Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1937 — Page 5

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■ Kans designed 1 FOR BUILDINGS if J d M Purdue University Offers { - lit Plans For Fann m-.'.«■ Buildings r ■ I Urfayjlte. Ind.. July 2 Indiana farmers, who are considering the ‘ | construction of farm buildings this summer or fall, will be interested in the Purdue farm building plan service, which provides a selection of more than 200 plans of typical farm buildings. J The purpose of the service is to assist farmers in the construction of farm buildings of efficient and economical design, according to Prof. William Aitkenhead, head of the fcricultural engineering department, Purdue university. “Bnilmi g necessary for the shelter of animals, the storage of and ,he Processing and curing| of farm products, which compos' the farmstead group, must be designed for efficiency and ec-, onomy, Professor Aitkenhead said. "Research and investigation have brought to light many facts to be considered in the design and construction of farm buildings. The ventilation, lighting, and insulation of structures have been studied to determine their effects on the production of animals. The size, of livestock stalls and the requirements for shelter have in many cases been developed into a 1 ■ more or less standard form. Build|fi| ing equipment for efficient produc|!r tion and for labor saving has been 11 ’ developed and new materials have been made available for economic- — WANTED Rags. Magazines. Newspapers, Scrap Iron, Old Auto Radiators, Batteries, Copper, Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We buy hides, wool, sheep rint J pelts, the year round, alir- f iut | The Maier Hide . & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe st. Phone 442

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J[’ FARM LOANS Loans at 4'/ z % payable in sor ten years. Part payment required each year. Payments may be made on interest pay50c I N L Ing date. 25c I Loans at payable in 26 years. Amortized plan 1-5 of loan may be repaid In any year and these part payments ■ KwaKl may be m ade on any date. No commission charge. The Suttles-Edwards Co Niblick Store Bldg. Decatur, Indiana .■liMMr |— .—--- • ■' HT Light Bills I DUE of ■R' rural electric line bills arc due and payII i able this month on or before—■rn JULY 20 irt , I i at ■is. ■ I | City Hall B Avoid collecting charges by paying on time. & I

J-LJL-- I I I A-lJg ,al and permanent construction." The application of these principals of farm building to the actual structures has resulted in the preparation of plans which are readI ily understandable to the farm owner and his carpenter or contractor. For each building in the I service, there has been prepared a complete set of well detailed drawings. Blue prints of these drawings are available to cooperI ators in the state at a nominal price through the facilities of the department of agricultural extension, Purdue university. A complete list of the available plans is kept on file in the offices of county agricultural agent L. E. Archbold or they may be obtained by writing to the department of I agricultural extention, Purdue university, Lafayette, Indiana. o HORSE SENSE Efficient marketing of feeds i through hogs is dependent on three essential factors: breeding, sanitation and fetging. —Tennes.see extension service. Stomach worms of sheep "have a 30-day life cycle. If lambs are j raised on an old sheep pasture, I the best preventative of worms is i treatment once a month, E. T. Rob- ' bins, livestock extension special- , ist of the University of Illinois, points out. Copper sulphate (blue stone) is the cheapest medicine and generally gives the best result ‘ farmers have found. Early lambs marketed in June are expected to be fewer than usual, since lambing has been late 1 everywhere. Prices should hold up well into June, but the drop ini , prices later may be great. Small modern combines will liar-| vest grain at a cost of a little! more than a dollar per acre, in- 1 I eluding all costs of combine and I tractor. The cost of harvesting! i with a binder and threshing mach-l ' ine is about $3.30 per acre —North I Dakota extension service. Wind erosion in potato fields after digging often is serious because the soil is left in a pulverized condition from constant cultivation and dgiging. The 1936 national crop of turkeys estimated conservatively at 20 million birds, was the largest on record. Turkey production has expanded more rapidly than consumption. o Dr. David I. Schwartz of Fort Wayne was a Decatur visitor Thursday.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1937.

Market Trends Vary As Better Grain Crops Cheapen Feeding

Wheat Washington, D. C. July 2— The combined wheat crop of China, Japan and Manchuria this year is | not expected to exceed 744,000,000 bushels compared with the 869,000-, 000 bushels estimated as having been produced last year, according to a radiogram to the Bureau I of Agricultural Economics from its | Shanghai office. This . would represent a reduction of approximately 15 per cent, with the somewhat larger wheat crops in Japan and Manchuria offsetting the considerably smaller crop estimated for China. The dispatch points out that while early prospects indicate fair-sized sum- 1 mer crops of other grains, it is not | likely that these crops will equal the large harvests of last season. U. S. Wheat For the first time since 1931 the United States is expected to produce a surplus of wheat above the nation’s wheat requirements, and prices have already adjusted to the situation, according to authorities of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. That the large wheat crop comes at an opportune time is indicated | by the fact that the carryover of ’ old wheat in this country on July ] 1 is expected to be abodt 90 mill-1 ion bushels, or the smallest in 15 I years, it is pointed out in the cur-1 rent issue of Illinois Farm Economics, published monthly by the ' agricultural economics department of the college. Acreages of the new crop for harvest in this country are expected to be 47 millions of winter' wheat and 21 millions of spring wheat. This total of 68 million acres is a marked increase over the acreage last year of 49 millions, and 51 millions two years ago. Below Average Prospective yields an acre are generally expected to be below average. However, total production is indicated by June 1 conditions to be about 825 to 850 million bushels, with the final outturn subject to effects of later weather conditions and other causes influencing yield which can not be anticipated. From figures on domestic uses it is evident that the production indicated would leave a surplus of about 150 million bushels for export, after allowing for domestic uses and replenishment of the present small carryover. These surplus prospects in this country are not likely to result in a burdensome supply of wheat for the world, it is stated. World wheat prices have improved steadily since early 1933, in line with generally improved conditions and reduced production, Improvement in morld prices was marked during the 1936-37 season, reflecting increased demand and the lowest supplies of recent years. Recently the prices have come down in anticipation of larger crops. Eggs Newark, Del., July 2 — Sharps

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increases in farm egg production in all parts of the country over production a year ago is reported I by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics for May 1, 1937. Coupled with the high production, an abnormal rise in the price of feed, which normally shows little chanI ge at this time of year, has placed Jan addition burden on farm egg producers, the report shows. That feed prices advanced is shown by the report which states that the cost of feed In a poultry ration, which normally shows little price fluctuation at this time of year, increased from the high level of $1.96 per I’oo pounds on March 15, 1937, to $2.14 on April 1 15. The April 15 feed price was 65 i per cent higher than the 10 year average (1910-1914) price for April; 34 per cent higher than the April average for the years 19211930, and the highest April average since the War years, 1917-1820.1 Hogs Hog prospects for this summer i depend largely upon the new corn crop. If corn crop prospects con-1 ! tinue favorable, the U- S. Bureau I lof Agricultural Economics states■ I that hog slaughter from June I through September will probably ' be considerably smaller than in ! the corresponding period last year. |An average corn crop will make , possible the holding of hogs for finishing to heavier weights and • the retention of sows for increasing production. “The decrease in slaughter this summer will be about offset by the 1 larger storage stocks of hog proI ducts on hand at the beginning of June than a year earlier, but consumer demand for hog products—probably will be more favorable than it was last summer," the bureau stated in its current hog situation report. Hog prices in May reached the highest level in nearly eight years, due mainly to a marked decrease in hog marketings. Cattle Prices of most grades of slaughter cattle during the summer and fall months probably will average higher’than in the corresponding months .of 1936, the federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics at Washington, D. C., says in its June report on the beef cattle situation. The expectation for higher prices during the last half of the year compared with a year earlier and on probable continuation of a relatively favorable consumer demand situation. A third price supporting factor was reported to be the strong demand which is expected to develop for stocker and feeder cattle if feed crop conditions are about normal this summer. But the average price of all cattle in the last half of 1937 is likely, the Bureau says, to be lower than in the first half of the year, because of theincrease which occurs seasonally in the proportion of cows and heifers in the slaughter supply.

VITAMIN T IS NEEDED BY HOGS 1 — Substance May Be Obtained In Ration Or From Sunlight Urbana, 111., July 2 - Hogs which ’ receive a ration of corn adequately balanced with protein and which ’ are supplied with vitamin D either in the ration or by exposure to sunlight have little need for phosphorus in the form of a mineral supplement, it is explained in Bull- ' etin No. 434, "Calcium and Fhosi phorus Supplements for Growing 1 1 Swine," which has just been issued 1 by the college of agriculture, Uni--1 versify of Illinois. ' "Under such conditions the only mineral supplements needed are salt and, if vegetable protein supplements snch as soybean oil meal, linseed meal or cottonseed meal are usMl, limestone or some other j mineral containing calcium carbon- ' ate may be added, it is explained. The bulletin was prepared by H. | H. Mitchell, chief in animal nutriItfon; W. E. Carroll, chief in swine I rusbandry; T. S. Haimlton, associate in animal nutrition; W. I’, i Garrigus, formerly assistant in anj iinal nutrition, and G. E. Hunt, for--1; merly assistant in swine husban- , I dr?General direction for the feeding of mineral supplements to

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I swine and other classes of livestock are given in Circular 411, j “The Feeding of Mineral Supple- . ments to Livestock,” which con- * I tains conclusions embodied In the I bulletin. Copies of both the circular and bulletin may be obtained by writing the College of Agricul- * ture at Urbana. "Salt should be fed to all swine irrespective of their rations,” it is explained. "This is the only mineral supplement needed when l ! enough tankage, skimmilk or butr termilk is fed to balance the ra- * i tion in protein. Legume pasture, if abundant, fills or largely reduc- ’ es the need for calcium supplements. I I “Although animals need a large ' number of mineral substances, ordinary farm rations supply most of > | them in more than the amounts j 1 ■ required. It is only under special ’, conditions that mineral supple- ■ ments are really needed.” ’' Feeds rich in calcium are the leguminous roughages. (Jkimmilki and tankage. Feeds rich in phos- ■ phorus are wheat bran, wheat mid--1 dlings, soybeans, soybean oil meal, ' I cottonseed meal, linseed meal, ’ | skimmilk and tankage. . j o *- Beer Retailer’s Hearing July 22 The Adams county alcoholic bev- ■ erage board will conduct a hearing ■ Thursday, July 22, in the auditor’s -1 office of the court house on the application of Bernard Clark for a - beer retailer's licence at the Green ) Kettle, local confectionery.

POPULATION IS LESS ON FARMS First Decrease In Rural Residents Since 1929 Shown A farm population of 31,729,000 persons as of January 1, 1937, was estimated today by the Bureau of Agricultural Econmits, compared with 31,809,000 on January 1, 1936. The net loss of 80,000 persona represents the first decrease in farm population since 1929. The Bureau reported that 1,166,000 persons left farms last year, and that 719,000 moved to farms from villages, towns and cities. But the net migration off the farms was almost entirely offset by an excess of farm births over deaths: births were estimated at 716,000, deaths at 349,000. The number of births on farms last year was the smallest, and the number of deaths the largest, in 15 years of Bureau records. The number of persons moving to farms was the second smallest during this period, and the number of j persons moving off farms also was the second smallest. The Bureau said that “with a decrease in farm population there is a reversal of the trend observed during the years 1930-35, when farm population increased every year. Since 1910 there have been several periods when the farm population reported decreases. From 1910 to 1918 there was a decrease which became pronounced during the World War. Following the war, farm population increasx. until 1921. "Farm population decreased between 1922 and 1929, and at the beginning of 1930 there were fewer people on farms than there had been at any time since the World War. From 1930 to 1936 farm population increased somewhat. During the past four years the num-

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ber of people on farms has remainI ed nearly constant, changing by ■ less than 100,000 each year." One Percent Under 1910 The figures reveal that the farm I population now Is little less than the peak figure of 32,076,960 persons reported for 1910, but much I larger than the low of 30,169.000 persons reported for 1930. The Bureau said that “the result of all the changes of the last 27 years >

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1 The potato flea beetle, so called 1 because It feeds on potato plants 3 1 and is extremely active as is the ' i flea, often causes considerable in--1 jury to potato foliage by eating 7 holes as shown in the photograph. I The beetle itself is small and black. ". being about the size of a pin head. I I It is shown much enlarged in the 3 accompanying picture. Flea beetles 5 j also are important pests of toma- • to, egg plant and other garden ' plants. Bordeaux mixture, with arsen- ■ ate of lead at the rate of one oune ce to a gallon, is one of the best - controls. If a dust application is 1 preferred, Purdue entomologists 1 would recommend copper-lime dust '■ I plus arsenate of lead at the rate '• 1 of one part of the lead to five of i-1 the copper lime dust.