Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1963 — Page 8

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ASCS Farm Notes

FEED GRAIN DIVERTED ACREAGE MAY BE PASTURED AFTER OCTOBER 1 Acreage diverted under the 1963 Feed Grain Program may be pastured after October 1, 1963, Also diverted acreage may be •'fall” plowed after October 15, 1963. Participants of the Feed Grain Program who have plowed the diverted acreage are reminded that such acreage must be seeded to wheat, rye or another cover crop, to be eligible to receive payment. Those who have already received their final payments are reminded J that if there is a violation of regulations, a refund of the entire payment may be requested, CONSERVATION RESERVE ACREAGE CANNOT BE PASTURED: Farmers who have Conservation j Reserve Contracts are reminded that the acreage covered by the contract CANNOT be pastured nor i a crop be taken off the land. This applies to the contracts which expire December 31, 1963 as well as the continuing contracts. 1963 FEED GRAIN PAYMENTS Participants of the 1953 Feed Grain program who have received notices to call at the county office to eign their final application are urged to come to the office as soon as possible so the payments will not be delayed. All persons eligible to receive payment will have their notices to come in bv the end of the week. Payments amountin'* to approximately $145,000 have been paid to date. 1963 ACP PAYMENTS Very soon, farmers participating in the 1963 ACP programs, and have reported practices completed, will receive their payments by sight draft direct from the county office. Formerly all checks were mailed bv the Treasury Department of the USA. It is hoped that by issuing sight drafts bv the countv office payments mav be made more promptly than by prior procedures. Os course, all mechanical practices, such as installation of tile drainage, open drainage, ponds, waterways etc., must be checked by the Soil Conservation Service technicians before payments can i be made by this office. Farmers are urged to complete I and sign the application (which is also the notice of approval! and return to the county office as soon as the practice is completed. I Be sure to watch the FINAL DATE FOR REPORTING and if you have started the nractice and do not have it completed, come to the office and request an extension. An extension is always granted if the practice has started and it is not the fault of the farmer that it is not completed. I FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR COST-SHARING THIS FALL Farmers who have conservation problems are again urged to call at the county office and file a request for cost share assistance to correct such problems. This is a good time of the year, to take soil samples to determine the need for limestone and apply it this fall before the fall rains begin. As usual, wc remind you that a request for any ACP practice must be filed in the countv office before the practice is started. ASC COMMITTEEMEN TO TAKE OFFICE OCTOBER 1: Committeemen elected at recent elections officially take office October 1, 1963. Eleven delegates — Hubert Myers, Blue Creek; Chester Isch, French; Richard Leßoy Fields, j Hartford; William H. Rumple, Jes-!

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MAICO HEARING SERVICE CENTER To be held: Rice Hotel, Decatur, Indiana Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. Friday, October 4, 1963 By: Mr. John Kenwood, a certified hearing aid audiologist from Maico, 217 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Visit him for a demonstration of the newest in a complete range of hearing aids. Supplies and repairs are available for all makes of hearing aids.

ferson; Paul Arnold, Kirkland; Eli i M. Schwartz, Monroe; Richard K. Moses, Root; Lyle T. Bailey, St. Marys; Ivan V. Barkley, Union; Ray Affolder, Wabash; and Harry Kershner. Washington, met in the county ASCS office September 23, and elected the county committee for the ensuing year. County committeement elected were: Richard J. Moses, Chairman; James Gaboden, vice-chair-man; Roy Balsiger, regular member; Elmer J. Isch first alternate and Lyle T. Bailey, second alternate. 1964 FEED GRAIN PROGRAM: Now is a good time to plan your next year's farming operations — let’s not forget the 1964 Feed Grain Program, and plan for diverted acreage before wheat is seeded this fall. j The 1964 Feed Grain Program is basically the same as in 1963. (1). It is voluntary. <2i It again covers corn, grain sorghum and barley. (3) Participating farmers may again qualify for divertedacre payments and a price support of supplemental payments-in-kind. In other respects, the 1934 program is an improvement over the 1963 program. (1) The maximum i feed grain acreage which a pro- ; ducer may divert has been raised from 40 per cent to 50 per cent of the farm base. (2) The average payment rate per acre for diverting 40 per cent or a'so will be substantially higher than in 11963. i This encouragement of additional acreage diversion, with its consequent stabilizing influence on feed grain prices, will help shield producers of wheat as well as of feed grains from the possible effects ol larger 1964 wheat plantings. At the same time, further progress can be made toward the goal of reducing the national feed grain carryover to a level between 45 and 50 million tons, that is about 40 I per cent below therecord holdings mostly government-owned) of 2 years ago. Through the participal tion of more than a million far- , mers, more than one-half of the distance toward, this goal was gained under the 1961 and 1962 programs. The 1963 program is bringing about a further cutback in the government's storage and handling charges. The feed grain base will be fi- ' gured by the same method used in 1963. The base will be determined on the basis of the average number of acres of feed grains in i 1959 and 1960. The feed grain base for a farm Includes corn, barley and grain sorghum. The feed grain base established by the county committee is the starting pdint in computing the number of acres diverted. 1964 FEED GRAIN PROGRAM CROP SUPPORTS AT | 1963 LEVELS Feed grain growers will qualify I for the price (Supports for corn, barley and grain sorphums by participating in the 1964 Feed Grain Program, for which the signup period is planned for early next year. The total national average pricerupport rate for each of the three ; feed grains for 1964 is made up of an average price-support loan : rate and a support payment. As in the 1963 program, the nationa average loan rate will be adjusted for each county. The support payment for each of the three grains will be the same amount pier bushel for all counties. The national average isuppor! loan and the support payment rates for feed grains are: Corn — loan rate sl.lO per bushel, a 15c pier bushel suppxirt payment —a total support of $1.25 per bushel. Barley — loan rate of 84c per j bushel, a 12c support rate —a I total suppxirt of 96e per bushel. Grain Sorghum — loan rate $1.77 pier cwt., suppxirt 23c pier cwt. — total suppxirt $2.00 per cwt. Eligibility for price suppxirt payments, as well as diversion payments is conditioned upon maintenance of the normal (1959-60 average) in conserving u s ejs of practices on the farm. The acreage diverted from feed grains and devoted to conservation uses in 1964 will be in addition to the normal conserving base avreage for the farm. USDA REPORTS ON '64 ! WHEAT OUTLOOK For most of the current 1963-64 ' year, the wheat outlook is characterized by a good demand and a fairly tight supply, conditions that indicate strong prices, the United States Department of Agriculture repiorts in its latest "Wheat Situation.” However, the report declares, ‘‘toward the end of the 1963-64 marketing year and approaching 1964 crop and its much lower pricesupport rate will have a pronounced effect on the wheat economy.

Uncertainty in the long-run outlook stems from the fact that wheat farmers for a number of years have not faced the same conditions and alternatives they now have open to them. ‘‘For the last 10 years, they have operated under a mandatory control program (as approved by a growers’" referendums) with individual farm acre age allotments and a support price for all production on their allotment. ‘‘Under the 1964 program, effectuated by last May’s wheat referendum, price support will be lower than for many years. Farmers may ignore their allotments and forego price support without the direct financial penalties that were in effect under a Marketing Quota Program. However, they will lose part of their acreage history and any payments they may be receiving under Soil Bank contracts. Any loss of acreage history will J>e reflected in the 1966 acreage allotments. “The first real measure of the extent of noncompliance with acreage allotments will come when seeding takes place this fall. However, a sharp drop in prices in 1964 is likely since price (Support for the 1964 crop under present legislation is to be 50 per cent of the July 1964 parity. Based on present parity, this would be about $1.25 per bushel. Price support will be available only for those farmers complying with allotments.” Price support will be available through ASCS county officers as in past programs and will be either by loan or purchase agreements. AGRICULTURAL secretary CITES SOYBEAN PROGRAM SUCCESS Secretary Orville L. Freeman, meeting with farmers in Minnesota recently, cited the Government’s experience with soybeans as "an example of price support as a positive instrument used to h.lp improve the economic position of farmers.” “Do you remember in early 1961 how soybean prices shot up — after most farmers had sold their beans " he asked. “You lost potential income, u ,a n d the United States lost dollar markets abroad because there were not enough beans to meet the demand.” In order to correct this situation, the Secretary explained, he raised soybean price supports to $2.30 a bushel for the 1961-62 marketing year (compared to $1.85 a

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bushel for the 1960 crop). “I wanted to insure that farmers got a better price for their beans,” he said, “and also I wanted to insure we would have the beans to Sell in a rapidly expanding world market. “I doubt that anything I have done as Secretary has brought a louder or more immediate critical outcry. But when the results were totaled, the farmers has earned S4OO million more from soybeans grown in 961 than they did froin the 1960 crop. We expanded export markets, the soybean caryover was minimal and all the criers of doom and gloom had long red faces—- “ Farmers responded to good prices and to price supports to produce more soybeans — an example of positive and personal supply management in the best tradition of free agriculture.” . - * . .. | SECRETARY FREEMAN TO SPEAK AT COLUMBUS GROVE, OHIO Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman, has announced a series of meetings with “dirt" farmers including a meeting to 1 be held in the Putman County High school Auditorium, Columbus Grove, Ohio on Tuesday evening, October 15 at 8 p.m. Since the Secretory.has no meetings scheduled in Indiana, all farmers and other interested persons 1 are urged to attend the meeting in Ohio. NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK — OCTOBER 6 to 12, 1983 National Fire Prevention Week, October 6-12, calls attention to the nee for every farm family to make a Fire Emergency Plan. PLAN AHEAD: Don’t give fire a place to start, but if it does, know what to do — Plan at least two escape routes leading directly from every room

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in the house. Rehearse them with the entire family until even younger children understand clearly what to do. Anticipate halls and stairs being blocked by fire. Keep exits clear. Plan to use garage and porch roofs, ladders, and even trees to escape from upper floors. Keep a flashlight handy. Pick an outside assembly point where ttie family will meet and be sure everyone inderstands the rule Fonce-out-stay out”. Even the smallest, most harmless-looking fire can give off deadly smoke and gasses. Get everyone out at the first sign or suspicion of fire. Know your fire department’s phone number. Lady Luck was never meant to be a babysitter. Don’t leave young children alone in your home — net even for just a minute. ' IF FIRE STARTS: | Never open a hot door. Feel I the door first — if it’s hot, keep I it closed and get out another way of wait for help. Closed doors allow extra time for escape. If there is smoke in your escape route, crouch or crawl along the floor. Heat and most gases rise, leaving more oxygen near the floor. Call for help from the nearest telephone or make sure someone goes for help. Try to keep the fire from spreading, but only if you can do so i without risk to your life. ! PREPARE TO FIGHT FIRE Keep on hand at all times a pump tank (water) extinguisher for ordinary paper and wood fires, and a dry chemical unit for flami mable liquid, grease or electrical j fires. Use only reliable ones which have been tested by nationally recognized laboratories and show a | “UL” or “FM” label. Place extinguishers near all fire

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danger areas — kitchens, barns, machine sheds and near storage tanks of gasoline and kerosene. Keep them filled and in good condition, and know how to use them. Connect your water pump ahead of the main switch to assure electric power in case of fire. Have a least a 50-foot garden or larger hose and a universal connection handy for use at bathtub, sink o routside house connection. Keep other necessary firefighttools handy and in good order. Include a safe ladder long enough to reach the roof of your highest building. Maintain roads and lanes leading from the highway to your farm buildingjs. HELP YOUR RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT Ask your rural fire department

to make a pre-fire survey of your property so that they may know: ; (1) How to reach your farm. (2) The general floor plan of your house, including escape routes. (3) ; Room locations of your family, especially invalids and children. (4) Locations of all your livestock buildings. (5) Types and location of your farm buildings and access for firefighting. (6) Amount and location of water ready for firefighting on or near your property. (7) Location of flammable or toxic Where electrical master switches are located. (9) Possible traffic control problems in event of fire. Ask your rural fire department to recommend spedific fire preven- . tion measures for your farm. Then FOLLOW their recommendations. <

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1963

Junior Girl Scout Troop Enjoys Hike The junior Girl Scout troop of Zion Lutheran school and their leaders, Mrs. Richard Reimer and Mrs. Leßoy Huffman, took a hike out to Hanna Nuttman park where they explored, set trails, learned how to make a campfire and had a scavenger hunt. Each girl took her own sack lunch, and had toasted marshmallows as an extra treat! Each patrol taught the rest of the troop a new song and game. They also picked up pine cones and leaves for future use in their troop’s activities, DON’T BE A STATISTIC Look out for fires — stay alive.