Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1957 — Page 8

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More Russian War Ships In Bosporus Coinciding With NATO Maneuvers ISTANBUL, Turkey (UP > -Three more Soviet war vessels passed through the Bosphorus today en route‘from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean where the U.S. 6th Fleet joins NATO forces in a major defense exercise next week. The three So'Wet vessels today were motor torpedo boats. They were expected to, pass through the Dardanelles later today and move on fnto the Mediterranean to join a big Soviet cruiser and two escort ships which made the passage Thursday. There was no hint of any connection between passage of the Russian ships and the NATO exercises through observers at NATO headquarters in Naples, Italy, speculated there may be some “unofficial observation.” The NATO maneuvers. Including air, sea and ground forces from six nations, begin the three-day exercise, nicknamed "RasieRosie,” June 25 They are designed to test NATO defenses in the Mediterranean against a surprise atomic air attack. Movement of the Soviet ships into the Mediterranean was believed the beginning of a Soviet “muscle flexing” show of their naval strength in the Mediterran-

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ean. The Russians are Known to be irked by the “diplomatic maneuvers” of the huge U.S. 6th Fleet in Middle East waters. Western observers were keenly watching the movements of the Soviet ships. There was speculation they may pay a “good will” visit to the Egyptian port of Alexandria Or some Syrian port. At Alexandria they would tie up alongside three Soviet - built submarines which arrived there earlier this week, presumably to be turned over to the Egyptian Navy. The Russian warships also could call at the Albanian port of Saseno on the Adriatic across from southern Italy where the Soviets are reported to have established a big submarine base complete with bomb-proof submarine oens. The Red fleet cruiser which passed into the Aegean Sea Thursday was reported steaming slowly to the west waiting to rendezvous with today's new arrivals. Main units of the U.S. 6th Fleet were stationed off the Mediterranean coast of Spain, but informed sources said some American and British Mediterranean ;mits could .be presumed to be in the Eastern Mediterranean I.KUXI. VOTII'E Th<“ IV>anl of VriJwt«-«-B of th<> IVrstur I’ublte l.Hirary will reoelvw Ibid* On No. 2 furl oil, to be fur. nlwliwd durliiK the year from Kept. 1, IM7 to Auxuat 3d. IsflK. Hid* rnunt ft*- In I>he off U-e of the Library by noon of July 3rd, Ur. Si. A. Blaler President’ June 21, 2X If you have something to sell oi rooms for Bent, try a Democrat Want Ad. it brings results

Tractor Track Planting Oi Corn Is Being Tried By County Farmer

Preble township farmers are keeping a close watch on a 17-acre field of corn on the Hugo Bulmahn farm, lMi miles north of Preble, and one-half mile east. Bulmahn, a quiet, oeep-thinking farmer, has been reading for several years about very successful corn planting in northern Indiana and throughout Michigan by plowing and planting in the tractor wheel marks the second time over the field. Yields have averaged higher and much work has been saved. Bulmahn investigated this method. He found that the -soils where it had been tried were light, sandy soil. Adams county has a heavier, clay soil. Last year, however, Bulmahn de-

■ 3c■ % v* iffirPllmfift f Kc * 111 B «Bjj| '< _ •;& '5 V TRACTOR TRACK PLANTING of corn, without discing or harrowing, and with only one cultivation necessary, is paying off for farmer Hugo Bulmahn, of Preble township. This year Bulmahn planted a 17-acre field this way, and already the plants average 17 inches in height, as does Ihe corn in the picture above. TT»e loose soil between the rows prevents weeds from growing, holds nwlsture in dry years, but allows fast run-through of drainage water in wet years. Also, one cultivation covers the few weeds in the tractor tracks with two inches of dirt.—(Staff Photo) 1 ■ —w—:‘>af ' &. f IWWif ■’ v< . ■ 'tyv'- '*■4o' PLANTED IN THE CONVENTIONAL, five-step method. with plowing, 2 discings, harrowing and cultipacking, and finally planting, is about 11 inches high right now on the Hugo Bulmahn farm. This corn was planted one day after his tractor-track planted corn, which is 17 inches high, Bulmahn got 136 bushels per acre planting this new way last year, in Adams county clay soil. Pictured above is tile conventionally planted corn, showing the tight-packed, cracking soil, with small weeds Starting up iq the cracks. Two cultivations will be necessary to kill them.—(Staff Photo)

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cided he would try the plan. At first his wife and family tried to convince him he should plant a back field, where the neighbors wouldn't see his folly. It Is hard for an Adams county farming family to think of corn planting without at least five steps—plowing, discing twice, harrowing and cullipacking, and then planting. He decided he would try a threetime operaticßi. First he plowed the field. Then he pulled his cultipacker over the field, with his rear tractor wheels set 72 inches apart. The second step was necessary because he wanted the rows of corn 36 inches apart. He had to drive his tractor over the field once before planting, since the wheels were 72 inches apart. His third

step was to straddle the wheel marks with his tractor and pull a tour-row planter, off-set 18 inches, over the field. The com rows were set 36 inches apart, and the com spaced 10 inch-" es apart in the row, for 17,000 stalks per acre. Bulmahn kept a close watch on his “folly.” He noticed that no weeds got started in the roughplowed dirt between the com rows. There were some weeds started in th tractor tracks, where the dirt was packed, but one cultivation, instead of two. took care of these. The corn grew uniformly over the entire field, ahead of his conventionally planted corn. In the late summer, when his other fields had crusted over, and were hard as cement on top, he could still kick up the dirt in his test field. When it rained on the crusted fields, Bulmahn noticed most of this water ran off without soaking in. On the test field he found that more water soaked into the loose topsoil. But in drying, quite the opposite proved true. Hie closely packed conventional field allowed the moisture to pass right to the surface, and evaporate. The loosely packed test plot kept the moisture in the soil, where the roots of the corn caa use it. The final test was the yield. The 24-acre field measured 136 bushels to the acre, the best from that field Bulmahn had ever produced. However, the Preble township farmer did not wish to be hasty in his judgment. Perhaps last year was an unusual year, especially suited for tractor-track planting. He set aside another field for testing this year. • This field, a 17-acre plot lying on an east-west road, has no extra fertilizer or working not used on the other fields on die farm. Bui* mahn planted this field one day, and his other corn the next. His neighbor also planted corn the next day. On June 19 his regularly planted corn was about 11 inches high. It was a good field, but had some spots in it where the plants were smaller. Weeds were already up, and getting a Start throughout the entire field. The ground was slightly crusted already. The test plot of tractor-track planted corn looked a week ahead of the conventional planting. It stood aborft 17 inches high, and was uniform in height over the entire field. No weeds were growing in the space between the rows. Oaly a few large weeds, remaining from last year's meadow, marred th* field. Bulmahn says that if this year’s crop continues to grow well, and produces a high yield, be plans to plant 75 acres of corn next year by the tractor-track method. Next year he plans to run two tractors, each pulling three-bottom plows over the field. The second tractor will have a two-row com planter, off-set 21 inches, behind the plow. He plans to plant 42inch rows, with the com spaced 8% inches apart in the rows, to keep the population at 17,000 stalks per acre. After planting he will then drive his tractor back over the rows, packing the soil down with the tractor wheels. He feels that this system will give him more flexibility in wet weather If it rains immediately after planting, he won't have to pack the soil, and will be finished in one operation. Bulmahn pointed out that he had to do a very thorough job of plowing up last year’s meadow, so that large, left-over weeds would not be a problem. Also, he had to waft for ideal plowing conditions, when the soil was not too wet or too dry. Bulmahn feels that the month-long range in corn planting time i* Adams county will alow him plenty of time to wait for the right time to plant. He feels that the savings in labor, through less preparing of the soil and less cultivating, the improvement in moisture conditions in the soil in'both wet and dry years, evener stand and fast start, and the lack of weeds in the field, all .help make the yield greater and the profit greater. Figuring on $1.25 an acre for each time over the field, by saving three steps in the planting process and cultivating, he saves $3.75 an acre in labor alone. ■> Local farmers who have been watching Bulmahn’s experiment are quite interested, and several Preble township farmers are thinking of trying the new method. Pvkdue University has not recommended this method as yet, as very few farmers have tried it on clay soils, such as Bulmahn’s. Testing of this* method in Adams county may well pioneer tractor • track planting heavy soils, and provide a better way for profit-making in agriculture. NOTICE TO BIDDER* Notice I* hereby (riven that the Township Trustee and Advisory Board of St. Mary* Township, Adams County, Indiana, will accept seeled bids at Pleasant Mills School until 8:00 P.M. on July 2, 1057, for the following': One SO passenger school bus body. One school bu« chassis suitable for u«e wiitfh a SO passenger body. Both body and chassis must toe fully equipped to meet all requirements of the State of Indiana for transportation of sohool children. Further information may be had of the trustee. . , . The right is reserved to reject any or alt bids. L. H. Brasses, Trustee St. Marys Township June i/l, 28

Melvin Hirschy Dies Early Today Funeral Services Monday Morning MELVIN HIRSCHY Melvin Hirschy, 62, farmer and lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 3:50 o’clock this morning at his home on rural route 1, Geneva. He had been ill for j||ree months. 7He was bom in Adams county May 15. 1895, a son of C. D. and Louise Felber-Hirschy, and was married to Rose Fuhrer March 23. 1933. Mr. Hirschy attended the Union Chapel church. Surviving in addition to his wife are one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Wilkins of Shannon City, la.; one son, Marvin Hirschy, at home; one grandchild; two brothers, Clarence Hirschy of Fort Wayne, and Tillman Hirschy of Berne route 2, and five sisters, Misses Erna, Mary and Helen Hirschy, oil of Berne route 2, Mrs. Herman Sprunger of Berne, and Mrs. Harry Johnson of Berne. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Monday at the Yager funeral home in Berne, the Rev. Riley Case and- the Rev. J. J. Klopfenstein officiating. Burial will be in the. MRE cemetery. Friends may cal! at the funeral home after 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. DISARMAMENT ff* <C—«ta—<l lu»a f«i« Oaa) The talks resume Tuesday and Stassen requested sessions be held daily to permit him to present the new U.S. disarmament plMt. • U. K STARTS (C»»«I»»K tram P»k« Ow) But at the end of a 30-minute recess his impassiveness was gone. He stormed back into the Quonset hut, his well-tailored uniform quivering with rage and accused the U.N. of trying to cover up its own armistice viblations by accusing the Reds of violating the 4-year-old truce. Promises “Strongest Protest" Jung said he was lodging the “strongest pTot es t with your side." He called for the “peaceful unification” of Korea and the withdrawal of all foreign troops. The historic meeting lasted one hour and 15 minutes It marked the end of another key provision of the armistice agreement—Sub Paragraph 13-d which said no new equipment could be introduced into Korea once the fighting ended. It was the second major provision nullified by the Allies after the Communists had made it a "mockery.” The first was the decision to expel the so-called “neutral nation" truce supervisors, a decision taken after the Polish and Czech members made any form of inspection impossible.

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Erie Officials On Visit To Decatur F. J. Wild, Erie railroad general passenger agent. Ronald Towns, assistant general agent, both of Cleveland, 0., and Robert Johnson, Chicago passenger agent, were in Decatur this week. The three railroad executives were surveying Decatur to ascertain if there was sufficient interest here to warrant an excursion to New York some week-end in August. Present plans call for excursion ticket sales to be made in Decatur Rochester, and Huntington. If the proposal is carried out, passengers could get on tfie train at the three stations on a Friday afternoon and arrive home on a Sunday afternoon.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION .... Have Your Insurance Policies n Checked Against Today’s Values. COWENS INSURANCE AGENCY • L. A. COWENS EM COWENS 289 Court St Phone 3-3801 Deeatar, lad. PUBLIC SALE Due to an injury received in a recent accident I am forced to sell the following personal property'at : auction at the farm located 1 mile South and lVi miles East of Portland, Indiana, on ' WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1957 12:30 O’CLOCK 12—REG. POLLED SHORTHORN CATTLE—I 2 Consisting of: 4 Cows with calves by side; 2 cows coming with 2nd calves, heavy springers; 1 bull, eligible to register, coming yearling July Ist; 1 heifer, eligible to register, coming yearling July sth. Among these cattle are two granddaughters of Collynie Renown, two granddaughters of Lynnwood Approval sth, and a granddaughter Os Collynie Goods. The calves are sired by Collynie Red Ensign, a bull I purchased from Carl Cross of Rockford, Ohio. Collynie Red Ensign was sired by Collynie Renown and out of an imported cow. Registration Certificates will be shown on sale day/ 18—GRADE CATTLE—IB 1 Roan heifer with calf by side; 1 Black White face heifer with calf by side; 5 good Holstein bulls, old enough for service: 2 yearling Shorthorn steers: 5 small Holstein steers: 1 small Holstein heifer; 1 small Guernsey heifer. The cattle are T. B. and Bangs tested. — HOGS — - 12 head of Hampshire gilts with pigs by side; 10 Hampshire sows re-bred to start farrowing Sept. 12th; 26 herd of Hampshire, Duroc, and White gilts bred to start farrowing July 6th; 90 head of Hampshire pigs weaned ffom the. above sows; 2 coming yearling Hampshire boars. JOHN HIATT, Owner H. D. SNYDER and O. A. “CY” ZEIGLER. Auctioneers This ad will appear one time only.

FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1957

Announcement of the survey’s results will be made in a few days, the men stated. I ■ Mild Flu Outbreak At Newport Base NEWPORT, R. I. (UPJ — The Navy today reported a "mild outbreak” of Oriental Influenza at ttse Newport Naval Base. The navy said the flu which has swept the Far East has been detected on eight of 110 Newport-based ships since’ June 3. An estimated 500 personnel have been stricken, the navy said. The navy statement said “The outbreak is mild since only 2 percent of 27,500 sailors in the Newport-based ships have been affected.”