Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1963 — Page 6

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

County Agent’s Corner

By: Leo N. Seltenright, County Extension Agent Agriculture DHIA REPORT: The August DHIA report shows dairyman Kenneth Isch with high herd at 1.7 pounds of butterfat per cow per day. Next are Kenneth Beer and Sons, and Yager and Wulliman with 1.6. Fourth are Norman Becher, Chris Stahly, Jerry Sprunger and Arnold Scheumann with 1.5. Eighth are C. C. Abbott, Eugene Caffee, Martin Habegger, Rolandes Liechty, Eli Schwartz and Sons, L. R. Schwartz and Son, Franklin Steury and Mackhaus Brothers with 1.4. The high cows were owned by Kuhn and Yager, 111 tb. butterfat, Kenneth Beer and Sons, 109; Jerry Sprunger, 101; Chris Stahly, 101; Kenneth Beer and Sons, 100 and 98; Wulliman and Yager, 97 and 96; Kenneth Beer and Sons, 95; Albert Ewel, 93; Rolandes Liechty, 93: and Wulliman and Yager, 91 and 90.

Enter the BACK 40 CORN CONTEST NOW! CORN CONTEST RULES & PRIZES The owner of the Largest Ear of Corn brought back to the Back 40 Room of the Fairway Restaurant will receive ... -fIRST PRIZE- • 10 FREE DELICIOUS CHICKEN DINNERS -SECOND PRIZE- • 6 FREE DELICIOUS CHICKEN DINNERS -THIRD PRIZE—- • 4 FREE DELICIOUS CHICKEN DINNERS -30 PRIZES—- • 2 FREE DELICIOUS CHICKEN DINNERS EACH CONTEST STARTS FRIDAY Oct. 23 - Oct. 30 For more details . . . Call or Stop in at the FAIRWAY Restaurant in Decatur Phone 3-3355

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4-H JUNIOR LEADER RECOGNITION: The Pleasant Mills Lions club will host the 4-H junior leader recognition banquet Wednesday evening, on behalf of the Lions clubs of the county. Speaker will be Bill Marvel, youth consultant cf the education department of Indiana Farm Bureau. FIELD, FOREST __ FIRE PERIL HIGH: With Indiana in the grip of rec-ord-setting dry weather, field and forest fire peril is extremely high', warns E. J. Lott, Purdue University extension forester. Forest fire danger is approaching the “explosive” level, he adds. Lott urges these precautions, which, if taken, might help prevent a disastrous conflagration: Leave that brush burning chore for later this fall or next winter. If you must burn, be sure to clear an adequate area and watch for flying embers. Never leave the fire unattended; make certain it is completely extingiushed before leaving the scene. Use the ash tray in your automobile. A carelessly tossed lighted cigarette or cigar can easily start a forest or field fire. If you are in the woods or fields, crush your cigar or cigarette by grinding it into exposed earth. Before you leave a camp site clear an area around the fire and make certain it is completely extinguished. More than 90 per cent of the woods and field fires in Indiana are caused by human carelessness, notes Lott. Don’t burn the state’s red, yellow and gold autumn coloration into blackened waste, he urges. NITRATE LEVELS IN SWINE FEED: Purdue University biochemists have established for the first time nitrate levels in swine feed ingredients and supplements. Don W. Hatcher and E. D. Schall have just published their findings and described the methods of determination in agricultural experiment station research progress report 84. Although nitrate content of hay, grass and silage has been analyzed many times, very little has been known about nitrate content of swine feeds and supplements. Hatcher and Schall had to modify existing methods of nitrate determination in forages before they could achieve reliable analyses of nitrates in concentrate feeds. They treated their sample extracts with lead acetate to remove sub tances in the solution which interfered with nitrate measurement. The biochemists analyzed soybean meal, tankage, corn, meat and bone scraps, swine supplements, swine feed and alfalfa meal. They found that the nitrate levels in all these feeds except alfalfa meal were low, ranging from zero to 60 parts per million" (ppm). Alfalfa meal contained an average 760 ppm, consistent with nitrate content of hay, grass and silage which average fiom 1,000 to 4,000 ppm and may range as high as 15,000 ppm. Nitrate toxicity to farm animals has been receiving increased attention during the past few years. Excessive accumuation of nitrates in forages such as corn stalks, hay, grass and silage occurred in Missouri during the drought- of 1950’5. These studies confirm the Purdue researchers’ opinion that nitrates accumulate in the stems and leaves of plants rather than in the seed.

Purple Penning; By: Patsy Lee Leaders County Extension Agent Home Economics The following people should be publicly thanked for all their hard work in preparing exhibits for the Christmas workshop which was held October 15. They are: Pauline Ripley, Mrs. Eli Schwartz, Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, Mrs. Maxine Ford, Mrs. Menno Eicher, Mrs. Norman Young, Mrs. Walter Buettner, Mrs. Cynthia Herman, Mrs. Lowell Noll, Mrs. Dale Fruchte, Mrs. Menno Nussbaum, Mrs. William Kohne, Mrs. Arthur Koeneman, Mrs. Dale Grandliehard, Miss Sara Ploughe, Mrs. William Lister and Mrs. Bieberich. There are some others whose names I probably have missed — particularly in the Gals and Pals and Merrier Mondays clubs, who helped those who demonstrated. So thank you to all. The junior leader banquet is to be Wednesday evening at the Decatur youth and community Center. We have a few booklets from the Christmas workshop in the office if any of vou missed purchasing them the day of the workshop. COMPLETE DESIGN ESSENTIAL IN FEED-GRAIN CENTERS: A dry grain-feed center for a livestock farm should be planned a < - a unit for drying, storage and feed preparation. Bruce McKenzie. Purdue University agricultural engineer, says these operations should be considered in the initial plan. Provision for on-farm feed grinding and preparation can be very important. Bargaining power for commercial feed service may depend on the ability to economically perform this service on the farm. By leaving space for possible installation of feed preparation equipment, the option is kept open throughout the 20-25 year life of the facility. A good plan for a grain-feed center can tie grain receiving, drying, storage, filling-unloading, bulk feed storage and working bins for feed processing into one layout. Grain storages are oriented around a center building, with bulk hopper feed tanks set in the interspace between bins and the center structure. A drive-over dump in the center building is Ihe focal point of the layout, for both grain receiving and storage unloading. A vertical elevator lifts the grain to gravity soots or overhead conveyors for filling. It also returns grain to small overhead "hopper working bins over the processing area and driveway for feed preparation and distribution. The center building is normally 20’ wide, with 12’ of drive and 8’ offset for processing area. Plans for such a facility are available through your county extension agent. PLANT CROCUSES NOW: There’s nothing more welcome after a long hard winter than crocuses. But you must plant this fall for bloom next spring, reminds Don Scheer, Purdue University extension horticulturist. Key to a nice display is to set your crocuses in groups of the same variety and color. Plant a dezen or more in each group so they’ll show up to best advantage. Crocuses flourish in any garden soil, provided it’s relatively well drained. Before you plant, mix in a tablespoon of 5-10-5 or 4-J2-2 fertilizer per square foot of bed. Turn over the soil, then set the corms, (bulbs) 2 to 3 inches deep and 2 tn 3 inches apart. It’s easier to dig out an area and plant the whole group than it is to plant each corm individually. Water thoroughly after planting. Other small spring bulbs you may want to plant in addition to crocuses are snowdrops, winter aconites, glory-of-the-snow, Siberian squill, grape hyacinths and snowflakjs. Plant them as you would crocuses.

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HERBS: I have some copies-of potpourrie recipes in the office if any of you who heard the herb lesson would like your own copy. EGGS: Now is ■ the time to swing your menus around Eggs. It is “Egg tober” in October, so there will be retail emphasis on eggs. Egg size is determined by weight per dozen: extra large, 27 ounces; large, _2£ ounces; medium, 21 ounces; small, 18 ounces. Most recipes are based on medium size eggs. Remember, when substituting one egg size for another: 4 large, 5 medium, 6 small. BUYING GUIDES: Buy eggs that have been kept under refrigeration. Compare eggs of the same grade and use the following as a guide in deciding which size to buy. If the difference in price between sizes • large and medium, medium and small) is eight cents or more per dozen, the smaller size is the better buy. Now you will find bargains by the dozen. New Product: One of the meat companies has now eliminated one of the time consuming kitchen projects — that of making meat balls. The commercial meat balls are made with the usual ingredients (breadcrumbs, eggs, dash of onion and seasonings) and then frozen in plastic bags. APPLES: Supply: Reports are in that there are plenty of good quality apples available. October 10-19 is set aside for national apple week so special emphasis will be given to apples. Quality: There is some russeting (browning of the skin) and some minor frost damage on some Jonathans and Golden Delicious but this doesn’t hurt interior eating quality. Varieties: Jonathan, Mclntosh, Delicious and Northern Spy are the “big four” apple varieties. Many apple verities are good for all purposes. . . .others are for specific purposes. Yellow or Golden Delicious; Characteristics — Yellow; conical shape with 5 points on bottom; medium to large size; firm, crisp, and tender flesh; medium tart flavor. Shrivels badly unless stored under low temperature and high humidity. Wealthy; Characteristics — Bright red when fully colored; marked with red splashes over greenish skin; medium size. Mclntosh; Characteristics — Deep red sometimes striped with green background white flesh; juicy; medium to large size. Johathan; Characteristics —Solid deep red; small to medium size; firm flesh; sweet-tart flavor. Red Delicious; Characteristics— Yellow colored skin washed with dark red to solid dark red; conical shaped with 5 points on bottom; medium to large size; mild, sweet flavor. Northern Spy: Characteristics— Bright striped and mottled red on yellow; large size. Rome Beauty; Characteristics— Bright red with yellow undercolor; round: large; firm, coarse skin. Stores well under home conditions. Considered the best store-by-the bushel apple. SOMEONE SAID: A good way to stop a red hot argument is to drop one cold fact on it. Two Trucks Damaged In Freak Accident Two trucks were damaged in an accident Monday evening at the Wabash river bridge, on U.S. 27, two miles north of Geneva. A truck driven by Paul G. Wenning was soufhbound on 27 when the left rear wheel of the vehicle suddenly came off. The wheel rolled into a northbound truck operated by Arthur Edwin Nobis, 32, of Fort Wayne. There was no ..ccllision of the two vehicles. Investigating the 7 p. m. mishap was .deputy sheriff Harold August, who estimated damages at S4OO to each truck. The wheel struck the Nobis truck in the front of the vehicle.

* pFre .V Hi Neighbors! All supervisors, Sam Bell, soil conservation technician, Johnston Craig, area conservationist, Clif Spies of Purdue University and Jerry Setser, new work unit conservationist for Adams county, attended the Adams county soil and water conservation district board meeting, according to Hugh David Mosser, chairman. Plans for the supervisors annual meeting to be held in January were discussed. The Decatur Community Center will be the Site of the meeting and L. M. Busche will be the speaker. Some of the supervisors will attend the supervisors area II meeting in Fort Wayne October 31. Final plans were also made for the supervisors to attend the annual meeting of the soil and water conservation district supervisors at Purdue University Nov. 18. The Grote ditch group application was approved by the supervisors at this meeting. The board requested Clif Spies of Purdue University attend this meeting and explain some of the planning and work necessary in having a field day here in Adams county. Spies will meet again with the supervisors Oct. 30. The next board meeting will be

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Three Holsteins Make High Tests Registered Holstein cows from this area are prominently mentioned in an official production held Nov. 18 in accordance with the supervisors meeting at Purdue University.

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PRESENTATION— Mrs. Wesley Lehman receives a gold chrysanthemum from Dick Linn during the recognition ceremonies for the parents of football players before the Decatur-Kendallville contest Friday night. Mr. Lehman looks on. In the backg round are Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Ladd. — i Photo by Mac Lean.)

testing report received today from Holstein-Friesian Association of America headquarters at Brattle--bero, Vermont. Air View Franlo'Segis 4355504, a five-year-old owned by Benjamin & Lydia Gerke, Decatur, produced 16,530 lbs. milk and 640 lbs. butterfat in 305 days. Meadow Pond Ideal Mary 5121085, a two-year-old owned by Rolandes Liechty, Berne, produced 16.577 lbs. milk and 578 lbs. butterfat in 365 days. Wulliman Comet Creator Julie

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4850849, a three-year-old owned by Harry IVulliman & Son, Berne, produced 17,020 lbs. milk and 587 lbs. butterfat in 295 days. 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.