Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1963 — Page 6

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

ASCS Farm Notes

ACP PRACTICES TO BE REPORTED BY DECEMBER 15: Farmers, who have received approval for cost-sharing of ACP practices for 1963 are again reminded that December 15 is the final date for reporting completion of the practices. If the practices are not completed by December 15, we- urge J all farmers to contact the county office immediately before that date. It may be possible for us to assist in some manner, especially if a practice has been started. All ACP payments are made by the county office, direst to the farmer. or vendor, if a purchase order for the material or service_ was issued, 'these are only issued at the request of the farmer, before the practice is started'. SIGN-UP FOR THE 1964 AC PROGRAM: Cost sharing for practices which will be completed during the calendar year, beginning January 1, 1964. may be applied for a county offices after January 1. Cost-sharing will be available for the following practices: installation of tile drainage, open drainage, sod waterways, establishment of permanent pasture, contouring, construction of ponds for wildlife and livestock, constructing spillways, inlets and chutes for protection of outlets, and the application of limestone. All practices must be performed in accordance with either ACP or SCS 'or both' specifications. Such specifications are established for the benefit of the farmer in solving his conservation problem. Now is a good time to make a survey of your conservation problems, so that an application for cost sharing may be filed soon after January 1. ACP CAN ‘HELP DO THE JOB’: The government shares with more than a million farmers, each year, under ACP, the cost of soil, water, woodland, and wildlife conservation practices on individual farms and ranches throughout the Nation. Recent estimates show that program practices were carried opt in 1962 on 1.2 million farms, of which about 200,000 were “new” participants on which no significant conservation measures had been carried out in several years. In 1964, was in Adams County urge farmers, who have not received cost-sharing for conservation needs, to call trt the* cqunjy office arid discuss the- possibility of receiving assistance on needed practice. Cost-share assistance will be stressed for practices with enduring benefits, such as establishing and improving vegetative cover. RURAL AMERICA DAY: While the rural area development program has improved the economic situation in many communities, these communities represent only a handful of the areas

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now at work on economic development. More than half the Nation’s poverty exists on the farms and in small towns and cities of under 2.500 population that make up rural America. Nearly a third of the people of the United States live in our rural areas. They ininclude; 14.3 million farm people. Among them are the farm families who (perate the world’s most efficient farms — the 1.5 million (40 per cent of all farms) that produce only 13 per cent of our crops and livestock — people who lack »the land, credit skills, or other resources needed for efficient farming. Many of them work part-time in nonfarm jobs and in that way earn satisfactory incomes. 40 million nonfarm people. Many of them depend on or - services 1 directly related to farming. Some have urban jobs. Some are unemployed or work only part time. Some are retired. Another 25 million ]»eople live in the small cities that are an 'integral part of rural America although by census definition they are urban. (The census counts towns of 2,500 or more as urban.) Rural America is a cross-sec-tion of the United States, but in manv respects it is a cross-section ! lacking o p po r t u n i t ies many| Americans take for granted. A lot has been said about city slums, but almost half of the Nation’s poverty is found in rural areas. Os the country’s 8 million .families with average yearly incomme of less than $2,500, about 3% million live in rural areas. About 800 counties are in the serious "low income rural areas.” About 31 million people live in the open country and small towns of those counties. For two decades or more, people have been leaving these areas. Community and private facilities have run down or even been abandoned. Some broad rural areas — both farm and nonfarm — have almost “gone out of business.” There are 22 million rural youth under 20 years of age; more than 4 million are in the families with extremely low incomes. And more than 1 million children are born each year in rural America. Even the farmers who operate efficient family farms have lagged behind the rest of the 'country in income. Caught in the middle of . the cost-price squeeze, many of them have survived only because they lived in part from capital investment. Efficiency, capital, labor, and management skills just haen’t paid off as well in agriculture as they have in the non-farm economy. Further, erosion and misuse have lowered yields and increased production costs on millions of acres.' The Department’s Conservation Needs Inventory shows 62 per cent of the Nation’s crop-

land, three-fourths df the private pasture, and rangeland, antjjnore than half the private forest and woodland need to be improved and protected by conservation work. —, RAD — A DYNAMIC FORCE IN RURAL COMMUNITY EFFORT: The rural areas development effort is a new dynamic force helping rural people to better their lot. It is the Department of Agriculture's way of aiding people who are working for themselves. The ultimate objective is better living for rural people, -both farm and nonfarm. The rural areas development effort, by the Department, provides services to enable local action groups to bring new opportunities to the people of the open country and to their trading centers. It’s goals are: 1. Propserous family farms. 2. New jobs in trades, professions, services, and industry. 3. Improved management, use and conservation of national resources.. 4. Expanded public services and facilities such as roads, hospitals, schools, power supply, and water systems. 5. Readjustments of rural land use patterns, making more land available for the increasing needs, or outdoor recreation and open l-paces, while decreasing cropland acres. 6. Guidance and raining of rural youth and adults. 7. In some areas, a complete rural renewal program, similar to urban renewal programs, now bringing new life, new hope, and new opportunities to parts of some cities. Many Federal, State and local agencies are helping. HEART OF DEVELOPMENT — LOCAL PEOPLE: The heart of any area’s development rests with their local people. They review l.their resources, their needs, and their objectives. They start the action of economic development by organizing themselves into areawide development committees . Areawide committees include voluntary representatives of the entire community — businessmen, farm leaders, labor leaders, doctors, clergy, attorneys, civic club leaders, youth leaders, press, rai dio, and television staff members representatives of rural credit unions, and many other persons directly concerned with local area ■ development. These area development committees contribute time and know- * velopment and the Area Redevelopment Admimnistration work fbrthem. They compile useful facts about their own area. Thuis they are able to evalute their needs and opportunities in terms of: ’ . . . People, including the number and skills of workers, the employment in manufacturing, wholesale and retail trades public and services, employment in farming, underemployment and education. . . . Physical resources, such as land, water, timber, grassland, minerals, buildings, roads, transportation, credit, power, and community services, including water supply and sewer systems. GROWERS URGED TO DIVERT FEED GRAIN ACRES: The 1964 Feed Grain Program may be the answer to some farm operator's questions about what to do with their land next year. Farmers on farms having a feed grain base (Com, barley, or grain sorghum produced in 1959-601 will be eligible to participate in the 1964 Feed Grain Program, thus earning diversion paymentns by keeping land out of unneeded feed grain production and shifting it to conservation uses. Feed grain farmers are urged to look into the advantages to be gained by taking part in the 1964 Feed Grain Prograpi. Progress has been made by participation under the past three .year? of the Feed Grain Programs. The purpose of the program is to cut back production of the feed grains so that our stocks will be in better balance with demand. Stock? have been cut back —but not enough, that is why Congress authorized the continuation Os the Feed Grain Diversion Progfam for 1964 1965. The main provision of the pro- , gram have already been announced —a farmer can participate in the program, by diverting from 20 to' 50 per cent of his farm’s feed grain base, with higher rates , pf poxjnwt. for divesting greeter than the minimum. Eligibility for

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price support on feed grains depend on participation in the program. Farmers are urged to consider the advantage of participating in the 1964 Feed Grain Program, before completing their crop plans for next year. " The sign-up will start February . 10, 1964. BY THE WAY— ' WHAT IS A FARMER: A farmer is a paradox — he is an excutive with his home his office; a scientist using fertilizer 1 attachments; a purchasing agent in an old straw hpt; a personnel director with grease under his fingernails: a dietition with a passion for alfalfa, aminos, and antibiotics; a production expert with a surplus; and a manager battling a price-cost squeeze. He manages more than most of the businessmen in town. He likes sunshine, good food. State fairs, dinner at noon, auctions, his neighbors, his shirt collar unbuttoned and above all, a good soaking rain in August, He is not much for droughts, gullies, throughways, weeds, the 8-hour day, grasshoppers-, or helping with housework. Farmers are found in fields — plowing up, seeding down, rotating from, planting to, fertilizing with, spraying for, and harvesting. ‘AVives help them, Uttle boys follow them, city relatives visit them, salesmen detain them and wait for them, weather can delay them, but it takes Heaven to stop them. A farmer is both Faith and Fata'ist — he must have faith to continually meet the challenges of his capacities amid an ever-present! possibility that a-late spring, an early frbst, tornado, flood, drought, disease, or bugs can bring his business to a standstill. He is your countryman —a denim-dressed, businesiswise, fastgrowing statesman of stature. And when he comes in a noon, having spent the energy of his hopes and dreams, he can be recharged anew with the magic words: “The Market’s Up.” As employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, we are at his service. * : . Top Suit Styles hinted Pattern a / ol -o’/ t if 9232 1414-26’4 HIP-SLIMMING slacks, pfedal pushers, shorts perfectly »proportioned for you—plus a smart shirt to top them off! Printed Pa'tefn 9232: Half Sizes 1414. 16‘V, 1814, 2014, 22*4, 24v 2 , 2614- Size 16*4 shirt 2 yards 35inch; pedal FIFTY CENTS in coins for this pattern — add 15 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Marian Martin, Decatur Daily Democrat Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St.. New Yark 11, N. Y. Print plaihly Name, Address with Zone, Size and Style Number. CLIP COUPON FOR 50c FREE PATTERN in big, new Fall-win-ter Pattern Catalog, , just piitf • 354 design ideas - ; Send 50c for Catalog.

Purple Pennings Pasty Lee Leaders County Extension Agent Home Economics Adams county 4-H parents should be proud-of their children for on the recent trip to Chicago they were very good sports. We had a considerable amount of bus trouble which delayed the trip and I didn't hear one word of complaint — so hats off to our good sports. NUT CRACKING TIME ! Now is the time to select walnuts for holiday cooking while there are large supplies. Care of Walnuts Walnut kernels keep best in tight containers stored in the refrigerator. Light, air and warmth shorten their storage life. Nut meats are also sensitive to flavors and odors of other foods. It is better not to chop or grind nuts before storing them as the larger pieces keep longer. Nuts fit most recipes and are happy additions to salads, stuffings and many baked goods, Nuts used in large proportions 'in muffins, breads or cakes have a tendency to absorb moisture. So that nuts won’t make the bread product dry, place them in boiling water for a few minutes; drain and add them to the mixture in the usual way. BARBECUED WALNUT SNACKS 2 tablsp. butter 1/4 cup Worcestershire 1 tables, catsup; 2 dashes tabasco 4 cups walnut halves and pieces 2 teasp. salt ——•——— Heat oven to 400. Melt butter in large sauce pan. Mix in seasonings and stir in walnuts. Spread in glass baking dish and toast in oven for about 20 min. Stir reauently. Turn out on paper towel and sprinkle with salt. Good warm or cool. z CINNAMON WALNUT BREAD 1 5-oz. bag of walnuts (114 cups chopped) 3 tablesp. soft shortening 2 tablesp. sugar; 1 egg, unbeaten 3/4 cup milk 3 cuds biscuit mix 3 tablesp. sugar) . > ) for filling 1 tablesp. cinnamon) Mix walnuts with shortening and sugar, til shortening is finely divided. Blend in egg. Stir in milk and biscuit mix. Turn onto floured board: knead 10 strokes. Roll out 1/4” thick. Sprinkle with sugar m'xed with cinnamon. Roll as for jelly roll. Place in ungreased bread pan. seam side down. Bake 40-45 minutes at 375. Glaze with thin mixture of powdered sugar and water. Just try it toasted! GOURMET TOUCH: If you’ve never added chopped walnuts to a tossed green salad, you have a real surprise coming. Especially good to use in this way are the toasted walnuts sprinkled with garlic salt or other savory seasoning salt. Try them as croutons in Caesar salad. Crunchygood, too, in cabbage or mixed vegetable salad. Sprinkle toasted walnuts— plain or garlic-salted, on that lunchtime cream soup or chowder. Add them to creamed onions or other creamed vegetables. Use them to step up candied or pineappled sweet potatoes. ' Sprinkle them on pizza (frozen or home-made) just before baking. TOASTED WALUNTS They’re easy as 1-2-3 to fix, and they always make a hit as appetizers, or in salads or gourmet main dishes. Here’s how: (1) Drop walnut kernels into rapidly boiling watef;( boil 3 min. Drain well. (2) Spread evenly in shallow pan and bake at 350, stirring often, 15 to 20 min. until golden. (3) While hot, brush lightly with butter, and sprinkle generously with salt. (Use garlic salt or other seasoned salt, if you like.) COOL Store tightly covered in refrigerator. SNOW SUIT SEASON: Thin, tightly woven or knitted fabrics keep out wind and wetness but provide little protection against cold unless they are properly lined. Acrylic pile lining is usually warmer and more durable

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pert \ t AAI HI Neighbor*! A soil and water conservation district is a government subdivision of the state. It is an independent body subject only to the Indiana soil conservation districts act under which it is formed. It is organized by landowners and controlled by a board of five (farmer) supervisors, which carries out the district’s voluntary program. All counties have organized districts except Clinton, Decatur, Hamilton, LaPorte, Marion, Ohio and Tipton. Soil and water conservation district operations are financed by state appropriations, by money earned by the districts themselves and by contributions from private sources. The Indiana legislature appropriates $25,000 per year to the state soil conservation committee to be distributed by grant to districts. Some counties furnish additional funds for districts operation. Adams county is one of these counties. District cooperators bear most of the cost of practices installed on their own land. The co§t of certain practice of public benefit may be shared by the federal government through the agricultural conservation program. Technical services are provided without charge by the soil conservation service. District supervisors serve without pay. Some are repaid from district funds for expenses incurred for travel out of the county on district business. The board of supervisors for Adams county are: David Mosser, chairman of the board; Chester Isch, vice chairman; Richard Scheumann, secretary and treasurer; Hugo Bulmahn and Paul Kohne. than acetate-faced quilt for hoods and jacket bodies. Sleeve and pants lining ' are almost always ouilted since pile is too bulky there. Regardless of fabric, snow pants should be equipped with knee patches for a double layer of shell fabric where it is needed most. Pants need to be wide in the leg so that shoes do not jam and pull off. Knit cuffs with zippers, or a folding pleat with snao fasteners, make leg bottoms fit snugly and slide easily into boots. Jackets with attached hoods keep wind and snow eff the back of the child’s neck. To avoid pulling drawstrings out of their seam hem, tack them down permanently at the middle of the casing. The specialist recommends selecing a suit that has treated for water renellency. QUICKIES: Did any of you ever think of taking your old powder puffs, wash them, put them in a mesh bag and dry in automatic drver and then using them to polish s’lverware. A pamphlet from the American home laundry manufacturers’ association suggests this. *!*••* Warm Christmas breads slice much easier when you use a sawblade knife, observe food spec- ( ialists at Purdue University. • * * * • Following a written plan for holiday chores will eliminate last minute rush, observe Purdue University home management specialists. List essential duties and space them over everal days or week. , ***** If you’re planning to make goodies and freeze them in advance of a holiday party, remember cooked egg white gets tough if it is frozen, reminds Purdue University food specialists. Wait for the last minute to make a merlhgue.

I County Agent’s Corner

By: ERNEST J. LEBIUK County Extension Agent Adams county farmers planning to plant trees next spring should order them now, according to county extension agent, Ernest *J. Lesiuk. - Order blanks and instructions for ordering may be obtained from the county extension office, soil conservation district officers or extension foresters. These blanks list kind of trees available, best uses for each type of tree and prices. Among the hardwoods, county extension agent recommends tulip, poplar and walnut for filing in openings in a woods. Black locust makes excellent fence post. Os the conifers, white pine and red pine are best adapted for general planting in Indiana and also make the best timber and windbreak trees. Scotch pine are available and should be used exclusively for Christmas trees. With a short supply of hay for the dairy herd, it will be more profitable to feed grain liberally than to pay a high price for hay. The value of a grain mix based on corn and soybean oil meal is about $54 per ton. This is about equal feed value to hay cut at one-tenth bloom and selling for S3O per ton. Excellent early bud stage hay would be worth about $35 per ton figured on this basis. • A good grain mixture to stretch a short supply of silage and hay is 800 pounds corn, 200 pounds soybean oil meal, 10 pounds trace mineralized salt and 10 pounds stemed bone meal. Feed enough hay to equal one per cent of the dairy cow’s body weight. 16-Year-Old Girl Is Junior Corn Winner LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPD— Sixteen-year-old Marty Kerkhoff of Romney today joined her older sister Sharon among the ranks of winners of die Indiana Junior Five-Acre Corn Growing contest. Marty was announced Monday as 1963 winner with a yield of 245.3 bushels per acre, 3.3 bushels mpre than sister Sharon had as winner in 1960. The girls are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Kerkhoff. Runnerup to Marty was Melvin Bishop of Jackson County, 225.1 buehels. Marty’s yield average was nine bushels lower than the 254-bushel record yield which won Joseph E. Smolek of North Judson the state senior five-acre title last week. Other junior winners were Tom Hoss, Tippecanoe County, third, 2245; Phillip Roadruck, White County, fourth, 222.2; Sammy Spray,, Jackson County, fifth, 218.5; Duane Kern, Henry County, sixth, 218.1; Rodney Kern, Henry County, seventh, 217.8; Randy Kern, Henry County... eighth, 217.2; Joyce Clodfelter, Parke County, ninth, 215.1; and Mike Theobold, Shelby County, 10th, 212.5. The winning plot was in a 20acre field which averaged more than 200. The field received six tons of manure last year and was in soybeans in 1962. The DeKalb 633 hybrid seed was planted May 15 at the rate of 22,000 plants per acre in 38-inch rows. ***** The salt and ashes spread on slippery sidewalks cause discoloratino and fiber damage to rugs and carpets. Purdue University home management specialists recommend vacuuming frequently and placing scatter rugs at all entrances during winter months. SOMEONE SAID: You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in yopr pockets.

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Three pounds of silage is equal to one pound of hay. Feed one pound of grain mix for each two pounds of milk produced. If cattlemen didn’t spray their cattle for lice last month, it would be well to do it now before cold weather sets in. Farmers can use lindane, toxaphere, methoxychlor or malathion for beef animals. Back rubbers treated with insecticides also keep cattle lice in check. On dairy animals, use only rotenone or synerzized pyrethrins. No other materials are approved for lice control on dairy cattle. Homemakers may be confronted with small brown beetles or tan colored moths in me kitchen which are developing 'in stored foods. Materials that commonly become infested are flour, cake mixes, breakfast foods, bird seed and dry dog food. Make a careful inspection -of the kitchen cabinets and discard infested materials. Spray shelves with a household insecticide, but be sure to follow directions on the package. The Adams county extension agents, Ernest J. Lesiuk and Mrs. Patsy Leaders, will be attending the annual conference of the Indiana cooperative ext e n s ion workers at Purdue University, December 10-13. The extension agents will participate in various committee meetings of the Indiana county extension agents association programs.

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