Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1964 — Page 2

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A S C S Farm Notes

By: Mary J. Howard, Office Manacer SEPTEMBER 15 — STATE CHAIRMAN, LENARD C. POUND TO BE IN ADAMS COUNTY* Lenard C. Pound, chairman of the Indiana ASC state committee, has consented to take time from his busy schedule, and come to . Adams county to explain farm programs to Adams county citizens — all farmers, businessmen, in fact every citizen is invited to attend this meeting, which will be held at the Deactur Community Center Tuesday evening. September 15, and will begin at 8 o’clock. You will be hearing more about this in future news columns — but we suggest that you mark your calendar now and plan to attend. We are sure you will be well rewarded. 1965 WHEAT DIVERSION PROGRAM: The 1965 wheat diversion program is entirely voluntary. It is not automatic. Wheat producers can be eligible to reecive certificate payments only by calling at the county office and signing an "intention to participate" before October 2, 1964. Signing the forms does not * obligate a producer in any way. He has the opportunity to change his mind at any time. However, to oe eligible to receive payments, his intention to participate in the program, cannot be changed after October 2, but he does have the opportunity to change it during the period of signup. General steps for participation in qualifying for wheat pricesupport loans and for marketing certificates in 1965 are: 1. Sign up to take part in th* program before October 2. 2. Have an acreage of wheat no larger than the farm allotment oh the farm signed up in the program, unless the storage under-bond or the substitution privilege is used. 3. Keep within the wheat allotment for any other farm in which you have an interest 4 Add to the farm's Conservation base, an acreage of cropland devoted to approved conservation uses equal to 11.11 per cent iff the farm's -wheat allotment, (provision is made for diverting additional acreage for payment. 5. Meet other overall provuions of the i>rogram. such as preventing weed growth and not harvesting or grazing diverted acreage unless approved by the ASC county committee. ... Producers who sign up and meet all provisions of the program will be eligible tor price ;ui>iort loans at $1.26 (estimated VJfte for Adams county and certifegicate payments on the farm signed up in the program. r. Intentions to participate may ffoe signed during regular- office ■Ebours, which are from 1:45 a.m. gJto 4:30 pm. Monday through RfFriday of each week. K* Anyone having a sepcial proto-

NOTICE Du* »• th* ln<r*a**d volume and future davulopmanls in our Crushed Stem* operation*, we ere unable to "do a goad job" in manufacturing concrete blocks and handling building supplies We have Mispended operation of Bur block plant and will be disposing of it* equipment. This will in no way effect the Ready Mix Concrete operations of W & W Concrete, Inc. from our Bluffton plant. Until a later date, our office will remain in Bluffton and orders for delivery of crushed stone may still be placed through our office. IN ORDER TO QUICKLY DISPOSE OF OUR REMAINING STOCK WE ARE OFFERING AU. ITEMS ON A GASH A CARRY BASIS AT DISCOUNTS FROM 20% TO 40%. Here t* A Partial Utt: Reinforcing Steel, Expansion Joints, Vhqveen - 10% to 11% Concrete Patching and Sealing Materials 30% Glass, Putty and Paint* : to 75% Goldblatt Concrete 1 Masonry Tool* ; 10% CONCRETE BLOCKS ___________ 30% to 40% BUY NOW and SAVE ■ s Heller Stone Co., Inc. 619 1. Bond Street Phone IR4-1110

Adams County Farmers’ Corner

lem of coming to the office during these hours is urged to call the county office and we will try to arrange to be at the office at a time convenient to the ducer1965 WHEAT ALLOTMENT NOTICES: Wheat growers, who will have an interest in the wheat crop on a farm in 1915, and did not receive a notice, is urged to call at the county office so that his name may be added to the list of wheat growers on his particular farm. A report from the grower himself, is the only way we have of knowing he has changed farms, or has added wheat farms to be farmed in 1965. Also, any grower, who believes he should have received a notice should notify us. AU notices were mailed August 14, 1964. Monday, August 31, 1964 is the final date to file a request for an adjustment in the wheat allotment, wheat yield or conserving base on a farm lor which a wheat allotment was established. 1964 WHEAT PROGRAM PAYMENTS: Ninety nine per cent of the 1964 wheat program payments have been made. A total of 277 Adams county farmers have received payment* of approximately W,OW— toe*e payments were made tor participation on 217 farm*. —— Price support loans of $1.31 per bushel are also available to participants of the program upon application filed in the county office. 1964 FEED GRAIN PROGRAM PAYMENTS: Farmers, who earned payments under Uhc 1964 feed grain program, will receive notice to call at the office to sign the application tor their final payment, some time after September 1, 1964. At the time the application i*. signed they will specify whether they desire to call at the office tor fihelr sight draft or they wish to have it mailed. Previously, all payments have been mailed. MORE CCX* grain STORAGE BINS FOR BALK: Twenty Commodity Credit Corporation grain storage bins will be offered for sale by auction at 10 A.M. September 9. 1964. The sale will be held at the U.S. government grain storage site, about three miles north of Warsaw on state road 15. The structures arc of 3,250 bushels rapacity and are made of aluminum and steel. Persons desiring to inspect the bins may do so by contacting the Kosciusko ABCS county office, HBVi West Main ISraet. Warsaw. Ind., (telephone 267-7445). Persons interested in financing the purchase through the farm

storage facility loan program should determine their eligtoillty at the local ASOS office before attending the sale. FARM FROGRBBB — 1961-1964: Feed grain programs — since 1961 — hava brought farm income up an average of one half billion dollars. Savings to the taxpayer in reduction of surplus stock* in 19611963 will amount to one and onehalf billion doMaro. Participation in the agricultural conservation program ba* reached about 3.2 million farms from 1969 to 1963. Thu is an average of 1.1 million farms each year, 1961-1963, compared with the 1 million farms participating in 1969. In the past three years more than 48 million acres have been added to local soil and water conservation districts. Small farm* benefit from price support loans, for example in 1962, 48 per cent of the soybean loans, 39 per cent of the wheat loans and 48 per cent of the corn loans were made for less than 11,500. Tile farm situation is ihnproving due to reliance on ASC committeemen for local administration of national farm programs. During the 1964 fiscal year That ended June 30, 1964, agricultural exports reached an all time high of over six million dollar value compared to $4.6 billion in 1959. PROBLEMS ARISING FROM VBE OF PESTICIDES: The United States department of agriculture is confronted with problems resulting from the use of pesticide*. Incidents such as the Mississippi river fish kill may occur again. Prompt re porting of information concerning pesticide problems is essential. The agriculture research service has responsibility for keeping the secretary of agriculture informed on these matters. Anyone having problems as a result of the use of pesticides should report such problems to their local, state or federal agencies. THE THREE MARKETS OF LATIN AMERICA* Some* 68 million people in the 20 La'ln American republics can afford to buy food regularly in, the commercial market places. United tSates farmers can look fbr salts south of the border to jump significantly by 1975 as this group swells to over 100 million people. Market Na. 1 RURAL MIDDLE CIA4N AND WELL TO DO: With better farming methods and crop yields, some rural poor will earn enough to move into the market economy. Hie rural comms ratal market will expand too. as more people work ja crafts and service enterprises in rural villages. Market No. 2 URBAN MIDDLE CLASS* With more jobs in an expanding economy, some urban poor will escape their shanty town life, becoming part of an estimated 27 million increase in the middle class poj>ulatioa. Less affluent than outs, Latin America's middle class is the best bet for expanding sales of United States farm ponhtets. Part of this market too, are live-in Servants who eat from their employer'* pantry. Market No. 3 URBAN WELL-TO-DO: Hie very wealthy in Latin America ate the very few. But foreign resident. including diplomats, offer United States exporters a market that's expected to grow by seven million people. THE SAFETY CORNER: LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE ODDS! When you drive "too fast for conditions" or "cheat a little” on posted speed limits, you are gambling. How many minutes have you actually saved? A hundred, a thousand or more? Whatever they amount to, they cannot come close to being equal odds with the possible minutes left in your life span. The most favorable odds we can think of puts you on the short end. at least 25.000 to one. If you must gamble, don’t bet your life on the long shot. When you are betting your life, bet only to win .... Drive carefttly to win the race, and you’ll have a, longer life and a whole body as the pay-off. BE A SAFE DRIVER - GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO PFACT TIME TO BRAKE and TIME TO STOP.. ' lr,rr '' '" I —■ ■■■' "*■ *■*! 11 1 RP" 1 ! '■* ? •T OR 4M oeuch wRh mt own Cough Syrup Kohne Drug Stere

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- Hi Neighbors I (This article was taken from ‘Crops & Soils — April-May issue). Mix N With Soil Nitrogent fertilizers applied to the surface of bare soils or to sod crops are subject to severe losses. The nitrogen is lost to the atmosphere in the form of gas, unless the application is followed at once by rain or tillage to mix the fertilizer in the soil. To reduce N losses, farmers should mix surface-applied nitrogen fertilizer with the soil during application, or as soon as posible after application. These facts are emphasized by results recently obtained from greenhouse tests conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority. In these tests, various nitrogen fertilizers were applied to the surface of moist soils a week prior to planting corn. Forage yields and nitrogen uptake by, corn varied widely with the type of nitrogen compounds in the fertilizers, and with soil pH. In the first experiment, recovery of nitrogen applied to the surface of an acid Alabama soil, limed to pH 7.5, ranged from 18 per cent for urea to 80 per cent for ammonium sulfate. Recoveries of nitrogent were intermediate from urea that was coated to slow rate of dissolution, and also from urea grandulated with phosphorus. When mixed with the soil, however, recovery of nitrogen fr<|n these sources ranged from 60 to 80 > per cent of the applied nitrogyn. In a second experiment, recovery by corn of nitrogen surface applied to an acid soil, limed to pH 6.2, ranged from 33 per cent for urea to about 80 per cent for ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate,, ammonium phosphate nitrate (3010-0), and monoammonium phosphate <ll-48-0). Surface application to a calcareous lowa soil (pH 8.2) resulted in about 55 per cent recovery of nitrogen from urea, .ammonium, sulfate, diammonium phophate (21-53-0), and urea ammonium phosphate (30-30-01). This gave about 80 per cent recovery of the applied nitrogen from ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate nitrate, and mono-ammonium phosphate. Apparently, the chief avenue of ammonia loss into the atmospher ? is from unstable ammonium carbonate. This unstable compound forms when urea reacts with water or ammonium nitrogent reads with calcium carbonate in the soil. Ammonium carbonate deconV/’cs easily to form ammonia gas and carbon dioxide. Adams County Farm Buildings Inspected ’The Adorns county commissioners spent Monday afternoon inspecting buildings at the county farm and checking several county toads and bridge sites. The commissioners! have advertised for bids for repair work on the county home buildings. The work to be done involves repairing the roofs on barns. The board also inspected the site of a proposed new open ditch near Berne.

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SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT

U. S. Resources Can Win Ths War On Poverty By U.S. Rep. Carl Albert (D.-Okla.) Haute Majority Lttder

Throughout our History, we a* a Nation have been quick to see and seize upon challenges. Settling an unknown world, winning our independence, expanding our boundaria, preserving our

freedom, extending man** knowledge, conquering disease, we have indeed proven that we are a "can do” Nation. Once afjain we have been challenged: President Johnson has called for * national war on poverty and has set the term*: "Total victory.” Then should be no need to dwell hen on the existence of poverty in America. The poor are hidden only from those who choose to look elsewhere. In the midst of plenty, the 3 J million poor are everywhere: in every city in its slums; in every state in its rural counties, there are men

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•re poor by any definition, who lack the income and the resources to live in dignity and decency. This is not, of course, a pew problem. Nor is it a problem which we have ignored in the past. Federal agencies, State and local governments, private groups Ind individual persons have dedicated their energies to the fight against poverty. And these efforts have met with some success. — Higher Horizon programs have raised the levels of achievement and reduced the drop-out rate* of school children in New York City. Ten weeks of intensive summer work with pre-school children have raised IQs in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Literacy and skill training programs for relief recipients in Chicago have respited in thousands of job placements and in reduced relief rolls and expenses. Throughout the Nation, programs under the Manpower Development and Training and the Vocational Rehabilitation Acts have placed in productive jobs over 70% of those who completed programs. In Philadelphia, an after school youth conservation program has dramatically reduced the delinquency of 100 teenage students. But no single program, no single agency or office, no single government can by itself wage a successful war on poverty. No single act can provide all the techniques or resources re-

More From County Win Fair Ribbons Several more Decatur and Adams county young people hue won ribbons at the Indiana state fair, according to the list received today. The following received ribbons in the swine judging: Louann M. Fuelling, route 3, Decatur, blue ribbon in Chester white barrows; Robert W. Kershner 11, blue ribbon in Berkshire barrows; Patricia Thieme, route 3, Decatur, blue ribbon in Hampshire barrows. The following won ribbons in 4-H clothing: First division— Becher, route 1, Berne, blue ribbon in aprons. Second division _ Kathleen Fuelling. 316 N. Fifth St., blue ribbon in skirts.* Third

quired for such a war. But we as a Nation do have the resource* and many demonstrated technique*. If we add to these the full, coordinated effort of every American community, we will achieve our goal. This will be the aim of the Office of Economic Opportunity. The emphasis will be upon the community and upon a proven pattern of attack involving the entire community in the development and execution of comprehensive action programs designed to strike at the very causes of poverty. The resource* of the Federal, State and local government* will be welded together wish those of private groups and volunteer citizen* in program* embodying education, training, health, employment, and recreation — program* which are heeded to provide opportunity for the poor and their children. The programs will be developed and conducted with the poor, not for them. These program*, thi* year, will not see the end of poverty in America. But the fact that the war to end poverty will not be quickly won should neither discourage us nor obscure the importance of the measure* proposed thi* year. The line is now drawn. Many in the country have been waiting to call to enlist. They must join now with those who have already fought the first battles. Together we can, and we will, win the war against poverty.

division — Karen Scherer, route 1. Decatur, red ribbon in “dress ,of jumper or blouse. Fourth division — Emalese Striker, route 2, Geneva, red ribbon in school or sports dress (one or two pieces). Fifth division — Wanda Adler, route 4, Decatur, blue ribbon in school or sports dress (one or two piece). Sixth division — Mary Lybarger, route 2. Geneva, red ribbot in date, afternoon or sports dress. Seventh division — Sandra Bransteter, route 2, Berne, blue ribbon in dress for sports, school, date or afternoon (one or two piece). Hose Holder Use a strip of adhesive tape to keep the vacuum-cleaner hose from slipping off its hook in the closet. Twist the tape in the center and form into a loop, then ..wrap the m Jap ends around the hose’ Hang the loop on a hook. - V 1964'* jlk BIGGEST Jlgr FARM PROVED gB MONEY W SAVING AV PROGRAM mu Farm Work Running LateTWh ■ Play Safe ...M ■■ Switch to Kb FLEET-WINO More Power Per Gallon, More Work Per Hour, More Money In Your Pocket When The Work Is Done! BEAVERS OIL SERVICE, INC.

County Agent’s Corner

By: Ernest i. Lesfak Coonty Extension Agent Agriculture Lawns will respond rapidly to this fall’s rain and cooler temperature if thev receive an application of fertiliser in the next few weeks. The best time to fertilize is around Latx>r Dey, by using 10 pounds of fertilizer per 1000 square feet if the lawn is in good condition. The fertilizer application should be doubled for poor lawns. Many different kinds of fertlizers wjLgive good results such as 10-3-7, 12-66, 10-6-4 and 16-8-8. The key is high nitrogen, which is indicated by the first number in each of the three number series. To prevent streaking, apply half the fertilizer in a northsouth direction and half in an east-west direction. Cicada - Killer wasps which burrow holes in lawns, terraces and banks can be controlled with dieldrin. Scatter five per cent dield.’in granules over the infected area and into the burrows. -Using dieldrin as a spay, add one-half pint of an 18.6 per cent liquid concentrate to three gallons ot water and spray the area where the burrows are located. The yellow and black wasps use the burrows as nesting sites. They paralyze the cicadas by stinging them and drag the insect up the stem of a weed, or other upright object to gain altitude for a gliding flight toward the burrow. The wasps do not sting people unless handled, and the males, which make the buzzing sounds, cannot sting anyway. Cicadas are the large, heavy-bodied insects that sit in trees and make a shrill screeching noice during the late summer months. Test Soils Now Adams County farmers planning to sew fall-seeded small grains shoul4 have their soils tested now. The first step towards an accurate, economical fertility program for these crops is soil testing. Divide the field to be “tested into uniform areas. Take equal sized cores of slices from 10 or more places in each area. Do not mix samples of different color and texture just because they ere found in the same field, sample each separately. Take the soil from surface to plow depth with a probe, apger or spade. The county extension office has sample boxes and mailing instructions. Compelte information on the crop and fertilizer history of the field should accompany simples. A good time to insulate your laying house is after the old flock has been sold and before the new pullets arrive. The work can go faster and there are no chickens to be frightened. In houses already insulated, use this time to repair insulation where needed and to make certain the vapor barrier is free of all breaks. Wheat, when low in price, can be used to replace up to half the corn in the laying ration. It should be coarsely ground when used in the mash to avoid any tendency for the Hourly jxjrtion to cake in the corners of the beak. Feeding wheat may result in soipewhat lighter colored egg yolks. Wheat

UNDERSTANDS the € Z AJ the Fanner t / ''“'til fftl\/ Laborer __l Man Q J Man VOTE kClf. FOR Leland A. (Lee) Neuen For Adams County AUDITOR o IN NOVEMBER ELECTION Thank You! ... . _ Pol. Advt.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1964

also lacks vitamin A, whicfepis present in corn, but most commercial laying mash are well fortified with vitamip. A. Wheat should have about 15 pounds of actual nitrogen in the starter fertilizer. If all the nitrogen for the wheat crop is applied at planting time, there will usually be movement of nitrogen below the Toot zone by the time it is needed next spring. Heavier applications can offset the§e losses but will also reduce profits compared to applications made next January to March. Purple Penning; by: Patsy Lee Leaders County Extension Agent Home Economics Today, Sharon Zwick and Nancy Habegger are at the Indiana state fair competing in the dress revue eliminations. Tomorrow, Roberta Kunkel and Darlene Rich will be entered in the dress revue eliminations and Rita King will give her district winning demonstration on the Dairy Food division. September 3 is 4-H day at the fair. The parade of champions will be at 12:30 in the Coliseum. Patty Thieme and Jerry Selking will carry the Adams county flag in the parade. The state dress revue is at 2 p.m. in the Coliseum. After the dress revue, I hope we can “all get out,” as the Beatles will be there. September 6, Mrs. Ronald Pierce and her daughter, Doreen, Will in the young homemakers’ style show in the women’s building. LESSON LEADERS: • Don’t forget your letter about the September 11 leader training meeting — “Is it A Bargain.” This 'will be given in the 4-H Dining hall in Monroe. SALT RESTRICTED DIETS: Anyone in the county win is interested in learning about salt restricted diets is invitfed to a special iterest lesson on September 15.. Miss Miriam Eads, Purdue University nutrition specialists, will present the material. This meeting will begin 1:30 p.m., in the I & M auditorium. .911 .<■>>- W. I. S. E. DAY: All Adams county home demonstration members have been invited to the W. I. S. E. day in Wells county September 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the 4-H building at the 4-H fairgrounds in Bluffton. The W. I. S.E. means women’s international speakers from embassies. The Wells county home demonstration club members have invited the wives of embassy — connected personnel from six nations vzho are at the present living m Washington, D.C. The countries represented are: Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Phillippines and South Africa. This project is. intended to promote international goodwjll and is closely connected with the Adams county leader lessons on in terational understanding. NYLA HAGGARD: Miss Nyla Haggard of the Work and Win 4-H club will appear on the Ann Cotone show on September 4. She will give her blue winning demonstration at 1 p.m. on channel 15.