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FALL PIGS MAY BE PUSHED NOW ’ Forced Feeding Is Necesl <>r Most Profits In Pigs -■ 1 as< d the besthii'ik producers of the two HttersVr year system of prodinthe up IgrgS*'S»ri>i><>n 1--11 of production Miva Ip A W-eav<r of ( the Missouri Cofiegs bl Agriculture. One of the important i.-i.iii-meats *r success with fall pigs is tp have then. fair .a -I at the rig.i'■BM th'* P>B« come too early, that i#ill early August, hot weath ar and tli< s may he a severe handicap. wfce farrowed too late in the tall they do not get lai go enough j»y winter to combat the se anti conditloht often existing in midwinter. XI t successful prodm •rs nreferjgjßeiit ember pigs to those or It is important that fall [ties be pushed luting their early lite, so that tiff will 1m in the best possible sjKe by the lime cold weather arrive- Il has been definitely shown th there is a direct relabetween the weight of a pig at weaning time and its pro duction I record between weaning and *at ing. The heavier the pig when Weaned, the more rapid and MOB I ical its gain during the taiteninf period. be liberally supplied Wit" good milk-producing ration du tg the suckling periodj and the tigs need to be given a chgaefttp eat grain at an early age. j This ntME be accomplished by selffeeding jh sow and her litter as ! sodh Rite .arrowing as she can be gotten «> full feed, which is usual ly in about 1" days to two weeks. Satisftjitory. results will be socured Wi' corn, shorts, and taliksSf self 1 during this period. Ground wheat may be substituted for the corn and shorts if desired, or ground barley may be used for , ajeora. IfTbarley is the corn substi tute. how- ver. it will be best to mix thin grain with the shorts and tankageibefore self-feeding. Hogs Wilt not balance their ration when fed barb y and other feeds free choice, as they will either corn or —o | Colored Orchestra.) Sundav, Sun Set.

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CALENDAR Roy S. Johnson Auctioneer Decatur, Ind.

Oaira your sale date early as 1 SHjß■|ooking sales every day. JgBKl Mrs Lillie Hili. 1 milSouth Mud Pike then R, mile acre ' gttJK. ’ i Ball Bros.. Muncie, Ipd-> ■kistered Belgian Horses. Rent. 14 Hay Byerly and Ralph Pr-ohs, * miles North of Bluffton <ra closing out sale. Sept. 15 Stillman Goff. Rock ville, Jnd Hogs and Cattle. Safft.' 1 ■ —Fred ('. Myers, 5 mile South, Vz mile East Pleasant Mills General (Farm Sale. — William estatewAustin McMichaels, adinr.. 4 miles East of Decatur on Piqua eral Farm Sale. your sale early ■ROY S. JOHNSON Decatur. Ind Trn t Company Building Phone 101 Phone 1022 | ywr ——- BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL 1 I MILK SHAKE and CHEESE SANDWICH 5C /Ml

CASES PRESENT IN SILOS NOW Freshly Filled Silos Are Dangerous To Enter Alone Entering a farm silo while it is' being filled, or shortly after, is dangerous business, because of the possible presence of suffocating gases, say crop specialists of the U-T Agricultural Extension Service. Each season brings tragic reports from rural areas, Last year three members of one Maryland family met death trying to rescue a child playing in a pit silo. Carbon dioxide, the gas generated during the fermentation of ensilage, is heavier than air, so it settles. to the bottom. The fermentation process starts immediately aftsr the ensilage is put in the silo, and may last several days. The pit silo, with its lack of ventilation. is the (host dangerous. Air in upright silos may be regulated by keeping one of the many doors open near the surface of the en- ‘ silage. Trench silos are safe. If it is absolutely necessary to' enter the silo during the fermenI tation period there are several precautions that everyone should take. First the presence of dangerous [ gases may be detected quickly and I i easily by lowering a snt>J, animal or fowl into the silo. If the atmos- i phere is dangerous the animal or fowl will he affected but may be revived when brought back to fresh air. > Dangerous gases may be fanned out. of the silo by agitating the at-> , mosphere with a blanket, a piece | of canvas, or similar devices. No ( : one should enter the silo, however, i . while fermentation is in progress! unless others are present to give l | aid in case of an accident. A rope ; tied around the body of the per1 son Huering the silo makes it possi ible to remove the person immediately should an emergency arise. o FARM PROJECT NEARS FINISH 150 Men Working On Wabash Farms Project In Knox County Vincennes. Ind.. Sept. 10.—<U.R> — With a corps of more than 150 workmen pushing construction work, 22 houses of the 71 units planned by the resettlement administration are nearing completion on the Wabash farms project in Knox county. In addition to building houses and barns, carpenters, masons and laborers are erecting poultry houses, garages and other improvements necessary to equip the units for occupancy. The structure# will be four, five and six room frame buildings without basements. Modernisation will be only partial with running water in the kitchens and electric lights where power lines are available. Philip (1. Beck, director of homestead work for the HA, explained the administration avoided making the houses completely modern to keep costs down to a minimum. “Cost of improvements will be included in the price future occupants will have to pay for their homesteads as we are attempting to keep the prices as low- as possible,” he said. “All of the improvements are designed to make modernization readily possible later when the occupants have reached more solid financial footing." The entire Wabash farms project eventually will include units for 71 families. Thirty of them will be located on two-group farm areas while the remainder will be individual farm units. The group farms will be located south of Vincennes in Knox county. The so-called Deshee farm I planned for 18 families is located on highway 41 south of the city i about seven miles and another , group tarming area is planned for 112 families a few miles west of the I Deshee farm. The houses, Beck said, will avI erage in cost about $2,000 each. He ' [minted out considerable economy ‘ already had been effected by preI cutting of lumber before it reaches building sites and by use of timber sawed on the RA land-use project in Martin county. Selection of families to occupy! the future homesteads has been in | progress for sometime with pre--liminary investigation of applicants

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completed. Final selection Is expected to take plafee during the late fall months. A large portion of the homesteaders are expected to come from the ranks of several hundred rural rehabilitation clients now living on rented farms in the territory surrounding Vincennes. These families, who have been making a new start in farming dur- ' ing the past year or two by means |of loans from the RA, have had time to accumulate livestock and equipment necessary for efficient farm operations. Other occupants will be chosen from ani.mg those whet recently sold their non-agricultural land in northern Martin county to the RA for forestry, wildlife and recreation developments. ■ ' o CREAM QUALITY HELPED BY CARE Profits, Quality Increased By Proper Handling Os Cream 1 i Urbana, 111., Sept. 10 — Proper i handling of cream on farms would improve the quality and increase the demand for butter, according to M. J. Prucha. chief in dairy bacteriology, College of Agriculture, i University of Illinois. The extension service of the agricultural college is cooperating with the state and federal departments of agriculture in a concerted effort to improve the quality of cream produced and purchased in i the state. “Solution of the problem of elim ■ inating poor quality cream lies in | i keeping cows clean, in keeping utI ensils clean and sweet smelling, in i keeping cream cool —about 60 de- ’ grees Fahrenheit and lower if poss- ! ible — and in delivering cream evI ery other day,” Prucha said. I Defects in cream delivered to creameries, as listed by Prucha, are the presence of dirt in the. cream, the presence ot undtgirahle flavors and deterioration and spoilage caused by bacteria, yeasts and molds. “Perhaps the worst cause of poor quality cream is age,” Prucha said. “No matter how careful the 1 dairyman may be. if cream is held ’ too long and at temperatures at which bacteria grow, the cream will deteriorate and spoil. “Cream delivered only once a week will always be of poor quality. Cream delivered even twice a week is often of fair to poor quality.” Regarding temperature at which cream is kept, Prucha pointed out that the colder cream is kept, the longer it will remain sweet. o , SWINE PROGRAM WILL BE HELD Annual Purdue Swine Day To Be Held September 24 The seventeenth annual Swine D#y will be held at the Purdue University Experimental Swine Farm located three miles north of West Lafayette on the County Farm Road, starting at 10 o’clock. Friday morning, September 24. at which time a tour will be made to inspect the experimental hogs in the feed lots and pastures, it was announced today. Following the morning session at the Swine Farm the group will move to the Livestock Judging Pavillion at the University Farm, directly west of the Purdue Campus, where successful hog growers’ methods and hog production problems will be discussed. The experimental work to be shown and discussed includes several feeding problems which are of special interest to farmers and hog growers at this time. Several home mixed protein supplements will be compared with a widely used commercial supplement. The effect of different amounts of fat in hominy feed on the gains in hogs and the quality of pork produced has been one of the problems included in this year's work. Soybean oil meal and other protein feeds for sows and pigs are being studied and reports will be made of the feeding results. These experiments will prove of value and interest to all Hoosier swine growers. The public is cordially invited to attend this meetingo Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reber have |ieturned to their home in Chicago ■ after spending some time with the I Marion Reber family.

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Newark, Del., Sept. 10 — A 2point decline luring the past month carried the farm price index down; to 123 as of August 15, compared , with 125 on July 15, and with 124* on August 15 last year, it was re-1 ported today by the Bureau of Agri-1 cultural Economics. The drop during the past month was attributed to improved crop prospects, and an adjustment of • prices towa: d a new-crop bysis. Farm prices of meat animals and miscellaneous crop Items were up sharply during the past month, dairy and poultry products advanced seasonally, but grains, cotton and fruit were sharply reduced in price. | The Bureau said that the diver-1 gent price movements of the different commodities between July! 15 and August 15 are indicated by the following changes: Grain dropped 20 points, cotton and cotton seed were down 16. and 1 fruit lost 22. Truck crops advanced 8 points, meat animals were up 7, dairy products advanced 3, chickens and eggs were up 7, and miscellaneous products advanced 15 points. x I On August 15 this year the index for farm prices of grains was 10 points less than on the corresponding date last year, cotton and cotton seed were down 13 points, truck crops lost 30, dairy products declined 6. chickens and eggs were down 3, and miscellaneous crops lost 24. Fruits were up 15 points in the index, and meat animals were up 28. The index ot prices paid by farmers lost 1 point from July 15 to j August 15 this year, standing at 132 on the latter date. The decline was attributed to a sharp drop in | feed prices. On August 15 last year the index of prices paid was 126. The Bureau said that although prices received and prices paid by farmers have declined since the first of this year, the decline in prices received has been greater and a lowered buying power has! resulted. In the Bureau’s indexes the av-| erage for the five-year period 1910- ■ 14 equals 100. Poultry Outlook Things are “looking up” for the poultrymen. Prices farmers will receive for eggs this fall are expected to be 1 about the same as they were last fall, says John Sheay, marketing specialist of Purdue University. I And fegg prices next spring, he points out, are likely to be higher | than they were in the first half of this year. This outlook for egg prices, Sheay says, is based on the August poultry and egg situation re-; port of the U. S. Bureau of Agri-, cultural Economics. The feed-egg situation also look brighter Beef Cattle Small marketings and continued

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Upper left illustration shows an easy way to make fence staples “stay put" in a post at the bottom of a gulley. Just wrap a piece of wire around each fence wire and staple the two ends strongly to the post. It’ll be a long time before the staples core out. The Rhodri Island Red hens in the battery of Lying cages, illustrated top right, are "in” for life. By the use of sych equipment poultrymen are raising and keeping thousands of hens that never set foot to the ground. I

good consumer demand are expect-1 ed to maintain the high prices of i . well-finished slaughter cattle this , I fall, says Paul Mitchell, livestock; ' marketing specialist of Purdue j University | A29 per cent smaller number of | cattle on feed in the Corn Belt States this August 1 compared with last is reported. For the longer term, he said, i prices of grain-fed cattle are likely ! to decline more than seasonally! next winter and spring on increas-1 'ed marketings, but that prices of | the lower grades of slaughter | cattle are expected to continue rel-1 atively high. Some seasonal ad-1 | vance in prices of the lower grades ; , during the first half of 1938 “is not, unlikely.” The report indicated “a fairly strong demand is likely to develop | ■ for feeder cattle.” • Lamb Market ' Urbana. 111., Sept. 10 — Farmers 1 may expect lamb and wool prices ! to maintain about their present i levels during the remainder of this i year. This is the opinion of P. E. Johnston, associate chief in agri-1 I cultural economics, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. . Basing his belief on factors set' forth in a summer situation and; outlook report issued by the U. S.' Bureau of Agricultural Economics: he said, that slaughter supplies, through the grass-lamb marketing season, up to December 1, probab-: ly will be no larger than a year earlier and that consumer demand I for meat is expected to be slightly: stronger than last fall. As for wool, world supplies dur-1 ing the coming year are likely to; be about the same as in 1936-37, when they were below average.! There has been some decline in domestic mill consumption since ! March, but the total consumption in the first half of the year was ! the second largest for the period in 14 years. o — Uncle Jim Saijs~| •i ' : . 1 "We have found that an acre of pasture improved under the AgriI cultural Conservation Program is ! worth several acres of worn-out, unimproved pasture.”

The only safe bull is the bull that is confined in a safe pen. In the pen shown in the sketch it is never necessary for the attendant to be in the same compartment with the bull. Like the combine, the basin lister started in the far west and is working its way toward ,the eastern states. One set of “shares” makes twee deep furrows—and a second set drags and dumps dams of earth every 10 feet in each furrow—to hold rain water in the furrow until i it soaks into the ground. x _ ...... — - ■

NINE BILLION YEAR IS SEEN Cash Income From Farms For 1937 To Be Huge Increase Cash income received by farmers from marketings of farm pro-! ducts and from government pay i meats in 1937 will be $9,000,000,- ; 000, it was estimated by the Bur-. ! eau of Agricultural Economics re- \ j cently. The 1937 estimate of farmers toi tai cash income compares with $7,-, ! 865.000,000 for the 1936 calendar ■ year and is the highest for any ' year since 1929 when income from i marketings t otalled $10,479,000,-: ! 000. ! This is the fifth successive year ' in which farmers’ cash income has | increased over the previous year, I states A. G. Black, chief of the ! bureau. With income more than ' doubled since 1932. the general eci onomic position of farmers has ' been greatly Improved he says. I It is significant this year that farm income will be more evenly distributed over the entire nation (than in any recent year, he point■ed out. This distribution ot the i years when droughts, particularly i income is in contrast with recent | those of 1934 and 1936, sharply reduced production in many areas. i Hcwevere, these droughts, by re-! ducing available supplies, are in part responsible for the improved : position of farm income this year. I Other factors in the improved in- ' come situation this year are the farm programs carried on by the j Federal Government and the 1m- ! provement in the demand for farm i products resulting from business recovery, he points out. Another factor of importance in the situation is that the cash income of | farmers this year will be much less dependent upon receipts from liquidation of capital assets such as foundation breeding stock than was the case during the drought years. LIME IS FOUND GDDD FOR CROPS Corn Legumes Benefit By Application Os Lime To Soil Urbana, 111., Sept. 10 — Higher yields of corn will be obtained this i year on those farms where limestone has been applied to correct soil acidity, according to D. C. Wimer. assistant chief in soil physics. College ot Agriculture University of Illinois. Legumes are not the only crops to benefit from applications of limestone to sweeten sour soils, he j said. A study of 15 varieties of corn grown on 15 soil types under 21 soil treatments from 16 Illinois experiment fields indicates thaf limestone increased acre yields on the average of 7.6 i bushels of grain and 216 pounds of stover. The general tendency of lime-: stone was to raise the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calci-! urn contents of the stover as well as to increase yields of both grain and stover. A detailed report of the study is contained in Bulletin 437. "Composition of Mature Corn Stover as Affected by Variety, Soil Type and Fertilizer Treatment,” < which has just been prepared by Wimer and published by the agricultural college here. Although limestone applications and other soil treatments have been found in many cases to boost corn yields, the corn crop taken materials from the soil. Hence unfrom the field removes plant food less the corn stover is plowed under. the additional plant food contained in tha cornstalks is also removed, it is explained. Except in localities where the European corn borer is recognized as a threat, the plowing down of cornstalks is generally considered a good farming practice. As the cornstalks decay, the plant food elements they contained are made more readily available to the next |. crops. 11 Berne Man Victim Os i Van Wert Pickpocket Olin Lehman, of Berne, was a pickpocket victim at the Van Wert I county fair Wednesday evening I with the thief getting a purse containing some money, driver’s 11-. | cense and other papers. I’

MODEL FARM TO i BE EXHIBITED Sanitary And Dairy Experts Will Show At State Fair (Special to the Decatur Democrat) Indianapolis, Sept 10—A model i farm will be exhibited by the > ' State Bureaus of Sanitary Engin-! eering and Dairy Products in the i Board of Health Building at the ! State Fair. The exhibit will include a house, 1 garage, tenant house, dairy barn, I milk house, well house, privy and ! septic tank. The Engineering Bur- 1 eau will show properly located and constructed water supplies and facilities for waste disposal. The Dairy Bureau will exhibit’ the model dairy barn and milk house cut away to show proper 1 separation of operations. The barn has a concrete floor and stanchions for housing the milking ani- ; mals. The two-room milk house : has a cooling tank, can rack#, tub- | ular cooler and wash tank properly placed. In addition to the model farm, an illuminated map will show satisfactory and unsatisfactory water supplies of the state. The Board of Health's supervis|ed playground for children from three to seven years will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. at the fairgrounds. I o ’ 1 -hl fl * SENSE Clean poultry ranges are good insurance against intestinal worms. Clovers or alfalfa for rotated pas- | ture, instead of permanent pastures, enrich the entire farm. Don’t forget to nip off tusks and earmark those newly-born fall pigs. ■ The pigs may squeal a bit now, but j they’ll thank you for it later. I Weedy crops can be successful-1 ly combined by windrowing and I then using pick-up attachments. Start this month keeping production records on your dairy! cows. Purduo dairy specialists! wager you’ll be surprised by the j time May rolls around next spring I as to what cows in your herd that i

FARM LOANS I Loans at 4! z 2% payable in 5 or ten years. Part payment requir- ■ ed each year. Payments may be made on interest pay- P ing date. Loans at 5% payable in 26 years. Amortized plan 1-5 of loan may be repaid In any year and these part payments may be made on any date. No commission charge. The Suttles-Edwards Co Niblick Store Bldg. Decatur, Indiana Public Sale I will sell all my household furniture at Public Auction, at 310 Oak ' street, on SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1937 Commencing at 1:30 P. M. Brand new 3 piece Walnut Bed Room Suite with inner spring matI tress; New Studio Couch used 3 months; 2 new End Tables with Magasine Hack; Coffee Table new; 2 piece Living Room Suite: Victrola; I Metal Bed with Coil springs and mattress; Commode and Dresser: New Axminster Rug 9x12; Linoleum Rug 6x9 new; Linoleum Rug 9x12 new; 2 Burner Coal Oil Circulator Heater; Bed and Springs; Folding I Dinette Table and 3 Chairs; Small Range Cook Stove; Kitchen Cab | inet; Breakfast Table and 4 Chairs; 3 burner Oil Stove good; 9x12 Congoleum Rug; Cupboard; Renown Heating Stove, medium size, ; good; Many articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—Cash. WILFORD PLASTERER Roy Johnson, Auctioneer. Public Auction 18 — ACRE FARM — 18 I will sell to the highest bidder the following described real estate. Sale on the Premises, on SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1937 at 10:00 A. M. LOCATION—I mile South of Decatur on Mud Pike then 1 o mile East or first road North of County Farm and first farm West. LAND & IMPROVEMENTS —48 acres good level rich soil, all under cultivation. 6 Room house in good repair; Good Cement Summer House; Good Hog House, with cement floors; Poultry House; Barn 24x50. The barn needs some repair. Electric Lights; Drove Well. An ideal location. Can be made a beautiful farm home at very little expense. TERMS—lnsurance loan of $2100.00 can be assumed, balance cash. MRS. LILLIE HILL, Owner Roy S. Johnson, Auctioneer Trust Co. Bldg., Deeatur, Ind.

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are paying profits. "As ye sow, so shall ye reap” Is | one biblical warning that Indiana Wheat growers can well afford to heed. For, if they sow cheat and I cockle, they will harvest cheat and cockle. If they sow untreated smut I infested seed, the chances are they I will harvest a smutty crop next I year, according to Purdue ugron- ! oniy specialists. Soybeans are in the best hay statfe ,for milk cows when the beans have swollen lo the greatest i green size In the pod and when the lower leaves are starting hi I turn yellow. Further information on any of the foregoing topics may be obtained by writing to the DepartI ment of Agricultural Extension, Purdue University Lafayette, Ind. o Complete Program For Annual Picnic The complete program for the annual picnic of the Adams county fish and game conservation league, which will be held at Sun Set park Sunday, was announced today by the president, Willis A. Fonner. In addition to the numbers announced yesterday are: duet by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chas, music bg I the Sorg Sisters of Fort Wayne and music by the Harden Bros. A feature of the entertainment will be a dressing contest for both men and ladies, with the winners given an award. Other events include sack races, paper races, bicycle races and a host of other contests and games. Anyone desiring to attend, who does not have a means of conveyance, is asked to call Mr. Fonner. He will provide transportation. All members, whether or not they are paid up in dues, are urged to attend. DENTIST DR. RAY STINGELY Rooms 1 and 2, K. of C. Bldg. Phone 240 Office closed all day Wednesday. Office Hours: Btol2 -1 to 5 ■■ ■ . . Ul' WANTED Rags, Magazines, News- : papers, Scrap Iron, Old Auto ) Radiators, Batteries, Copper. Brass, Aluminum, and all ! grades of scrap metals. We buy hides, wool, sheep pelts, the year round. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe st. Phone 442 [ ____ I