Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1963 — Page 6

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Adams Comity Farmers’ Corner

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by: Leo N. Seltenright County Extension Agent Agriculture 4-H Adult Leaders to Meet: The Adams county 4-H adult leaders will meet today at 7:30 p.m. at the Adams Central school library. Purpose of the meeting is to plan for the 1963 season. D.H.LA. Report: The December D.H.I.A. report lists the ten high herds as follows: 1 — Jesse Blume and Sons, 2.2 lbs. of butterfat per cow per day; 2 — Kenneth Beer and Sons, 1.9; Arnold Scheumann, 1.9; Martin Habegger and Son, 1.8; Ivan Steury, 1.8; Ben and Arnold Gerke, 1.7; Yager and Lehman, 1.7; L. Reuben Schwartz and Son, 1.7; Edward Marbach, 1-7; Paul Leichty and Sons, 1.7; and Albert Ewel, 1.7. The high cows were from the heards of Ben and Arnold Gerke. 122 lbs. 8.F.; Jesse Blume and Sons, 117 lbs.; Arnold Scheumann, 114 lbs, Franklin Steury 114 lbs.; Norman Becker 112 lbs. and 111 lbs.; Yager and Lehman 110 lbs.; Jesse Blume and Sons 109 lbs. and 109 lbs.; L. Reuben Schwartz 109 lbs.; and Paul Liechty 109 lbs.; Kenneth Beer and Sons 105 lbs.; Norman Becher 104 lbs.; Arnold Scheumann 103 lbs. and Ivan Steury, Franklin Steury and Martin Habegger and Son 100 lbs. Grain Handling Tour: If you are thinking about changes in handling systems for your grain, I am sure you can get some ideas on the tour Wednesday morning. The stops are 9 a.m. at Harold Moser farm, 10 a.m. Monroe Grain and Supply; 11 a.m. the L. M. Busche farm. Bruce McKenzie, Ag engineering specialist, will be the discussion leader. Swine Committee to Meet: The swine project committee will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the county extension office. Purpose is to plan the 1963 4-H swine program. Junior Corn '' Some 500 farm youth and their leaders from 85 Indiana counties will gather at Purdue University February 9 for the 11th annual junior corn growers' jamboree. They will honor junior corn champions and select the 1963 corn queen. W. R. Amick, associate in 4-H work at Purdue and jamboree general chairman, says the session will begin at 10 a.m. in Loeb Playhouse, Purdue Memorial Cen-

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ter, with entertainment by the Purdue Variety band, featuring Purdue's golden girl, and a welcome by D. C. Pfendler, assistant dean of Purdue's school of agriculture. This will be followed with talks by Dr. Ralph Davis, Purdue agronomist, on “Horizons in crop science;” Dr. Roy Whistler,' Purdue biochemist, on “New uses for old crops; Dr. Ralph Erb, assistant head of animal sciences at Purdue, on Current research in animal science: introduction of 1962 4-H corn champions and com queen contestants. Sandra Karn. Purdue junior, then will do her baton twirling act. and Harold Berry, Madison county extension agent, and Rudy Hilst, Purdue agronomist, will interview junior corn growers with high yields. Contestants for the com queen title are Jerri Lanigan, Knightstown; Sheryl Peggs, Rushville; Karen Platter, Columbia City; Diana Morgan, route 10, Lafayette; Sue Eleen Spencer, Upland; Carol Garrigus, Rockville; Margaret Seller, Shelbyville; Phyllis Ann Boaz, Whiteland, and Vicki Hansell, Chalmers. (Ralph Baumheckel, chairman of the junior project corn committee of the Indiana crop improvement association, will preside at the luncheon, courtesy of the plant food department of the Indiana Farm Bureau cooperative association, the Indiana crop improvement association and the Indiana seed certification service, in the south ballroom of Purdue’s Memorial Union. Purdue’s glee club will entertain, Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine will speak, the 1963 corn queen will be chosen and Melvin Leach of the plant food department, Indiana Farm Bureau cooperative associations, will conduct recognition ceremonies for the junior com growers. A basketball, autographed by Purdue basketball team members, will be presented. Gordon Jones, assistant in 4-H of the closing ceremonies. Bad Weather for Fruit Trees: Chances are Indiana's arctic cold wave caused two kinds of damage to your peach trees. Temperatures ranging from about 12 to 14 degrees below zero will kill flower buds and if the mercury drops to minus 20 to 22 degrees, injury to the young shoot buds and wood will result. Jerome Hull Jr., Purdue Univer-

sity extension horticulturist, says damage to the tree can be detected by cutting back young shoots and branches. If the wood in the center is discolored, injury has occurred. Severe temperatures sometimes cause the bark of the tree to crack and peel back. If this has taken place, Hull suggests tacking the cracked bark in place and painting the wound area with tree wound compound or shellac. Delay pruning the peach tree until next spring and then remove only broken branches, he cautions. And fertilize the trees too. Trees may start to grow next spring and then suddenly wilt and die. Others may fail to grow; others may grow this year and die in 1964. All of this is the result of winter injury, Hull says. Homeowners with apple trees are more fortunate since these trees will withstand temperatures from minus 25 to 30 degrees. Pears are slightly less hardy than apple trees. Avoid large pruning cuts until the frigid weather has passed. Apricot trees and buds probably weren’t injured, Hull says. However, sweet cherries are only slightly hardier than peaches, flower buds being killed at 15 degrees below zero. Sour cherry is more hardy than the sweet cherry. Feeder Cattle Numbers Higher: Indiana farmers are feeding substantially more cattle and calves now than a year ago. State - federal agricultural statisticians at Purdue University estimate the January! totalat 225,000 cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market. This is 13 per cent more than a year earlier and four per cent more than average. Cattle on feed three or fewer months totaled 156,000 compared to 145,000 on January 1,1962. Animals on feed longer than three months numbered 69,000. Cattle placed on feed during last October through December totaled 159,000 five per cent more than during me same quarter in 1961. During the last three months of 1962, farmers sent 65,000 cattle to market, comparing to 74,000 sold inthe same quarter of 1961. - Farmers indicated they plan to sell 75,000 fed cattle during the first three months of -1983, one per cent more than markettags for the first quarter of 1962. Grata Stocks in Storage Positions: Corn stocks in all storage positions in Indiana last Jan. 1 totaled 347 million bushels, report statefederal agricultural statisticians at Purdue University. This is one per cent larger than on Jan. 1,

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1962. Oats stocks in all positions on Jan. 1 also were larger than a year earlier. They amounted to 23 million bushels. 17 per cent more than a year ago. Stocks of wheat, soybeans, barley, rye and sorghum grain, how- c ever, were smaller than on Jan. 1 1.1962. J Wheat stocks amounted to 12.4 s million bushels — 15 per cent s smaller than a year earlier. r Stocks of soybeans totaled 42.8 S million bushels, of which 18.8 mil- s lion bushels were in off-farm stor- a age. Soybean stocks on January t 1,1962 amounted to 47 million t bushels. 1 Barley stocks at 397,000 bushels s were down 44 per cent from a " year ago. . Rye stocks of 185,000 bushels 1 were 24 per cent smaller than on ’ Jan. 1,1962. ‘ Sorghum grains stocks totaled , 265,000 bushels, 33 per cent below , the Jan. 1,1962 total. { Roses Frosen Ont: Indiana’s severest winter of the ‘ century probably has taken a J heavy toll of rose bushes. Proper mulching last fall, says Don ‘ Scheer, Purdue University exten- ( sion horticulturist, perhaps saved some of them. But if they weren’t • mulched, likely they didn't sur- . vive. ( Nothing can be done now, he s adds, except wait and hope for the t best if you mulched. If you didn’t , better look for je 1963 rose ( catalogue. i When April comes, Scheer ad- 3 vises, remove the mulch and prune - but the dead canes, cutting back > about an inch into the live green 1 wood. Don’t worry if you have ’ cut the bush almost to the ground. 1 The horticulturist says you’ll have 1 good roses even if only one or 1 two inches of live stem remains above the graft union. I < News Conference By Kennedy Thursday WASHINGTON (UPD - Presi- < dent Kennedy will hold a news , conference at 4 p.m. EST, Thurs- . day. 1 ’ j House Passes First Bill Os New Congress WASHINGTON (UPD , - Tfre House passed its first bill of the 88th Congress Monday. The bill,, which now goes to the Senate, ' would allow paying burial allow- 1 ances in cases where a veteran’s discharged wsa changed from dishonorable after his death. 21-Month-Old Boy Chokes On Peanut EL CENTRO, Calif. (UPD — A 21-month-old boy choked on a peanut Monday night and died several moments later. Mrs. Maria Bresino said she tried to save her son, Jose, but was unsuccessful. It was the second tragedy to hit the Bresino family in two months. Two months ago, the father of the child was killed in an auto accident. Burns Prove Fatal To Ohio Resident RICHMOND, Ind. (UPD — George W. Delk, 35, R.R. 1, New Madison, Ohio, died at Reid Memorial Hospital early Monday after being burned by scalding water last Wednesday night at the, Avco Corp. Delk, a pipefitter, suffered second and third degree burns when one of the pipes he was working on burst. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Wants ads — they get BIG results.

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Purple Penning; By: Patsy Lee Leaders County Exttnsion Agent Home Economics Events of this week are mainly centered around the hat making lesson. February 6, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Golds Thompson will sell the hat supplies in the extension office in Decatur, and in Monroe Feb. 8 from 1 to 3:30 p.m., She is planning to bring several styles of the lace hat frames and also some small velvet bands for those of you who are “allergic” to wearing hats. There will also be several kinds of flowers and some straw braid for making straw hats. Tuesday evening of this week, the 4-H adult leaders will have a meeting in the library of the Adams Central high school. This is “Take and see week,”. “National cherry month” and “Frozen potato month.” So have fun celebrating. Ever try putting a clove in your loose tea ball? Sure will lift your tea, from common everyday tea. AVOID SPREADING COLDS: It is possble for people who are “catching cold” or who have colds to prevent someone else from “catching it.” One simple courtesy is to grab a klennex when you feel a sneeze “coming on.” If the sneeze is just too speedy cover the sneeze with your hand, then wash your hands immediately. This common courtesy is something which I thnk most of you teach your children as soon as they are able to understand, but there are many adults who seem to have forgotten some of their childhood training and are “contaminating” innocent people with their cold germs. DIETS: While I’m on a health "soap box” I may as well mention a dramatic story which appeared on the front page of a Fort Wayne paper yesterday. It immediately brought to mind two sayings — “The Longer the Belt, the Shorter the Life, or “Some people dig their own graves with their teeth.” The I story was about a man in Jacksonville, Florida who died at the age of 38, weighing 670 pounds. There was a time when a fat person -was considered a healthy person. •’But now medical histories indicate that overweight people are indeed unhealthy. Many people are in hospitals simply because of their poor eating habts. There was an article published a few years ago that you don’t see many fat people above the age of sixty or seventy — and that’s true — they are all six feet under. Don’t let this scare you into a fad diet regime. If you are over your recommended weight and want to lose weight, consult your family doctor. Then proceed on a sensible reducing campaign. By sensible I mean eating the amount of calories which he recommends in food which contains the most vitamins and minerals they can. When you are on a limited money budget you don’t spent the month’s allottment on a television set and then not have money for food for the whole month. By the same token you should not spend the total calories for the day on food which lacks adequate vitamins and minerals. Also remember you gained weight simply because you enjoy food so take off weight by eating foods within your caloric requirement-^ no by synthetic diets. BLEACHES: “Household bleach, sold under various trade names, is a solution of sodium Hypocholrite. If any acid substance is added, it will release poisonous chloric gas.” Recently two cases were reported when housewives were using well known toilet bowl cleaner. Not satisfied with the way the • cleaner was working on stains,

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each of the ladies added some household bleach and stirred the mixture with a toilet bowl brush. Death came in a few minutes to one of these women. The other, younger, survived, but needed a long period of hospitalization and treatment. This could happen to you or any member of your family. Accidents do not happen, They are caused! It might be wise to be careful of the empty bleath containers that sometimes accumulate. Vinegar and other acids will also liberate chlorine gas from bleach. Never let children play with such compounds. They might accidentally combine the two and add them up to tragedy.” The above incidents happened in Michigans. BEDSPREADS: When buying bedspreads, Purdue University home furnishings specialists suggest looking for signs of good quality — wide seams, full ruffles, corded or welted seams in tailored types, yarns that will not lint, fast colors) pre-shrinkage, closely woven fabric and small, dose stitching. GLOVES: If you do not own driving gloves, wear rough surfaced gloves while driving, advise clothing specialists at Purdue University. The textured surface will help prevent your hands slipping on the wheel. CLEAN-UP: Save scrubbing time by removing your broiler pan and grid from the oven right after use. Let them cool slightly, srinkle with detergent and cover with a dampened cloth or paper towel until washing time, recommend Purdue University home management specialists. JUST A THOUGHT: Some one said: “If you give the world the best you have, the best will come back to you.” Former Local Lady Dies At Hammond Word has been received here of the death Jan. 23 of Mrs. Charles Barnhart at her home in Hammond. She was a daughter of the late Dayton Steel of this dty. Survivors indude a son, two daughters, a brother, Gene, and a sister, Mrs. Chester Imler. Walks Backwards Into Train, Man Killed MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (UPD — Herman E. McCune, 55, Pines, was killed Monday when he walked backwards into the path of a train, apparently distracted by some dogs he was watching romping near the track. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

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REPUBLICAN (Continued from Page One) It has been rather generally opposed by attorneys who term it a violation of constitutional rights. A public hearing is slated for Wednesday afternoon in the Senate chamber on a new package of three bills which includes a revised edition of the “implied consent” bill. The other two measures soften the present penalties for drunk driving conviction. Backers of the bills say that the present law is so stringent it is difficult to obtain conviction under it, and the proposed new laws on driving while under the influence of liquor and habit-forming drugs actually will mean more convictions and fewer drinking drivers than under the present law. WHI Demonstrate Equipment Prof. Robert Borkenstefa, of the Indiana University Department of Police Administration, who invented a more simplified version of the “drunkometer," called the “hreathnnalyzer,” is scheduled to demonstrate the equipment in the Senate chamber. Sen. Martha Burnett, R-Indian-apolls, chairman of the Public Safely Committee which has the three bills under consideration, is co-author of two of the three related measures. Sens. Gerald W. Ryboljt, R-Kokomo, and Robert Peterson, D-Rochester, are coauthors of the “implied consent” measure. Rybolt is an attorney and Peterson is a law student. A sizeable delegation of ministers is expected to appear on behalf of the three bills at the hearing. Traffic safety experts, concerned because the voluntary usage of chemical tests for intoxication is dropping rapidly, also will appear to back the three bills. The “implied consent” bill gives the suspected motorist the choice of taking the test or having his driving privileges suspended on the grounds that his acceptance of driving responsibilities carried with it the implied consent to take the test. «. Many New Bills The Senate and House received a new batch of bills with the Senate running 39 bills behind its level last time, and the House somewhat ahead. Deadline for bill introduction in the House is Friday, in the Senate Monday. Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, RElkhart, chairman of the Senate Legislative Apportionment Committee, said he was hopeful of holding a committee hearing on the House-passed “Indiana Plan.” This is the GOP plan for reapportionment byway of constitutional amendment and calls for a 60member Senate based on geography, economics and population, and a 100-member House on popu-

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lation alone. Bontrager said however, any discussion on reapportionment probably would touch on all plans before his committee. He also has the Democratic backed constitutional amendment for a 50-mem-ber Senate and a 100-member House, and a bill calling for immediate reapportionment along the lines of a plan worked out by Prof. Karl OLessker, Wabash College political scientist. Bills Sent To House The Senate late Monday passed several bills on third reading and sent them to the House. Among them were bills which would: —lncrease city docket fees from $5 to $lO, which brought objections from Sen. Morris Hall, R-Marion, that it would hike the cost of justice, but gained a 26-21 vote, which is a bare constitutional majority. —Allow city attorneys to live outside the city for which they work but inside the same county, — — 44-3. New Senate bills would: —Remove the present statutory limit of federal funds which may be spent for research on highway construction by Purdue University, Sens. Robe? t O’Bannon, IlCorydon, and Charles Maddix, ROtterbein. —Allow proposed school reorganizations which are not involved in litigation to be brought into existence by a short-cut method. Sen. David Kogers, D-Blooming-ton. . —Recodify school bus laws. Ses. Dewey Annakin, D-Terre Haute, and Charles Kellum, RMooresville. It would allow school bus drivers to be hired in the same-', manner as other non-in- „ structional employes and would limit transportation of adults to school sponsors. —Allow the State-Highway Commission to remove encroachments from the road right-of-way at the expense of the owner, if the owner failed to do so upon notification. Sens. Bussell Townsend, R-Indianapolis{ and Robert O’Bannon, D-Corydon. —Authorize the state or any subdivision of state government to contract for group insurance of its employes, and deduct from the employes’ pay for premiums. The state, however, would make no contribution to the insurance. Sens. Russell Townsend, R-lndian-apolis, and James Spurgeon, DBrownstown. —Limit the speed of motor boats within 50 feet of a shoreline of lakes formed by hydro-electric dams to not over 10 miles an hour. Sens. Keith McCormick, RfIJPD hour. Sens. Keith McCormick, RUniondale.