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"KSsoil ■CROPS TOLD Explaints l.iffcr|M Betwi' 1 ' 11 ' Ol n< Alfalfa K ■ «<>'> "“ 1,10 8011 R M > ;11, " r 'groiioOb- I'Ain'Oi'"'" 1 St “ bm.-'- .Yi-i'ii 1 '- Uoos ' . . 1,1 H, - ' f "' ,s : . ibiriit- the last ■K. Ji |-rioil has "" lan ** ... average crop a ~ mid elover IMh- l, " !v 17 llllshvls 1K.,, 'vu'." I" l 1 "’* 1 rota- .,■ !;.i> regularly SH; •■■:.- ni.mui''- and a ~ sii|" rphos- ■ dating the .■>; differgMj o>. yields of I'lire the lie plrt- - land in ..... alfalfa. ihffer0m- ,,;• itself. At the anal- ■ - : ;..w depth, as MB ' found heavy al . .. to hasa soil humus .. nnroyen. This .-. -■ i of al- * on: i mutes - loot am' stub- - alfalfa may ns 1 12 to 2 tons of. r:< h in nitrogen. 1 1 WANTED ■' Hides, Sheep Pelts Hl and Tallow. also buy Rags. MagaS| Newspapers, Scrap Old Auto Radiators, Copper. Brass,! and all grades of metals. Bhe Maier Hide ■ & Fur Co. Monroe st. Phone 142 B- — -— — h ■•CHALMERS MODEL “WC” W 1 tie up your money in a IF: tlme tractor! The Allisgf»ners Model “WC” will £ your work the year "'kJ 1 traction differenB~„ whee l with the best Ktr K J tS u e P° Wf * Adjust(.3, a C Heavy duty power BL. rr“ jrn Ple, quick-acting R. J ft " AU the necessary Be a, i year found performEa . low cost Ask us for a | I Attend 116 ’ Indiana I or Adams County

PROGRAM RARS FOREIGN SEED Imported Clover Seed Ruled Out Os Soil Program Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 6—-Indiana farmers who sow imported clover seed, except Canadian seed, will not be eligible for any benefit payment, according to official Information received from Washington by L. M. Vogler, chairman of the Ind iana Agricultural Conservation Committee. Extensive field tests conducted by the U. 8. Department of Agriculture and various state experiment stations including Purdue University have shown that such seed is not adapted to midwestern conditions. The message states that “any acreage upon which unadapted seed or mixtures containing any unadapted seed is planted in 1937 shall be classified as if such unadapted seed or such mixtures were not planted. Red Clover and alfalfa seed imported from countries other than Canada are not I considered adapted." Clover seed from central and northern Eurpoe is marked by staining one per cent of each lot green at the port of entry. All seed showing traces of the green stain is classed as unadapted. The same ruling applies to seed showing red stain which is the color used on seed from Italy, Africa, and South America or whose origin is unknown. The tag on each bag required by the Indiana seed law shows the origin of that seed. The tag and seed should be examined by the buyer and if any green or red seeds can be seen it should be avoided. European red clover can be identified in the field by its smooth stems. All adapted North American red clover has very hairy , stems. LIMING MAY BE DONE IN WINTER jSoil Improvement Recommended During Slack Work Beriod In many sections of Ohio the i tonnage of limestone used on fall crops far exceeds that used in the spring. Inquiry discloses that the reason for this is that the farmer does not feel he has time to make the application in the spring and ' finds it more convenient to spread I the limestone in late summer after ! plowing for wheat. | According to E. E. Barnes, AssoIciate Agronomist at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, experiments have shown that one of the best places in the rotation to apply limestone is on j sod which will be plowed for corn. ■ Os all the methods tested this has ranked as high as any, therefore the season when large amounts of limestone can be used with least interference with other farm work is greatly lengthened. , On land which is level enough to farm economically, limestone can be applied to pod in the winter and plowed under in the spring without loss of the liming material by washing. At this time of the i year other farm work is not pressiing and limestone can be spread with convenience whenever the ground is frozen enough to support the spreading machinery. Any time the ground is fit to spread manure, limestone can be spread conveniently. Applying limestone in winter to bare ground to be disked in tlie spring for oats ts hazardous, for the ground must be frozen, as a rule, to permit application and if a hard rain occurs before the FEDERAL FARM LOANS Now At 4% Adams County National Farm Loan Association, of Decatur, Indiana has received a Charter and has! been duly authorized and empowered to make farm loaais in all of Adams County. It you are expecting to re-finance your farm loan, call or write this association at once. Office: 133 South Seconu Street Decatur, Indiana E. Burt Lenhart, see’y-treas. Fred T. Schurger, Investigator

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ground thaws, the material will be washed off, even when the land has only a slight slope. To encourage the use of limestone in the winter months, some limestone producers are considering offering some inducement, such as a reduced price or easier credit, i during the winter months. Only one thing stands in the way of winter handling of limestone, and that is the danger of the material becoming wet in transit and then freezing. When this happens it is sometimes a real task to un- i load the car. Os course, when shipped in box cars the material is kept dry and no trouble experienced. o Club Tests Ingenuity Elk Creek, Mo., — (UP) — The motto of the Extension Club here ie "Make Something Out of Nothing." Members have lived up to the motto by braiding com shuqks and plaiting them into rngs, mats, baskets, sandals, and ornamental flowers. - ■ o Opportunity Knocks Twice Salida, Colo. —(UH>—Byron Shipp. Salida school teacher, is convinced that the adage, "Opportunity i Knocks But Once,” is a myth. His lame was called one night at the i local theater in the bank night drawing hut he had sent his children and did not attend himself. A few weeks later his wife's name was called but she was not present.

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EARLY HATCHING IS RECOMMENDED January And February Chicks Produce Better Pullets The first six months is the most expensive period in calf raising, says E. F. Eastman, extension dairyman at the University of New I Hampshire. The growth in this period and up to one year of age will determine to a large extent thei size your cows will be. Breeding being equal, the larger cows are, the more food they are able to handle, and the more mils they produce, says Eastman. To acquire the proper size at one year the normal calf should gain on the average one and one-half pounds daily for the first 16 weeks and an average gain of one and three-quarters pounds for the first 36 weeks. To secure this growth, milk or milk substitutes should be fed during the first four to five months. Grain should be fed for the first twelve months, starting the two to three weeks old calf in with a handful and working up to three to four pounds daily by four months of age. Cod Liver Oil The feeding of good quality, fine, 1 v ■

mixed grade of roughage should be started when the animal is two to three weeks of age. Roughage is the ideal means of providing the calf with necessary minerals and vitamins, and is essential to the j ■ development of body capacity. Avoid feeding straight alfalfa to the young calves, warns Eastman. Within the last few years, dalryi men have found that cod liver oil, i prepared for dairy rations, produces calves that meet the approval of the most critical. The cod liver oil is a fine carrier of the sunshine vitamins A and D; it also aids in I conditioning, improves the appe-' tite of the animals, and assimilafood. The oil feeding is begun at from I 3 to 5 days of age by putting one teaspoonful in the milk. At 3 weeks this is doubled and continued as long as milk is fed. Many grain rations now contain cod liver oil; it can be added to home-mixed rations by taking 40 pounds of grain and adding a pint or pound and stirring thoroughly. This mixture j can be divided into five pound lots; and five pounds added to each 951 pounds of the regular ration. Calves that get off to a slow start! or go into a period of retarded growth will benefit particularly from cod liver oil feeding and will probably need more than the us-' ual amounts. o Unwieldy “Cnrrnncy” In ancient Cyprus, copper pota were nsed ter nion»v I

Statistics show that there has been more typhoid fever in Indiana in the six-year period from 1920-1925 than in any other northern state. In 1933 Indiana had 95 deaths due to typhoid fever. In the many small towns and in parts of our larger cities the privies are a disgrace. In the country districts we often find shallow dug or driven wells with a dirty open privy nearby. Such conditions in this State are a disgrace and should not be tolerated. Just as long as we are willing to eat and drink our own and our neighbor's excretions, just so long, and no longer, will we have typhoid fever. In further support of this subject- records for 1934 of the Department of Vital Statistics, Indiana Division Public Health, show 104 deaths from typhoid fever and 407 deaths from diarrhoea. Therefore, in order to free Inniana from its present hazardous and disgraceful one, the cooperation of all citizens concerned is urgently requested. The return on the investment is great, for the individual, and public health are thereby safeguarded. The Community Sanitation Program that is now being conducted throughout Indiana is sponsored by the local, State and Federal Health authorities, in co-operation with the Works Progress Administration, for the purpose of eliminating the grossly insanitary open-surface privies, that are now so prevalent in every county of Indiana, and replacing these with approved type sanitary pit privies. The Sanitary privies are constructed in accodrance with plans and specifications furnished by the U. S. Public Health Service, and are being erected by trained and properly supervised workers furnished by Works Progress Administration. The approved privies are constructed in such a manner that flies, insects, rats, or small domsetic animals cannot gain access to the waste material, and they are practically odorless. This program enables any property owner or tenant to have any outdoor privy reconstructed, or a new one built for the cost of materials only, provided the location complies with local ordinance pertaining to distance from sewers, etc., and the State specifications as to distance from source of water supply. All labor is free. Since these facilities are offered at such a low cost it is to be hoped that the public will take advantage of this program. » 4 Improper disposal of excreta is a grave health hazard, as it fosters the continuance and spread of many dreaded diseases; for example, typhoid, dysentary, hookworm, etc. ALL LABOR Absolutely FREE! For detailed information on costs and methods, call J Community Sanitation At One of The Dealers Listed On This Page. DECORATE YOUR HOME WITH MAYFLOWER SUN-TESTED WALL PAPERS and Kyanize Enamels and Paints Kohne Drug Store

DEETS WILL BE GOOD 1937 CROP Beet Acreage Will Guarantee Farmers Cash Return Lowered feed costs with correspondingly higher cash returns for | livestock, are the outlook for the I | current season; C. V. Kimmel, All-i ; en county agricultural agent pre-' I dieted in a current press release. | | Sugar beet growers who have suitable land should contact their fttc-l tory representatives, he indicated, 1 as some acreage planted in sugar beets will enable many farmers to. stay "within their soil conservation j corn limits and still contemplate a good cash return. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture figures show that sugar beets are the oni ly major crop to show an increasled cash return yield durlhg the I five year depression period. The I country now has the largest winter wheat acreage in its history with every probability that the 1937 corn acreage will at least equal ; that of 1936. In view of these conditions a normal grotCTng season | will produce wheat and born crops | which will bring prices far below their current levels. Sugar beets I planted in the rotation this spring > will improve the prospect by off-

ering another good cash crop and lessening the danger of surplus corn production. The drought of 1936 has created an unfavorable feed and livestock ’ ration, Mr. Kimmel declared, pointing out that the temptation o| farmers to plant more corn this season should reverse the ration to .favor feeding snd livestock production. He urged farmers to think co-operatively with theft’ neighftot s to avoid low prices the latter part of this year. Planning a sound, practical long time program now will be very helpful. The program should conserve the soil, maintain fertility and prevent soil erosion. A proper acreage of sugar beets fits well into this schedule. HORSE SENSE Except that from Canada, all foreign clover and alfalfa seed is expensive at any price, when adaption, winter hardiness, and yield are considered. Any seed sold at community sali es should be labeled with Indiana i state tags, in order to comply with ' I Indiana law. These tags are turn- [ ished by the State Seed Commissioner, Purdue University, Lafay-; j ette, Ind. I Soil movement can be stopped in ' the blowouts or blow holes on the ’ sand ridges of northwestern Ind- j . Mil -I— —. < —

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| lana by planting black locust trees. Dairy cows producing less than ! 20 pounds of milk a day will produce well on a ration consisting of a good roughage and a corn and oat mixture of equal parts. Among the greatest risks in crop . production is poor seed. Failure j to purchase good quality labeled seed may result in poor stands, un- ' desirable varieties, and infestation of the soil with noxious weed seeds. Extra dividends in terms of , strong, healthy pigs are possible ■ for producers who give special care to the feeding and management of brood sows during gestation as well as during the suckling period. Now is CTe time to move brooder houses and Individual hog houses. while the ground is frozen. Further information on any of the foregoing topics may be obtalnied by writing to the Department of Agriculteural Extension, Purduo University. Lafayette, Ind. o - — Trade In a Good Town — Decatur Dr. Eugene Fields DENTIST X-RAY LABORATORY Phone No. 56 127 N. 3rd st.