Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1939 — Page 5

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«ME ■[IIILLMENT JfH GLUGS ■ (.11 Club EnrollJJt Near '>o,ooo 3 InJ3B H '" 17 J3K' tl f m • s ' lank v4.h ••<> * taff at i ' l '” r«enuy told a Indiana farm folks. IKaa-— IMF; : arnl <:■.•■•■/ "" W/. M. KL;-.’.. said. "This is the !■. -■ Mr/,..-/ •‘ ; '" 'eati-:s arv Mr-.'.h, . '■//' anrr-vril that |KJ- ’ J i;: - '"' |KL> co«<i eft"'. and 'hat number of depart- * |Kg,. ■ ; beys and girls " K £> . ,«k a: mM (J, counties that si. ■' thof melt.!-/ I'l tie iiur.t:- tb.i’ :■ tT.b,: -1 jerotr: • - ’'■■■■ ' ’■'■ tn th, I :-■'•• \ ■ Edttca’: ho s.ii i ■ - Es 9 at low rate of 9 interest on 9 Ohio and Indiana ■Farms a ■ tarn City property ■ ,fI WS First MortPse. imperial plan for new tones. attles-Edwards Co. Cor. Monroe 4 Second Sts. Decatur, Ind.

Attention— HOUSEWIVES Our New Wall Papers Are Here! R^rr 11 ’ over our complete stock. t autl *ul designs for every room in the Use ‘ W e know you will like them. '■Rices as X - WV p er roll kohne drug store Decatur, Indiana

u better individual record, every 4-H club organization can have I better meetings with more Interesting and more worthwhie programs, and every club leader can carry on as only dub leaders know how to do — so that as we grow bigger, the greater growth will be the fine records of achievements made by our Hoosier youth.” — o EXPOSITION TO FEATURE YOUTH Junior Livestock Show At San Francisco During April San Francisco, Feb. 17 — The first nation-wide mobilization of future farmers of America and 4-H boys and girls clubs is set for the Golden Gate International Exposition at Treasure Island, Easter vacation week, April 2 to 8. The occasion will be the twelfth annual interstate junior livestock show. Seven days replete with action will mark this national competition of these two major farm youth organizations, according to E. W. Stephens, manager. It is estimated that more than 1,500 boys and girls will represent the highest achievements in livestock projects in the 4-H and Future Farmer groups. The International Livestock Show of Chicago, the American Royal of Kansas City and the Pacific International of Portland will all three be represented by youngsters who annually are strong contenders for championship honors. The show will be held in the magnificient livestock pavilion on Treasure Island, which is to be the setting of an entire series of i 'national scope throughout the Exexhibitions of national and interi position. Entries in the show will be es- I pecially heavy from the western that have, for the past 12 1 years; taken a major part In these I ' annual junior competitions. How < ver. there will be an impressive ■ representation of Ute southwest and middle western states as well. I front those sections where interest I in this phase or work of the Future Farmers and 4-H Clubs is i keenest. I The show is being held on Treasure island at the invitation of the management of the Golden Gate International Exposition I which together with various breed i associations, is offering premiums j totaling $20,000, the largest ever , i offered at any junior livestock ex- , , position. o I Puff Ball 4'/a Feet Around Elmira N. Y. —(UP)—A puff (ball weighing 10 pounds, three ounces and measuring four and a half feet in circumference was found by Ira Ft. Tuttle in the woods near Elmira, o — Couple in 80s Wed Kenton, O. (U.R) — John L. Cotton. 83, and Christina McElroy. 80, are newlyweds. The bridegroom had been married on<;e previously, the bride twice

ATorld’s Poultry Congress Comes to the U. S. A. for the First Time

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The World's Poultry Congress which meets every third year comes to Cleveland, Ohio. July 2S to August 7, 1939. This is the first meeting ever held in the United States and probably those active m the poultry industry will all be gone before it comes back again. About 60 nations usually participate in the Congress. Every operation in the industry from nest to table will be shown. Every known breed of fowl will be on displav Scientists from all parts of the world will participate. Over 20 acres under roof will be utilized to house the exhibits. The building upper left in the above picture is the Hall of Youth for the junior activities. Also is shown the Cleveland Public Auditorium, exterior and interior where many meetings will be held and where part of the exhibit will be housed. The two visitors shown are a Polish fowl and a Japanese long tailed chicken A membership costing only SI.OO entitles the visitor to attend eleven days of this Congress. These memberships must be bought in advance.

SEED FOR SALE TOBE TESTED F armers Advertising Seed Must Have Same Tested And Tagged Lafayette, Ind., Feb, 17 - "A 1 .! farmers who advertise seed lor sale through circulars and newspapers are required to have this seed tested and tagged in accordance with the provisions of the Indiana seed law,' today stated 11. R. Kraybill, state seed commissioner with headquarters at Purdue University. "The only exemption to the tagging provisions of the law is that a farmer who has produced unadvertised seed may deliver it on his premises without tagging,” he said. Advertising by means of a sign erected on the farmers own premises or by word of mouth is permitted, however. "Farmers who expect to advertise seed of any kind for sale this spring, should immediately make plans to get the seed tested so that the information necessary to fill out the seed tags will be available in time. The seed tag calls for the seller's name and address, ' the percentage of purity, the per- | centage and date of genpination, I the state or foreign country of I origin and the number of each of the noxiout [ pound of seed This information is I essential to the seed purchaser and must be supplied in al\ cases i where the transaction comes unI der the law.” stated Dr. Kraybill. "Seed buyers should take full advantage of their rights under the law and insist that the seed they buy be properly tagged. Great j improvement has been made in the quality of seed offered for sale in Indiana, since the passage of the Indiana Seed Law in 1921. This improvement has come about by te- ' quiring the sellers of seed to prop- ’ erly label the seed so that the seed buyer could see what he was getting. We have always maintained that poor seed, correctly labelled, will not find a ready market in Indiana." HOffiSE /Ami N* SENSE Early broilers are usually more j profitable than those started late Keep them growing so they may I be ready for the March or Api 11

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————————————————— I market. The purchase of dirt and chaff in agricultural seeds is expensive. The purchase of weed seed is even more expensive. Insist that the ' seed you buy be tagged and then remember to read the tag. A clock placed near the stove I or cooking unit in the kitchen should greatly aid the new homemaker. Make a note on the recipe I card or in the cook book of the time required to conk various food. Don’t he misled about any wild i ' claims that may be made about 'imported Belgian oats, (’artier. Gopher and Columbia oats are among the earliest maturing, highest yielding varieties tested at the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. Extensive supplies of certified seed are available. Fuel cut now from trees may be stacked for summer drying and next winter’s warmth. The hardest work is dodging work. Do those add repair jobs now. Guard against the spread of field pepper grass, bitter winter cress and other winter annual weeds by spring plowing infested fields. Feed warm milk from clean pails ■ for the best results in raising calv1 es. 1 Further information on any of ■ these topics may he obtained by writing to the Purdue University Department of Agricultural Exten•Ision, Lafayette, Ind. Chinchilla Farm Expands ' i j Inglewood, Cal. — (UP) — The ' ‘ Chincilia Sales Corporation at its (South American Chinchilla Farm ,here now has 1,500 chiticlllas out of the total of only 2,000 that are . I believed to exist in the. entire world. The farm started with 11 of the little animals, but it will be from 8 W 20 years before the company figur ( es it can begin selling furs o Tax Tokens Hoarded El Reno, Okla. (U.R) The stale . puts out sales tax tokens by ths thousands here but redeems them i only by the hundreds. “We have i come to the conclusion,” says Miss Daisy Braden, El Reno tag agent, "that someone either is hoarding the little one- and five-mill pieces or burying them in wholesale jots.” WANTED RAGS, Magazines, Newspapers, 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 4421

FEWER NUMBER OF COWS BOOST TO PRODUCTION Good Herd Management Keeps Production With Fewer Cows A continuous testing program for seven consecutive years is a record limited to relatively few Indiana dairy herds but when Information furnished by these records < has made it possible for the herd of St. Mary's Academy, South 1 Bend. Indiana, to meet the needs of the institution with 47 cows last year instead of 81 head which were required in 1931, the achievement is of interest to every dairyman in northern Indiana. As spoil as cow-tester Charles Koesffier had made one or two tests, a number of suggestions were offered and the foundation for the present herd was laid. A grain ration was prepared to fit in with the roughages available, each cow being fed according to her individual needs. Special emphasis was placed on the value of a continuous pasture program. In spite of these changes, the herd average was only 8,869 pounds of milk and 274 pounds of butterfat, at the end of the first year. Heifers refreshening throughout the year brought the size of the herd above 100 cows. These additions, however, made it possible to cull the undesirables without affecting daily production too seriously. A more even distribution of fresh cows as well as higher yields in summer resulting from the use of better pastures leveled out production in such away that only 47 cows were required to supply the milk needed by the Institution. The herd averaged 8,760 pounds of milk and 377 pounds of butterfat. The farm, consisting of 601 plowable acres, is managed by Geo. Taylor, who has paid especial attention to pastures since taking direct charge of the herd a little more than one year ago. His plans ; for 1939 include the use of 29.5 acres of sweet clover for May and part of June, and 46 acres of alfalfa and timothy later on. Around August first, 18 acres of sudan grass will allow a change of pastures before returning to the al,falta*timothy mixture the lahar part of August. Early in September, Sudan grass will again provide ample feed for a limited period. After the sudan grass has been pastured down, a field of spring sown sweet clover will furnish grazing until frost. With such a pasture program it is not surprising that grain feeding during the grazing period need not be A SPECIAL ICE CREAM TREAT for WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY PARTYS Most important to make the as- ' fair a sure success is the ice cream. We have arranged special treats and can furnish the following upon 24 HOUR NOTICE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY— American Eagle, American Flag, Washington Bust and Washington Hatchet Molds. Flag center and hatchet center Bricks or Rolls. ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER OR THE CLOVERLEAF CREAMERIES

very heavy and yet maintain a , high level of production. Silage, chopped alfalfa hay and : a grain ration made up of 400 pounds ground corn, 200 pounds, of ground outs or ground speltz, and 100 pounds of soybeans or some other protein supplement when the supply of beans falls short, make up the winter ration. The herd is accredited for Tuberculosis and Hang s Disease, thus ' insuring a supply of homo grown herd replacements which as they freshen will permit a further culling of the present herd. Only those who have had the happy experience of getting as large an Income from three cows as five previously produced can fully appreciate the satisfaction of those who supervise and operate the St. Mary's Acadmey herd under the present program. PORTABLE MILL CLEANS GRAIN 35 Portable Mills Clean 102,000 Bushels Os Grain Last Year Lafayette, Ind.. Feb. 17 — More than 4<)2.000 bushels of small grain and legume seeds got. a “good cleaning' last year, according to a report recently made by C. E. Stiver, Purdue University extension wheat specialist, of the activities of 35 portable seed cleaning and treating machines that operated in Indiana. In addition 156,697 bushels were treated for various diseases by these machines. The 402.672 bushels cleaned in 1938, compared with 305,887 bushels cleaned a year earlier, included 367.210 bushels of wheat. 22,809 bushels of oats, 7.999 bushels

proudly presents THE-DESSERT-OF-THE-MONTH • C ''. JJI STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM PIE Here is Cloverleaf's new Dessert-of-the-Month for February—a delicious Strawberry Ice Cream Pie! Crust of pure vanilla ice cream, filling of rich, red-ripe strawberries! Each pie is individually decorated, wrapped and cartoned—more than a pint, serving four generous portions. Remember the Ice Cream Cake we offered for Christmas? ... the Peppermint Roll in January? Now our third big hit of the year . . . Cloverleaf Strawberry Pie. NOW AT YOUR NEARB V CLOVERLEAF DEALER Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. Huntington—Decatur—Warsaw—Fort Wayne —- ■ I Good Housekeeping J ; • Institute

STORED PLANTS DO VERY WELL Stored Strawberry Plants Do Very Well In Field Tests Lafayette, Ind., Feb. —Spring brings a rush of strawberry trans- ' planting with the result that nurI serymen must crowd several ■ weeks’ work into a few days. Also, plants often are injured by low i winter temperatures. Digging the plants in the fall and winter and holding them in cold storage may solve both problems in the opinion of Monroe McCown, extension horticulturist of Purdue University. Winter storage of strawberry plants is relatively new, says Mr. McCown, although preliminary investigations by the U. S. Department of agriculture show that win-ter-stored plants are fully equal to. and in many Instances are distinctly superior to freshly dug 1 of soybeans, and 4,654 bushels of clover and miscellaneous seeds. The disease seed treatment includ'ed 136.672 bushels of wheat and 20,025 bushels of oats, making a | total of 156,697 bushels., nearly twice the amount treated in 1937. "The improved features of the portable seed cleaners and treaters which are mounted on trucks, make them popular among farmers because of the greater service ' rendered.” Skiver explained. The 35 machines operated in the Hoosier state last year were owned by private individuals, cooperj ative groups of farmers, county farm bureaus, and associations of elevators. The usual cleaning charge for wheat was four to five cents a bushel, while the combined cleaning and treating charge for wheat and oats was six to seven cents a bushel. Stinking smut of wheat and loose smut of wheat and oats were the disease for which the seed was treated with a mercuric dust, a new Improved Ceresan. In 13 southern Indiana counties in the lower Wabash River valley, 882,189 bushels of wheat have been cleaned by portable machines since 1932. when the portable machine ser- ' vice was first started.

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plants. In the tests, conducted by Dr. M H. Haller of the bureau of the plant industry, plants were stored at 17. SO, 32 and 36 degrees Fah--1 renheit. The plants were dug and 1 stored in shipping crates at mon- , thly intervals from December 21 to March 21, and set out In month- ; ly intervals from March 21 to June i 2L | Plants stored at 30, 32, and 36 f ■ degrees were always equal to and - generally were superior to plants -1 left In the field over winter and I then freshly dug and planted. , Those held at 17 degrees were z killed. Doctor Haller reports that s I there was some Indication that I plants stored at 30 degrees pro- ' duced more leaves and runners i than stored at 32 and 36 degrees. There is one drawback for the nurseryman selling storage plants, , Mr. McCown points out. Most of the growers demand freshly dug . plants because the leaves are . 1 green, while some leaves of the . plants held in storage may appear 1 wilted, discolored, or dead. When . transplanted, however, the storage • plants grow quickly. The department of agriculture t expects to continue research into plant storage as present knowledge ’ does not Indicate at what time in I a condition suitable for storage. , the fall or winter plants first reach r o 500 Sheets X«/ 2 xll. 16-Tb. White Paragon Bond typewriting paper 55c. The Deonfiir Democrat Cn. ts i

Do Y'ou We Make Need A Federal Farm Loans Loan? At ' A?' ; We'll be Pleased to talk 3 this over with you at any ’ time. i ADAMS COUNTY r NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION •’ Office 133 S. Second St. I, j Decatur, Ind. Phone 2 . | Henry B. Heller, Sec.-Treas.