattering yet is a 1 Wt; B sturdily reinforced for Wr > w wear - w I You'll want many pairs 'W*K bk wk WB I at this price.. .the best - IMO- JWli Wl Wt W See the 7-thread hose fek. * wk ▼ *°° — or £ erv i ce an d 1 sports. BmlJh^-79 c • See the New Autumn Shades. WE ARE NOW FEATURING MENS “PHOENIX” HOsF 3 Pair For jgJ.QO Up To $ 1.00 '*air - HARDWARE and HOME FURNISHINGS New Fall Coats You Will Be Amazed At The New Stunning Styles at this extremely Low I priee. Beautiful New Pile Fabric Coats in B^acks ’ Browns and Greys. ■" Lovely All Wools and Fleeces. / . ..rx There’s a Coat for Every One . . . for Juniors and Misses>who demand smart ' styles, and for Women who look for genJI erous cut and excellent workmanship. AU the New Fall Colors. Sizes 14 to 52. ■ 1 '/fltfirl ur an d Flain, fl ei n QR MIV ■ V V & M HARDWARE and HOME FURNISHINGS

tho opportunity of attending upecinl farm management schools this winter that have been scheduled in 28 Indiana couuliea and they may find the answer in a greater knowledge of sound farm manugenient practices. Adanrn county furmern probably will attend tho ac.liool to be held in Allen county on February 25. During the past five years, 112 farm mnagehient acbo o1 h have been held in the state, according i to a report made by O. G. Johan ningsmeier, extension farm man agement specialist of Purdue Uni I verslty. The average attendance at i these schools where better farm practices were taught was 55. At the schools, the farm management apeciaiist demonstrated how I some of the most profitable farms I are organized and managed, and also hpw the management and or- ] ganization of some of the once 'least profitable farms have been I changed resulting in an increase in their relative incomes. Another 1 phase of the farm management schools to be held this winter will i be the discussion and explanation i of important economic trends that

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■laffect farming, and also a discusi slon of the important adjustments i that aro necessary on individual ’ farms to make the highest possible ■ incomes under changing coudl- ;, tlons. Two extension specialists will present the farm management maI teriul at each of. the meetings | scheduled this winter. Following ; are the specialists that will cod- . duct the schools: O. G. Johannlngs- ■ meter, J. C. Bottom, T. G. Hornung and H. E. Moore., •o> ' ' Achievement Program Will Be Held Monday , i ° The Adams County 4-H Club A--1 chleveinent program will be held 1 Monday evening. November 23. 7:- • 30 o’clock, at the Decatur High ’.School auditorium, Corner Fifth' rand Adams, Decatur. An interest- > ing program has been arranged for • the evening, and a one-reel sound t moving picture will be shown. 4-H I Club pins will be awarded to all i members finishing their projects. 1 ' The public is invited to attend.