Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1939 — Page 5

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■ING ESSAY » PUBLISHED f Btricity In Hairy X J Work ETH SKA -mix*'" : ' ' 1 ' ' i«>t . >ii. « it. in t ,. v 'ii.iinila< tin mg i •• i. i 11- ,; !<«•<-. E3EL forth. It <ow • i.i'hitte* "' ■B tnt'.kin--"l.'tl III' ■K-ti-i . .: premium p ■B <l i.tllty produi ' "-■ ■. ~n the . ■■«* it • w ■Hr ■' follow' <1 l»" i Hiik.r on th- aninncl* >ix 'hr ,1)1 -lag- '"W A |Bfl , limiting 'h<- tint-. ■K ■ ..t milk may bHR v tip t<m ruplrily a' 'lt milking period K| .1 tub- if that HH- f ' up- ' '•• io • K -tie more- mmple-- ' , «<» uh. ■Ek prodine|Hini>ihl> by li.im! i•- T tor ■ .t' li pom i oi ■ follow' .1 in the yl- of ■B 1 ok't lium.it. ■ ■ k th- w.i' - • . | WANTED |B(>S. Magazines. NewtScrap Iron, Old Auto |Bi<"<. Batteries. ( upper. |B Aluminum, and all of scrap metal'. gB but hides, wind. wheep K the year round. ■The Maier Hide iK & Fur Co. • |Bi. Monroe st. Phone 112 fc?.Wv;g H,. • •*.\4«o *„' »** r..i Bh-'' ia**?'-’'' , W ba A *!■* ,r * n<' rl °; ’**‘ ri *£Aj? 4 e'<: ■ R"■r*%si •'*£•' 4 K~< rH» ‘ ■ n»y< Shoaf B Mgar krueckebciK B Ihaatur Salesmen. B Walter Plechter Sah siti.io

Speakers Named For Purdue Ag. Conference

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<*• Z. lufayi tis. linl. !•«■<■. Prominent fnrni !• .i<|rr« of the Ninth Ain- , eili mii t ontlimnt will appear mi th< I’urdtie l tihm«ify tamputt. Jan !< to 13. to addrea* variou« aan< tiltural group meeting* and gmieral i aegdonti to h> held during the annual Arrft iiiluial Confer‘ n< •■ Addu'Ung the opening gmo al segsion of th. farm and home w< < k program. I>r Kdward C Elliott, , president of Purdtte. will apeak Monday ;( ftomoon iJan «t in Eliza Ettwler Hall I l.’> o’e.oi k on "l.h I ing. Learning .up; leaning.'’ Preaiding oyer the ►e-»imi will he i Ih-an H J I’.eid of I'unlti agri< ul tural ilep.irtni. ;it- who also will j appegr on the Friday morning ' tJae. lit aeanimi. to w.boni' the ’ lr.dian.l rural youth for their fourth I annual state < imferen< e. Too hr i vent’-ril, i Hfiei lally when they are [ eating. When tienii running wat’.r i .■h itt ii .illy pumped to individual J drinking <up in the dairy li.uti., j not only doer mote milk re*nlt. i hut also a hit of »"tk I* saved in j not driving the < •>«» to and from ( the watering trough These ad-aii ■tager ate particularly appreciated during fit*' winter months w lien I anow or fleet on tin- ground mak- - | tt datigerou* to turn the <owg out

TOE CIHtR HAlf Os THE JO6/_ . (AND THERE • ( SO TA'S VTO Ktt p »s*O A N OLD ICLEAN.NOT MUCH USt L_ FAjHiowt D ItoMAVL AtIODtRN roiun TOILET LEFT > I|F IT ISN’I SEPT SANiiamy.l IN CHE UdtotE V " -■ — , ~~ “>// NUbMBORHOOO I rjhipy — 3 A«<& th! * •I I 111 /s z .&■ , .. i Iw i r ■* I Jt o - "I -j I r/r - J nt 1 SAFf 3EUAUL ,( L ? - OI3PO->AL DEPENDS UPON *-* Constant cleanunor and . TIAINTE NENEE OF EQUIPMENT. •**»«• WKiAW* I, ’ ,, ' w ! :,dri I* n’ ilh .nd tr.liiad th. impurt.ru-. of ..f. .«•«. dif|H>»nl .nd to'* f a unit.™ toilet i« "«• enough. :*•,■• ~ .... , m.t.1.t0.« mart ba It mu»t I* kfp, . C t’-r. .nd vrinm. The mound around Mdui S‘ "Uli. up to prevent inveton b, dlee‘•'¥;r,tl..p< rtonee nf ron.t.nt ek*nb««M «"d m.inten.i.ee- e.n nnt be over emphaeired.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939.

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■uij A.V. Elliott will be the prim ipal apeak- • I at the annual banquet of the Purdin Agricultural Alumni Io lie held Thursday noon (Jan lit. Tin Indiana Corn A a to-1 I i union will eeiehrate its Imh aunt ternary on Monday evening (Jan •it Tin- prhir’ipal apeaker for the I iH'.ision win i>e tn (, | Christie , former direi tor of the agricultural E»|Hinnenl Station and Itepari i tnent of Agrtcnltural Fitenaton a< i Purdin .iinl nos president of On , tario \gtli trltur.il Colley, Geulph. Canada Hundred* of Indiana farmer* an • vfurtiil to throng to the Tnimday • Jan it general neaslnn. ached ill ■it tu begin al 1-' Jo o'i 10. k For, I 1.11111- I Taber. Columbus <>. M.i ter »f the Na'ional <>iang>'. will , speak iddrcaalng the throng on i in water, and when they refuse to drink their till beiause tin water |, ton . old I! Tim- after you hate iiulvi-d ( lite iaig'-at quantity of milk po«» ible it ..in your <ows, care aliould , lie t.ik. ii by the creamery patron , Hi th- operation of his aeparator. Crr.ini listing iH'lWeen JO and I" , per i a! scries Ills own internal* lu st well .i of Irin cream , cry , • ssful dairy farmer* ami , ( most I H Mineryinell of long eiper- I

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, 'PHEf. K.C.KU/orr ' Market* for America." Hili' of the brilliant affair* of the week will be the annual forestry and conaervatlon banquet on Tuesday tjatt fti evening, when C It Jackwon. ai thrg < ummiaaloner of the I S llureau of fiaherle*. |m partmi nt of Interior , will *pi ak on The Fnr Heal Industry. * Prai-t1,.il ~il Conaervatlon liemonitratlon.' Addressing the opening general s'-aaion of the rural youth group • n Friday morning i.lan ID, io 30 i o’clock will be State Senator lurrry Hratidnir of IreKaib county, vicepresident and Seeretary-Treaaurer of the Indiana Farm Bureau. Coo Ikiup. Colnmbua. is presiilent of th' Indiana Kirtiit Youth group and Is " heduled to preside over the annual youth banquet Friday evening iJan. 131. lorn e agree. There is no advantage in produc Illg thin 1 learn, eream teslHlg less than 3<» per cent. Th- average »ep urator sklitrs a* clean when pro during 1 ream t<-*tlng In-tween 3« and I" ju r cent as when th-- ream tests less, ami naturally, th- thinner tb- 1 ream, the les* skim milk there will !»■ for feeding purpose* on the farm, ami the more bulk of < r-am th'-re will be io tool, ran 1 for. and trans|H>rf to th-- creamery. If the average test of the 1 ream 111 lived at the Iri atnery is low, ■ quiptmnt -d larger lapa-iiy. more fuel and more power are required to handle It. Furthermore, th-- har.liter of Ho loitti-r a* to b-sly and flavor Is not as desirable as of butter made from richer cream otherwise of the same quality. In the eti'l. a I-remunity priulu r ing thin cream for Ils local eream- - ry. suffer* a loss that can readily lie avoid-d If -a- h producer will make It a point to separate a cream testing hitweeti thirty and forty per H ilt. A test higher than l» |s r n nt is of no ndiatiiage either to the farmer or i reamery Huch heavy cream may have itistim t disadvantages to th- producer byway of Increased loss ot huttcifat in th< skltn milk and when transferring ththh k i ream from pall tn <an and from one - an io another. So with care ami the aid of modem equipment, dairymen now reap profits from What a few years back was a complete loss. 'Unde Jim'Saui: ' k. »<* >/ ? w "If you want Io stop your land from blow Ina or washing away you can’t lieu 1 old Mother Nature's way of tying H down with mots'* — I.'.—"i-p . - -a.. Trad* in • Qouu Town » Dutatur

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LAYINC FLOCKS REQUIRE CARE Good Housing, Lights, Minerals, Grom Feedu Help Production I Winter profits from the faint 'flock of laying hens depends on proper housing, feeding. 1 nd care, stat- 1 <•* H M Byre. Evti-nslon I’oultiyman forth- t'ollege ot Agrli tiltut • . W--st Virginia I’nivers‘ty. 1 latying houses should le- insulated | to make thitii warm e,rough so that ;:lie hens will not Use (00 much of .the feed consum-d for th-- production and maintenance of body lu-it. thus le-senlng the amount that can •go Into the production of egg* The | house must also m- p-op-rly ventilated so as to remove the moisture I from the air given off In the birds lln breuthing ami to keep the Utter, walls, and celling of th" house dry Hamp houses an -ondnelve to colds, croup, and lowered vitality of the hens, Mr. Hyre says. Ample spaii- for the Irens ott tire floor, at tin- fi-eil hoppers, and on the roost is also Important, th Ev tension poultryman explains. Light breeds such as la-ahoiiis requite at i--as’ three squaie feet of floor spue- per bird, and l.eavy breed* |such as Rocks and Reds four square feet for «si< h bird There ri--<*fs to be ,enough liopper ami roosting space to aei'onioilate all the birds without ,< lowdlng Hens Must Eat To Lay I Consumption of ad-quat- feed is essential to high egg produi-tion. •Mr. Hyre point* out, and th<- use of . a warm wet mash at noon >-ai h day will em-ourago the blrls to mt lu-aitily. ’.t may Ire oiado from throgtrlar mash with hot water or milk only as niuelr a» tin- bo-la will clean up in alsiut :!o minutes should 1»- prepared at one time Hr - n feed is highly d-«i< iH< ■ cause i»f the vitamins it supplies I A. It. E. and G and »h-iuld be pro 1 vided in -our-' for. suclr is i proofed Ml IM..

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imts. cabbage, alfalfa leaf meal, or other ravnmercial green feeds. Vitamin Il is also neei'siuiry, and Is most onaily sutqilieil through feeding eod liver oil In th- ration In the prrrporthin of a pint to 1 o pounds nt mash. Minerals ar-- essential for shell- ! making, and Hie hen* should have ae. ess to a constant supply of oy s- , ter shell or coarsely ground limej a constant -uptiiy of clean fresh •stone Jsikewisi-. highly importani is drinking wu'.-r that Is not too cold It pays to take the chill off the wat er in cold w- ather by moun* ot elec ' trie or oil heaters Light* Stimulate Production Light* stimulate egg production but .ippar-ntly not in the way that has u> nernlly bn-rt believi-d, .Mr. . Hyre explain- R-asons given for the use of lightr. Hi the laying houshave b-en t-.> lengthen th-' working day forth- hens and give thivn more lime tx> consume more feed. ! but rec.-nt experiments reported from (Hilo State I'nlversity Indicate thot this conclusion is erroneous, and th.i' the incr-.isol egg produi jtion from the use of lights in the laving house is due to stimulutloii ’of the reproductive organs of th--birds hv light imMlng through the - ye and Influeni lng a harrone-pro-'ducliig gland If this theory Is cOITOCt. th-- light should b- noai th- rc-i-it, where the I inis are ini lln--I to 1-M.t, rather than near the l>-<l trough In a'-l -■vents, the Use of lights do Inerois*«»gg production whether for one or 1 the other of the reasons or both, and so are helpful Finally. Mr. Hyre cautions. If any birds bis nme ill for any reason, they -tiould b- r-vno -d from the 'laying fl<» k and (r-pt separately until they fully recover. — .. Archer*' Preserve Marked Out Phoenix. Ailr tUP) State game warden William Hawtolli- ha* anfnmtii- ii th- n-ation of an "An h>rs I’aia.li-- ' It will consist of approximately list square mil-'S it. th-- mountain area of the state when- uh Io !• will Ih- allowed to use liows and arrow* in Hie kill- ’ ing <>f everything from prairie dog* I to Im ar.

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County Agtlcultural Agent I. E i Archbold today culled attention to the a-1-itnpatiylng graph, which pl< tore* the wholesale prices of all I K commodities, prices of Iml lana farm pnulilct*. at;-l the avet age labor Income on approximately ■<*> Hoosier farmers by yeats for | th-* lust de<ad--The Purdue I'nherslty farm * department, which ien«ntly pn-par-'d a bulletin on Tin- tiutlo-ik for Indian* Agriculture in r.ifo," H ald Ihls about the • hart 'Th-- Index of Indiana farm pi in-* tend to follow the Index of wliol-'sal-- prices for all niinmodl ties in the l ulled Rtate*. but tnnv H0&8E \ a Cut only mature tree* for *ale ; . ' Lump" selling the whole woiuls Is I wasteful and murk* finis for your I Investment Always market the j best and keep the rest Ari you giving consideration to seed supplies for nett year? Get a lertlfied list from your county *grl cultural agent, which tontalns the sourer* of improved varieties of oaf*, lespedesa. soybeans, and of corn. It Is dangerous to buy need or I feed without reading first the slate | I tag on every bag but It is even more dangerous to buy seed or f-'cil In bug* that contain no state | i 'ut" 1 llairymen who take precautions | to prevent milk from freezing are ! i thereby taking Insurance against 1

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' •>* within wld-r limits anti at a faster rate. In periods of rising price*. (Ueh ai occurred in im*7, farm price* rose faster than wholesale prices, resulting In a relatively favorable n-lnthmshlp for farmers In perj l--ds of rapidly falling prices, such at 152531, and In 1*37-3*. a period of moderately falling prices, farm prlie* fell faster than wholesale prices, and resulted in a relatively unfavorable om-ratltig relationship for farmetH Indiana turners, theefore should l»* vitally Interested In th- movement of th.- wholesale loin- level, tor profits In farming ar- t ins- |y associated with It.” I sinalle milk cheek Whim the can I* dumped tonslderahle frtMen milk may remain on the Interior side of the can and never reach the weight tank Huccessfiil Hoosier farmers make more opportunities than they find Further Information 011 any of th«- foregoing topics may be obtained by writing to the Depart* 1 ment of Agricultural Extenaion. Purdue I'nlversity. laifayette, Ind Do You We Make Need A Federal Farm Loan* Loan? At 4% We'll Ih- l*lea*ed to talk this over with you at any time. ADAMS COUNTY NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION Office 133 •. Second St. Decatur, Ind Phone 2 Henry B Heller, Sec.-Treas. —