Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1938 — Page 5

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*O»»NT*BES -IIIElllSMVEREI) Sig cities ?j M Financial Gains '^K rr >ter Expenses ■ . rhana. 11l ■ ■ ,lll - v S Gol, ’ R tO ■ 5B V i,, ..on more money " ' “*■ may be all right, but ' : "l c . lrß Limm gets used up in Hriim ' xpenses. Hence smaller ;l s many choices for money as anyone M. « up on what It costs s? > foodj’ ll ' l ’' ' operating expennecessities need was made by "l to«a®mili' s la,’ year through r PlL e Sum records kept in co,E Etion With the College of AgUniversity of Illinois. wenty-SS ten '’ f ,he f amlltes ,ive ' 1 |,,ss ,l,a " "■ 50(l ],r>P "‘ pinn, 24 families in towns up to jgjOjßd 20 families in cities of 30.000 inhabitants. They e frflh' ’>" different commun- • <>2 the State, and the avequaled $2,199. More . records were analyri- 1 they Bmwed that the folks of Cie big Si i 1 '" 1 "'■ ,l "' average cash to use than did ■■.JiiX. living in the middleand about SBSO more usa living in communithan 2.500. But things up slightly when the families found they usd g gjKer amount of food furn<h«( froi home gardens and they housing. people and their big also found out they >ut theimimney to about the same se, alth< tgh the city families ■JMnbout 50 per cent more nosey ■ the course of the year. spent a larger properion of t leir '.non- y for housing, rsonal Expenses. recreation and ifts, a smalb r proportion for and about the same for food, clothing, opuses, medical care and both groups half the ash tor imily spending went for shelter and operats, while the other half (<■ iit tires and I ftjou We Make ■ Ne« A Federal ” Fanr Loans Loan At I« . g We’ll be Pleased to talk )( j this over with vouat an v a ■ ADAMS COUNTY at i national farm loan I ASSOCIATION •j| 133 S. Second St. DiCliur. Ind. Phone 2 Schurger, Sec.-Tress. iJf — i foa/t? M is tell you about the tfla I nsurance •Coflipany’s new Farm “ GaQ Plan. Low rates, a *6 ye ir repayment plan, *B® erve Fund Safety fRw e > a liberal pre-pay* no comNBon, appraisal, or title costs to the It’s worth IHtigating. ■onzet/ Representative I in this territory " Wes-Edwards Co. ■ 3 V SuttlM i M y- ■ 8 Residence 194

savings. More Expense However, this wns not so for the ' families from the middle-sized towns of from 2.500 to 18,000 population. They used nearly threefifths of their ready cash for fam--11 lly needs and only a little more I than two-fifths of it for savings and general expenses. They had to pay more for food ; than small town families and less than the big-city families, but because their cash available for family use was slightly smaller, they really had to pay about the ’ same percentage of their Income r i for food as did the big city famil-| jies. Shelter costs took a slightly i larger proportion of the family money than in the smaller com--1 munlties and slightly smaller than ’'in larger towns. They spent within r $8 of the |270 put into operating . ' expenses by families from larger' communities. 1 Then they also put more money in furniture and equipment and ’ clothing and saving than either of r the groups, but they spent less on I transportation and for medical ' care. 0 EXPERIMENT IS i BEING CHECKED II Liquid Fertilizer Being Tried On New York Experiment Farm Geneva. N. Y., July 8 — A rath-I er unique fertilizer experiment I has been begun on the canning I crops farm at the State Experijment Station here in which a number of fertilizer materials dissolved in the water used to water tomato plants as they were set in the field are being compared in a i test to determine whe|her such I applications would produce meas-1 urable results in final yields of j canning tomatoes. In all. nine different liquid fer-1 1 tilfzer frewtments are being com-[ pared with each other and with water used alone as a check. Each l treatment is repeated five times 'hi the planting in order to allow for soil differences in the experimental field. Among the materials being tested are such comsnion fertilizers as nitrate of pot-1 iash and ammonium sulfate along I ;with solutions f liquid phosphoric , acid and other less commonly usjed plant food ingredients. May Give Plants Quick Start When transplanting tomatoes to ! lithe field, modern transplanting . machinery delivers about a pint! of water around the roots of each I plant as it is set in place. The ob; ' ject of the liquid fertilizer expert-' ments begun at the Station this. | season is to determine whether | fertilizer materials dissolved in I this water and placed in such 'close contact with the roots would give the treated plants a quicker start than plants receiving water -alone and whether this advantage Js carried thru to harvest. It would ’ in no way supplant the usual field | fertilization of tomatoes but would! serve to upplement the latter. These experimentn with liquid fertlizers are part of a Urge num- ' ber of fertilizer tests with toma- , toes on the station's canning crop farm, including a very comprehenjsive series on various fertilizer ( 'jplacements for tomatoes. The eff ect of the different treatments will be apparent in many instances as the season advances and tomato i growers are invited to visit the I test plats at any time. o Uncle Jim Sags | w—“I learned my lesson last year, Henry, when I planted this field I with unadapted seed. Here I am 1 replanting this spring — but this i, time with adapted seed — the kind , that will produce hardy, disease-1 resistant stands and will survive hard winters.” o — Fresh Popcorn, Peanuts, $ , GREEN KETTLE

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938.

The Living Soil ... ITS MODERN CARE

By CHARLES H. SALT Director, The Living Soil Institute An observing person once said, “There is good in everyone, even the devil, for he at least keeps busy.” By the same token, we ] can say that garden weeds have good qualities for they certainly keep busy growing in our gar- : dens. Most of us, however, do not appreciate that weeds are of Indirect value in that we cultivate our soil in order to destroy them. This has led some authorities to say that soil receives ample cultivation when the weeds are kept under control. It would seem that we today need to change many of our ideas on soil care to be in keep- ■ ■•• ' DEEP CULTIVATION I Ing with suggested current prac- , tices. The writer recalls, as a youth, working on a farm, chopping at the soil, where the foreman insisted that the soil in the corn fields be worked to a depth

WEBWORNSARE | NOW APPEARING Shade Trees Threatened By Insect Pests; May Be Controlled Urbana, 111.. July 8 — Fall webworms are making their appearance on shade trees and give in‘dications of being quite abundant this year, according to W. P. Flint, Ichlef entomologist, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, •and State Natural History Survey. The insect obtains its name from the fact that as it feeds on |the leaves of valuable shade trees, it is protected by an ugly-looking .web which covers the ends of the 'branches. A close examination of ;the webs or nests will show that they enclose from one to several small branches and that they contain from 50 to several hundred i hairy, grayish brown caterpillars Imarked with greenish spots. If the trees are watched carefully, the small colonies mly be (cut oft and destroyed by burning or crushing before any great damlage has been done, Flint explainled. A pole pruner is handy for 'this purpose. The most effective control is to spray with lead arsenate, 3 pounds to 100 gallons of water in which 4 ounces of soybean slur or 6 ounces of ordinary wheat flour has been thoroughly 1 stirred. Destroy First Brood Destroying the first brood will aid greatly in keeping down numbers of the second brood. Placing bands of sticky materials around trunks of trees as is done in the contrl of canker worms is of no value in controlling webworms since the webworm moths fly to the leaves where they deposit their eggs. The caterpillars will feed until about the end of the first week of July, Flint said. When they need new food, they enclose fresh lots of leaves including entire small branches. They sometimes migrate from one part of a tree to another or even to nearby trees, the migration taking place usually at night. When they become/ fulljgrown, the caterpillars spin their silken (cocoons in cracks of the tree s bark. After about two weeks a snow-white moth emerges from each cocoon. The moths are good 'flyers, and after mating the fe'male lays her eggs on the under ’side of leaves of the kind of trees on which they feed. I The second brood of worms on .maturing spins cocoons like the first, but they go through the winter in the cocoon stage, emerging in June or early July of the following year.

of some eight inches. Done at this season of the year, there is experimental evidence on hand today to indicate this would be most harmful. The home gardener will obtain the best results if he first sees that his soil is thoroughly prepared. Under such conditions, cultivation usually may be limited to the control of weeds. Even then, avoid deep cultivation. - Controlling weeds in the garden presents an apparently insurmountable problem to many. In numerous instances this is because they allow their enemy, the weeds, to grow too large before beginning their attack. Then, too, the actual elimination of the weeds is such a big job because antiquated methods of eradication are followed. Whereas chopping hoes and weeders were formerly the only means to this end, there is available for use by the farmer and gardener today, time and labor saving equipment which is pulled through the soil much the same as are large tractor and horse drawn farm cultivators. Authorities say that the time usually consumed in weed control thus may be cut more than in half. The gardener who wishes to get the most out of his hobby keeps tab on modern methods and facilities.

EGG PRICES TO I INCREASE MORE I More Than Seasonal Decline In Chicken Prices Predicted ■ I A more than seasonal decline in . chicken prices but more than sea- . sonal advance in prices of eggs is [ the outlook for producers during the next 6 months, the Bureau of . Agricultural Economics said to- . day. Three factors are cited as rea- ' sons why chicken prices are likei ly to decline more than seasonal- • ly during the rest of the year: (1) f marketings probably will be larg--1 er than they were the last half of f 1937, (2) storage losses in the past t season may weaken the demand 1 for poultry for storage, and (3) - lower consumer incomes are likeI ly to weaken the demand for fresh > consumption. The outlook for increased supplies is based upon an - expected increase of 10 per cent > ed this year. On June 1 there were 1 in the number of chickens hatch- - 12 percent more young chickens • on hand in farm flocks than a year r earlier. • I Egg supplies in the next few ■ months will probably be smaller than they were last year because • of the smaller storage stocks. And ''the effect on prices of this short\er supply is expected to more than [offset the effect of lower consumer incomes. j The relationship of feed and egg prices has become slightly less favorable to poultrymen during ’ the past few weeks. The Bureau pointed out, however, that because of the probable advance in egg ' prices, the feed-egg ratio is not 1 likely to go above average during ' the summer, o HORSE SEImS E I Grasshoppers may be good chicken feed but if you want summer i and fall eggs continue feeding mash. J To avoid burning the leaves and ■ bleaching the petals of flowers, it • is better to dust sulphur on the /plants late in the afternoon and in ■ the evening rather than during the part of the day, suggest

WEED FIGHT IS BATTLE GROUND War On Bindweed Continues Bv Farmers Fearing Loss Os Crops | Another war is In progress. Not it war of the type being fought in Spain or in the Orient, but one declared to save the farm land of Indiana from the ruinous grasp of the dangerous European bindweed. The enemy landed in this state several years ago When impure seed. hay. straw and plants were brought in from other states. At first, is went unnoticed, entrenching itself in fields and gardens. Because of its resemblance to the common wild morniig glory, very little thought was given to it for some time. Breaking out in small patches in all parts of the state, the weed has spread rapidly until it is now# recognized as a definite menace to crops and land values. Bindweed is a persistent weed, so persistent hi fact that it resists most ordinary means of control and eradication. Cultivation and smothering with irops have been found to be almost useless. Sodium chlorate is the only ammunition in this battle of defense that has caused bindweed to surrender. Sodium chlorate is expensive and its use on extensive areas may not be practical. It is, how’ever, suitable for eradicating small patches and doing away with the source of infestation. The importance of early action against this public weed enemy no. 1 cannot be overemphasized. Areas to be sprayed with sodium chlorate should be isloated and the vegetation permitted to grow Purdue University specialists. Quarters for dairy calves under six months should be roomy, well ventilated, clean and dry. Each calf should be fed separately and tied or stanchioned until they have consumed a little grain. The mowing machine is the most I effective weapons against weeds growing in pastures, fence row. waste places, and along roadways. ■ The presence of infectious abortion in brood sows may defeat all efforts to raise pigs. Next winter the canned food will taste no better than it tasted before it was canned this summer. I Use only the best products when canning. I Failure of a farm organization to progress should be taken as a danger signal. | Midsummer is a good time to prune black locust plantations, but the pruning in any year should be light. Never prune heavily. The orchardist who knows the life history of an insect or disease has a better liance to control it than one who sprays blindly. | Further information on any of the foregoing topics may be obtained by writing to the Department of ; Agricultural Extension, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

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until limits of the area can be accurately determined. The spray solution should be prepared with one pound of sodium chlorate per gallon of water and applied at the rate of 3 gallons per square rod. The area should be resprayed a month or six weeks later to assure a complete kill. Those who have not yet recognized this enemy, bindweed, should be on the lookout for a morning glory like plant with arrow shaped leaves and small white or pinkish white flowers. The vines have a climbing habit, climbing on nearby objects or spreading out slate on the ground to form a dense mat.

FAIR TICKETS TO GO ON SALE Half Price State Fair Tickets To Be Placed On Sale July 11 Lieutenant Governor Henry F. Schricker who is also the Commissioner of Agriculture states there will be 175,000 admission tickets to the Indiana State Fair, which will be held from September 3rd to 9th. on sale at half-price again this year at twenty-five cents. year there were 150000 tickets sold but the Indiana Board of Agriculture voted this year to place 175.000 on sale. After these are sold there will be no others sold at this price. These tickets will be placed on , sale July 11th. Anyone wishing to purchase tickets should write to the Manager of the Indiana State Fair, Harry G. Templeton, State Fair Grounds, Indianapolis, his County Agent,, Secretary of the Farm Bureau, or they may be purchased at any one of the Hooks Drug Stores. Any person wishing these tickets should place his order early as last year they were sold twenty days before the fair opened. There is no other place in Indiana where you can see as many educational features or receive as much entertainment for the small sum of twenty-five cents. The State Fair belongs to every taxpayer in the state of Indiana, so, therefore, the Indiana Board of Agriculture would like to see every person in the state attend at least one or two days at the fair. o , ■ - 474 Bushels Wheat On 15-Acre Field Fred Ahr, of near this eity, believes he han a near record crop I of wheat on his farm. Mr. Ahr re- ! ported this morning that he had seI oured 474 bushels from a 15-acre field. Thrashing was completed Thursday. Despite the low price of wheat at the present, Mr. Ahr stated that he felt he had made a good profit off the field. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

LITTLE DAMAGE HERE TO WHEAT Adams County Wheat Crop To Be One Os Best In Years By the end of this week most of ' the wheat in Adams county will be cut in one of the most satisfactory harvests in recent years. Early wheat suffered very little damage from rust which caused serious harm to the wheat crops last year. The red rust arrived in this locality too late to do much harm. Agricultural leaders state that rust has the property of stopping the growth of the wheat heads with the result that an otherwise perfect stand bears none or only a partial crop of grain. The price of wheat is not expected by many farmers to equal that of last year due to the unusually good growing couditions in all parts of the country. In the west, sufficient moisture has been received to end the dust storms and to permit the produciou of the first good crops in recent years. Early estimates on the 1938 world crop is about four billion bushels, which may be reduced due to , droughts in Europe. This probably will have the effect of depressing the price. o F. I). R. MAKES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Ohio's senior senator as one of the liberal candidates on whose side the president has announced he would align himself as head of the Democratic party. Later today the president is expected to reveal exactly how far, politically, he intends to go in addresses on this trip when he speaks in Kentucky, the home state of his senate majority leader, Alben W. Barkley, who is opposed in the primary by Gov. A. B. (Happy) I Chandler. I In his address here the presi-

LOST TIME EVERY PAY-DAY UNTIL HE BEGAN ON RETONGA

, Acid Indigestion, Aching Joints, Painful Muscles Ended, Says Ogborn The remarkable strengthening powers of Retonga are proved over and over again in the cases of men and women who do hard and steady work. Take, for instance, the case of Mr. Emmitt Ogborn. 1026 South Illinois St., Indianapolis who says of Retonga: “I was in such bad shape from , acid indigestion, pains, and loss of sleep, that I was losing several ! days work out of every pay-day,” declared Mr. Ogborn. “I even went to the hospital, but I got no relief to speak of. I was on a strict diet, i but the gas would press up into imy chest until I could hardly i breathe. At night I would have ' to get up half a dozen times and : I woke up every morning feeling i limp and draggy and I stayed tired ■ all day. My bowels would not

move unless I took strong purgatives, and my back and legs were sore and painful.

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dent appealed to the people to i remember that "the ultimate rul- ’ ers of our democracy are not a president and senntors and congressmen and government officials but the voters of this country.” "Let us not be afraid to help t each other —let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us,” he said. "I believe that the American f I people, not afraid of their own • capacity to choose forward-looking ' representatives to run their government, want the same cooper- ■ ative security and have the same ■ courage to achieve it, in 1938 as t 1788. 1 am sure they know that i we will always have a frontier — of social problems —and that we t must always move in to bring law ; and order to It i He praised the men and women . who established Marietta 150 years . ago, and recalled that right behind them "moved that instrument of . law and order and cooperation—- > government.” Describing some of r the aims of that early settlement I here he said that they paralleled those of today. ’ "Every generation meets sub- ( stantially the same problems un- , der its own different set of circumstances,” he said. "Anyone I speculating on our great migration wt ard is struck with the hu- ' man 'arallel between the driving • f bhind that migration and J the driving force behind that great social exploration we are carrying on today . . . “The standard of life in a log cabin . . . was not high, but it was cartain. A family or at most a township, could be a whole selfsufficing economic system . . • ' “Under such conditions there i was so much to get done which i men could not get done alone, ' that the frontiersmen naturally reached out to government as their greatest single instrument of co- , operative self-help with the aid of • which they could get things done, i "They looked on government not i as a thing a part—as a power over . our people. They regarded it as • a power of the people, as a democratic expression of organized self-help like a frontier husking • bee.”

pi EMMITT OGBORN "It took a wonderful medicine to put me back on my feet, but Retonga did it. I eat three big meals every day. and I never have a sign of acid indigestion. My bowels are regular, I sleep the whole night through and feel fine when 1 wake up in the morning. My troubles just seemed to disappear like magic when I took Retonga. It is a world-beater.” Retonga may be obtained at the Holthouse Drug Co. advt.

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