Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1963 — Page 4

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

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By Leo N. Seltenright County Extension Agent Agriculture WHEAT, OATS MEETING: See a number of wheat and oats varieties growing in the same plot Wednesday, 6:45 p.m., on the Winfred Gerke farm. The farm is H mile east of Monmouth, then two miles north. Gerald Miller, extension agronomist, will be the discussion leader. TV PROGRAM ON JULY 13: John Mentzer, extension ag engineer; and I will make a program on WPTA-TV on painting. The program will be with. Al Bean on “Al's Acres” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. PURDUE DAIRY DAY, JULY 15: Nutrition, housing and consumer acceptance of manufactured dairy products will be stressed at Purdue University’s dairy, field day, Monday, July 15, at tb’c dairy center, on Cherry Lane. The morning program will open at 10 o’clock with demonstrations, discussions and exhibits of research and experimental work at Purdue. Purdue dairy scientists will report on results of studies in feeding chopped corn, corn silage and pasturing fields which received heavy applications of nitrogen. Conversion of feed to milk by cows in relation to their body weight will also be discussed. Free stall housing—a new method of better utilization of buildings, bedding and the dairyman’s time — will be discussed. A demonstration of face fly control will be given. Visitors will hear a discussion of the genetic makeup of cows which influences their production and milk composition. Sire summaires available to Hoosier dairymen will be explained. Demonstrations on ; < testing for protein and solid-not-fat will be given • i Correct use and maintenance of i milking machines will be shown. Reports of consumer acceptance of -cottage cheese and soft serve ice cream will be presented. Lunch will be available at the dairy center. Dr. R. E. Erb, assistant head of Purdue’s animal sciences department, will open the afternoon session with a summary of current dairy research at Purdue. G. C. Quakenbush, director of marketing for the American dairy association, will discuss milk marketing trends. 1

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Dr. D. L. Hill, Purdue dairy scientist, is general chairman for the event, sponsored by the department of animal sciences. GWINNVIEW STOCK FARM ON TOUR: A low-Cost feeding operation for 200 cattle and 450 hogs and a 500acre cropping program of corn, beans and wheat or oats,, one-four-th mile east of the Lapel water tower, will be visited on the state farm management tour Thursday, July 18. The Visit to this Madison county farm will start at 11:30 a.m. Some’T7o acres of the Gwinnview stock form are owned by Mr. and Mr«. Ernest Gwinn and have been in the family for five generations. Their son, Don, rente an additional 330 acres. * Feeder calves weighing 300 to 500 pounds are purchased and fed to a market weight of 900 to 950 pounds in 10 months. Their rations are mixed in a feed barn and conveyed to an 80-foot trough by a rubber belt —a six-minute operation. Thirty cross-bred Hampsire sows farrow in May and October. Silage is stored in two large upright silos. Other feed storage included a grain building for 8,000 bushels of ear corn and 3,000 bushels of small grain a circular £teel bin for 4,400 bushels of shelled corn and a seven-ton capacity metal bin for supplement. Following the visit to the Gwimn farm, lunch will be served at 1 p.m. at- Linders, south of Anderson at the intersection of highway 67&9. Then at 2:30 p.m. the tour will make its final stop at the Byron Nixon, Jr., farm 1% miles south of Yorktown. , Times for visits to other farms on the tour: The John McDonald farm, five miles south of Muncie, 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, and the Max Townsend farm, five miles southwest of the court house in Marion, 9 a.m., Thursday, July 18. An economic outlook banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Juy 17, at Ball State College. Tickets for the banquet and luncheon may be obtained from county extension agents or from E. E. Carson, agricultural economics department, Purdue University, Lafayette. after July 1. Overnight acomodations will be ' available for tour members in

Purple Pennings By: Pasty Lee Leaders County Extension Agent „ Home Economics Last week at the district judging contest in Coolumbia City, Adams county had two first alternates. This means thgt if one of the girls who placed either second or first “breaks a leg” one of our girls will then be'entitled to partisipate in the state judging contest during the state fair. Judy Mosser is first alternate in home furnishings and Cynthia Boerger is the first alternate in food preservation. PARADE THEME: The theme for the 4-H parade will be “Through the Years in 4-H-,” July 17 is the district demonstration contest in LaGrange. As this is being written, I’m hoping that Erma Stauffer, Judy Mosser, Pauline Ripley and Linda Conrad are really practicing. Muncie. ■ The tour is sponsored by the state farm management association, extension agents in the New Castle district, and Purdue University’s agricultural economics department. PREVENT SHADE TREE STORM DAMAGE: Purdue University extension horticulturists say that most storm damage to trees can be prevented, since trees storm damaged are almost always weak. A principal cause of weak trees is improper pruning. Cutting off the top branches, or “beheading,” is the culprit. You should never do this because it allows rot organisms to enter and travel down: the trunk and weaken the entire tree structure. With beheading, your tree is likely to decay throughout the center and develop a weak hollow trunk. If you must remove major limbs, the horticulturists recommend cutting back to a ‘junction With another limb or the main trunk. They say to make a smooth cut close to the trunk and paint the wound with tree wound paint. Then keep the wound painted until it is completely healed. ■> They also recommend not planting soft, weak varieties. Some weak trees are the silver maple, the Siberian elm, generally called the Chinese elm, the willows, tree of heaven, or ailanthiis, and the poplars.

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SAFETY RULES FOR BOATING: The following release from Purdue I almost had put in all capital letters because one of my pet peeves is to’ see a “nut” behind the wheel of any type of boat. So man> people have longed for any type of vehicle that will put them on a lake and after they finally acquire one, neglect to learn the rules of the water. There are very definite rules for owning a boat and each one has a definite reason. All you need do 'is read any paper during the summer and ypu will learn that most of the boating accidents were avoidable. I’ve often wondered why some organization like the coast guard does not require boat owners .to attend, a shore school or drivers’ training class. With all the boats that are on the small Ipkes today, it is imperative that all become aware of the rules of the water. In addition to the following information from the Purdue Specialist, how many of you know that a boat under sail has the right of way? How many of you keep your eyes ahead of you when driving a boat to watch for a fallen water skier or a piece of floating debris? Before you respond to the “call of.,the sea,” be sure you know.the basic rules of water safety, advises Dick Willsey, safety specialist at Purdue University. Boating attracts more people each year, and crowded waters, neophyte skippers and overly adventurous souls all contribute to a growing accident problem . Mastering the water is the first safety step. Be able to swim and take care of yourself in the water. Laws require life preservers for ’each person aboard a boat — whether they can swim or not. See that the ones you use are a coast guard approved type, preferably orange for better visibility. Small children should keep life vests or jackets on at all times. Learn the rules of good seamanship, Willsey advises. This means knowing the right-of-way rules and when to keep clear; knowing the waters you use and the rheanings of all buoys, running lights and markers. Keep your boat seaworthy. Repair all leaks and minor damages before they become serious. Find out what equipment the law requires you to carjry for your class of boat. Make sure it is properly located and working. A good pilot knows how to handle his boat. He never lets fun interefer with his skill, courtesy or common sense. Basic piloting techniques are rules of courtesy involving watching your wake, avoiding turns at high speed, and reducing the speed of power driven boats when passing bathing beaches, canoes or other small boats. INSECTS: - One unwelcome guest you often meet on summer picnics is the picnic beetle. Dave Mathew, extension entomoloist at urdue University, says that this flying black beetle is sometimes called the scavenger beetle. It is about one quarter r inch long and has four yellow spots on its wing covers. J 1 111

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Although these beetles are not dangerous, they are a nuisance. Before picnicking, spray the shrubbery with dieldrin to control the beetles, and mosquitoes as well. Insect repelllents may be used around the eating area. Don’t uncover food until just before you are ready to serve the meal. Clean up immediately. Keep garbage can covers tightly closed and use all fly sanitation precautions. Spray garbage cans with a one per cent dieldrin solution. Don’t use this spray around food to be eaten, however, cautions Matthew. In addition to picnic areas, the beetles also inhabit home gardens where they attack over-ripe vegetables and small fruit. Discourage beetles by picking produce before fully ripe. If the pests are numerous, Matthew suggests using a garden spray or dust containing rotonone, sevin or malathion, which are safe to use on infested food crops. Follow the manufacturer’s directions carefully. The beetles, attracted by food odors, may try to get into the house. To discourage this, spray door screens with one of the insect repellents in the evening, when beetles are most numerous. Appoints Trustees For New College INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh today named six Hoosiers as members of the Board of Trustees for a vocationaltechnical college which as yet does not exist. The 1963 Legislature created the Indiana Vocational Technical College to provide educational opportunities for students who have not graduated from high school. The law specifies that the institution must be located in Marion County and that it could use existing facilities. , The board was authorized to hire a president and staff and was given $50,000 to use during an experimental period before reporting to the 1965 Legislature. Welsh named as trustees of the new college George F. Gilligan, Evansville, and Edward W. Towns Jr., Gary, to one-year terms; Eldon Lundquist, Elkhart, and George Bannister, Indianapolis, to two-year terms, and Mrs. Helen Morris, New Castle, and Glenn Sample, Indianapolis, both for three-year terms. Man Fined, Ordered To Leave Decatur Everett C. Davis, 45-year-old resident of Vendor, Ark., was fined $1 and costs, totaling $lB, in city court this morning, and given a 30-day suspended sentence at the Adatns county jail. < Davis was ordered by city court Judge John B. Stults to leave town, or he would have to serve the 30-day sentence. He was arrested b ythe city police at 11:40 p.m. Monday on N. Second St., and charged with public intoxication.

Jr«. X Sandia™;. r- 1 Hl Neighbor*! Soil erosion affects everyone. ■ Few city dwellers, however, give : it much thought becauise.it appears to be a problem for farmers. Let’s look at these facts. A few i years ago a chief of the soil con-| ; servation service made the fol- ; lowing estimate of the annual loss . in dollars through erosion in the United States: 1. Soil material (nitrogen, phos- | : phorus, calcium) $3,000,000,000. ' 2. Reduced farm income S4OO,1 000,000. 1 3. Damage to irrigation and reservoirs $63,000,000. 4. Damage to highways, railroads and navigable streams. $309,000,000. 5. Flood damage to city and farm property $72,000,000. Total damage done $3,844,000,000. You will note 4hat the smallest figure quoted, the $72,000,000 for flood damage, is the one that creates newspaper headlines. Much 1 more damage cost-wise and ma-terial-wise does not reach the head- '■ lines. The amount of soil dredged from river channels each year is staggering. At Cleveland, Ohio, for example, 881,000 cubic yards of sediment must be dredged from the harbor at a cost of $496,000. In many rivers, floods are becoming more frequent each year. This is partly due to the choking', of stream channels with sediment so that they have less and less capacity to carry flood waters. The bed of the Rio Grande, for example, is rising one foot every 12 ■ years. It is apparent that sediment J damage directly affects every citi- • zen, not just the farmer who lives > on the land where it comes from. For every citizen pays the cost 1 through higher taxes, railroad ’ fares, electricity and water bills, 1 higher food and clothing prices J and more contributions, to relief agencies. Illia Charting Next ! Move In Argentina ’ BUENOS AIRES, Argentina t (UPD—Dr. Arturo Illia, the moderate candidate who outpolled his . nearest rival by nearly a million votes, today charted his next B moves toward the Argentine prese idency. ‘ Illia, candidate of the People’s 0 Radicals party, had 169 , electoral •"“votes” on the basis of Sunday’s " peaceful nationwide balloting, but he lacked 70 for an absolute majority in the 476-member electoral college meeting July 31. He planned to start negotiations with candidates of other parties within a few days. It was not yet clear whether Illia would receive sufficient backing for his own candidacy or would limit himself to a key role in picking the president. The followers of ex-dicator Juan D. Peron appeared temporarily subdued by the failure of their election boycott. Peronisf candidate Vicente Solano Lima fulled out of the campaign last week and called on all his followers to cast blank ballots in a move reportedly inspired by Peron from exile in Madrid. Only about IQ per cent of the electorate cast blank ballots, a sharp drop from the 25 per cent following a similar order in 1960. Runners-up to Illia were Oscar Alende, leader of a faction of the Intransigent Radical party; and Gen. Pedro Arambtiru, former provisional president heading a three-party coalition. ( Illia favors a cool reappraisal of Argentine relations with the United States, including abrogation of a recent treaty guaranteeing U.S. investments. Geneva Post Office Is Being Remodeled Remodeling and modernizing of the Geneva post office has been nearly completed. Only a few pieces of equipment have yet to be installed. The building, owned by Sol Schwartz, has been remodeled by the Schwartz Construction company. The building received a new brick and glass front, lighting system, boxes, lowered ceilings, new counter and vinyl tile flooring. The post office has about 3300 patrons in the town and country. There is no carrier service in Geneva and postal patrons are served through general delivery at the office.

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seven-hour parade. That was today. But during the wee hours this morning, with whistles and horns blowing and public address systems playing records, the red fezzed Shriners whooped it up. Bartenders on Rush Street on the North Side said some Shriners had driven motorcycles into the nightspots. • A gift shop owner came to the conclusion that this year’s Shriners are younger> than usual. He said all of his “My Daddy’s a Shriner’’ sweatshirts had been sold out, but he had plenty of “My Grandpa’s a Shriner” shirts left. Good Wheat Yield On Johnson Farm Two fields of wheat on the Burl Johnson farm, route 6, Decatur, have yielded 67 and 72 bushels per acre. I X