Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1959 — Page 8

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DEKALB'S CORN CROP REPORT MAP —1959 (Baaed on reports of observers of the DeKalb Agricultural Ass’n., Inc.) With the lifting of acreage controls last spring, a record volume of corn production in 1959 was predicted and that prediction came true. The national crop of 4J4 billion bushels will be the largest ever and will show an increase of 17 percent over last year’s total. With a few exceptions, this staggering amount reflects a year of good growing conditions in the Cora Belt Lack of moisture held down yields in the Southwestern Minnesota - South Dakota area and hail did widespread damage in Southern Nebraska. Spring rains delayed planting in Southwestern lowa and Eastern Nebraska with later heavy rains causing floods there and also in Southeastern lowa and Northern Missouri A rather infrequent pest, the corn leaf aphid or "plant louse” was the cause of considerable barrenness and poor seed set in Northern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and in Eastern lowa. In most areas, however, corn yields ran high. lowa and Illinois, the two top producing states, are breaking all records with an estimated crop of I*4 billion bushels between them. A new record for bushels pet acre will be set at $2.5 bushels compared to last year's 51.7 bushels per acre. '' .J* hh | ca X. * WviaMill wWi ’hi W i r < a \ i] 1 * f I ' W 5 / ■EXCELLENT ' KS VERY GOOD ’]>• KI average w fair M.. 4 | |

U.S., Russ Agriculture To Vie at Indian Fair

NEW DELHI (UPI) — Thousands of Indian laborers are rushing to complete lavish pavilions that will house the Soviet and American exhibits at the biggest agricultural fair ever held in Asia. The fair has taken on added significance because of President Eisenhower's forthcoming visit to New Delhi. He is expected to open the United States pavilion with what may be a major policy address. The fair will emphasize the application of atomic energy to agricultural science. It will run until February, 1960. and is expected to draw 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 visitors. Twenty nations from all over the world are expected to take part, but the American and Russian pavilions will be the center of interest. Both nations are bringing their best and latest equipment to show what progress they have achieved. Mongolia. Poland and West Germany are scheduled to be among the participants. Communist China, which had reserved a sizeable plot in the fair grounds, backed out at the last minute because of its border dispute wtih India. Moscow was not pleased with the Chinese Communists' llth-hour withdrawal from the exhibition. Russia bluntly told Peiping it had made a tactical blunder by backing out and thus losing a chance to sow some propaganda seeds. Nature Also Has Safe Driving Laws Disregard for nature’s traffic laws may be more deadly than a violation of man-made laws, says F. R. Wilsey, Purdue University farm safety specialist. This is especially true when nature’s wintertime laws are in force. Most accidents do not occur during heavy snowfalls when traffic is stowed almost to a standstill and many persons stay at home, he adds. Such things as slush, light freezing drizzle, isolated slick spots, muddy spray on the windshield and fogged windows are likely to lead to a rash of accidents. Even on dry roads it pays to know and obey the natural laws that apply to safe driving. When special winter hazards are involved. stopping distances increase and visibility often decreases. Willsey says much of the problem could be solved if we would adjust our speed to the conditions. Pumping the brakes when attempting to stop on snow, ice or wet pavement helps, as does turning the front wheels in the direction of the skid when the car starts to slide sideways. ■. , People going from heavily traveled highways where snow and ice have been worn away must adjust when they reach country roads that often remain slick much longer. Winterize your driving to fit nature’s laws, Willsey advises. Weather ' Farm animals often contract pneumonia following weather with extreme temperature variations, cold nights vrarffi days. Owners should be alert and watch for coughing, Increased • breathing rate, or nasal discharges. Call your veterinarian before the disease becomes well established or spreads to the rest of the herd.

The American pavilion is being built on five square acres of land. The entire exhibit, highlighting recent scientific developments, will cost the government about 32,000,000. U. S. authorities employed 2,500 Indian laborers to rush completion of their pavilion. It will have four exhibition buildings surrounded by lakes, fountains, colorful Indian flowers and 32 precast golden domes — each 17 feet in diameter and 40 feet high. This unique design was created by one of America’s most distinguished architects, Minoro Yamasaki of Birmingham, Mich. The Russians have been equally busy ,on their pavilion. They want to tell the Indians how Communist countries have been applying modern scientific techniques to step up agricultural production. Yuletide Hints For The Farm Housewife - Pencil and paper can be the most important items in your Christmas shopping plans, says Anna K. Williams, home manage-, ment specialist at Purdue University. To save steps and simplify shopping, compose at leisure a list of proposed gifts opposite the names of the persons for whom they are intended. You may have to substitute alternate gifts and there should also be jotted down. Study ads in the local paper—th-n, list in hand, plan your shoppint route according to location of store or shopping canter. If yur handwriting is legible and you can recruit help from the restj of the family, you can split the list, to speed shopping. You might take advantage of store services such as telephone shopping and delivery services. In many cases, these services are free. In addition to the Christmas list, include necessary clothing sizes <keeo a handy record of family clothing sizes in your billfold) and samples of any fabrics, paint, paper or floor coverings to be matched. The best list in the world won’t save you if your timing is off, Miss Williams reminds, so plan to avoid rush hours and shop early when stocks are high and variety is available. 1 Chicago Trip We had an interesting trip to Chicago last Friday and Saturday. The horse show at the International Livestock Show was one of the highlights of the trip, but perhaps most fascinating was the visit in Chinatown. I don't know whether some of the group have learned have learned how to use their chopsticks yet or not. Marketing Trip A trip to Chicago to observe marketing, both grain and livestock, is planned for Jan. 11 and 12. One day will be spent on livestock marketing with Paul Mitchell as tour guide and the other day on grain marketing with Bill Farris as guide. Both Mitchell and Farris are extension economists at Purdue who specialize in marketing. The trip will be by charter ‘feus. Cost will be about 320.00. Inteiesb 5 ed persons should contact the County Extension Office.

What To Do With Too Much Rabbit Hunting season—and occasionally the housewife who is hunting for an empty corner in a freezer full of rabbit may feel that her successful Nimrod suffers from an excess of zeal. To help deplete the larder, Clara Wendt, consumed education specialist at Purdue University, offers a recipe which may add variety to the usual cooking techniques o stewing (for older rabbit) and frying (for tender, young rabbit). How about Hassenpfeffer, anybody? cup vinegar 2 cups water 2 teaspoons salt teaspoon pepper >4 teaspoon whole cloves 2 teaspoons sugar 4 bay leaves 1 medium onion, sliced Small rabbit (about 2% pounds, ready-to-cook cut in serving pieces Flour 3 tablespoons fat 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 3 tablespoons flour Make pickling mixture by combining vinegar, water, salt, pepper, cloves, sugar, bay leaves, and onion in a glass or enamel-ware bowl. Add rabbit and sliced giblets and cover. Let stand in refrigerator 8 to 12 hours, turning the pieces occasionally so they will absorb flavor evenly. Remove rabbit. Remove bay leaves and cloves from pickling mixture. Roll rabbit in flour and brown in fat in heavy pan. Pour ' pickling mixture over rabbit, cover pan and cook over low heat 1 hour or until tender. Remove rabbit and keep it hot. Add Worcestershire sauce to the liquid. Mix 3 tablespoons flour with cold water, add a few tablespoons of hot liquid, and pour info pap»j m j Stir until smooth and pour over , rabbit for four servings. (For 8 to 10 servings, use 4 to 5 pound rabbit and double the amounts of ingredients for pickling mixture.) Cold Front Invades Upper Great Lakes United Press International A cold front invaded the upper Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley today and the U. S. Weather Bureau predicted falling temperatures through the midlands as far south as Texas. Temperatures dropped 10-25 degrees during the night, with Gage, Okla., reported a reading of 25 degrees below that of 24 hours before. Scattered showers ahead of the front dumped Ik-inch of rain in Galveston, Tex., and V«-inch on Port Arthur, Tex. and Walnut, Ark. In the wake of the cold wave, snow flurries dampened the northern Plains and central Rockies with Denver reported a two-inch snowfall. Light snows were predicted today in eastern Colorado, northeast New Mexico and western Oklahoma and in the upper Great Lakes and northern Minnesota. The Weather Bureau forecast rains ahead of the front from the Ohio Valiev and Tennessee into the lower Great Lakes. , Dairy cows prefer warm drinking water during the winter, Purdm* University dairy scientists point out. Drnking water for dairy animals should be kept above the freezing point.

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County Agents Column O ■■■■— ' * *'o By LEO N. BELTENRIGHT Dairy Awards Adams County dairymen will be picking up the lion's share of the dairy awards Monday at the State Dairy Association meeting. They will get seven gold awards, seven silver awards, and six bronze awards. Gold certificates go to owners of herds in which each cow has produced 400 pounds qf butterfat. Silver certificates are for herds in which each prqduceii 350 pounds. Bronze awards will be given herds in which each cow produced 300 pounds. Also on the program at Purdue University will b& Dr. Strain from low.a His subject is ‘‘Cow Pools.” Ag. Alumni The annual banquet meeting of the Adams County Chapter of the Purdue Ag. Alumni was held last Monday evening. Jack Dailey, Rotary exchange student to Japan, presented an excellent travelogue on his experiences. Mauri Williqpson, field secretary of the state ag alumni association, announced plans for “Operation Brainpower.” This is an organized method of acquainting prospective students with Purdue University. Adams County with 49 other counties, will be participating. Paul Kohne is heading up this program. The group will be visiting Purdue December 29 for “Ag Opportunity Day.” They have a full afternoon program to acquaint them with Purdue and in the evening attend the Purdue-Montana State basketball game. Ag. Shortcourse The Adams County Purdue Ags. are again promoting the winter ag. shortcourse. It is held during January and February at Purdue University. 1716 banks of Adams County (First State Bank of Decatur, First Bank of Berne, and Geneva Bank) are sponsoring scholarships for boys in theii areas. Anyone interested in attend ing ag. shortcourse should contac* their bank, a Purdue Ag. or the County Extension Office. Clair In niger has already made his appli cation. Soybean Show Ben Mazelln exhibited a sample of soybeans at the Remington Soy bean Show last Tuesday. We havd n't heard yet how he placed btf I’ll bet it was quite well. This re minds uk that the 1960 state graik and seed show and junior corn and soybean show will be held JaH uary 25-29 at Purdue University’S Memorial Center. Gail Egly of Jes ferson Township and winner of the Adams County 4-H corn show, h planning on exhibiting in the staff show. I’m sure she wll do will. “ Sheep Watch out for narrow gates, doors, high door sills or any place where pregnant ewes can be crowded and the lamb crop endangered. Be sure that every ewe can see. Sheep with wooly faces should have their heads shorn sc that there is no danger of wook blindness. There is an area sheep meeting) ing in Whitley County December ,17. Several good sheep farms wii’ Ibe visited and a lamb dinner will !be served in Columbia City. Tick jets for the meal can be secured I for just a dollar from the County Extension Office. 4-H Achievement Meetings Several 4-H achievement meet ings were held during the pas* week: Monroe, Kirkland, and Washington Townships. The meet ings were sponsored by the town ship Farm Bureau groups. Als< the Decatur City Slickers 4-H chit received their 4-H pins indicating completion of 4-H projects. In Kirkland Township, Mr. anc Mrs. John Leyse were selected a: township extension committee rep resentatives. Dieir responsibilitiear to represent Kirkland Townshij on the Adams County Extension Committee and secure 4-H clul leadership. Cattle Guards Cattle guards used around th< farm buildings to replace gate: save time and reduce work in op ening and closing gates. I saw ar effective on recently on the Buscht farm east of Monroe. Robert Isch’ operator of the farm, did a good job on it.

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Poultry And Volumes Hurt Livestock Prices

Higher levels of marketing coupled with anticipated cutbacks in the purchase of red meats at the 'Thanksgiving season have resulted in further price losses for all classes of livestock, reports M. Paul Mitchell, Purdue University agricultural economist. Dui-ing the two week mid-No-vember period, the various grades of cattle have suffered price losses amounting to $1 to $2 or more. Although the extreme top quotations on prime cattle show losses of only sl, a much smaller number have been able to command this price. Excessive weight and finish continue to receive discrimination, many high choice and prime cattle above 1200 lb. selling at the $2626.50 level. Lower grades of slaughter cattle, as well as stacker and feeder cattle, suffered price losses of $2 per cwt. or more, dropping prices to the lowest levels in almost two years. The volume of marketings, with increases of almost 25 per cent, compared with a year earlier, serve to explain the price drop, although the traditional turkey competition with red meats at the Thanksgiving season is undoubtedly responsible for a bearish attitude of packer buyers at this season. Feeder cattle prices have lost almost $5 per cwt. on the average since the seasonal high of last April and May and have dropoed to levels averaging almost $3 below a year earlier. Mitchell »exolains this drop in prices has been partly sympathetic with fed cattle nrice declines, and partly due to the desire of Western ranchers to further reduce their stock cattle numbers and thus avoid higher wintering costs. The current cost of feeder cattle is proving much more attractive to cattle feeders, and many feedlots, which had remained emptv earier in the season. are now being refilled. The same conditions seem to have prevailed in the hog market as with cattle. During the twoi week period under review, marketings have risen almost 40 per -ent above the level of a year “arlier and conseauentlv price declines amounting to a little more ‘han 40 oer cent. During this per;od. butcher hog prices dropped to levels 60-75 cents below late Octo-! her, but some price recovery was recorded In closing trading sessions. Current price levels leave average prices received bv farmers near the $12.50 level for barrows and gilts, while sows are celling mostly below the sll level. Hutcher hog nrices a year ago were at the $lB-18.50 level. Lamb prices also joined the procession toward lower leve's. with 'osses of $2 or more during the ‘w-week period. However, a partial . recovery of prices left best lambs; -e’Un® at sl9-19.25 at the end of the ’ period. ? Grain market nrices have been ouite erratic. With the exception of oats, most grains have registered price losses during the twoweek period. Net losses of a cent t two oer bushel have occurred *or wheat, corn, and rve, and 3-5, ~e nts per bushel on soybean con‘racts. Oats prices have strengthmed .on nearby contracts, but weakened on the distant contracts. After the advances in supplemental feed prices reported in late October, a reaction has set in causing prices of soybeans and cottonseed meal to drop $2-2.50 dvrtng mid-November. Tn poultry and egg market circles. a weaker trend persists for most egg grades. Losses of 2-3 cents per dozen during the period under review leaves the general 'evel of egg nrices around 30 cents ner dozen, fullv 10 cents below the prices prevailing a year earlier. Broilers and fryers continue on about a steady price basis at 131415 cents per lb. These prices are about in line with those of a year earlier. . Only turkeys seem to have benefitted, pricewise, from the approach of the Thanksgiving holiday. Prices on hen turkeys have • advanced as much as 2 cents per b., while young toms have advanced from *4 to one cent per lb. k ....

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OF THIS - AND THAT By LOIS M. FOLK, Home Agent Holiday reunions, winter sports, . feasts, tree trimming, caroling parties; everyone has Christmas and vacation. fun on their minds. Since good food and fun go handi in-hand, plan those party menus now. Family meals are equally important as holiday activities cut down On time for family meal preparation. When planning meals keep these suggestions in mind: 1. Plan menus for several days ' in advance to save both money and shopping time. 1 2. Be flexible when planning so that when you shop you can take ’ advantage of special prices and ’ values. ’ 3. Plan the final menu so that ! it fits your works schedule. 4. Be sure that foods served' in ’ a meal offer contrasting and pleasing colors, shapes, textures and tastes. Don’t repeat the" same food ”i or flayor in a meal. 5. Plan desserts that go with the ■ main course. Serve a light dessert with a filling meal and a fill- ’ ing dessert with a light meal. 6. Check the final menu to see ‘ how well it meets the day’s nui tritional needs. ' Unless you are an early bird, ; you may still have a lot of Christ- . mas gifts left to buy. A pencil and ’ paper may be the most important item in your Christmas shopping . plans. To save steps and simplify . shopping, compose a list of proposed gifts opposite the names of , the persons for whom they are intended. You may have to substi- . tute alternate gifts and these . should also be jotted down. Study ads in the local paper—then, list in hand, plan your shopping route (according to location of store or shopping center. If your handwritling is legible and you can recruit help from the rest of your family, |you can split the list to speed shopping-. j The best list in the World won’t save you if your timing is off, so plan to avoid rush hours and shop now. Remember the nearer we come to ChrL.mas, the slimmer the stocks and the less variety you will have. • » • • Do Adams County nomen sew? The answer is yes. Twenty-five i women will complete a course ia .simple dressmaking Monday eve,ning. Os this group several are I making children’s dresses to help fill Santa’s pack. Other members of the group are busy planning their next sewing adventure. Mrs. John Bluhm of Berne has already started a plaid walking suit of wool and mohair—all of the women I are discovering that sewing isn’t hard, in fact It is quite enjoyable. •••* ” . • Many of you at the Christmas candy lesson expressed a desire for Mrs. Noah L. Habegger’s English Toffee recipe,, since it was omitted on the candy leaflets. English Toffee iy« cup granulated sugar. t 4 pound butter % cup nuts, c! "r>ed 1 cup Hershey sweet chocolate bars, broken. Cook the butter and sugar until it forms a hard ball when a bit is tested in cold water. Place one-half of the nuts in the bottom of a buttered pan. Pour the sirup over the nuts. Let this mixture set, but while still hot put the broken Hershey’s chocolate over the sirup. Spread chocolate with a knife and sprinkle top with remaining nuts. Chill and cut in desired shapes. • • * * Will you be making sandwiches for a crowd over the holidays? Allow approximately one half a pound of butter or margarine to 50 sandwiches.

Winter Not Quite Here For Gardener WINTER NOT QUITE The home gardener still has some odd. jobs to do before winter begins, says C. L. Hill, agricultural engineer at Purdue University. Wash out all sprayers thoroughly with warm water to remove spray residues. Hill suggests. Then hang them in a dry place. Sprayers should be hung so water will drain out. Lock handle so valve is open and hose line can drain, Hill recommends. Don’t wash the duster, but carefully brush out the dust with a steel brush. Some of the outside metal parts might be oiled, but be careful not to get oil inside the duster, as it will tend to cake the dust that will be used next season. After the duster is thoroughly cleaned, hang jt in a dry place for storage. Most left-over chemicals can be used next year if they are stored in a dry place in air-tight containers. Label ,the chemicals carefully. A good way to store chemicals is to put them in a glass jar which can be sealed tightly to prevent absorption of moisture or undue evapbration. Store them away from children and animals. After garden tools are used for the last time, clean off dirt and rust thoroughly, sharpen blades and coat iron parts with machine oil and wooden parts with linseed oil or paint. Store these tools indoors in a dry place. Give special attention to cleaning and sharpening the lawn mower, Hill recommends. Note any repairs that you’ll want to make before another gardening season comes around. Vaccinate Now Against Spread Os Hog Cholera A recent epidemic of hog cholera in northwestern lowa and western Illinois points out that such an outbreak could appear next in Indiana swine, says Dr. T. M. Curtin, Purdue University extension veterinarian. Several times the disease appeared to be checked, only to break out in an adjacent area. However, it appears to have been stopped before reaching Indiana. Many Indiana farmers failed to vaccinate their herds recently because hog cholera losses have not been serious. As a result, the s,tate now has a large population of susceptible swine in which the disease could gain a foothold. Veterinarians estimate that less than 35 per cent of Indiana’s swine has protection. oCntrol on an area or sectional basis requires more than 60 per cent immunization. Dr. Curtin urges hog raisers to orotect their herds against cholera. Only vaccination can prevent this disease, he emphasizes. The 1960 state grain and seed show and junior corn and soybean show will be held Jan. 25-29 at Purdue University’s Memorial Center in West Lafayette.

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Fads Point To Need Os Program Change Hie federal government spends a million and a half dolars every day just to store surplus grain. The surplus wheat purchased by the government as part of the farm price-support program would fill a railroad train 5,335 miles long. Fifty-six per cent of America’s farm population is almost completely excluded from farm price supports. The large commercial farmers, representing only 27% of the farm total, get nearly 80% of crop-price benefits. Seventy-eight per cent of the farmers polled in a nationwide survey wanted' less government farm support, and fewer crop controls. Eighty-three per cent of U.S. cotton farmers derive no substantial benefit from the cotton pricesupport prograhi. The cotton price-support program guarantes a loss to the government of up to sls on every bale it purchases. According to the Wall St. Journal, the government is driving all the cotton futures traders out of business—becaues the government has a permanent corner on the cotton market. When you have a fixed price there isn’t much need for commodity exchanges. Uncle Sam’s farm price-support payments will take at least 20 cents out of every tax dollar collected by the government for nondenfense purposes this year. Farm price supports will cost every American man. woman, and child about S3O in 1959. ♦ There is enough surplus wheat stored in taxoayer-supported government storehouses to provide 470 loaves of bread for every American man, woman, and child. That’s approximately a four and a half year supply. Unless the wheat price-support program is changed, surpluses will continue to pile up at a 200-mililon-bushel rate every year. Says secretary of Agriculture Benson: "This could end in a disaster such as we “ have not seen before in American agriculture.” And the cotton situation is almost as serious. The Delta & Pine Land Co., Scott, Miss., received $1,157,502 in cotton loans from Uncle Sam in 1957. The company is owned by foreign interests. Greenleaf continues to be the too variety of Sudan- grass for Indiana, renort Purdue University agronomists. Greenleaf hais considerable resistance to leaf . .disease and recovers rapidly after grazing.

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