Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1963 — Page 6

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

County Agent’s Corner

By: Leo N. Seltenright County Extension Agent Agriculture CATTLE GRADING DEMONSTRATION: If you are thinking about feeding cattle this year, you can profit by attending the cattle grading demonstration Thursday a* | 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the producers market at Briggs, five-miles south of Columbia City, on road 9. Eight differ- 1 ent grades of feeder cattle, with; finished slaughter cattle to match, the feeder grades will be Shown in the demonstration. Henry Mayo and M. Paul Mitchell, Purdue extension specialists, will be in charge of the demonstration. The meeeting is sponsored by the co- 1 operative extension service, with Albion Production Credit Associa tion and Producers Marketing Association cooperating. 5-ACRE CORN CHECKING: Five acre corn checks will soon be underway in Adams county. The crops committee with chairman, Ben Mazelin, made committee assignments recently and the groups have supplies. < The following listing gives captains and groups: Ervin Schuller/ captain; team — Hugo Bulmahn, Richard Scheumann, Irvin Worthmon. Gilbert Bultemeier; Edward Marbach, captain; team — Robert' and Larry Plumley, Richard Marbach; Edgar Thieme, captain: team — Benjamin Gerke and Roger Koeriemann; Raymond Becher, Jr., captain; team — Hen- 1 ry Heiman and Mrs. Henry Hei-| mann; Lester Adler, captain; team I — Dan Fiechter, William Griffith,"

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Glen Griffith and Leßoy Kolter; John Kipfer. captain; team — Williflm Kipfer and Theodore Kipfer: Martin Kipfer. captain: team — Joe 1,.’ Isch and Ray Kipfer: Harold Moser, captain: team — Elmer J. Isch, Perry Isch. Dwight Moser and Ernie Isch: Doyle Lehman. captain: team — Ed V o nGunten. Rov Lehman. Edison Lehman: Holman E«lv. captain; team — H. David Mosser. Mrs. H David Mosser, Ronnie. Mosser. JudV Mosser. Ronald Rhoades and Alice Rhoades; Merle Kuhn,, captain: team Delmas Bollenbacher. Mrs. Delmas Bollenbacher. Marcus Luginbill and Mrs Merle Kuhn; Eli Schwartz, captain: team—Benj. Mazelin. Franklin Steury. Ron Schwartz and Roy Mazelin: Elmer C. Beer, captain; team — ’ Martin Habegger, Ron Habegger and Claude Striker: Syls van Habegger. captain: team — Li Reuben Schwartz. Richard Schwartz and David Schwartz-. OUTLOOK TH MEETING: The Adams-Wells counties outlook ’is cheduled for Tuesday evening. Oct. 15. at 8 p.m. at the 4-H building in Bluffton. The meeting is open to anyone interested in the predications of future happenings particularly in agriculture. FALL FARROWINGS TO BE DOWN: Hoosier hog raiSets'expect 215,000 sows to farrow during September through November, six per cent fewer than during the same quarter last year, report statefederal agricultural statisticians at Purdue University. Farmer?’ report indicate an esti-

mated 269 , 000 sows will farrow: during the December-February 1964 period. This number, if realized, would be five, per cent smaller than in the same period a year earlier. A Three hundred thirty-five thou-' sand sows farrowed during the Jun?-Augu,st period. This was the same number as in the corresponding quarter ,of 1962 Utters averaged 7.39 pigs. An estimated 5.922,000 hogs were on Indiana farms as of September 1— ; one per cent more than at the same time last year. Os this number. 829.000 were in breeding herds and 5.€93.000 were for( market. About 46 per cent of the market hoes weighed under 60, ; pounds. Market hogs on farms Sept. 1. by weight groups: 70 tel 119 pounds, i,018,000: 120 to 179 pounds. 968.000: 180-219 pounds 662.000, and 220 pounds and heavier. 102.000. WOODLAND — WATER — RECREATION FIELD DAY. OCTOBER 10 and 12: Home water supply and treat ment problems and water resources development will be featured at the woodland-water-recreation field day Oct. 10 and 12 at Purdue University’s Southern Indiana forage farm in Dubois county. The field day, first of its kind in Indiana, will start at 9 a m. Oct. 10, and this program will be repeated, beginning at 9 a.m.. Oct. 12. which has been designated. as “youth day.” Purdue University agricultural engineers will be present to answer questions and make recommendations on water quality pro blems. Harry Moore, assistant state soil conservationist, and Dick Wawrzyniak, Indiana flood control and water resources commission engineer, will discuss surface and ground water problems I ificluding pond development.

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Three methods of purifying farm pond water will be shown.] Quality problems, such as iron' 'and sulphur water will be illustrated and "proper treatment! water and sulphur water, will be | methods and equipment will be] ' displayed. Field day visitors can t bring samples of their water sup- [ ply and. insofar as possible, on-the-spot analyses of them will be] made and corrective treatments' recommended. , Outdoor, recreation, all phases] jof woodland management and ■ wood products utilization will also! be stressed. Resource personnel! from Purdue will be available fori consultation. A tree farm dedica-! ■| tion program will be held during >, the noon hour, Oct. 10. Lieut.! Gov. Richard O. Ristine will speak. A luncheon of pancakes ' sausage and maple syrup will be available at the forage farm Further information on this proj gram may be obtained from county extension offices, soil conser-' . vation district offices or Purdue’s; I department of forestry and con-j : servation. PLANNING NECESSARY I FOR EASIER GRAIN > HANDLING: A handy grain handling system ■ doesn’t have to be costly. But it . ] requires sound planning, points I out Bruce McKenzie, Purdue University extension agricultural en- > gineer. Many farmers tend to rule out a particular handling ■ method because it appears too expensive. Primary example, says I the engineer, is a vertical elevator. But you can plan a layout of I storage bins you can use now with portable filling equipment and reconsider a vertical leg on the next equipment change. A good, long range planning guide is a design for what McKenzie calls “closed -cycle hand- . ling.” This means y6u can move grain from any place to any oth-

K € I ■ '"-111 S’" BERNE SOIL JUDGING team placed second in district competition last Saturday in Steuben county, reports Leo N. Seltenright, county extension agent. This makes them eligible to participate in -the state contest scheduled for October 19. The team members are left to right starting with second person: Edward Yoder, Dan Moser, Adrian Biberstein, Keith Fox and Coach Doyle Lehman. On the left is Charles Grandlienard, who presented awards to the team on behalf of the Federal Land Bank Association. GRAND CHAMPION market Hog at this year’s National Barrow Show was this 200-pound Poland China bred and exhibited by Harvey Richardson (left) and Bud Abernathy (right, of Elmore City, Okla. It was the second year in a row that a Poland-China had been declared America’s top market hog, and the sixth in the last ten years. There were nearly 3,000 entries from 21 states representing all well-known breed as well as crossbreds.

er’place in the storage layout. By locating storage bins around ? central handling area, all unloading becomes the focal point of the layout. Installation of a grain dump and vertical lift at this point permits moving grain into each storage. Storage filling may be by gravity of horizontal conveyor from the leg to the bin. Similar closed cycle arrangements for inclinea conveyors can be developed. What about handling capacity or rate? McKenzie, suggests it depends on how much grain you are handling, and what you’re doing with it. The 10,000 bushel corn-hog farm re-' ceives corn at harvest roughly 10 days a year, but making hog feed may be a 365-day per year job Three hundred and 500-bushels-per-hour elevators are small corn receiving units, but will deliver almost nine t«ns and 15 tons of corn per hour — more than ample for hog-feed making. Design as a feed preparation and handling center may take precedence over corn receiving 1n planning a facility and handling rate. But the large operator with a batch dryer needs capacity tc load and unload the drier. Instorage drying systems require capacity only to receive corn, since no rehandling is necessary BEEF CATTLE PERFORMANCE TESTING: Beef cattle performance testing can improve the quality and producing ability of beef cattle, according to Purdue University animal scientists. Performance testing helps livestock farmers determine which cows to keep in their herds and which cows to sell. These animal scientists have prepared a publication, “Beef Cattle Performance Testing Program.” In this publication they discuss the testing procedure, including methods of identifying cattle, how to keep and use accurate records and cattle grading procedures. J K grading guide to help cattlemen evaluate their own animals as well as sample record sheets for use in a production testing program are Included. • WINTERIZE EVERGREENS: Get the evergreens around your house ready for winter by watering them this fall. Purdue University extension horticulturists say water can make the difference between having scrawny, ' sickly shrubs or vigorous, colorful evergreens all year. Fall watering is necessary because evergreens lose moisture all year through their leaves. If your evergreens dry up this fall and stay dry all winter, you’ll see “winter injury” next spring. And sections of your evergreens will look brown and skimpy next spring and summer. Also, mulches help. Leaves or peat moss around the base of your shrubs will increase moisture retention during the winter months.

pete y s / A. —5 “J - Hi Neighbors! Next to air, water is our most important resource for survival. You can live longer without food than you can without water. The land is the great gathering place and storage reservoir of fresh water. Like food, water is a product of the land. Water is the clouds is useful to man only after it reaches the earth as-rain or snow. Nearly every community has a water problem — water shortage, poor water, or some combination of these problems. Many rural and urban water problems trace back to the land — to the local watershed where rain or snow falls. Farmers and ranchers who control our farmlands, rangelands, and woodlands control to an important degree the movement of the water that falls on their property. Public land — the national and state forests, the national and state parks, and the public domain — is equally important to the water supply of the watersheds of which they are a part. The use and treatment of aH land in a watershed determines to a large extent to the quality, and dependability of the water supply in that watershed for all purposes — agricultural, domestic, municipai7~ihdustrial, recreational. Water problems, therefore, are local problems of equal conWfn to farm and city people. A defination of a watershed is: “the land area that drains into a creek a river, or an ocean. A watershed may be as big as the Mississippi river system, which in turn is made up of almost countless small watersheds, or as small as a few acres draining into a growing gully. The use and treatment of those few acres affect not only the land but also water use and water supply.” When winter injury occurs, you should remove dead areas as soon as they appear in the spring Then apply a complete fertilizer ’in late March or April to help , damaged shrubs renew their foliage. The horticulturists caution not to add fertilizer in the fall when the growth may be weak and especialevergreen foliage may grow. This ly subject to winter injury.

Purple Penning; Patsy Lee Leaders County Extension Agent Home Economics The Adams county home demonstration county council toured the Jewish Temple, Food Marketing Corporation, had a luncheon business meeting at the Gerber Haus, visited Bobby Ray finishing school and toured the new Baptist church in Fort Wayne Oct. 3. Those attending were: Mrs. Merle Kuhn, Wabash Valley; Mrs. Erwin Fuelling, Merry Matrons; Mrs. Kermit Yoder, Good Neighbors; Mrs. Harry Workinger, Friendship Village; Mrs. Sheldon Wagley, Happy Homemakers; Mrs. Leland Ray, Jolly Housewife; Mrs. Leonard Johnston, Better Homes; Mrs. Henry Adler, Adams county chorus; Miss Icel Shanks, Hartford township; Mrs. Chalmer Barkle£, Live and Learn; Mrs. Ralph E. Roop, Decatur Homes: Mrs. Raymond Van Emon, Limberlost; Mrs. Fred Kunkel, Root township; Mrs. Marvin Conrad, Sunny Circle; Mrs. Ronald Pierce, Decatur Bellmont club; Mrs. Robert Striker, Hartford home demonstration; Mrs. John Bluhm, Modern Home Makers; Mrs. Royce Wall, Pleasant Neighbors; Mrs. Norman Young, Gals and Pals; Mrs. Ivan Barkley, Live and Learn; Mrs. Roy Stucky, Profit and Pleasure; Mrs. Ed Bryan, Merrier Mondays; Mrs. Orlando Lehman, M. W. Friendship; Mrs. Weldon Neuenschwander, Wabash Valley; Mrs. Daniel Striker, Good Neighbors; Mrs. Elmer Rich, French township; and Mrs. Patsy Lee Leaders, county extension agent. TOMATOES ARE TOPS: Vine-ripened tomatoes are tops in taste—juicier than those picked green. Good quality tomatoes . are plump, not too soft, uniformly red. but not overripe. Bruises should be avoided. Handle ripe tomatoes with care, li they have not been allowed to color on the plant to the firmripe stage, keep at room temperature until full color develops and then store at lower temperature. Do not place in direct sunlight. On a sunny, warm window-sill, tomatoes will get too hot and turn yellow rather than red. Is the tomato a vegetable or fruit? The United States supreme court in 1893 decided the tomato is a vegetable but botanists claim ii is a fruit —a member of the berry family because it has seeds. In America tomatoes were grown first as an ornamental garden plant. It was only a little more than 100 years ago that people in the United States began to eat tomatoes. Now is the time of year to really enjoy them. Tomato Salad 3 or 4 tomatoes, sliced 1 large or 2 small onions, chopped fine 3 or 4 pieces of celery 1 green pepper Salt and pepper Arrange tomato -slices on plate or serving tray. Combine finely chopped onion, celery and green pepper in bowl. Cover entire top of tomatoes with the mixture. Salt and pepper to taste. This recipe should be prepared ahead of time for a better flavor. It can also be increased or decreased according to number of servings desired. Uncooked Fresh Tomato Relish 3 cups diced fresh tomatoes cup finely chopped onion 1 tablesp. fresh lemon juice 1 tablesp. cider vinegar l teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon sugar V 4 teasepoon ground black pepper Combine all ingredients. Chill 2 to 3 hours. Serve as a relish with meats, fish or poultry. Yield: Approx. 3 cups. Tomato Gumbo, Georgia Style 3 cups diced fresh tomatoes 2 cup§ sliced fresh okra 1 cup uncooked fresh corn, cut off the cob Vi cup boiling water 1 small onion, finely chopped 3 teaspoon salt, or salt to taste

For GENERATION after GENERATION after GENERATION 1 vx FARM FAMILIES • ’* * HAVE DEPENDED . ON For 45 yean, Land Bank Loans have set the pace in long-term farm financing. Nearly 2,000,000 farmers BMy.ll 11 .IM have used Land Bank Loans to buy or add to farms, build or make improvements, refinance other debts and other sound long-term purposes. Land Bank Loans give long terms, |otv interest rates. liltfiwe’FS There is no application fee, no appraisal fee, no loan irl service fee, no closing fee ... no fee of any kino. Credit life insurance is available. See Your Nearest Federal Laud Bank Association or Write Federal Land Bank 224 E. Broadway Louisville, Kentucky - SEE - THOMAS E. WILLIAMS, Mgr. t-lAWLI JJ J J ME? FEDERAL LAND BANK ASS’N. 216 S. Second St DECATUR Phone 3-3784

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1963

Six Holsleins 4 Make Records Six Adams county Holstein cows, owned by four well-known county dairymen, have established production records, according to The Holstein-Frisian Association of America. Air View Ormsby Jewel Burke 3936572, a seven-year-old owned by Benjamin and Lydia Gerke, Decatur, produced 17,040 lbs. milk and 609 lbs. butterfat in 292 days. Meadow Pond Knight Betty 5017656, a two-year-old owned by Rolandes Liechty, Berne, produced 16,762 lbs. milk and 548 lbs. butterfat in 365 days. Merryfield Model Winnie 5052156 a seven-year-old, produced 18,339 lbs. milk and 684 lbs. butterfat in 365 days. Meadow Pond Quad Inka 5539237, a six-year-old, had 16,895 lbs. milk and 644 lbs. but- . terfat in 365 days. Both are owned by Chris Stahly, Geneva. Merryfield Duke Roxina 450616 a four-year-old, produced 17,390 lbs. milk and 670 lbs. butterfat in 305 days. Silver Rock Fobes Echo 4322404, a five-year-old had 16,650 lbs. milk and 649 lbs. butterfat in 305 days. Both are owned by Harry Wulliman and Son, Berne. According to the national Holstein organization, the new production figures compare to an annual output of 7,211 lbs. of milk and 270 lbs. of butterfat by the average U. S. -dairy cow. Purdue University supervised the weighing and testing of the Holstein records as part of the breed’s nation-wide herd testing programs. Backhaus Bros. Show In lowa . The Backhaus Brothers of route 6, St. Mary’s township, have entered three head of Ayrshire cattle in the 1963 National Dairy Cattle Congress, Waterloo, lowa, the nation’s oldest dairy show, which was held Sept. 28-Oct. 5. The 51st show featured the official national shows of the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, a nation-wide showing of Jerseys, and Milking Shorthorn breeds, with Over 2,000 head of cattle competed. Press releases on the winners have not yet been received. 1 tablesp. butter or margarine Vs teasp. ground black pepper 1 teasp sugar Combine first 5 ingredients in sauce pan. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender and mixture has thickened. Add remaining ingredients. Yield: 6 servings. Quickies To prevent mildew from starting on mattresses, draperies and curtains, spray them with a silicone water repellant spray, advise Purdue University home management specialists. These sprays are odorless and colorless. If stick toys, umbrellas, toy golf sets or .stilts are a storage problem,’ set them in a box or umbrella stand in the corner of a closet, suggests Purdue University home furnishing specialists. Plums are plentiful this fall! Choose plump, clean, fresh-look-ing, full tolored plums soft enough tc yield to slight pressure, l advises a Purdue University extension agent in consumer education. Team a pork roast with applenut dressing balls, suggest Purckie University food specialists. Add chopped apple and nuts to your favorite bread dressing recipe. Form into balls and bake alongside the roast. For a cook-out dessert, alternate dates and marshmallows on a stick, toast over the coals, suggest food specialists at Purdue University. Someone Said: “Faith is a wonderful thing, as Jssg as you don’t put too much of it in other drivers.”