Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1938 — Page 5

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joints, sloping pasterns and deep, tough wide-heeled feet. In addition ito demanding straight, free action. it pays to make health, constitution and a calm, kindly, energetic disposition final factors in selection. The horse improvement program i does not neglect the care of colts. It is suggested that foals be given oats and legume hay their first winter, after which they can de pend largely upon pasture and legume hay. Recognizing that two-year-olds can safely do half of a mature horse’s work, some farmers replace one mature horse with two colts, one working in the morning and one in the afternoon.' Both colts and mature horses at work need legume bay and free, access to dry loose salt. On hot days water in he field has been found helpful. After corn is plant-I ed, horses can be turned loose on pasture at night and when idle. Horses stand up better under the heavy work of putting in a crop if they receive some grain for a month before spring work starts. If wintered on cornstalks and straw, they need a feed of legume hay each day. One horse eats the pasture, grain and hay from about three acres, it is explained. Horses work ed hi big teams can operate about | 30 acres a horse which means that about 10 per cent of the farm serv- i es o supply power at first cost. Copies of the mimeographed leaflet containing details of the ' 13-point program may be obtained by writing the College of Agriculture at Urbana. o ORCHARD GRASS IS GOOD CROP New Pasture, Hay Crop Is Finding Favor With Many Farmers Urbana, 111., April 15 — A pas ' ture and hay crop that is due to receive greater consideration from farmers in the future is orchard ' grass, according to R. F. Fuelle-1 man, assistant in crop production j College of Agriculture, University , of Illinois. Deriving its name from the fact that at one time it was considered as a grass for orchards because of its shade tolerance, orchard grass Uncle Jim Satis BUSI I •^afcgyiX I • ■ ■' W- Wt ...<d i' - More land is in farm woodland I than in any other single crop on I American farms. The Agricultnrial Conservation Program makes it I easier to improve this biggest of all crops.”

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1938.

’""" i .. - ~ 11 Milk A Mainstay Os Farm Income —■ (ASM MILK INCOME- (is m.ihohi ex ooptM) ® ® >47, . ntl , , . , ”7 —

ABILITY of the dairy industry to maintain cash payments to farmers for milk and employee payrolls is evidence, says the Milk Industry Foundation, that this 3’i billion dollar industry is a mainstay of agricultural and industrial purchasing power during periods of recession. Milk, the largest source of farm cash income, was also the only major farm commodity except cotton to return farmers more cash in January than the same month of 1937 Farm cash income from milk of $132,000,000 for January was the largest for the month in eight years and 14.8 per cent greater than in January»l937 Total farm cash from marketings of all other farm products was down 10 per cent Total farm cash income from milk for the twelve months of 1937 was is recommended in mixture or aI lone on poor to medium soils I where it is hard to get Kentucky ■ bluegrass established, and in that part of the state too far south for timothy. It is acid tolerant and on sloping land serves the dual purpose of a forage and erosion control crop. It has a high degree of heat resistance in Illinois, but is easily injured by cold. Seeding Time I Orchard grass is seeded in the ! spring or fall and can be started I successfully with a grain crop such ! as oats or wheat. The rate of seeding is about 25 pounds an acre when seeded alone. Because of its bunchy nature, orchard grass is best grown (in mixtures unless intended for seed. Following the seeding year it i makes a good pasture. It starts i early in the spring and can he I grazed much earlier than bluei grass. The young growth is succulent and palatable both to cattle and sheep. If kept in a closely grazed condition, it will remain palatable for a greater length of time than it allowed to grow to maturity at once. With the production of seed stalks it becomes coarse, fibrous and unpalatable. The crop sometimes takes three years before it reaches that stage where flower stalks and seed are produced. However, it is one of I the utmost persistent grasses once it is established. A single plant occasionally lives eight years or longer. A mimeographed pamphlet explaining the cultural practices to | he followed with orchard grass has just been issued by the Coll-

The Living Soil . . . ITS MODERN CARE - -iV- J

By CHARLES H. SALT Director, The Living Soil Institute The source of dirt about the home is a daily problem to the housewife. Concerned chiefly with its elimination, she goes about her task unaware of the centuries of activity on the part of nature which have been necessary to produce the ultimate soil, a constituent of dust. Strangely enough, the average gardener, likewise, does not realize that he is aiding nature in his modern care of the soil. For in pulling his cultivator through the soil, he brings about a disintegrating force which breaks the soil particles into a still smaller size, Releasing valuable “food" for plant growth. Confronted with the task of denning soil, one is as at loss for words as the young student who found activities other than studying more to ___zzE CULTIVATION - RTLtASES his liking the night before an examination. Hence we must turn to our good friends, the scientists, for a plausible answer to this question. They are in general agreement that the broken-down and weathered i fragments es rock that make up a

> $1,475,000,000. an increase of 958.- ) 000,000 over 193* and $490,000,000 ■ greater than the low of 1932 An - important factor in the steady in- 1 i crease of dairy farm Income results > ■ from the axiom that farmers benefit I most from milk sold in fluid form , [ to homes, stores, hotels, restau- , rants. Foundation reports from 136 mar- ' ; kets throughout the country show ' that payrolls of milk companies were 4.3 per cent higher and em- [ ployment down only 1.8 per cent in January 1938 compared with Janu- ' ; ary 1937. < i Further evidence of the impor- 1 tance of fluid milk distribution to economic stability is that despite curtailed business activity during the last quarter of 1937, milk company payrolls Increased *4.8 per ' cent and employment .7 per cent over the last quarter of 1936. EXPLANATIONS MADE FOR BEETS ■i . I i Sugar Beet Ruling Is Misunderstood By Many Growers In Area Saginaw. Mich. — Considerable misunderstanding has arisen a- ' amongst the sugar beet growers over the statements regarding the ’ 1938 fair price determinations, acf cording to Arthur A. Schupp, exec- ' utive secretary of the Farmers & ‘ Manufacturers Beet Sugar Assoi elation. ! I The fair price determination, as t ■ issued by the Department of Agrii; culture applies only in those cases , where the processor is also a producer of beets. The determination of the fair price for the 1938 crop , in this case is in two classes. First i; if an agreement has been made , between the processors and pro > ducers -for the 1938 crop. Second. , if no agreement has been made for the 1938 crop between the pro- , ducer and the processor, then the fair price is determined to be not , ’ less than the price agreed upon in ,' 1937, except that a minimum rate , of not less than $5.00 per net ton ■ ! i j ege of Agriculture and may be ob- • tained upon request. Farmers in- | • terested in pasture improvement I and management may also be in- 1 ■ terested in writing the college for ('Circular 465 which describes the! establishment and caer of pastur-.. ■ es.

thin layer covering the solid portion [ of the earth and that not only furnish a foothold but also a goodly portion of the sustenance for planl life, are referred to as soil. Doesn’t the soil seem like a more or less permanent thing to you?! This is frequently the belief but we definitely know that the reverse is true. There could not be a mon timely occasion to mention this than the present. The dust storms of a few years ago and now the definite drive to care for depleted soil represent merely a transitory stage in a great cycle of events. Those same forces that release the store of “food" to the plants for their growth in turn bring about changes that retu.n ths soil to its original form. Soil, as we use the term today, is made up of more than broken-down fragments of rocks. Many centuries ago, fortunately for us, some of the simpler forms of plant life began to grow on the barely disintegrated rocks. In order for these individuals to keep alive it was necessary for them to absorb certain elements from these rock-forms. Then, too, the botanists have found that the plants likewise made use of the oxygen and carbon of the atmosphere. As the centuries went by, these primitive plants were succeeded by more complex forms. Each of these, in the end, left in the soil all those materials which they had obtained from their environment.' 1 As a result, a goodly part of our soil today is made up of this organic matter, partly decayed plant-forms. Title Copyrighted 1338. The Llvins Soil Institute.

YEAST HAS NO BENEFITS IN HOG FEEDING| Report On Swine Feeding Experiments Made At Recent Meeting Urbana. Hl.. April 15 — Farmers can expect little or no benefit ■ from fermenting either a poor oats ! ration or a good ration with yeast I for growing pigs, it was pointed i out at the annual swine grower's day held recently at the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. Results of yeast feeding tests showed that there were no significant differences in the digestibility I of the fermented and unfermented ' rations. Os chief interest to the many, visitors were the rye pasture experiments which the agricultural college is continuing from year to year to find methods of cutting pork production costs by lengthening the normal pasture season. ‘ Two systems of rye pasture are in use at the college’s swine plant. One consists of winter rye for brood sows during gestation and another is for handling sows and their pijjs up to weaning time with the least trouble and expense and without exposing the pigs tq round worms and other hazards. This year’s study dealt particularly with the advantages of feeding a protein supplement to sows and pigs on a non-leguminous pasture such as rye. For each 100 pounds of gain sows and pigs on rye pasture with protein supplement and shelled corn consumed for beets testing 16.5% sugar is required under a "facory average content" and 16.8% under “individual test” contracts. A® Wi * M/PETER HENDERSON M V » The Shady Garden DON’T give up hope because part of your garden is shaded most of the day. Many flowers actually thrive tn shady locations. These flowers are mostly woodland plants. Given a reasonable amount of moisture, they will be perfectly happy in the shady parts of your garden. AMONG the shade loving plants may be mentioned — ANEMONE, JAPONICA. The windflower, with dainty cupshaped flowers of white, pink, or red, that brighten the garden from September to November. •• • • ANTIRRHINUM. The snapdragon with Its familiar spikes of many colored flowers that bloom from early spring until frost. • • • • AQUILEGIA. The Columbine. Its dainty spurred flowers are set on long, graceful stems. It blooms throughout June. ♦• • • CANTERBURY* BELLS. This plant as its name Implies, is covered with bell-shaped flowers throughout the early summer. •• • * COREOPSIS. An Idea! plant for cut flowers. It produces daisyshaped flower from early summer until the late fall. •• • • DELPHINIUM. The hardy Larkspur. The tall stately spikes of this flower needs no description. It will flower all summer if you keep the old flower stalks removed. •• • • DIGITALIS. The foxglove, The plant grows three to five feet high, and produces Imposing spikes of pink, lavender, white or yellow flowers. •* • • GODETIA. A quick growing annual plant covered with soft satin-like flowers in soft shades of pink. •• • • MYOSOTIS. The forget-me-no* Grows best and spreads rapidly in moist locations. • * • • PANSY. Don’t let them seed and they’ll flower throughout the summer. • ♦ • • POPPY ORIENTAL. This variety is the large red flowering type that flowers in June.

only 436 pounds of teed, whereas for each 100 pounds of gain sows and pigs receiving protein supplement and shelled corn in dry lot required 1,027 pounds of feed. Sows and pigs on rye pasture, shelled I corn and no protein supplement I consumed 1.509 pounds of feed for I each 10 pounds of gain. Reports on the use of winter rye pasture for bred sows showed that fall sown rye furnished six to eight weeks' pasture following the regular grazing season. A comparison of the feed consumed by sows on rye pasture and 1 those in dry lot indicated that the i sows on pasture harvested on an i acre basis the equivalent of 528 ' pounds of alfalfa hay, 5 bushels of corn and 30 pounds of protein supplement. Women of Moose annual Easter Supper, Moose Home. Saturday. April 16, 5 to 7 p. m. 35c plate. 87-5 t

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MAY DO GRAZING ON WHEAT CROPS No Injury Likely To Legumes When Wheat Is Grazed Correctly ■ The advanced growth of wheat ' this spring makes it possible for many farmers of the state to use ' convenient wheat fields for pasturing their cattle and sheep and thus avoid the more expensive barn feeding, say agronomists of Pur ' due University. Os course such grazing should not be practiced when the ground is too wet or se- ( vere damage to the wheat will re- < suit. The animals may he turned , in as soon as the soil settles and when the wheat is large enough to furnish a good bite. About two to . | three weeks grazing may be obtained. Some farmers are afraid to I graze wheat because they believe . the trampling of the animals will [ injure the new seedings of legumes ; and grasses. Grazing wheat with > dairy animals has been favorable . to obtaining good stands of legumes and grasses. Farmers all over Indiana report they have better success in securing legume and I grass stands when the nurse crop , of small grain is grazed than when r . it is left to grow normally. I It is not known to what extent

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1 a short period of grazing may reduce the yield of whfcat, but those farmers who have followed the I practice feel that any logs is more j than overbalanced by the benefit to livestock. Such grazing would be beneficial if it prevented the grain from lodging, which, somej times occurs on good soils In a favorable growing season. Under ths soil conservation provisions of the new farm program farmers can use small grain crops, seeded to legumes and grasses, for pasture and If not harvested for grain such acreage will not add to soil depleting crops. This is one practical way of qualifying for payments where the acreage of soil depleting crops is already too high. Open Park Plan Easter Sunday, Sun Set. WANTED Rags, Magazines. Newspapers, Scrap Iron, Old Auto Radiators. Batteries, Copper, Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We buy hides, wool, sheep •jells, the year round. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe st. Phone 442