Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1938 — Page 19

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■ionf/i Loan Completed By Boducfr'on Loan Association

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he Show Committee Has Big Lair Responsibility

general h <>«e committee of County is composed of the I * lIIHII, Charles Herman, ’ John W. Blakey, Henry Johnsoß( ArcMe Noah Augshurger, Wilman - Frank Habegger ' ZT ~er - °«o X: O ? nry AB( hleman, tv” 8<^ ander ’ H - P‘“/d Ehrtnan. Peter R Ukte E s Win Neul ‘auser: u h has been reß P°>'with .T Sho ' v ,n con ’ Pair forth DeCatur Free been th r ol th<l » ai » 5 years. L the h h n r reßpon9ibili ‘y to •how. C h g Coßtßßt ’ and ? , head of stal >- heir ende» and “ has O’sible llrt l Or !° select ‘he d -West m 868 f ° r horses in .re e L W p h °M haVe b P McCann, ex-

' I MILLIONTH P. C. A. LOAN TjjT I - jBT Ok'l Muncie Association, like the 534 i others, has been making steady ' growth since Rs organization in I 1934. Its members own stock a- ■ mounting to $47,260.00 and 19.9% | of the total capital is owned by the > farmers who use the Association. I They have also built up a reserve | amounting to $22,652.50 to protect their investment and assure the permanence of their organization. When asked how this Association is progressing. Mr. Roberts answered that it has made 678 loans amounting to $542,370.00 through the first six months of this year. He expects the Association will surpass last year's rec-

t tension horseman of Ohio State; R. B. Cooley, secretary of the stallion enrollment board for Indiana; Don Kayse, head of the animal husbandry department of the Ohio State University; Ralph Hudson, head of the Michigan Agricultural College farm; and R. L. Bently, head of the agricultural department of Pennsylvania State College. These men have ail judged the various State Fair and international livestock expositions at Chicago. The reasons for placings . have been clearly given and this ' feature has met with much favor I by Adams County horsemen. Only pure bred and grade Belgian horses are to be entered in the show to be held here next week. Charles Wentz, of Upper Sandusky. Ohio, will be the judge. The horses 1 will be placed Thursday, August ! 4 in both gold medal and open classes. Premiums are furnished jointly by the horse breeders and ■' the Decatur Chamber of Commerce.

• ord-breaking volume of business j by the time the end of the year i comes around. — o Largest Wind Tunnel Built Minneapolis (U.R) — The nation’s | largest college wind tunnel, in i which gales of 150 miles an hour I velocity can be unleashed, will be completed in about a year in the ■ | University of Minnesota's engineer- ! ling laboratory. It will be used by ! i aeronautical engineering students I and faculty memlbers for research 1 : work.

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One District, Four County Cattle Shows To Be Feature Os 1938 Agricultural Show

Again this year, the cattle shows I will be one of the outstanding sea- ' tures of the Decatur Free Street ' Fair and Agricultural Show, Aug-1 ust 1 to 6, with one district and ] four county adult shows and a 4-H club event. More than 200 head of the finest ] cattle in Northeastern Indiana will i be on display during the week and : will attract crowds of sightseers t and buyers from several states. , W. W. Yapp, Illinois university i. dairyman, and well known here, ; ( having judged the cattle show during the Centennial celebration In Decatur in 1936, has been chos- ■ en as judge for the cattle shows] this year. Northeastern Indiana breeders, will bring about 60 head of cattle 1 to the Jersey Parish show. Ap-1 proximately 60 head of Guernsey cattle, 40 head of Ayrshire and 40 head of Holstein cattle will be exhibited in the three county , shows. In addition, 4-H club boys and girls will have a county show. Part <

Agricultural Section Fair Edition DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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FARMERS GATHER HERE

FARM PROGRAM > IS EXPLAINED BY CHAIRMAN Ne w Act Recognizes Farmers, Homer W. Arnold Says In Story (By Homer W. Arnold, chairman of the Adams county agricultural conservation association.) In the last session of Congress the Agricultural Adjustmet Act was approved and the purposes of the new farm legislation were outlined to be: To conserve the nation’s soil resources and use them efficiently. To assist in the marketing of farm products for domestic consumption and exports. To regulate interstate and foreign commerce on the principal farm commodities. To minimize violent fluctuations in supplies and prices. To protect the consumejs by maintaining adequate reserves of food and supplies and assure farmers a fair share in the national income. Further Provisions The act further provided that farmers receive payments if they take part in the agricultural conservation program. In order to accomplish the intentions of the program, a great many features enter into the program such as acreage allotments, crop loans and crop insurance. One outstanding feature of the

' of their cattle will be judged with ' the major shows. Approximately | 60 head of cattle are to be shown ; by the club members. Show Ring Training More emphasis is being placed this year on the technical sides of | the show ring for the younger cattle breeders. | In connection with the Jersey parish show will be a district judg--1 ing contest for 4-H club teams. I There is to be a judging contest - +. — * SOY BEAN DAY I 1 A soy bean field day was | conducted last October in co- | operation with the Central Soya | | Company. The day began with | the conducted tour through the | [ McMillen Feed Mills, Central j | Soya Plant and the Central Sug- | : ar company. After a free noon j lunch the visitors viewed the | ■ variety test plots and the sugar | | beet fertilizer test plots on th? j | south edge of Decatur. ♦ ♦

' BIG "FARM PAGE” Iti recognition of the import- j part played by agriculture dur- | | Ing the past year, and in keep- | with its part in the annual Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, this week s farm | page Is being expanded into an | : | eight page edition. The editor, Bob Heller, wishes | to acknowledge the valuable | j assistance given both in this | and preceding editions of the | farm page by County Agent L. | E.'Archbold, members of his | office, and members and lead- | | ers of the cooperating agricul- | j tural committees. Thanks are also due to past j | fair boards for their coopera- | | tion in the permitting of th" | editor to take the photographs | | seen in this edition. ♦ « agricultural conservation program is that, the entire program is being administered by the farmers themselves. Loan’ will be granted to farmers thus enabling them to withold the grain from market when prices slump. In this manner, they will be able to meet their financial obligations and not flood the market with cheap grain. The majority of the farmers of Adams county realize the importance and need of the 1938 farm act and are endeavoring to make adjustments in their farming operations so as to fit themselves into the program. Due to the fact that crop, rotation practices can not always be adjusted in one year, it is anticipated that the per cent of participations will increase from

i | for individual members of the old'j er youth organization. A number 1 ]of prizes will be distributed. A showmanship contest is to be I held for the boys and girls of the f 4-H clubs on Friday. The winner . will receive a free trip to the state fair. r Show Schedule The schedule of the cattle show i as announced by the committee is: 'j Tuesday. August 2 — Holstein ' and Ayrshire shows. , I Wednesday. August 3 — GuernI sey show and judging contests. j I Thursday, August 4 — Jersey I Parish show. II Friday, August 5 — Dive stock parade. | j Premiums for the cattle show | j are being raised jointly by the I breeders and the Decatur Chami her of Commerce, which is spon- || soring the street fair. II Between the times of judging, | , the cattle will be on exhibit in the ! cattle tents. Thousands of people 11 have viewed them in the tents > i during previous agricultural shows.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 28, 1938.

HYBRID CORN ( ADVANTAGES ARE LISTED Adams County Farmers Are Using More Hybrid Corn This Year Last year William IL Patterson of Blue Creek Township and Harve Steffen of Kirkland Township conducted corn variety plots in cooperation with the Adams County crop improvement association. In comparisons certified Indiana hybrid corn showed conclusively that they would out yield the open pollinated varieties and stood , much better. Harvey Steffen also conducted | a fertilizer test plot and is con- ' tinning that work in 1938. Hybrid corn is the latest word in the scientific breeding work in this important cereal. The first step in hybridization is called "selfing” and this takes work extending over a period of 5 or 6 years in developing pure strains. After the pure strains are developed they are then ready to release to the farmer breeders for multi-I; plication. Men in Adams County , multiplying hybrid corn for seed 1 purpose this year are Reifsteck t Brothers of Preble Township. Win-1 fred Gerke of Root Township. Leon Neuenschwander and Robert Heller of Wabash Township. Otto I Hoile of Washington Township and Herman Scheumann in Preble ■ Township. In producing the seed the men find it necessary to raise this corn I at least 40 rods from any other | corn; to detassel the seed rows: to pick and dry thoroughly before the first frost; and to have the , germination test made by Purdue. ( If all the above requirements are met satisfactorily, their corn will ‘ be certified and they will be per mitted to sell it as certified Hy- 1 brid corn. Adams County is indeed fortunate to have this amount of Hybrid ‘ seed produced within her borders, as it is just as important to secure an adapted Hybrid as it is to se- ! cure an adapted open pollinated corn. I year to year. < In as much that we as farmers 11 have been recognized by crop leg- i islation it is our duty to cooperate > with each other for the further- i ment and progress of the agricul-1 r tural adjustment law.

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City Welcomes All Farmers In Annual Agricultural Show

| Uncle Jim Says WiTSE! ■! JwWWiiiL ‘ It*? “Yes sir, Farmer Jones, my store business depends upon how much money you farm folks make. In checking over my books the other night I found that for every SIOO worth of goods I sold back in 1932 I sold $202 worth last year, when farm income was about twice as high as it was in 1932.” SUGAR ACT IS BENEFIT HERE New Program Provides Insurance And Cash Payments For Crops The 193" sugar act is a law separate and independent from the soil conservation act of 1938, but at the same time the act is administered by the local soil conservation association. The sugar act of 193" was designed to stimulate the production and a fair profit and also decrease the production of other crops which have resulted in burdensome surpluses. The act specifies certain soil building practices, which the grower must meet in order to receive payment. The act also carries a crop insurance feature which in case of total abandonment or partial crop failure reimburses the growers to the extent of labor involved. All sugar beet growers in Ad-

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Recognition Is Paid To Decatur’s Neighbors; 4-H Club Work Given Encouragement. GOOD PROGRAM Agricultural activities of the year in Adams county will reach their peak next week during the annual Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural show. Recognition is being paid to the value of the farmers in the community by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the annual event. Farm leaders of the show are placing Increasingly great emphasis on the work of the 4-H club boys and girls. Probably the agricultural highlights of the week will be the Jersey Parish show, which will bring in about 60 of the outstanding Jersey cattle in Northeastern Indiana in competition with Adams county cattlement. In addition there are to be four other cattle shows, horse shows and horse pulling contests. 4-H club shows, contest and dem- ' onstrations and home economics club exhibitions. I All plans for the show have been I completed and large crowds are anticipated during each of the six i days of the show. The fair committee has schedul- ' ed free acts and other attractions for the visitors when they are not i engaged in the demonstration or exhibition of their etnries. The officials of the show in cooperation with the participants have arranged for housing and display space which is ample and satisfactory to the entrants. o Petrified Palm in California Lodi, Cal. (U.R) — Evidence that California was in a tropical; climate millions of years ago was unearthed when John Schafer discovered a petrified palm tree here The | specimen, which is almost complete. weighs 15(1 pounds. ams county will receive benefit payments regardless of whether or not they take part in other soil conservation activities.