Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1963 — Page 6

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Do You Want To Raise Sugar Beets?

Paulding Sugar Co. Needs USDA Allotment To Operate Plant

Are any Adams county farmers interested in growing sugar beets? - Sugar-beet farming used to be quite popular in Adams county between 1910 and 1945, but when the old Central Sugar Company closed its doors, soy beans and tomatoes took over. But an area company is again interested in processing the beets, as the result of the removal of sugar quotas from Cuba. A. J. Roof, Ottawa, Ohio, die new owner of the Paulding Sugar plant at Paulding, Ohio, is attempting to put the plant back into operation as a sugar refinery. Mr. Roof purchased the plant in Dec. 1961, and has been cleaning up the buildings and grounds. Nearly all of the obsolete equipment has been removed, but remodeling of the plant and installation of new equipment cannot progress until approval is received from the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture at Washington, D.C. for his application of allotment for sugar beet acreage for the 10 county area surrounding the plant. FILES APPLICATION Oct. 24, 1962, Mr. Roof as President of the Paulding Sugar Co. along with the Paulding Sugar Beet Growers Assn., filed application for 13,000 acres to be allotted to growers in a 10 county area, from the sugar beet acreage reserve, and for a marketing allotment for the sale of refined sugar from the yield of the crop of sugar beets. The ten county area includes: Paulding, Defiance, Van Wert, Williams, Henry, Fulton and Mercer in Ohio; and Allen, Adams and DeKalb in Indiana. This application is for new growers for the year 1964, and quick approval is needed in order to put the plant into operation for the fall crop of 1964. • SUGAR ACT OF 1962 The Sugar Act of 1962 allowed for new beet growers for five years, starting with 1962. A new grower is one who has not raised beets for 3 years preceeding the opening of a new facility. PLANT EMPLOYMENT The new plant, when completed would employ 75 full time employees, and over 150 additional during the fall processing season. Annual payroll would exceed $500,000. Farmers or beet growers will be

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given preference for the seasonal employment to help supplement farm income in the area. ADDITIONAL CROP If the application with the USDA is approved the operation of the Paulding Sugar Co. refinery would provide an additional crop for the 10-county area. The average contract in Ohio is 20 acres of sugar beets per farm. The new plant would! make an additional crop available to 650 farms in the area. The application is for 13,000 acre allotment of sugar beets, and there is between 600,000 and 800,000 acres capable at growing sugar beets in the area. HIGH INCOME CROP * Sugar beets is now the highest income crop, other than produce crops such as tomatoes. In 1961 statistics from Putnam Co. showed that Sugar Beets gave more than double the net return per acre as corn. Beets averaging 14 tons, netted $47.15 per acre; corn 81 bu., $21.; Soybeans, 29 bu., $13.06; Wheat, at 32 bu., $10.04; and Oats, averaged 61 bu. with a loss of $2.45 per acre. In the past 9 years only one year showed beets below 14 ton per acre, with the 1962 crop averaging above 16 ton per acre. Sugar beet growers share in the net proceeds with the company, and at the present time sugar is at its highest price in the past 40 years. All indications are that the price will continue upward due to increase in consumption both in industry and in the home. MECHANIZED CROP In the past ten years, improvements have made possible 100 per cent effective mechanical harvesting of beets, and the development of monogerm seed, giving one sprout from one seed, have made possible mechanical blocking by space planting. Planters and cultivators can be used on both sugar beets and soybeans for highest yield in row spacing of 28 to 30 inches. SECOND OHIO REFINERY The Columbia Sugar Co. built the Paulding sugar refinery in 1910, was the second plant in the state of Ohio. Fremont plant was built in 1900. The Paulding plant operated in 1947 for its last season. In 1942 the area which will be

covered by the new Paulding plant, had 22,000 acres of beets, which produced 234,000 tons of sugar beets. A few farmers in Paulding county continued to raise sugar beets through 1952, shipping them to distant refineries. PLANT TO HAVE EQUIPMENT Mr. Roof stated that the Paulding plant, if application with the U.S.D.A. is approved, would have all new unloading equipment for prompt unloading as beets were harvested. Present plans call for two outlying storage yards to cut down congestion at harvest time at the plant. The plant will slice 2000 tons per day which is more than double the old plant. Mr. Roof is not new to the sugar industry. He was one of the organizers and stockholders of the Buckeye Sugar Co. of Ottawa, Ohio in 1954 and served as president for 5 years, during which time the company increased it's capacity by 60 per cent. Considerable interest has been shown by the College of Agriculture of Ohio State University in the Paulding Plant. Their concern is the possibility of sugar

I would like to see the Paulding Sugar Co. get its requested . * acreage allotment and marketing quota so it can be put back • into operation to make possible the raising of sugar beets I , in this area. & , * NAME 1 (FiH.r.T »»■ 1 • ADDRESS - —- • I I . CITY STATE —■ (Courtesy of 'The Decatur tfaily Democrat) * OB OB ■ ■■ OB

Purple Penning; Patsy Lee Leaders County Extension Agent Home Economics This is “size-up” the hat week, declared unofficially by all the women who have purchased lace hat frames and who will be attending the flowered hat lesson on February 19. Officialy this is “National Pimiento Week.” You might try celebrating this by putting a few pimientoes in your green peas. VALENTINE’S PARTY FOR YOUNG SET — 2-2% MINUTES: Valentine’s Day - it’s the perfect party day. For the very young set this is an ideal time to have young friends in. Os course, planning the party is half the fun, so be sure to let your youngsters help. Invitations are easy to make in the shape of red hearts cut from construction paper. Use white ink or crayon to indicate the time, the place and the date of your party. You’ll want to use a bright red crepe paper tablecloth or a plain white one and scatter tiny red hearts over it. To make the place setting, select large round lace paper doilies. Use plain white paper plates decorated the edges with tiny red hearts. Place cards can be made by young folks, too. Simply attach red hearts to individual nut cups. Pierce a paper arrow through each heart and write a guest’s name on each one. It’s easy to turn sandwiches into clever Valentine Day’s fare. Here’s one way to do it. Cut hearts from squares of bread with a cooky cutter, cutting hearts from only half of the squares. Fit the cut-out square over another bread slice spread with sandwich filling. The heart shapes of bread can then be matched for sandwiches. This system prevents the waste of bread Which Is often associated with fancy sandwiches — and you have two different, attractive heart-shaped sandwiches for serving. Now for the important part — the meaty fillings for the sandwiches. Here are two combinations the young folks will like. First, here’s a grand way of using chipped beef. Cut 2% ounces of chipped beef into thin strips. Use your scissors to do this easily. Then combine the chipped beef with one 3-ounces package of cream cheese, 1 teaspoon horseradish and 1 tablespoon of minced onion. This is enough filling for 8 to 10 of the heart-shaped sandwiches. Bacon-cheese sandwiches will be another hit Fry 8 slices of bacon until crisp. Then chop the bacon fine. Combine with 1 tablespoon of chutney and one 3-ounce package of cream cheese. This makes about % cup of sandwich spread. You can mix your sandwiches; that is, match whole wheat bread hearts to white bread hearts, etc.

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beet crop improving the income of farmers in northwestern Ohio. The Wooster Research Station is doing considerable research on techniques and methods of planting, harvesting, etc., of sugar beets. ACTION NEEDED The Paulding Sugar Beet Growers Assn, is urging action by farmers, farm organizations and other interested parties in the 10 county area, in order to draw attention to the U.S.D.A. of the importance of this crop and industry to the area. The association urges each to write to their U. S. congressman and senators. Addresses of the U. S. Senators are: Senator R. Vance Hartke, Senate Office Bldg., Washington 25, D. C. Senator Birch Bayh, Senate Office Bldg., Washington 25, D. C. Hon. E. Ross Adair, House Office Bldg., Washington 25, D. C. Also fill in the enclosed coupon and send it to your local county agent.

Arrange them on the individual plates with potato chip® Add carrot sticks and celery strips. Serve with milk. WHAT’S NEW • Machines are becoming more human every day and now marketing researchers in the USDA are developing instruments with human traits that have the senses of touch and sight. Such instruments can measure the firmness of fruit or look inside it in routine inspection and grading operations. All consumers know that “pinching and poking” are not the best ways to judge firmness dr ripeness of fresh fruits and vegetables (the best way is by general appearance), for pinching and poking only cause damage that we as consumers, must pay for in the long run. But a machine that will do the job before the produce gets to the retail market is good news for all. One such intrument, a “hortispect” can see inside apples, potatoes and other fresh products and detact hidden defects without affecting the marketability of normal samples that are tested. Another instrument, developed by marketing researchers from USDA, is the mechanical thumb which “feels” the firmness of apples and other fruits to determine their ripeness. Although neither the mechanical thumb nor the hortispect is ready for commercial use right now, both have given highly promising results when tested under actual commercial conditions. 4-H LEADERS: Please mail the number of 4-H girls of senior dress revue age who would be interested in attending a style show to me not later than February 18. .... SOMEONE SAID: Brightening up the life of someone else will put a fresh shine on your own. Sale Os Two Fields - At Auction Reported The sale of two fields In Hoot Township, formerly the property of Robert Mutschler, to Howard and Mildred Evans, at auction Saturday, was announced today by William F. Schnepf, auctioneer and real estate broker. Evans purchased a 40-acre field for $267.50 an acre, and a 61-acre field for $193 an acre, for an average of $222.50 an acre. The two fields are located in the section just north of Zehr’s Lake, formerly Saddle Lake and Shrayer’s Lake, in Root township, a part of the Bower farm. Kenneth (Dekel Schnepf farmed the area. Mr. and Mrs. Schnepf and their family are moving back to Alvord, lows. to their home farm of 160 acres, from which they moved to Adams county in 1939. They plan to move March 1. A total of 158 acres and the home on the farm were previously sold.

County Agent’s Corner

1963 FEED GRAIN PROGRAM: The sign-up for the 1963 feed grain program is being carried on now at the county ASCS office. Why don’t you go in and see how it fits on your farm? Check it thoroughly—advantages and disadvantages—and then make your decision. DISTRICT 4-H JUNIOR LEADER TRAINING: The district 4-H junior leader training conference will be held Wednesday, 4:30 p. m. to 9 p. m. at the Ossian school in Wells county. The event is co-sponsored by the Farm Bureau organization and they are providing transportation and meal costs. Mrs. Orville Neuenschwander is in charge of transportation. Those planning to attend are: Kathy Christman, Dave Meyers, Fred Wulliman, Mary Ann Duff, Diana Beer, David Griffiths, Karen Bieberich, Richard Yoder, Connie Everett, Jerry Selking, Cynthia Fuelling, Wilfred Morrison, Bob Chilcote, Ronnie Kipfer, Judy Selking, Leroy Boerger, Dean Wass, Janelie Nyffeler, Bob Kirchhofer, Jane Tumlin, Dave Swickard, Sharon Liechty, Pauline Ripley, Steven Randolph, Sharon Schaadt, Richard Gerber, Paul Ehrsam, Jim Bieberstein, Rita Norquest, and county extension agents Patsy Lee Leaders and myself. OPERATION BRAINPOWER: Operation brainpower will be held Saturday at Purdue University. The event is sponsored by the Purdue ag alumni associations. The Adams county chapter will complete their plans for attendance early in the week. Chairman is Don Norquest, chapter president, and other committee members are Byron Bunker, Bill Kipfer, Doyle Lehman, Martin Watson, Roy Price, Bill Journay, Paul Kohne and Jim Woolsey. EXTENSION SCHOOL ON INSECT AND WEED CONTROL: Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 19, at 1 p. m. at the Decatur Community Center will be the insect and weed control school. Glen Lehker, extension entomologist, and Jim Williams, extension botanist, will outline control methods of insects and weeds. GRAIN HANDLING SYSTEMS: Good grain handling systems for livestock farms don’t just happen, they are planned, and it was borne out in the meeting last Wednesday. In fact, Bruce A. McKenzie, extension agricultural engineer from Purdue University, said that the difference between a hap-hazard “armstrong” type grain handling program, on a term, and an efficient well organized facility is not the cost, but the planning. Die cost of the haphazard approach will slip on you, if you’re not careful. McKenzie pointed out that good ear corn handling systems can compete economically with shelled corn handling methods, particularly Where the total grain handled is under 7,000 bushels per year. In addition to the common ear corn systems, he outlined the possibility of using a wide, clear span building. This approach has the advantage of a building type that is completely open, completely flexible, as on the Busche farm. It can be ear corn storage today, and machinery, livestock or utility storage tomorrow. Out-of-storage ear corn handling can be easily mechanized with high capacity, using a snow scoop on a tractor. Die crib design must include forced, unheated air drying, but this gives all of the advantages of early harvest. On dry shelled corn systems, McKenzie discussed different methods of drying. In general, instorage drying using supplemental heat is a low investment cost method. It is probably best suited to the small operator where speed is not so important. Small batch dryers on the other hand, deliver 100 to 1000 bushels per day, and will cost about the same as 2 to 3 supplemental heat systems. Hence, this is the break-even investment point for the two methods, and performance then becomes the primary question. The large volume operator over 20,000 bushels will probably look to large batch, as at Monroe Grain, or continuous flow drying for his needs. McKenzie also outlined a method for using a round metal bin as a batch dryer. He called the method batch-in-bin drying. With this approach, a 5 or 7% h.p. fan and 1,000,000 BTU heater will dry SOO- - bushels of 25% corn every 24 hours. Drying efficiency appears to be good, and investment low. High moisture corn storage would seem best suited to the large livestock feeder, as on the Moser farm, according to McKenzie, because of the economy in large sealed storages. Current research indicates approximately 10% increased feed efficiency on high moisture corn and cob meal fed to cattle. The indication with high moisture shelled corn for hogs, however, is that the com may be reduced (as much as 5%) in feed value. No drying cost and

increased handling capacity may offset this. McKenzie stressed the imoprtance of planning the layout of grain storage on the farm. He emphasized that more consideration must be given to out-of-storage handling. This is a 365 day per year job on most livestock farms, compared to only 20 or 30 days of in-to-storage handling. He stated that Adams county farmers can have a high level of mechanized handling at, an economical cost, with good planning. Grain handling system plans which McKenzie outlined are available from the county extension office. There are also approximately 40 examples of the facilities scattered over the state. The systems presented can be built unit by unit over a period of years, using standard bins and equipment presently available. Diey present an excellent basis for planning how to get from where you are, to where you want to be. PURDUE MARKETING CLINIC: “Managing Your Business for Increased Profits” will be the theme of the seventh annual Purdue marketing clinic, Feb. 20, at Purdue University. Several hundred management personnel of marketing firms are expected to attend the event, sponsored by the Indiana farmer-retidler committee and Purdue. Dr. Earl L. Butz, Purdue’s dean of agriculture; Sam E. Dean, chairman of the board, Dean Milk Co., Franklin Park, 111., and Harold Snyder, president of the National Broiler Council, Dardanelle, Ark., will address the general session. Dr. Richard L. Kohls, Purdue agricultural economist, will address the luncheon. A specialist in marketing and prices, Kohls will discuss research he has done in studying the farmer as a consumer. Then dairy, livestock and meat marketing, poultry and egg marketing and grain and feed marketing sessions will be held concurrently. Speakers at these commodity sessions include Elmer Baummer. Ohio State University agricultural economist; Robert Braunschweig, director of meat merchandising, Kroger Co., Cincinnati; Stanley Odle, sales manager, Allied Mills, ’ Indianapolis; Eugene Jordan, president A. H. Perfect Co., Fort Wayne, and half a dozen Purdue agricultural economists. RECOMMENDED GRASS, LEGUME VARIETIES: Purdue University agronomists recommend these grass and legume varieties for 1963 seeding in Indiana: Alfalfa-Culver, Vernal and Ranger. About 350,000 pounds of certified seed will be available through seed trade channels; this amount will fall far short of anticipated demands. (Varieties not recommended for Indiana planting include Common, Teton, Narragansett, Lahontan, blends and non-hardy types.) Red Clover-Kenland, the best all around variety. Medium red clover seed produced in the corn belt is acceptable. Lakeland is acceptable for northern Indiana. (Dollar, Michigan and Canadian Common medium red clover have not performed satisfactorily in Indiana.) Mammoth Red Clover-Domes-tic corn belt mammoth can be used for plow down mixtures. Altaswede mammoth and other Canadian strains should be avoided. Smooth Brome—Achenbach, Lincoln, Southland and Saratoga. Tall Fescue—Kentucky 31 and Alta have given equal performance under Indiana conditions.■ Orchard grass—Later is recommended, but seed supplies will be short. Domestic common, Potomac, Danish Imported, S-37 and Pannlate are acceptable. Timothy—Drummond, a new Canadian variety, and Climax have given superior performance. Clair and common domstic are acceptable.

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Soil Maps Tell Best Farmland

Best farmland, well as home sites, or factory potentials, can easily be found on soil survey maps, such as the 54 prepared this past year by the Soil Conservation Service on 5,500 acres of Adams county land. The maps were made primarily for use of the Adams County Soil and Water Conservation District for farm planning purposes. However, the soil map is in demand by many users. A great deal of valuable informatics, is recorded cm the soil survey map, thus making it useful to others. Fanning Areas Shown The map shows” areas which are best adopted to production of agricultural products and also areas which are also less desirable for this purpose. These less desirable soils may be well suited for home sites, supermarkets, or industrial sites, etc. Soil survey maps help direct land use for agircultural production as well as non-agricul-tural expansion. Other Uses Home budders and contractors can refer to soil maps for information for building foundation construction and subsurface sewage disposal. Land appraisers find that soil survey maps provide useful information on which to base land values. Officials of county and community planning groups find soil maps of great help in working with the rapidly growing “urban sprawl.” 75 Soils Here Most users of the soH maps desire more general information than that of the individual soil type shown. Since there are so many kinds of soils — over 75 soil types are recognized in Adams County — it is more practical to group the soils for different interpretations.— Farmers are interested in knowing how the soils on a particular farm are adopted for common firm crops. They want information as to what can be expected of these soils; what are their limitations for sustained production; and what is the risk of soil damage if they are mismanaged. Will Soils Drain? Homebuilders and buyers can

Sudan grass—Green leaf is still recommended for straight Sudan grass. The Sudan grass-grain sorghum hybrid crosses, such as Sx. 11, P.A.G. 34 and others, are entering the picture. These hybrids have given consistently superior dry matter production, but are more stemmy than straight Sudan grass. (Piper and Sweet Sudan varieties are unacceptable.) VARIETIES OF SOYBEANS GROWN IN INDIANA: Harosoy was again the leading soybean variety in Indiana in 1962 with 35 per cent of the total acreage. In 1959, Harosoy accounted for 40 per “cent of the soybean acreage. Clark, which made large gains in popularity in 1958 and 1959, replaced Hawkeye as the second leading variety and accounted for 19 per cent of the total acreage. Clark continues to be very popular in the southern part of th state. Hawkeye, which was the leading variety grown in 1957, accounted for only 11 per cent of the soybean acreage. This compares with 27 per cent in 1959 and 34 per cent in 1958. The decrease was shown in all areas of the state. Shelby made large gains in the central and southern parts of the state and is now the third leading variety with 16 per cent of the total acreage. In 1959 Shelby accounted for only 1 per cent of the acreage. Lindarin, which accounted for less than one per cent of the soybean acreage in 1959, now is the fourth most popular variety with 13 per cent of the total acreage. Increases of the Lindarin variety were shown in all areas of the state. However,

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predict the approximate absorption potentially of an area for a residential subsurface sewage disposal system for a soils map. Some soils have fluffy layers which can get rid of sewage adequately. Other soils are tight, have high water tables, or may be underlain with bedrock and shallow depths, etc. All of this information, along with a great deal more, is recorded on the soil map. Scientist Makes Man The soil survey map is made by a soil scientist, who walks over the fields, digging and boring numerous holes deep enough to examine the underlying layers of soil. The maps are made on aerial photographs which show the physical features on the ground. No two soils are exactly alike. Those soils with no significant differences are outlined or plotted on the map and given a soil symbol. This symbol is a short or ceded method indicating the soil characteristics. Many seals merge into one another through a transitional belt several yards or more wide. Therefore, the boundry of the map may indicate an abrupt or a gradual change in soil type. The map is a record of such things as the texture (coarseness or fineness of the surface soil, the natural inherent drainage, the loss of soil by erosion, if any, and the slope of the soil surface. Other Information Other information is observed and recorded on the photographs or on additional notes. This information includes soil structure (arrangement of soil particles), total depth of the soil, the thickness of each soil layer, the physiographic position (river bottom, upland etc.), evidences of flooding, and sometimes the acidity and alkalinity. The soil map also shows its users drainage patterns (how and where surface water flows from the land), position of rock outcrops, lakes and ponds, levies, roads, railroads, powerlines. pipelines, pits, buildings and the like. Actually, soil survey maps are quite valuable to many people. :

it is more important in the northern part of the state. Lincoln accounted for 2 per cent of the acreage compared with 8 per cent in 1959. However, it is still fairly popular in the east central part of the state. Other varieties with measurable amounts of the acreage were: Blackhawk, mostly in the central and northern areas; Chippewa, in the north; and Wabash, in the southern counties.

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