Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1936 — Page 6

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AGRICULTURAL NEWS

ADVISE SALE OF FEW SHEEP Expert Suggests Keeping Os Fewer Sheep When Feed Is Short Farmers should strike a happy medium so that they are enabled to winter their sheep at the least cost and still keep them sufficiently vigorous and healthy to assure profitable production, points out J. D. Gannaway, animal husbandman at the North Dakota Agricultural College. Supposing a farmer had 50 head of sheep, but feed for only 40, Mr. Gannaway figures in his approach to the winter feeding problem. The sale of 5 head of his 50 would enable him to purchase enough feed to winter the remaining 45 head in excellent shape. He asks, would it not be wiser to winter 45 ewes and raise 45 Ihmbs than to half starve 50 head and raise only 25 lambs T If grain is available, 16 bushels of oats or barley plus one ton of hay should winter four breeding ewes. Or, one-half to three-fourth potlnd of grain is approximately equivalent to one pound of good hay. On the other hand, it is entirely possible to carry six or seven breeding ewes thru seven-month feeding periods on a ton of hay. They will probably live thru the winter However, hr r -Ing, these ewes will — will be unable to lamb lambs. It is far better judgment, contends Gannaway, to winter four head of ewes in good shape and have them raise lambs than to winter seven head and have them die in the spring or be unfit to properly nourish their lambs. HORSE SENSE Shake or wash off with a garden hose the winter snows and sleet coatings that may ruin the forms of evergreens or otherwise injure them if left on for any excessive WANTED FURS—Muskrat. Skunk. 0possum. Weasel, Coon, Mink. Highest prices paid. We also buy Rags. Magazines, Newspapers. Scrap Iron, Old Auto Radiators, Batteries, Copper. Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We also buy beef hides and sheep pelts. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe st. Phone 442

SCHMITT’S — Phones 95 or 96 — Poultry For Christmas We will have a large selection of all sizes of choice plump Grain fed TURKEYS. Place your order early so as we may select for you just the size bird vou want for your Christmas Dinner. Nice Young Geese, 10 to 12 lbs. each. Dressed Ducks from 4to 6 lbs. each, and any size Chicken from 3 lbs. to fry up to 7 lbs. Capons to roast. Plenty nice young 4to 5 lb. hens to roast or stew. Good Bulk Mince Meat and plenty of all sizes of Oysters. “Real” Specials for Saturday RAMBERGER (all beef) 2 lb. 25c SHORT TEE BONE STEAK... 25c lb BOILING BEEF 2 lb 25c LEAN PORK STEAK 25c lb FRESH BRAINS 2 lb 25c PORK LOIN ROAST (Special) 25c lb FRESH PORK LIVER 2lb 25c J. J popk nr rfff mpartss 9 POF.K or BEEF HEARTS... .2 lb. 25c rival DOG FOOD 3 cans 25c IB ER PUDDING 2 Ib. 25c SUGAR CURED PIG HAMS... .25c lb FR'NKFURTS or BOLOGNA 2 lb 25c (Smoked and skinned, 8 to 10 Tb. each) Veal Paddies 25c lb., Rhineless sliced Bacon, our Best, 35c lb. yinrrd TT ~~ wi<h Pimentoes. 2 lb. for 35c. Young Beef Liver ncU PJrrnr 19c th S'r>nkpd Picnic Ham r*«- n. ?Pc Th. All Po r k P-usage, bulk, 2 lbs. 35c. Real Good Open Eyed Swiss Cheese 35c lb Swiss Steak out of the Round 22c lb Farmers Attention! Young corn fed quarters of Beef- our Best front quarters, 12c; hind quarters 14c. Also some nice chunks and half quarters of Beef. Special lean Beef for Sausage. We pay 6c for Beef Hides and 5c for rendered tallow. WATCH OUR WINDOW DISPLAY FOR ADDED SPECIALS. H. P. Schmitt Meat Market

Winter Pig Feeding Plan : ■' * , , ■ ■ -• *

Winter feeding of fall pigs can be successful when the pigs are in good health, large for their age, and at least eight or ten weeks old as winter weather sets in, according to County Agent L. E. Archbold. If it is intended to finish the pigs for market by March or April, shelled corn and a protein supplement mix of 50 pounds of good tankage, 25 pounds of soy bean o.lmeal, and 25 pounds of ground alfalfa hay, to be fed in separate compartments of a self feeder, are recommended by John W. Schwab, of the Purdue University animal husbandry extension staff. Hay to be used in the mix should be bright, that from the third cutting generally being contdered the best. When this protein mix cannot be made conveniently, soybean oilmi|il, tankage, or soybeans with bright alfalfa hay available in low racks may be used as the protein supplement. Hominy feed may also be fed in place of corn. length of time. Never allow milk or cream to freeze. It is unusually difficult to obtain a fair butterfat test from frozen milk or cream. Furthermore, the butterfat becomes greasy when the products are thawed, resulting in inferior quality. Shop early, ■when purchasing seed for spring sowing. It will pay. When buying seed keep in mind that quality rather than price should be considered first. Get seed that is free of dangerous weed seeds and is of adapted origin. Poor quality seed, according to specialists at Purdue, is costly at any price. Read the Indiana Seed Tag and use it as a guide. The weed tax on agriculture is estimated at $3,000,000,000 or about one-twelfth the value of crops. This is a loss that exceeds the combined losses from plant diseases, animal diseases, insects, rodents, and predatory animals. Is weed control worthwhile? Think it over. Provide good coarse alfalfa, cloI ver, or mixed hay at all times to dairy calves intended to be kept

i When fall pigs are not to be , fed for the spring market, enough grain should be fed daily to keep ’ the animals gaining weight slow--1 yland to maintain their health. In - addition to the grain, it is advis- ■ able to feed a mineral mixture in a separate compartment of the ' feeder. One such mixture which has proved successful at the Purdue University Swine Farm consists of 100 pounds of pulverized limestone, 100 pounds of steamed ' bone meal, and 10 pounds of common barrel salt. This year when feeds are costly, every effort should be made to provide comfortable sleeping quarters and clean drinking water for the pigs. Schwap pointed out. Good management will help to save feed and will keep the costs 6f growing fall pigs at a low figure. He said that unthrifty pigs cannot pay their way this year. Further information concerning the comparative values of com and other feeds for hogs can be obtained from the office of County Agent Archbold. in the herd. The farm woods can be improved during the winter months by cutting inferior trees, which are crowding trees of good quality. Further information on any of the foregoing topics may be obtained by writing to the Department of Agricultural Extension, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. o Charge Bluffton Man With Assault, Battery’ Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 18—(UP)—A charge of assault and battery with intent to kill was to be filed in Wells circuit court today against forrest Blair, 50, who state police claim confessed the shooting of George A. Redd, 57, district manager of the Indiana service corporation. Blair was said by police to have plotted against the life of the offi-! cial whom, it w r as believed, he blamed for his release from the service of the traction company for which we had worked more than 25 yeanso Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DFCEMBFR 18, 1936.

ANNOUNCE 11 POINTPLAN Agricultural Program Suggested At Outlook Meeting Eleven suggestions were made at the outlook meeting held Wednesday afternoon in the city held by the Adams county agricultural planning committee. These were presented by L. E. Archbold, county agent. The suggesions are: 1. Develop the farm business so as to take advantage of this period of more profitable farm operation even though it means some > advance in operating costs. i 2. Give increased consideration > to proper use of the land, to diff- ■ erences in the productive capacity i of land and to soil improvement ■ and soil conservation programs for i the different types of soils found ! on the farm. The use of longer roi tations, pasture, and time on poor • and rough land should be consid- ■ ered to control erosion and imI prove soil fertility. 3. Give careful attention to the use of high quality seeds of adapted high-yield varieties and to the use of good pure bred sires. Lime and Legumes 4. Give more attention to tillage and field operations, and to the use of lime, legumes and high grade fertilizers even though it may mean higher costs. 5. Increase the production of high-yielding, adapted legumes. 6. Give consideration to the favorable feeding situation likely to exist the latter part of 1937 if a normal crop is harvested. 7. Plan to take adantage of the favorable marketing conditions for live stock which are likely to exist during the late summer and fall months of 1937. This is especially true for good quality well finished cattle and hogs. Make Repairs 8. Where possible, provisions! should be made for making necessary repairs to buildings and fen-| ces. 9. Take advantage of credit fa-1 i cilities to arrange debts at lower| rates of interest and for payment on the amortization or budget 1 plan. 10. Keep informed regarding the economic problems of agriculture and national programs designed to improve agricultural conditions. 11. Through the facilities of the agricultural extension service make increased use of the results of scientific research in the production and marketing of quality Attention Farmers! We do custom butchering at reasonable prices and under sanitary conditions. We also buy live stock, hides and rendered tallow. Plenty of Good Tankage for sale. Nice quarters of Beef and Freshly Dressed. Hogs. See us—The Mutschler Pkg. Co., Inc.

IS Phone GROCERY PHONE 555 and MEAT MARKET 292 FREE DELIVERY—CaII Earlv for Service WE HAVE OUR OWN DELIVERY CALL EARLY FOR SERVICE SUGAR—With 4 other items—lo pounds 47c SUGAR—Crystal White Granulated —25 lb. bag $1.27 CANDY—Orange Slices. Gum Drops, Chocolate Drops. Lemon 'Drops. Mixed Candy—pound .. 10c GOOD ASSORTED CHOCOLATE CANDY — lb. 15c VANILLA AND MAPLE CLUSTERS— pound ... 19e BARREL OF FANCY CUT ROCK CANDY — tb. 10c Peanut Brittle. Broken Taffy, Chocolate Creams lb 15c SNIDER’S APPLE SAUCE — can 10c SNIDER’S GRAPEFRUIT JUICE — can 10c DILI. AND SOUR PICKLES — Quart Jar 18c CHOICE DRIED PEACHES — pound 15c POP CORN—It Will Pop! — 3 pounds 25c Mixed Vegetables. Peas and Carrots, Red Beans, Tomatoe Juice. Spaghetti. Vegetable Soup, Tomato Soup. Pork and Beans — 5 cans 25c PUMPKIN — Wayne Pride — Large can 10c SYRUP—L. C. Crystal White — gallon 73c CORN MEAL — Granu'ated — 6 pounds 25c THAT GOOD GROUND BLA r K PEPPER — lb. 15c TOILET TISSUE — 6 - 1.000 Sheet Rolls 25c HEAD LETTUCE — Solid Crisp Heads — 2 for 15c ORANGES — SunKist . . 15c, 18c, 25c, 30c. 40c & 45c APPLES — NORTHERN SPYS — Basket .... $1.25 GRIMES GOLDEN — Basket $139 CANYON REDS — Basket SL2S HUBBARDSON — Basket SLS» STARK — Basket SL2S CHRISTMAS TREES—Buy Early for Good Selection 25c up WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF FRESH And SMOKED MEATS Tender Steak- lb. .. 25c Boiling Beef, 1b... 12*/2C Pork Shoulder, lb. . 23c Bacon, chunk, lb. .. 25c Veal Steak, lb 20c Pork Chops, lb 25c

products and in making adjustments to meet present ana prospective conditions. POOR SEED IS FAILURE HERE Kansas Seed Found Unfavorable In Indiana This Spring In studying some of the figures! contained in the data required for [complying with the 1936 Conservation Program, some interesting fac|s are brought to light. One of the outstanding things observed is the number of alfalfa stands that were established in the spring seeding of 1936. When a stand failed, it has been necessary to supply evidence establishing the fact that the farmer had grass seed and that it was sown. Where alfalfa stands failed, almost invariably the evidence submitted show's that Kansas seed was sown. This fact is in line with information that has been given out lor sometime from the County Sanitary Outdoor Privies s 1 IwHL, LABOR FREE WPA Project Help Fight Typhoid Fever, Dysentery Approved by Indiana State Board of Health. FHA Loans Available Adams County Community Sanitation Project GEORGE MASSONEE Ass’t Supervisor Adams County First & Jefferson Sts. phone 231

I Agent’s office that it was not safe I to sow Kansas grown seed in this locality; that It was much better to secure home grown or northern grown seed. This year there was quite a harvest of home grown alfulfa seed. The production for the United States as a whole, however, ’was low, not only for alfalfa, but for, other grass seeds. The price isj quite likely to be high, and It Is I

| Stults HOME Grocery 1 $ Phone 88 or 98 119 Second s| “Say Merry Christmas With A Gift Basket!” 1 Fresh Candies Xmas Trees , Lowest Prices oT| g For Christmas JUST ARR)VED > • 39c to $125 ■ thnh,., I Peerless Flour, bag 85c Long needles. They don’t shed. Lowest Prices 1 M 'Jold Medal Flour, bag $1.15 _ Polar Bear- bag .... $1.15 JQ s ’ SUGAR FINEST^ NEW DATEfI & —L- IJJJ!.! K x<nv — 2 ibs. powdered sugar i7c 3 pounds for 25c 1 5 lb. Buckw heat or Pancake „ DECORATIONS PITTED DATES. Ih I<J A Flour for 25c Red ’ Grl-en ’ Yellow Su ° 3r —-21 E McKenzies, for 25c COFFEE SPECIAL * | N«w Corn Meal, ba, lie „„„ ch . v>tuuro Tl „. Ib . m 2 lw i^ lTS I /T Order your Dinner Rolls 3 lb. Vacuum Pack Can 79s For *••)(■ & for Xmas, now, dozen 5c 3 lb. Glass Jar 89c , ~ T “7 ““: “ Satisfaction Coffee 19c r t^P^ llsh » 3poma<far Mc WALMTS f RRFAn —- — — a Jb 15 KILA 1/ d 0 Not Forget A Can Os PECANS, lb. .. 191 Off CORN CHIPS “T" 4 , „ 1 M Small 25c Large 39c C \KFSI m 2. Ginger Ale, Grape Juice, Strawberry Syrup. Pickles, Jumbo Olives. Each I SA Preserves. Jellies and mahy other good things for your Christmas NEW BREAKFAST ROL J er ’ By PERFECTION i jd JELL-O. The Real Jell-O—Six Flavors, Special r 6 Large Seedless Granl 8 WITH THE BIG RED LETTERS ON THE BOX DC fruit for Dozen * LOWEST PRICES ON CHRISTMAS TREATS ORDER EARLY AND GET QUALITY WITH SERVICE! k.l :l*n4tin»!:iJ \ KROGER FANCY FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Complete selections—Guaranteed to satisfy. FANCY CALIFORNIA EMPEROR GRAPES * 2 lbs. 15 S * CARROTS—Fancy New Crop—Large bunch wBBIBWBi Fancy Firm, Sweet- Juice Filled TANGERINES 2 doz. 25 Head Lettuce, large solid 1 RADISHES — Fancy Hot 1 CELERY — Large Ci Calif. Icebergs 1 Kz» House, crisp 1 I Stalks. 1X 2 heads AtJV | 3 bunches JLvL | 2 bunches LEAF LETTUCE CRANBERRY SAUCE 17 oz. 1 OLEO - Eatmore OCEAN SPRAY _.... can Ready to Serve — No Muss — No Trouble — Tasty and 7 .1 Wholesome, 2 lbs. ■!> FOR DELICIOUS SALADS OR DESSERTS TWINKLE 4 pkgs. 15© macaroni GELATIN DESSERT — Six Delicious Fruit Flavors — or PEANUT BUTTER 2 lb -2 p >p F-sh stock. 25( SALAD DRESSING Qt. “TT EMBASSY — RICH — SMOOTH _ “■ L JEWEL COFFEE COUNTRY CLUB CREAMERY Smooth and <A BUTTER 26c FrM ™ l ' - ” k* ■ I k Fresh . Sweet Lb. — FRUITCAKES 2 lb. 7Q (* Kroger Clock HER GRACE — 91<>/ 0 Fruits and Nuts Cake • V DATE PUDDING 6 oz. 1 ftp l! , „ „ MORTON HOUSE—FINE FLAVOR Pkg. Fresher Becan COUNTRY CLUB FANCY Timed. Finest Qua y PEACHES B h“™ 2 n c- 35c PINEAPPIJS 2No.2‘J9p r ,caret®" BARTLETT PEARS 2 No. 2 Christmas wrappadIN SYRUP Cans" • V Popular Brand*. STANDARD QUALITY CREAM STYLE Cartons Sl.lt 0R SNIDER ’ S No. 2 of 200 v SPINACH Can IOC TOMATOES 9 No. 2 MOTOR OIL STANDARD QUALITY — NEW PACK cans pgNN-RAD PEAS 2N0.20Kp 100% Pure P*" l ”' AVONDALE—EXTRA STANDARD—NEW PACK cans ri nun avondale ___ ’i*"’" _ W FLOUR 75c RAISINS 2 lb. Ikitchen fresh MINCEMEAT 9oz.lft P CAND ® COUNTRY CLUB—FINE FLAVOR D ka. AVV H . r ,hev co» CHOCOLATE i ribbon m xp° e 1936 ENGLISH WALNUTS, pound 25c p m e A N h A T TT an m |X CROP MIXED NUTS, pound 23c BRAZIL NUTS, pound 19c tb . NUTS PECANS, pound 29c Ch ° ,Ce

RUKKested that Adams County' farmers secure a local suppljs as, soon as possible, thereby securing an adapted seed and quite likely at lower prices than will necessarily be paid In the spring. It Is extremely urgent that foreign seeds be not purchased, as the source can not readily be established. • ■■*...- o I Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

To 5| W-lin J Indianapolis, i nd rv ~The indiuua a ’lon will conduct its.. *■ here and lta C“ ,onJttn - SJ,wa -S| The board of agrlrultll ■ the following day t 0 e ]_ ectors,