Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1937 — Page 5

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■MWE 11! EFFECTIVE 1 ■ May Be Driven ;V r oni Lawns With ■(arbon Bisulfide ■ \ |^K" r ,l ”' u,inals <lf |K r v .„ nni.'iit Station here . -.,„■ utt.o k on ants that Ks la" 1 - afr .f -ntly again f, |^K' : , on .; ,-x-rZjaloUs insects ■l . . .. .1 ;>• rhe Experiment ■, ,v cording to Prof. F. Z |H. ■ i.totnologist. « x can best be accomp<V HO' '- . usually suff M s - : '' lff ' '' "'’ ,la ’ 1,1 .. (i|M. ■. that Ky s iiiflaniable |^8.,.,. . and i are slioubf be :i..i bring it close to - ways the lawn, some ,■ . < ar»as in the lawn with the Ku underground ft ill either case the gassing M ..rise. bistillide," says Prof. K IE How To Apply |Kh. way ro get the fumes carbon bisulfic, the |Hr -s is to make small hoi-; 8 to 12 inches deep and 6 ' ■ h'-s a|- irt around and tiTrit area in the lawn. In, ■ -■: these openings, place one; of the carbon bisulcover it immediately with ■ The treatment is made more by plat ing a wet blankthe infested area for a1 hours to confine the gas. bisulfide gas is heavier - M air and will replace the air Knurls occupied by the ’adult ' snd the immature stages of Mg cts, thus affecting a quick j K-One treatment usually stiff-i as most of the adults will be Kxand the young, if not kill-1 r

■ WANTED Magazines. Newser'- Scrap Iron, Old Auto Batteries. Copper. Aluminum, and all V ' of scrap metals. e buy hides, wool, sheep the year round. M Maier Hide H & Fur Co. V "■ Monroe st. Phone 412

IziS wHhe farm under a MICROSCOPE EB to the seller, “Put your in writing. I have lor “ reasonable down pay■t,? and if the Federal Land ■Bbuy|' ,l,li }° an me lhe balance, makin i? a loan, the land raised by a thoroughly appraiser. Land Bank a J e based on the normal »»..■'■ of 1116 * arm an <l its antici■p,? u aaming power. j terest rate on first mortFederal Land Bank loans is SEn'T B^ 6001 ’* 1 10W ‘ The rate ° n KOf cl “ an k Commissioner’s first second mortgage loans is 5%. mu further information write KLaH A « arns Coun ty National Farm V /association of Decatur, Ind. H Bu ♦ ! South Becond street s ■ ur - 1-enhart, Sec’y.-Treasurer.

[ Forgotten* Town to Become Shrine \| jr< / iMkr 'SB r If/ ‘<fn'iW i i Ivi fbSr* ■ &n* £ TCTi_2-2jEffii) K JjUte \>|z* < IK L* W ’', S& Kfr’"' ' IfliiMlA.ktfe'.- a. - U «*W «.» 2w WL gw agf ■ • ?<r «»> > i atW*- .<>'■ Mr I i Kt' I I* iW■Li’s - fr <- Illi Itl I '"I .■' Sir? ' >Z>! 1 ic..|- r H ILr F.*i- I &■ -< MMI When the citizens of once prosperous Grand Detour, 111., refused to let the railroad conte through, the town died industrially. It stands today practically as it did 80 years ago and is now a favored spot for antiquarians and artists. Here, 100 years ago, the steel plow industry was born. On June 25 the village will relive its glories when a memorial to Maj. Leonard Andrus, “father of the steel plow industry,” is dedicated. The Grand Detour Plow Works, although no longer located in the village, has continued ever since. It is now a division of the J. I. Case Company. Above are typical scenes in the village. On the left, Mrs. E. J. Lease tends her daffodils. Upper right, a cow grazes before an 80 year old home. The church, lower right, is the second oldest Episcopal church in Illinois, built in 1849. <

ed outright cannot survive with out the care of the adults. “It is not necessary to purchase highly refined carbon biscifid.?, which is often quite expensive, the so-called ’Technical’ grade being entirely satisfactory for the purpose! Carbon bisulfide is highly inflammable and should be handled and stored with just as much efre as would be exercised with a similar amount of gasoline. Also special precautions should be taken while working with this material to avoid close contact with lighted pipe, cigarette, or cigar.”

SHORT COURSES WILL BE GIVEN — „ I Purdue .Announces New Agronomy Courses This Summer Lafayette, Ind., June 4 — Seedsmen, agricultural teachers, and others will be interested in the two courses that are being offered this summer by the agronomy department of Purdue University.: One course, corn and small grains, is for advanced study carrying graduate credit, and the other, official methods of seed testing, is undergraduate in nature and of special value to seedsmen and teachers. I Crop variety plots, the plant breeding nursery, and crossing plots will be available at the Soils and Crops Farm at Lafayette for field and laboratory use in connection with the corn and small grains course, which begins June 14 and continue through July 3. Corn, wheat, oats, barley, and rye . will he among the crops studied, | taking up viarieties and methods ■ of improvement by self and open] pollination. Hybrid corn and how | it is produced will be among the . interesting features of the three j weeks’ course. Practical phases | will be emphasized, including low | temperature and disease resistance, cultural requirements, and adaption. The seed testing course, which begins July 5 and ends July 24. is limited to an enrollment of 12, although last year more than 30 applications from eight states were received. The course will be | administered by staff members from both the agronomy and the agricultural chemistry department. Official methods of seed testing, both for germination and purity, will be supplemented with lectures and field trips providing an opportunity for first hand study of noxious and troublesome weeds. The courses as now organized will give teachers and others the opportunity of collecting and preparing illustrative materia under expert guidance for use in then own departments. 'lit nightinEngland.

DKCATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1937.

BINDWEED MAY BE ERADICATED i Sodium Chlorate Is Practical Weed Killer On Farms 1 i Spraying with sodium chlorate has proved to be the most effective method of eradicating European bindweed. The practicability of its use on large areas is doubtful due to the high cost of the material; another argument for early action to eradicate the patches, while they are still small. A few dollars invested in eradicating the small patch of bind-' I weed in the garden, farm row or 1 I field may save a whole farm from I becoming infested. Spraying should be looked upon as a method of prevention rather than a cure after the weed has become widespread. Areas of bindweed to be sprayed should be free from waste material such as manure, straw and other vegetation which protects the weeds and absorbs the solution. The plants should be permitted to grow undisturbed prior to spraying so as to have considerable top growth. The time to spray will vary with the season and some what on the previous treatment given the area. Plants that have not been disturbed in the spring will be ready to spray the latter part of May. The spray solution is made by

Food Helps to Soothe Sorrows L" , 1. Of**.■•lf ■M. * .. .T” T t ' ~ ? ... > j* x * ■ ... ..J “Tea for---the fact that these two little sisters were found abandoned E, » Chicago street corner, their youth and appetite helped them to forget their plight when they sat down to a meal at St. Vincent s authorities of which are trying to trace the mother from 1 a snapihot found on one of the little girls. „

dissolving one pound of sodium I chlorate per gallon of water. In ' order to determine the amount i needed to spray a patch of bind- 1 weed the area should be measur-, , ed and calculated in square rods.; I It will require approximately four j pounds of material or four gallons ' of the solution per square rod.! I Three gallons of the spray solu • tion should be applied with the first application. A month or six weeks following the first application the area should be resprayed using one gallon per square rod. Sodium chlorate is an oxidating agent creating a fire hazard when in contact with organic matter and must be handle'd with care. Chlorcontainers and should not be spillate should be stored Ymly in metal ed in automobiles or buildings where fire hazard may cause the loss of property. When spraying, rubber boots should be worn to protect clothing. Clothing saturated with chlorate is dangerous to wear after it becomes dry. Livestock should not be permitteU* to graze on treated grass. Large infestations of bindweed where spraying may not be practical, should be sown to pasture crops and used for grazing purposes. Pasturing will not eradicate I the bindweed but will hold it in , check, preventing further spread! and at the same time fair returns ’ ! may be realized from the infested field. o - First Plows of Tree Branches The first farm plows were made I of crooked tree branches and worked by man power.

TURKEY MARKET IS DESCRIBED Catering To ConsumerDemand Is Recommended This Year Minnesota turkey raisers, faced this year, with producing their annual crop on high priced feeds, may find a few facts as to the consumers turkey wants of value in getting the kind of bird in inoat| demand on the market. A survey maffe by a group of national chain stores, says Dr. W. A. Billings, extension veterinarian, University Farm, St. Paul, showed that about 73 per cent of the buyers questioned wanted birds weighing between 8 and 13 pounds. Only about 5 per cent of those questioned wanted turkeys weighing 18 pounds or more. Consumers liked hens best probably because they are smaller and more desirable than toms of the same weight. Marketing of half-turkeys was unpopular with both the consumers and the stores, for halfbirds do not keep well, are hard to stuff and the consumer would rather see a whole bird well cooked and browned, carried to his table. An encouraging note comes from the fact that all stores admitted that turkeys were beginning to come to them dressed, graded and boxed heTTer than ever before. On the other hand, many of the stores complained of off-flavored, or fishy tasting turkeys. A good many of them stated, also, that whole carcasses had been soured from crops of birds that had not been starved before killing. o QUALITY TOOLS ARE REQUIRED Cheap Tools Are Costly When Used On Good Machines Modern farm machines demand at least a few of the essential tools if farmers are to do. an effective job of keeping them in service. This is the opinion of H. F. McColly, NDAC agricultural engineer.

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I Tools for which the average farmer will find ample use are listed here. Selection of good quality is urged by McColly, as cheap tools 1 break easily and dull quickly, and ] in the long run are expensive. I Classified as essential tools are | — an auger handle and bits; brace ' and set of bits and drills; bench j screw; cold chisel; one or two wood chisels; compass dividers; draw knife; flat files; round files; taper files;' grindstone; claw hammer; sledge hammer; hatchet; level; wood mallet; mattock; maul; | farrier’s nippers; oil can; pinch i bar; wrecking bar; pliers; carpen ] ter's pincers; jack plane; punches; rasp; compass saw; crosscut ■saw; rip saw; hack saw; scratch I awl; screw driver; bevel square; steel square; tri square; tape-line; vise, four-inch jaws; whetstone; ; oil stone; wire splicer; pipe wrenche and monkey wrench. Farms having these essential tools and wishing a more cotn- ! plete set, should consider the purchase of one drill press (black- , smith’s post); set of 12 drills; , lorge; ball peen hammer; hoisting ( block; jackscrew of 10-ton capa-| ( city; tin snips; tongs, set of taps . and dies for bolts; blow torch; _ soldering copper; set of socket I wrenches; anvil, 100 pounds of I' steel facecast; assortment of 'S'I [wrenches; and an 8-inch adjust- ( able wrench. | The’ type of repair work on the J individual farm of course influeni ces the type of tools selected. ; o Martha Erma Butler Awarded High Honor , Mr. and Mns. Earl Butler return-1 ed home Thursday from Stephens ! College, Columbia, Missouri, where they attended the graduation exercises of their daughter, Martha Erma. At the exercises Miss Butler was greatly honoree by being awarded the Stephens Blanket, one of the' highest awards givrti at the school j and the highest given in the de- j partment of physical education. Blanket girl must tea graduating I senior, a letter girl, and the most j outstanding athlete on the campus. High standards in skill, participation, sportsmanship, service, interest in and attitude toward athletics are the qualifications for the award. o Watches Once Small Clocks Watches originally were small clocks and were worn hung from the girdle because they were too large for the pocket.

WHITE MAGGOTS DAMAGE CROPS Insects May Be Destroyed By Sprays In Spring Months Injury to radlithei and cabbage root maggota can be expected in damp aeaaona, according to Gearge E. Gould of the Department of Entomology, Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. The amall white maggots feed on the small roots of radishes, cabbage, cauliflower and related crops and often mar or kill to plants. In case of radishes the edible portion of the plant may be tunnelled by these pests, says Gould. The adult stage of this insect is a Several generations of the, insects cracks near the base of the plant, small fly which deposits eggs in occur each year but as a rule, only the spring brood causes serious loss. Maggots about the roots of the plants can be controlled by a solution of corrosive sublimate, prepared by dissolving an ounce of this material in a pint of warm water and diluting to 10 gallons. For early cabbage or cauliflower, pour about a half cupful of the solution around each plant soon after setting out. For adishes it is appued along the row at the rate of one gallon to each 35 feet The application should be' made I soon after the radishes are up. A second application 10 to 12 days later may be necessary. Corrosive sublimate Is a strong corrosivet poison end should be i dissolved and mixed in glass or earthen containers, and if a metal sprinkling can Is used to apply it, the containers should be thoroughly washed after using. It should be kept out of reach of children j and irresponsible persons. o HORSE SENSE Before early summer work gets any heavier, better grease and clean out the corn planter box. Potato leaf hopper, Indiana's most serious potato pest, can be controlled by using Bordeaux mix-

FARM LOANS Loans at payable in sor ten years. Part payment required each year. Payments may be made on interest paying date. Loans at 5% payable in 26 years. Amortized plan 1-5 of loan may be repaid In any year acd these part payments may be made on any date, f ommission charge. The Suttles-Ec vards Co Niblick Store Bldg. Decatur, Indiana

The New 1937 "IC” Electric Refrigerators Tops All Previous Value Records BIG "SUPER-SIX” $129.50 You’ll find the IC Refrigerator thrifty to buy, thrifty to operate and thrifty in the food it saves. —Big 6.2 Cu. Ft. Capacity —lnsulation Balsam Wool, 2'/i inches in top — sides, back, bottom and door 3 inches. —Hardware ultra modern, chromium finish —The Integral “Humidi-Pack” —Beautiful Streamlined Box —lnterior Finish — Porcelain (acid resisting) white. —Number of Ice Cubes 112 We carry in stock sizes from 4Yj ft. to 8 ft. in regular and deluxe models.

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turt ' copper lime dust Cix atlon dep- ids upon noil fertility. When fertility declines, so do ’ civilization. Farmers takng everything from the soil and rcplaclig nothing certainly are work! < agnlnst future well-being of the country. Pasturing a wr ods preteu's a continuous crop of timber >m developing. After all woodland is low grade pasture land. So much Indiana soil fa acid according to Purdue specialists that the use , f a million tons of ground limestone a year for the next ten years would not reach all soils that need it. June seedings of alfalfa have lost their popularity in Indiana. If alfu • is not sown in the spring, farmers generally wait until late July or August to makt their seedings. It you send all your crops to market as such, you are hauling away a goodly portion of your soil fertility. How t< v» your livestock program? Further information on any of the foregoing topics may be obtained by writing to the Department of Agricultural Extension, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. o — Man Tried Over Fence Paris <U.R> — To avoid the expense of extradition proceedings, Ernest Barniche. 69year-old Belgian, was tried across a fence that marks the Franco-Belgian frontier at Rogissart. Barniche was accused of forging Belgian banknotes in France.

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