Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1963 — Page 6

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

County Agent’s Corner

By: Leo N. Seltenright County Extension Agent Annual Soil ConoervaUon Meeting: The annual meeting of the Adams noil and water conservation district looks like a real good one. Thursday, January 31, at 6:45 p. m. at the Adams Central Cafeteria is the place. An excellent program is planned with Jim Lilly, Prairie Farmer editor as speaker. Join your friends at the banquet. 4-H Adult Leaders to Meet: The Adams county 4-H adult leaders will meet Tuesday, February 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Adams Central school library. This will be the organizational meeting for the leaders and plans for 1963 will be made. Grain Handling Tear: A grain handling tour has been set for Wednesday forenoon, February 6. This is the result of a request from the crops committee two years ago. Bruce McKenzie, ag engineering specialist, will be the discussion leader. McKenzie discussed handling facilities with the use of slides a year ago and this is a follow-up meeting to point out on the farm installation. Tour stops are Harold Moser, Monroe Grain & Supply and L. M. Busche farm. You are invited. Barrow Show Entries Close Febranrr 6: Entries for die 1963 Hoosier spring barrow show to be held Saturday, February 16 and February 23, in Indianapolis will close February 6. Only Indiana farmers and hog breeders are eligible to enter animals in the show, the state’s premier market hog exposition. —— Purdue University is one of the sponsors of the show which opens February 16, with on-foot judging in the swine barn at the Indiana state fairgrounds, and recesses until Saturday, February 23, when the carcass show wlil be held in the cooler of Hygrade Food Products Corporation in West Washington street. A major change in the show has been the enlargement of the truckload class from 10 hogs to 20. Os these, eight may be gilts. As an added feature to the enlargement of the truckload class, prizes in all weights within breeds have been increased. Another important change is designed to attract more commercial pork breeders. For the first time, all crossbred hogs in single barrow classes will compete in their own categories and will not be judged in comparison to purebred hogs until champions have been determined in each class. Entry blanks may be obtained from county extension offices, Purdue’s animal sciences department. Life Sciences building, Lafayette, or the Hygrade Food Products Corporation, y ’-"JHoosier Cooperative Citato February 4-5: Management personnel of Indiana farmer cooperatives will gather at Purdue University February 4-5 tor the seventh annual Hoosier cooperative clinic. Theme of the two-day conference will be “Looking Ahead with Cooperatives.’ Top management respresenta tives of Indiana’s farm supply, credit, power and marketing cooperatives will report on new developments in their areas at the owning general session. They are Harold Jordan, general manager, Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, James Davidson, manager, federal Land Bank Association, New Albany; Joe Payne,

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secretary, Production Credit Association, Peru; William Matson, manage:- Decatur county Rural Electric Membership Corporation, and W. R. Cummins, general manager, Producers Marketing Association. Dale Butz, research director, Illinois Farm Supply, Bloomington, 111., will discuss the need for cooperation among the various cooperative organizations to conclude the opening day program. The Purdue glee club will entertain at the annual banquet that night. Citations for outstanding service will be presented to selected directors of cooperatives and to farm writers and broadcasters. R. B. Wilson, market service director, Purdue University, will tell about his visit last summer to Russia, Poland and Hungary. Cooperative taxes and collective bargainging —two of the dominant issues in agriculture — will be analyzed at the opening session, Feb. 5. J. L. Harmanson, general counsel, national council of farmer cooperatives, Washington, D. C. will explain recent changes in tax laws affecting cooperatives. Then George Doup, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, will discuss the need for and progress of bargaining efforts by farmers. Martin Abrahamson, deputy administrator, U. S. department of agriculture farmer cooperative service, wil point out the need for improved member relations. D. W. Brooks, general manager, Cotton Producers Association, Atlanta, Ga., will be principal speaker at the concluding luncheon. He will talk about responsibilities of cooperatives in the space age. Managers and directors of farmer cooperatives throughout the midwest are invited to these sessions. More than 600 persons attended the 1962 clinic. 1962 Corn Losses: Indiana farmers lost more than 16 million bushels of corn last year from attacks by European corn borer, corn earworm, corn leaf aphid and birds. Ray TI Everly," Purdue 'University research entomologist, based this estimate in the 1962 corn insect survey. Heaviest infestation of corn borers was in Jasper and Pulaski counties. Hardest hit corn field was in Jasper county where the entomologists found 3.5 borers per stalk and 88 per cent of the stalks infested. They noted also that potato fields were heavily infested by com borers in these two counties. The western third of Indiana showed an increase in com borer infestation and loss, but elsewhere corn borer losses were less that in 1961. Com leaf aphid infestation last year was larger than in 1961 with a decided increase In the northern half of Indiana. As in the case of the com borer, the western, third of the state had the highest infestation and loss. This insect is believed to be brought into Indiana each spring and loss. This insect fc believed to be brought into Indiana each spring by winds. Southwestern Indiana suffered greatest losses from corn earworm, although somewhat less than in 1961. The rest of the state, except the southeastern area, showed marked increases in com earworm infestation. Bird losses accounted for about a third of a bushel of com per acre. With the exception of heavily infested fields, chemical controls tor com insects were not practical,

Everly said. Purdue researchers are investigating the development of hybrid com varieties which will resist or tolerate insect attack. Science Program at Purdue: Purdue University will again offer an eight-week program in the life sciences for 40 high schoolo juniors of high ability during the 1963 summer session June 17-Aug-ust 9. This summer science training program is underwritten by a life sciences for 40 high school Foundation in the amount of $20,290, plus additional financial support from the Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University. Only one or two students of the top 10 per cent of any school will be accepted. High school principals will receive blanks and brochures explaining the program, according to Dr. James L. Ahlrichs, Purdue agronomist, who will direct the 1963 summer program. Students will receive class room and laboratory instruction, take field trips and carry out research projects under research staff members. Purdue’s schools of agriculture, home economics and veterinary science and medicine will cooperate in the eight-week science training program. Dr ainage Contractors Short Course: The fourth annual land improvement and drainage contractors short course will be held at Purdue University Feb. 4-8, according to Don Sisson, Purdue extension agricultural engineer. The course is sponsored by the Purdue agricultural engineering department and the Indiana drainage contractors association. Objectives are to give framing to land improvement contractors that will aid them in making sound recommendations to landowners; to train them in surveying and laying out farm drainage systems, and to aid them in interpreting water management plans designed by engineers and others, with whom they work. It is not the intent to nfeke the drainage contractors engineers. Enrollment is limited to 24 persons and the class is full. First three days will.be devoted to surveying and the last two days to practice in design of farm tile and open ditch systems. H. G. Diesslin, director of the cooperative extension service at Purdue, will welcome the group Monday morning, Feb. 4. George Spencer, head of Purdue’s agricultural engineering departmeit, then will discuss surveying instruments and their uses. Ed Monke, Larry Huggins and Sisson, Purdue agricultural engineers, will lecture and conduct laboratory sessions on surveying and dramage practices. Other participating include Harry Galloway, Purdue extension agronomist, who will conduct a session on soil classification for drainage; F. R. Willsey, Purdue safety specialist, who will lead a discussion on safe practices in handling machinery; Paul Robbins, agricultural economist, on economics of drainage, and F a y Anderson, soil conservation service engineer, discussing contractor relationships. Train Is Derailed West Os Albion ALBION, Ind. (UPD—Wrecking crews worked today to clear tracks of part of a Baltimore & Ohio freight train which was derailed Monday night four miles west of here. Three freight cars and a caboose were derailed and three other cars were upset in the wreck which was caused by a broken rail, possibly cracked in the extreme sub-zero cold. WELSH (Continued from Page One) brought out his economic development fund proposal shortly after he was advised of the new interpretation, but long before the public was let in on the secret. Welsh commented that the Save the Dunes Council representatives who Monday filed suit against Clinton Green, secretary-treasurer of the Indiana Port Commission, apparently did not act in good faith. “They filed suit to have access to his files, but those files are public information,” Welsh said. “It appears to be an organized effort to throw as many obstacles in the way of the port as possible. This is an organized, well-financed program of calculated misinformation about what this port is and what it will do. Since there is going to be a port, isn’t it worthwhile to spend money to be assured the port is available to an?” Welsh said if Indiana does not go ahead and construct the port which he personally feels is feasible, the steel mills will construct their own port and there will be no place for construction of a public port. “We will be constructing another Gary in Porter County—almost wholly dependent on steel,” Welsh said. "With a public port, we can have diversified industey.”

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Purple Peimings By: Patsy Lee Leaders County Extension Agent Home Economics Many meetings are scheduled for this week. Today, of course, the county extension committee held its annual meeting. Wednesday morning the travel committee will meet at the home of Mrs. Earl Chase. Thursday the Citizenship leaders will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Co-op building at Monroe. Mrs. Sherman Neuenschwander, citizenship chairman, has some valuable material for your club lessons. All of these are important meetings. So, if you are on these committees please plan to attend. Soaking your knives in water may damage them, warm home management specialists at Purdue. Water rusts the blade, rots the wood and loosens the handle. For those of you who were wondering where you might obtain a copy of “The Fun Encyclopedia” which was mentioned in the leader lesson, “Recreation for the Bedfast,” the Decatur library has a copy. Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras day will be February 26. If some of you have started your 15 minutes a day reading you may want to read some books about Mardi Gras. The first one to come to my mind is “Crescent Carnival” by Francis Parkinson Keyes. Os course, “Dinner at Antoinnes” by Mrs. Keyes also takes place in the city of the Mardi Gras. Carnival season started on Twelfth Night and the festivities whieh take place on Shrove Tuesday are really the “grande finale” of a gala debutante season. All during the carnival season the various Krewes < which are secret societies) hold elaborate balls at which a king and queen rule. Most of the Krewes hold parades, but the most famous parades that we read about are the two which take place on Mardi Gras day — those of Rex and Comus. All of the balls are by invitation only, so reading about them will be our only “sure” way of knowing something about the carnival season. Food Facts vs. Food Fallacies: Fallacy: It is dangerous to leave food in a can that has been openr . ■ - - — —• 0... .. Fact: The United States department of agriculture has released the following information: It is safe to keep the food in the original can after it has been opened. It is important to cover the can and to keep the fool cool. A few add foods may dissolve a little iron from the can, but this is not harmful or dangerous to health. Cans and foods are sterilized in the processing. Another container might have bacteria on it, which could cause food to spoil. Fallacy: Obesity is due entirely to heredity. , Fact: Obesity is caused primarily by overeating. More calories are taken into the body than are used and, as a result, fat is stored. Too many calories in the daily family meals may be responsible for all of the members of the family being overweight. Also it may mean that the family has inherited a good supply of high calorie recipes. While heredity may play in obesity, weight can be controlled by a limitation of calories. Someone said: “Life is just like a looking glass — you get out of it what you put into it.” Hoffa Asks Inquiry Os Pressure Tactics WASHINGTON (UPD — Teamsters President James R. Hoffa asked Congress today to investigate his charge that the Justice Department used pressure tactics to discourage insurance companies from bonding Teamster officials. In a letter to the House and Senate Labor committees, Hoffa said the move was designed to force Teamster officials out of of-

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Extension Meeting On Grain Handling Good corn handling systems matched to the livestock enterprise on a farm don’t just happen —they are planned! And that’s the basis for an Adams county extension meeting on grain handling systems for livestock farms, according to Leo N. Seltenright, county agricultural agent. The tour will be held at the Harold Moser farm, Monroe Grain & Supply, and L. M. Busche and Bob Isch farms February 6. r __ Bruce A. McKenzie, extension agricultural engineer from Purdue University, will lead the discussion, according to Seltenright. The program will consist of a comparative analysis of different methods of drying corn, and how to evaluate these for the farm. There will be plenty of time for questions on farm problems. Seltenright points out that there are ear corn handling systems just as modern as the best shelled corn program. The real question involves knowing which method fits each farm. This means “you must know drying methods and where they fit, what’s involved in high moisture storage and handling, and how you design the layout. All of these questions will be covered. Interested farmers should contact several neighbors Concrete ideas sketched on paper and bring them to the meeting, can be easily changed, but concrete ideas cast in concrete are fixed. The time to start planning for next fall is now,” Seltenright concluded. Ayrshire Breeders Post Records Two area Ayrshire breeders posted milking records recently, according to word received from the national association at BranIn the herd of Backhaus Bros., Decatur, Indiana, a four year old registered Ayrshire cow named Star’s Jonquil has completed an official milk production record of 12,800 pounds, with 537 pounds of butterfat, on twice daily milking and for a testing period not exceeding 305 days in length. The record is one of many being made by an increasing number of registered Ayrshires on the Ayrshire Breeders’ Association official HIR and DHIR testing programs. It is equal to over 19 quarts milk per day for the 10 month test period, and is 1% times the national average for all dairy cows. In the herd of E. Henry & R. Ayers, Bluffton, Indiana, a five year old registered Ayrshire cow named The Highlands’ Pollyanna has completed an offical milk production record of 13,340 pounds, with 562 pounds of butterfat, on twice daily milking and for a testing period not exceeding 305 days in length. The record is one of many being made by an increasing number of registered Ayrshires on the Ayrshire Breeders’ Association official HIR and DHIR testing programs. It is equal to over 20 quarts of milk per day for the 10 months test period, and is 1% times the national average for all dairy cows. fice. Under the Landrum-Griffin Labor Act, union officials must be bonded to protect the rank and file from misappropriation of funds. Hoffa said the Teamster Union has been turned down by 260 bonding companies because of what he termed pressure brought by both the Justice Department and the Labor department. The Labor Department said it would not comment on the letter since it was directed to Congress. A spokesman also added that the department “would not comment on anything Mr. Hoffa said, at anytime.”

Farm Message To Congress By JFK Thursday WASHINGTON UPD - President Kennedy will send a special farm message to Congress on Thursday, it was announced today. S peaker John W. McCormack made the disclosure following weekly meeting of Democratic congressional leaders with the President. McCormack said no other special messages are in prospect Administration farm officials previously have disclosed that the President would propose separate farm legislation in three areas—cotton, feed grains, and dairy products. The administration’s cotton plan would provide a new subsidy payment designed to equalize the prices that domestic mills and foreign mills must pay for American cotton and to ease 1963 crop planting restrictions. Because of the way the price support program operates, American mills now must pay more for American cotton than do foreign mills. The administration failed last year in its attempt to impose mandatory production controls to hold down surplus output of corn and other feed grains. Revising its approach, the administration this year is expected to seek permanent continuation in modified form of the stopgap voluntary program for curbing surpluses which has been applied to 1961, 1962 and 1963 crops. As for dairy products, the administration will attempt to prod Congress into launching some kind of voluntary program for inducing farmers to curb surpluses piling up under the government’s price support program. Nikita Khrushchev Returns To Moscow MOSCOW (UPD—Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev returned to Moscow Monday night for the first time in nearly three weeks.

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Death Toll In Cold Siege Is Over 300 Mark By United Press International Temperatures dropped below zero in the Ohio Valley and snow-clogged Northeast again today. Light snow drifted eastward from the Rockies. The death toll from the Jl-day siege of bitter cold and heavy snow edged above the 300 mark. The mercury fell to 10 below zero early today at Pittsburgh, shattering a 36-year-old record low for Jan. 29. Ohio, staggered by minus-30 temperature readings Monday, recorded more sub-zero readings today. The Ohio River was almost covered by ice 3 to 4 inches thick. Peach and cherry crops in the southwestern portion of the Buckeye State have been severely damaged. Elmira, 1 N.Y., recorded a low of 18 belOw early today. Snowbogged Watertown, N.Y., saw its 70-inch snow cover reduced to 57 inches because of settling. Elsewhere, drizzle swept the Pacific Coast and southern Texas. Light snow fell over the Pacific Northwest and across the Northern Plains. Winter continued to spawn fires and treacherous driving conditions across the land. A general alarm fire in Pittsburgh Monday night leveled a city block, destroying seven buildings and three homes. Five firemen were injured. United Press International counted 302 deaths attributed to the weather. Indiana led the nation with 48 deaths, followed by Illinois and Ohio with 31 each and New England with 29. Michigan reported 19 deaths, Texas 16 and Minnesota 15. Two Children Hurt In Sled Accidents HUNTINGBURG, Ind. (UPD — Two children were hospitalized here during the weekend from sled accident injuries. Rebecca Elshoff, 13, Jasper, suf-

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1963

Would Open Areas To Hunt And Fish INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Fishermen and hunters will have access to 24,000 additional acres in strip mine regions as a result of a bill to be introduced in the Indiana Senate soon, Sen. Willis K. Batchelet, R-Fremont, said Monday. The measure, to be sponsored by Batchelet and Sen. Lucius Somers, R-Moagland, will remove liability of landowners for injuries ~ sustained by hunters, anglers, trappers and sightseers on premises, when no charge is made. Batchelet said many choice spots for hunting and fishing will be opened to the public, if the bill removing the liability becomes a law. — Sens. Paul B. Bilby, R-Warsaw, and Robert E. Peterson, D-Roch-ester, Monday introduced two measures also pertaining to the wide open spaces. One would permit the State Conservation Commission to regulate the shorelines of lakes and would make any new water created by excavation along the shore line open to the public. The other would let the State Board of Health and—or the State Stream Control Pollution Board regulate sewage disposal systems on lakes. Indiana Conservation DirectorDon Foltz said his department has assumed these powers under terms of an attorney general’s opinion but these bills would make the department’s control of new channels leading into public fresh water lakes more definite. Another bill, introduced by Sen. Lee Clingan, D-Covington, would change the mesh of nets used in taking fish in portions of the Wabash. White and Eel Rivers to two and one-half inches. This would permit the taking of fish which now slip through the legal two-inch mesh. sered a rupture of the liver when her sled hit a parked truck as she coasted down a hill. She underwent emergency surgery Monday and was listed in fair condition. Mike Wampler, 8, Holland, suffered a skull fracture when his sled slid under a car. -