Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 13 November 1962 — Page 6

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Ann Thompson Tells Os People In Chile Today

The people of Chile are friendly end hospitable, Miss Ann Thompson, former home agent in training in Adams county, and now an international farm youth exchage in Chile, wrote this week. Miss Thompson’s latest address is c/o Sr. Ramon Briceno,. Casilla No. 3727, Santiago, Chile. The letter was written November 5 from Rengo, ChileFirst Settlers Spanish The first settlers of Chile, a long, mountainous country on the west coast of the Andes in southern South America, were the Spanish conquerors. They pushed the Indians into the southern provinces and left behind them a national language, religion and many of the basic Chilean customs. Since that time other people from many other countries have arrived with their languages and customs. “Most of the people in Chile are of European ancestry, predominately Spanish. About three-fourths of them have some part of native Araucanian Indian stock. Only four per cent are considered to be of pure Indian background. Not Indian Country “All Chileans are extremely selfconscious of people considering their country an Indian country. There is a small but important group of German descent in t h e southern part of the country, and there are smaller pockets of other European nationalities. The people of non - Spanish European origin have contributed to the growth of an important middle class in Chile. This provides the country with a point of similarity with the United States, and its population of diverse origins- The combinations of cultures has helped enrich Chile, as it has helped enrich the United States. “The population of Chile is approximately 7.6 million. The in-1 crease of population, averaging 2.5% each year, is creating "housing and economic problems. The population is unevenly distributed among the nation’s 25 provices. More than 91% of the inhabitants are concentrated in the provinces of the central agricultural heartland. Classes of People “There are three classes of people in Chile — the upper, middle and lower classes. The lower class is comprised of people who are

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

■L ■fc \ Miss Ann Thompson workers on the farms as well as industrial workers. The upper class is made up of people with a great amount of wealth and prop-, erty. The middle class contains those people owning farms with not a great deal of money and those people with professions, like judges, doctors, teachers, etc. The economy of the middle and upper classes is sufficient, with the upper class having an abundance in nearly all cases. “The lower class has an inade- | qute economy with much poverty. The nutritional level will vary with the class of people. The lower class may know something about nutrition, but with their low wages they cannot practice what they know. “Classes are often distinguished by family names and wealth. People are extremely class co nscious, compared with Americans, and the clashes seldom associate socially. - The relationship between employer and employe is strictly business, with both feeling conscious of their positions. Maids who perform household duties and care for the children are very common among the people who can afford them as this adds a bit of prestige. Perhaps as more ‘comforts’ i are made available, the maid will slowly disappear in middle-income levels,” Miss Thompson closed.

INDIANA COLLEGIANS ELIGIBLE FOR 4-H NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS Four Indiana college students will compete for S4OO scholarships and national honors at the 41st National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago Nov. 25-29. The four and their award-winning projects “Il j i ■Mfr" A $. *** W > Mt Mix Key Mix Nighbert Beier Mix Ray are Bruce Baker, 19, of Jonesboro, beef; Judy Nighbert, 18, of Indianapolis, health; Virginia Ann Ray, 20, of West Terre Haute, achievement, and Eva Mae Key, 21, of Bloomington, leadership.

Baker, Miss Nighbert and Miss Ray will receive all-expense paid trips to Congress from their sponsors. Miss Key will receive a special certificate from the SearsRoebuck Foundation, Chicago, and will be eligible for a national S4OO scholarship. Baker, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baker, will be a guest of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. . - m A student at Purdue University, he began his beef project nine years ago with a $l5O bank loan. At the end of his first year, he repaid the loan and had enough money left to invest in two more 4-H calves. In 1961 the Indiana Shorthorn Breeders Assn, presented him with its top certificate award and $l5O for his fine record. “Beef cattle are very dear to me. I have grown to love and respect them as if they were humans,” Baker said. Miss Key, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Key, attended the National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. Last year she attended the Chicago Congress

Urge Farm Bureau Okay Federal Plan

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., at its 44th annual convention was asked today to approve the so-called federal plan for legislative reapportionment. The federal plan, favored by Republican legislative leaders because it would give rural areas more representation than the Indiana Constitution provides, calls for apportioning one house on a basis of population and the other on a geographic district basis. Democratic legislative leaders favor reapportioning both houses on a population basis as required by the Constitution. The proposed resolution was one of many submitted to delegates by a committee headed by Russell White of Daviess County. Other proposed resolutions would: To Demand Economy —lnsist on economy in all levels of government. —Urge tax reforms in the 1963 Legislature to shift the burden from property. —Favor the general principle of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. —Freeze social security tax rates and oppose medicare. —Favor junior colleges and vocational schools. —Limit federal aid to education to the “least possible” amount. —Deplore compensatory government payments to farmers as a method of paying a portion of the market price for products they sell. —Favor a Lake Michigan port at Burns Ditch. —Uphold the right of REMCs to build generating plans with federal loans. The resolutions were among items of business in the final session of the largest Hoosier farm organization’s three-day convention. 3 Present Addresses Three speakers highlighted the Monday program. Dr. Elvis Stahr, jr., president of Indiana University, urged» a stronger free system of government and education. J. Irwin Miller, Columbus, president of the National Council of Churches, said the church must be the voice reminding man .of his responsibilities to society. Dr. Herrell- DeGraff, executive vice president of the American

MY THANKS f To the people of Adams County for their votes for me in the recent election. I sincerely appreciate your support. 9 MAX KUEPS 4-

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; as state canning winner and was : a runnerup in national comi petition. A coed at Purdue, she has - been president of her 4-H Club - seven times and has given more , than 100 speeches in behalf of 4-H. Miss Nighbert, a freshman at 1 Milligan College, will be the t guest in Chicago of the Eli j Lilly and Company. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. - Lee Nighbert, she gave many health demonstrations to club : members and studied the oper- ; ations of Indianapolis and MarI ion County health agencies. Miss Ray, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ray, completed 97 projects and held 20 offices while in 4-H. She won numerous awards in competition. A coed at Purdue, she will be the guest of the Ford Motor Co. Fund. She will be considered for one of 12 Ford scholarships awarded to national winners. Baker and Miss Nighbert will be eligible for one of six scholarships their sponsors will award. The four winners were chosen by the Cooperative Extension Service.

; Meat Institute, listed the chief ; farm problems as the high cost of I farm operation, low produce - prices and the farmer’s weak bar- • gaining position. Stahr said the state and nation r are entering the “most critical ■ era our free society has faced.” ; He identified the era’s challenges - as the huge hike in number of > college age students, the Comi munist conspiracy, rapidly devel- • oping technological changes affecting the economy, and the struggle ; for a better life going on in the i underdeveloped nations. I He said education is central to the solutions chosen to meet the i challenges. Demand Greater Resources “As we look ahead,” said Stahr, “we see that the greatest abundance of new job opportunities will arise in fields where more education is imperative. The pressures on higher! education during the next decade will demand greater resources than we have invested in it hitherto.” Miller said this is “a moment of great pressure of change in our society.’ “The principles remain valid, but systems, institutions, practices and customs grow out of date,” he said. “There are* those who would like to stop the clock when it is to their advantage; but the specific provisions of the Magna Charta would today be only privileges for the few and restrictions to the many. The danger is the innate reluctance to face up to problems or admit they exist.” Miller said Americans are “guilty of the commission of error in thinking that we have the final perfection.” “When it comes to government, we think our forefathers had the perfect answer. But a society which talks of going back to something is in the process of decay.” Hard-Boiled Eggs If hard-boiled eggs are to be served cold .place them in cold water as soon as they are cooked. This prevents the outside of the yolks from turning dark, and makes the eggs easier to peel. Be sure the eggs are cold when they are peeled.

County Agent’s Corner

4-H ACHIEVEMENT MEETINGS: Kirkland township will recognize their 4-H club members tonight. The meeting will be at 6:30 p. m. at the parish hall. The 4-H members of the St. Joe Jills, the Jolly Jilletes, and the Merry 4-H’ers clubs will meet Thursday evening at the Catholic school auditorium for their 4-H achievement meeting. CORN EARS TELL A STORY: Farmers can learn a good deal about corn production by observing certain conditions at harvest time. For instance, says Russell Stivers, Purdue University agronomist in charge of soil testing, skips in stalk population reduce the number of ears and consequently the yield. When ears weigh an average of about a half pound each at harvest, maximum yields generally result. Large ears mean there were too few plants and that the yield would have been higher with thicker stands. On the other hand, more than 100 ears and nubbins per 100 plants generally indicate over planting. Small ears with unfilled tips may be caused by a nitrogen deficiency at a critical time. Small ears poorly filled on one side indicate lack of phosphorus. Phosphorus deficiency interferes with pollinaiton and kernel development. Barren stalks also result from a shortage of phosphorus. Ears poorly filled at tips and loose, chaffy kernels may indicate a potassium shortage. Poorly filled ears may result from dry weather which slows silking and thus interferes with pollination of the kernels.

SOW HERD MANAGEMENT: Proper care of the sow herd during the breeding and gestation periods will pay off in a good pig crop next spring. Richard Hollandbeck and Jim Foster, Purdue University extension swine specialists, say gilts should be at least eight months of age and weigh at least 225 pounds before they are bred. , Sows can be “flushed” by increasing their grain ration two weeks before breeding. The sows should be bred on the second day of the heat period and accurate breeding records kept. If the sows are turned into the corn fields after harvest they will not only utilize corn left in the fields but will get needed exercise. When the animals are running in the corn fields they should each receive one to one and a half pounds of 35 per cent protein supplement daily. The supplement can be hand fed. Also needed to be available at all times is a good mineral mixture of 40 parts bonemeal, 40 parts limestone and 20 parts iodized salt. Do not let sows become overfat. Sows on drylot should receive a grain ration containing 14 per cent total protein supplement. Gilts on dry lot should beve a grain ration of 15 per cent total protein supplement. Sows, as well as all pigs, should be provided with a clean dry shelter, free from drafts, at this time of year to prevent respiratory diseases. Clean, fresh water at all times is another essential. PLANT SHRUBS FOR WINTER COLOR: Think about winter color when you plant shrubs. Purdue University extension horticulturists point out that for almost six months every year leaves are off most trees and shrubs and plants are brown from frost. Evergreen shrubs and ground covers help brighten up winter, since they stay green. For some contrast, plant deciduous shrub varities now which have bright colored twigs or colorful fruit during the winter. Some dogwoods fit the bill for

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bright winter twig color. The horticulturists recommend the Redtwig dogwood and the Yellowtwig dogwood. For deciduous ’shrubs which will brighten your landscape this winter because of their berries, try the Cranberry Cotoneaster, the Japanese Barberry and the Cranberry-bush Viburnam. Here’s a special tip on caring for the bright-twigged dogwoods. The new wood has the best color. Therefore, they will look best when you prune them heavily after flowering. FROZEN TURKEY TIPS: When you shop for your Thanksgiving turkey, you can choose a fresh or a frozen one, points out Marcile Allen, food specialist at Purdue University. But no matter which type you select, be sure to read the tags or labels on the wrapping carefully, suggests Miss Allen. If all the information is not on the box or wrapper, ask your retailer about the type or class of turkey, and the way it is prepared. You should know this information in addition to the weight, price per pound and total price. If properly frozen and cared for, a frozen turkey is a top quality food item, says the specialist. Keep it frozen until you are ready to prepare it. If you wish to use only half of a large bird, cut it in half before thawing. Ask your butcher to cut it on the meat saw at the time of purchase. Wrap the part you wish to keep in freezer paper and store in the freezer at zero degrees F. To defrost your Thanksgiving bird and ready it for the table, place it in the refrigerator in its original wrapping. This is a slow thawing method and will take from one to four days, depending on the size of the turkey. To thaw it faster, 'keep the bird in its original wrapping and put it under cold running water. This method takes two to six hours depending on the size. After the turkey is defroster!, prepare it as you would a fresh turkey. Rinse it and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to stuff and roast it. STATE S. C. S. SUPERVISORS MEETING: Soil and water conservation district supervisors in Indiana will gather at Purdue University November 18-20 for their 20th annual meeting. The event is sponsored jointly by the state soil conservation committee and the state association of soil and water conservation districts. Present and newly elected directors will meet Sunday night, Nov. 18. Registration and general sessions will open Monday ’morning, Nov. 19 in Fowler Hall, Memorial Center. The Rev. Forest Howell, Lebanon, district superintendent, Methodist church; Dr. B. K. Barton, Terre Haute, Wabash Valley compact, and Lt. Governor Richard O. Ristine will speak at the general session. The Monday afternoon session will be devoted principally to committee meetings. Members of the ladies auxiliary will meet throughout the day and tour Purdue’s campus. The auxiliary will also choose its 1962 officers. Governor Matthew E. Welsh and the Rev. William H. Stauffer, Sugar Creek, Ohio will be principalspeakers at the banquet Monday night in the north and south ballrooms of the Memorial Union building. Donald E. Foltz, director, Indiana department of conservation, will introduce legislators and the Purdue Varsity glee club will entertain. Joe H. Jasper, state committee chairman, will present 10-year district certificates, and Felix Holt and P. P. Waggoner will present the Goodyear district awards. A general business session will be held Tuesday morning, Nov. 20. Officers will be elected and resolutions adopted. Dr. H. G. Dies-

Farm Problem About Same World Over

By HORTENSE MYERS United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The 1 re-election of Mrs. Guy E. Gross ( I today as head of the Indiana' ' Farm Bureau’s women’s division I was an anticlimax to an honor she received a few days ago. < The Whitley County woman, who as second vice president of , the bureau, heads women’s affairs for 129,000 Indiana farm families, also is the newly-named president of the U.S. Council of the Associated Country Women of the World. The council is composed of representatives from 69 farm and home organizations which, like the international association, is dedicated to upgrading the living standards for rural women. The U.S. council picked the Hoosier for president last week at a Washington meeting. To Host Irish Woman One of Mrs. Gross’s first duties in both roles is as hostess to a visiting farm woman from Ireland. “Mrs. Kit Ahern, who lives near Dublin, is to be in charge of the next conference of the Associated Country Women of the World,” Mrs. Gross said. “I met her during the last conference in Melbourne, Australia. She is coming to the United States and wants to visit me and see an Indiana farm.” The next conference will be in Dublin in 1965. At this year’s meeting of farm women from 25 countries in Melbourne, Mrs. Gross discovered “farmers have just about the same problems the slin, director of the cooperative' extension service at Purdue, will be principal speaker at a concluding luncheon following installation of 1963 association officers. Saturn Super Rocket Shot Set For Friday CAPE CANAVERAL (UPD — The United States plans to dump 95 tons of water into space this week on the longest and most ambitious flight ever attempted by its new Saturn “super rocket.” The shot, set for Friday, could set a U. S. space rocket. The water, if released at the proper moment should from the highest and most expensive ice cloud in the. history of man. — The previous record for carry- I ing tap water into space, 65 miles, was set by another Saturn rocket last April 25. Scientists are shooting for a man-made cloud at 104 miles up this time around. The Saturn is being put through a series of 10 “research and development” shots in preparation for its main task—that of lifting teams of three U. S. astronauts into orbit abroad “Apollo” space ships starting in 1965.

AUCTION Complete Close-Out — Holsteins — Guernseys Dairy Equipment-Farm Equipment-Hay, Straw C e da L_ Fa J’l? 1 ’ 4 miles Northwest of Junction Road 24 Skft iP ? U u on 105 ’ Turn Right 1 mile to Church, Huntington ISt R ° ad then nght to ISt House ’ 10 miles West ot Saturday, Nov. 17th 10:00 a.m. CDST FARM MACHINERY: 1947 Ford Tractor: 1957 WD Allis Chalmers Tractor with Power Steering; 1959 14 T. John Deere Baler with Eiect.mw»HAirSp^erNOnlT: '1952 John Deere 13 Hoe Grain Drill, 1958 10 ft Allis Chalmers Wheel Disc; 490 4 Row John Deere S° rn P £ nte £ : 2 Sect,on Rotarv Hoe; 1962 Cockshutt pull type-7 ft Mower No. 315 with Crusher Hitch; 1962 Corsicana Hay ConditionerC ,°7? Pic Jj er ,Good) ; 4 Bar John Deere Side Rake; 1962 40 ft. Cardinal Bale Conveyor with hangers (for mow); 3 - 14 Allis Chalmers Plow; 3 Rubber Tired Wagons-1 with high sides for Ensilage—2 with grain beds; 6 row Trailer Type Sprayer: 1962 Minneapolis Freeman Loader for WD 45; 2 row Cultivators for WD Allis Chalmers; Finchbow Wagon unloader; Heat Houser for WD Allis Chalmers Tractors 1957 Scraper Blade 3 Point Hitch; 1952 F 4 Ford Truck? 40 Bu. Webb Hog Feeder; 300 Gallon Gas Tank on Stand dairy EQUIPMENT: 1960 3000 Gallon Zero Bulk Tank (Like New); 3 Stainless Steel Surge Milker Units; Surge Compressor (Good); 2 Harlow Milker Units; 1960 Elec. Water Heater, 30 Gallon 54 HEAD DAIRY CATTLE-24 HOLSTEIN MILK COWS—6 GUERNSEY fOWS-17 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS—IO GUERNSEY HEIFERS This herd has been on DHIA Test. They are making unusual high records. In September 30 cows averaged 32 lbs of milk per cow per day. The estimated herd average by Purdue is 12357 Milk 442 BF A summary of record on each cow will be given the buyer, this summary will be made in duplicate, one going to Purdue, also. If you are striving for a silver or gold medal on Production, buy cows that will help you attain that goal. —Herd TB and Bangs Tested—Young stock vaccinated ALSO SELLING: Ist Prize Sr. Holstein Calf (at Huntington 4-H Fair) This calf also placed in Ist 10 at Indiana State Fair. Shown by Mr' Pursiful. HAY 4c STRAW: 1500 Bales Clover Hay—7so Bales Wheat Straw-400 Bales Oats Straw. HARRY GOEBEL, RICHARD ALBERTSON ANDREWS. INDIANA—OWNERS f (Lunch win be served by: Ladies’ Nite Out Club) Auctioneers: Dick Beaty, W. Meyer, Henry Leffler. Clerk: Ed Brown (Plese Clip for Reference)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13.

world over.” “Other countries are not as mechanized as we are, but pricing and selling is the same problem * everywhere,” she said. Americans Want More “I believe also that American farm families have more ‘wants’ than do the farm people of other countries. I do not mean by that, that no one else has an adequate living standard, but that the things they feel they must have are not as many." Mrs. Gross noted also that farm women from other countries to whom she talked at the Melbourne conference “seem to have more leisure time." She concluded that Americans, confronted with leisure time, “try to fill it up with some activity.” Mrs. Gross, mother of six children, is an American farm woman who has her leisure time well-filled with activity. She and her husband have a hog, cattle and grain farm near Churubusco. Have 7 Grandchildren Five of their six children are married, and the Grosses have seven grandchildren. Mrs. Gross, in addition to her farm organization duties, teaches a Sunday School class and is active in the PTA and Eastern Star and aids in various cultural, civic and health organizations. Her youngest son, who is 13, is an Bth grader at Churubusco school and, according to his mother, unimpressed by her new national position. “He’s more interested in Indi- „ ana basketball,” she said. Mazelin Holsteins On Official Test The 15-cow registered Holstein herd of Benjamin p. Mazelin, Berne, Indiana has been enrolled in Dairy Herd Improvement Registry testing. The program is the newest and fastest growing of three official production testing plans conducted by The Holstein - Friesian Association of America in cooperation with the state agricultural colleges. Popularly known as DHIR, it was launched in 1956 as a means of incorporating the DHIA records of registered Holstein cows into the I official breed improvement work of I the national Holstein organization. Under the plan, the 305-day and complete lactation records of every registered Holstein cow in participating herds are forwarded to the Association by the DHIA central processing laboratory. Resulting data is published as ready reference in breed improvement and used in Silver Medal Production Sire, Gold Medal Dam and Pregressive Breeders Registry recognitions.