Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1962 — Page 6

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County Agent’s Corner I fcu

COME TO THE 4-H FAIR! DHIA REFORT Pounds of butterfat per cow per day: Martin Habegger 1.8 Eugene Caffee -1.7 Backhaus Brothers 1.7 Arnold Scheumann — 1.7 Raymond Becher, Jr. _— 1.6 Paul E. Liechty & Sans — 1.6 L. Reuben Steury 1.6 Franklin Steury 1.6 STINKING SMUT OF WHEAT: Stinking smut or bunt of wheat Is cropping up again in Indiana wheat fields. This disease is known to have infested at least a dozen fields in four different Indiana counties this year. Stinking smut is the covered smut of wheat which gives a foul odor to the grain and makes it worthless for milling purposes. Unlike loose smut of wheat the spores of the covered smut are not shed until the crop is combined and they are mixed in the combining process with the seed from the unaffected plants. Such an infection causes a serious loss in yield and quality. The stinking smut is a seed- . ling infection type of smut which is carried over on the seed. The stinking smut can be controlled in one of two ways. Farmers are advised to purchase certified seed which has been carefully checked for any trace of stinking smut or to have their own seed cleaned and treated with a mercurial dust. The latter can be done at a cost of about 5 to 8 cents per bushel. Farmers are cautioned against keeping their own home grown seed for a period of years without having it cleaned or treated. This is an invitation to the virtually complete loss of the wheat crop. Marvin Swearingin, Extension Agronomist FEWER CATTLE ON FEED: Indiana farmers are feeding fewer cattle and calves for the quality slaughter market this year than last, report state-federal agricultural statisticians at Purdue

as at July 1 -was 120,000, nine per cent smaller than a year earlier. Cattle weighing 900 pounds or more totaled 36,000, compared to * 34,000 a year ago. Cattle on feed . s three or more months totaled 96,- . 000, the same as last year. How- .. . ever, fewer cattle and calves went ' into Hoosier feed lots between <1: April 1 and July 1 than during the W same quarter of 1961. This number was 25,000—12,000 fewer than a year ago. £ . Marketings of fed cattle between April 1 and July 1, at 75,000 £| equalled marketings during the same period of 1961. However, expected marketings of 75,000 ani- , U mals between July 1 and Oct. 1 gig will be seven per cent fewer than > the figure for the third quarter of last year. Expected marketing of < 45,000 after Oct. 1 will be 12 per " cent under the total which went to stockyards in the last three months of 1961. TIME TO SEED GRASS WATERWAYS: * August and September are the

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

best months to seed grass waterways in Indiana, according to Don Sisson, Purdue University extension agricultural engineer. This time of year the soil is usually in better condition for working and late summer seedings are less likely to be washed out than spring seedings, Sisson points out. Too, if sufficient moisture is present the grass will make an excellent start before winter. Many waterways that are five to ten years old need reconstruction because the original channel has filled with washed in soil. If this is the problem, advises Sisson, the best solution is to start over. Make sure the waterway has sufficient depth and channel capacity. Adequate capacity for runoff water is provided by deepening the channel. If the existing waterway channel has the proper channel shape, but sparse grass cover, don’t destroy what you do have. Start from there by re-seeding and adding fertility. The best grass to seed in waterways is alta fescue. A good companion crop to five quick cover is spring oats. Oats will be killed by frost, but make a rooted mulch for protection of the soil during winter. Spring oats do not compete with grasses the next spring as other small grains do. Grass waterways are one of Indiana’s most important soil conservation practices. They not only reduce soil loss but will help to save wear and tear on farm machinery. These grass channels are easy to cross and make farming rolling fields more convenient. SCALE INSECT CONTROL: The second generation of small frequently inconspicuous scale insects which suck sap from ornamental shrubs and trees can be controlled now with chemicals. These newly hatched scale insects, called crawlers, are not yet protected by a waxy covering, explains D. L. Schuder, Purdue University research entomologist. While about 80 different kinds of these insects occur in Indiana, four are particularly subject to control in mid-summer. They are the brown race of the oystershell scale, the pine needle scale, the juniper scale and the euonymus scale.

Brown race of oystershell scale commonly infests apple, ash, Lombardy poplar, dogwood, redbud, silver maple, and hybrid lilacs. Pine needle scale attacks spruce, Douglas fir yews and Mugho pine. The juniper scale attacks nearly all of the commonly grown junipers or cedars. All of these cart be controlled by spraying with malathion, Schuder says. The general recommendation is two to four teaspoons of 57 per cent emulsion concentrate per gallon of water. Other insecticides effective against scales include diazinon, guthion, and ethion. Regardless of the insecticide used, add a wetting agent, such as household detergent, to insure contact with the

insects. • Malathion can also be used to control euonymus scale, but this insect is harder to control because it has three generations per year. Sprays must be repeated at seven to 10-day intervals after the initial crawler spray, continuing until late September. VEGETABLE GARDENS NEED WATER: Your vegetable garden, like your lawn, needs water to do its best. Commercial vegetable growers irrigate, point out Purdue University extension horticulturists. And they find they get larger, better quality crops. The horticulturists say there is a need for extra water at sometime during every year, because lack of water retards vegetable growth before the plants wilt. Double yields are not at all uncommon when you irrigate your vegetables. A general rule is to put on one inch a week when rain is sparse. When the weather is warm and the crops are large, you’ll need to put on more than one inch of water. Don’t just sprinkle—this encourages shallow rooting and disease. Check the amount of water you apply by collecting it in tin cans placed on your garden. To apply one inch of water, you will need to have a sprinkler on one spot for about an hour. Soils vary in their ability to soak up water, so don’t apply the water, so fast that it runs off the surface. You don’t need fancy equipment for watering your vegetable garden either. Your lawn sprinkler will do a good job. If possible, water early in the day so that the plant leaves dry off before evening.

Os This And That 4-H FAIR KITCHEN Food, food, food. The food at the 4-H kitchen at the dining hall at the 4rH fair is mighty good. Mrs. Orval Neuenseh w wiMlFm aw* Mrs. Merle Kuhn are in charge of the operation of the kitchen. Home Demonstration club members, Farm Bureau women and 4-H parents are all working together to make the food service at the fair a success. Service to the public is from 9:30 a. m. until 10:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. All proceeds go to the 4-H fair. Come, eat and help support the fair. There were several unusual and very good recipes used for 4-H foods exhibits this year. Here is a favorite one of Gail Egley of the Work and Win club. Butterscotch Candy Cake iy 4 cup milk—heat to simmer. Cook in a saucepan 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar " % cup butter % cup milk, stirring constantly until a little syrup dropped in cold water forms a hard ball (250 degrees) . Remove from heat and slowly add the hot milk, blend to a smooth sauce. Cool. Sift together 3 cups enriched flour 3 teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt. In mixing bowl % cup shortening % cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla, cream well. Blend in 3 eggs one at a time, beat for 1 minute. Add cooled syrup alternately with dry ingredients to creamed mixture beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Use low speed on mixer. Pour into two well greased and lightly floured 9 inch cake pans. Bake in a moderate oven (375)— 25 to 30 minutes. Butterscotch Icing (- use 1% this recipe for icing) 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 1 tspn. vanilla y 4 cup butter % cup milk Boil for 3 minutes stirring ®onstantly. Remove from heat and beat on high speed until creamy and consistency to spread. If too thin powdered sugar may be added. Filling between layers. Use % cup finely chopped nuts and enough icing to hold together and spread on bottom layer of cake, place top layer and ice the cake, using the % cup nuts to put around the edge of the cake.

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3 Holsteins | |Sei Records I Three outstanding production records'were announced today by the Holstein-Friesian association of America for registered Holstein cows in this area. Air View Franlo Segis 4355504, a four-year-old owned by Benjamin and Lydia Gerke, of Union township, produced 16,510 pounds of milk and 640 pounds butterfat in 305 days. Liechtyvale Concordia Fbbes 4162254, a five-year-old owned by Paul E. Liechty & Sons, of near Berne, produced 13,550 pounds of milk and 516 pounds of butterfat in 282 days. Silver Rock Fobes Echo 4322404, a four-year-old, produced 15,960 pounds of milk and 651 pounds of butterfat in 301 days. Chari Win Creator Mert Judy 3786788, a sev-en-year-old, had 16,710 pounds milk and 616 pounds butterfat in 284 days. Both are owned by Harry Wulliman & Son, near Berne. In contrast the annual production of the average dairy cow in the United States is generally esimated at approximately 7,000 pounds of milk containing 265 pounds of butterfat. Purdue University supervised the weighing and testing of the new Holstein records as part of the breed’s official herd testing programs. Seeking Robbers Os East Chicago Office

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (UPD— Authorities pressed a search today for “two or three” men whose companion was wounded and captured in a gun battle with police at a blockade near here shortly after the holdup of an Easf,Chicago loan company. Also wounded in the battle /was a whiting policeman, Joe Trgovich, 40, who was in fair condition with a bullet wound in the abdomen. He was in St. Catherine’s Hospital along with thdi suspected bandit, Robert Payne, 20, Gary. j t Trgovich underwent surgery Monday night, and police hoped to be able to talk to him today to get descriptions of Payne’s companions. Trgovich and another officer set up a blockade here shortly after the holdup of the Household Finance Co. at East Chicago. Two of the men pulled the stickup and the other manned the getaway car, police said. They netted $527. The two holdup men were described as Negroes by employes of the firm, who said they wore stocking masks. They fled in a white car but commandeered a Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. truck after the roadblock gun battle.

17 Demonstrators Jailed In Georgia ALBANY, Ga. (UPD — Police jailed 16 praying, hymn - singing Negroes and a white woman Monday night. The action took place shortly after city officials went to federal court in an effort to end eight months of anti-segregation demonstrations which have resulted in scattered incidents of violence. The latest group included only three men. The demonstrators were arrested in front of city hall when they refused to obey police chief Laurie Pritchett’s order to move on. The brief demonstration apparently caught Pritchett by surprise. He said word had been relayed to him there wdsld be no demonstrations so that' he could stay home and celebrate his 12th wedding anniversary. Pritchett, who appeared to be annoyed, arrived on the scene dressed in a business suit rather than the uniform he usually wears. ' Pritchett said the demonstration vrasnot in keeping with a policy statement by the pro-inte-gration A Ibany Movement that there would be no more night demonstrations. The demonstrators arrived at the city hall in cars and were led in prayer by a Negro man dressed in overalls. Those arrested included a white woman who identified herself as Miss Elizabeth Wycoff, a writer from New York City and a member of the Congress of Racial Equality. The city went to court Monday to seek a permanent injunction to prohibit the movement from staging demonstrations. The hearing was recessed late in the afternoon. ' *

4-H Fair Starts Today; Parade Tonight Through Monroe; One Feature Is Driving Tour

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MAP OF COUNTY shows the ten stops on the drive-it-yourself conservation practices tour, about 40 miles long, starting at either Berne or Decatur. It is recommended for a Sunday afternoon drive of an hour and a half, The accompanying article explains, stop by stop, what will be seen.

A 35-mile, drive-it-yourself tour of ten outstanding conservation practices in Adams county will be offered to local residents who at* tend the 4-H fair, Hugo Bulmahn, president of the soil and water conservation district, said today. Mimeographed copies of the tour with explanations of what will be seen, will be offered at the SCS booth in the commercial tent this year, Bulmahn explained. Start Decatur, Berne You can start the tour at either Berne or Decatur, and end up at the other city. It will take about 1% to 2 hours to complete, with plenty of time allowed. Designed for “Sunday” drivers, you can make the drive to see how some farmers are solving their conservation problems. An attempt has been made to point out an example of each of the main practices used here in the county. You will drive by a number of farms that are using similar practices, but time and space would not permit each one being listed, Bulmahn explained. Each “stop” will be marked with a green and white soil conservation sign, mounted on a steel post. You can follow the accompanying map, check the number, and refer to the following information on what you will be seeing. Types of Activities Included will be various different types of plow-plant corn, surface drains, open ditches, farm ponds, grassways, terraces, open outlet ditch, floodgates and pump, etc. For further (information on any practice seen, or on information on adapting any of your ideas to your land and soil needs, contact your soil and water conservation district office, at 205 South First street, in Decatur, Bulmahn advises.

10 Farm Stops Stop 1 Lorenz Erxleben farmsurface drain on east side of road. This practice is designed to remove water from “ponded” areas so tile can operate more efficiently. It is similar to a grass waterway, but does not need a grass cover to prevent erosion due to the slow movement of water. Note the excellent growth of soybeans in the channel. This is the upper end of the surface drain that enters the open ditch at stop 2. Stop 2 Paul Bieberich Group Open Ditch — Twenty-eight farmers formed an association to reconstruct this outlet in 1958. An article on this ditch appeared in the October 21, 1961, issue of Prairie Farmer. It drains 1,652 acres. Two concrete “drop box” structures (not seen from this point) let surface water into the ditch. Note the good bank slopes, metal pipes on all tile outlets, and the excellent alta fescue grass cn the banks. Stop 3 Hugo Bulmahn Farm— Plow-plant corn. Hugo is a “pioneer” in “minimum tillage.” He has used this method continuously since he started seven years ago. This field was plowed and planted in one operation using a two row corn planter. Note the loose rough ground which lets water soak in instead of ponding or running off. Stop 4 Joe L. Isch Farm — These practices may be seen in the following order from north to south: Farm pond, grass waterway, and a diversion terrace just below the walnut trees. Mr. Isch has a large dairy program that requires lots of hay and pasture. Notice the excellent cover of alta fescue grass on the pond fill and waterway. Stop 5 Herman Kipfer Far m— Terraces, woodland management, multi-flora rose living fence, grass

waterways. This farm has been used as a research farm to try out conservation practices. Some of the terraces were built 25 years ago, before the present “broad

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base" was developed. For a closeup look of terraces, go south to first field past the house on the east side of the road. Last Five Stops Stop 6 Ray Baumgartner Farm Open outlet ditch, soil erosion structure, grass waterway, diversion terrace, contour cultivation. An interesting feature of this farm is that the diversion terrade starts on the neighboring (Ray Balsinger) farm to the east. Conservation problems don’t stop at property lines. These two farmers have teamed up to help solve their problems. Stop 7 Daisy Aschleman Group — Open outlet ditch and structure. This outlet ditch was reconstructed this spring. A concrete “drop box” is used at the upper end to let surface and tile water into the open ditch. A surface pipe inlet is used to let water into the ditch next to the road culvert. These banks have been seeded with 20 lbs. alta fescue and 20 lbs sweet clover per acre. The banks have not been moved because shade (even weed shade) is necessary to cool bare banks off enough to get grass growth. Stop 8 Luther Yager Farm — Farm pond and birdsfood trefoil pasture. This farm is well adapted to a complete pasture program. There are three farm ponds located so all fields have access to a good mixture of birdsfoot trefoil and water supply. The pastures are a grass. lire 128 acres of permanent pasture is designed to handle 500 feeder sheep per year. The pond next to the farm has a livestock watering ramp as well as a pipe system that delivers water to the field west of the lane. Stop 9 The Weidler Levee — Flood gates and pump. A large area to the north of this road was subject to flooding by the Wabash River. A group of farmers formed an association; built this levee; installed a flood gate and two large pumps (one electric, the other diesel) which together pump 30,000 gal. of water per minute. When the Wabash is at flood stage water is lifted over the levee. On the hill to the east, contour strip cropping is being used on the Long Brothers’ farm. Stop 10 Doyle Lehman FarmMinimum tillage corn — This was plowed then planted using the “wheel track” method. The conventional two row planter was pulled behind a small tractor with wheels adjusted to the planter row width. Fined For Driving With Bad Muffler A. J. Berry of Berne was fined a total of $18.75 in Hartford City on a charge of driving with an inadequate muffler.