Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1964 — Page 2

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Adams County Farmers’ Corner

ASCS Farm Notes

, By: Mary J. Reward Office Manager MEASUREMENT fIBKVICBI >'i Now that the signup to partici- , pate in the IMS voluntary wheat , program is completed, it la time ri, to thank about sowing wheat and getting the correct number of acres sowed, so that no adjustments will be necessary next spring. jr*. The government is offering measurement service before crops are planted, as a protection to the participant of both wheat and feed grain programs. t 7 Measurement services are availage to all farmers — these services actually include (a) staking J and referencing areas prior to regular compliance, (last year, we called this service premeasure. ' ment) (b) determination of total cropland, (c) establishment of official acreage for fields and sub- ’ divisions, (d) early measurement, and (e) measurement prior to adjustment. In the case of the wheat and feed grain programs, the farmer has to be sure of two separate acreage — under the wheat program, he must be sure of the farm’s wheat allotment, and acreage to be diverted, and under the feed grain program, he must be sure of his permitted acreage and also the diverted acreage. By taking advantage of this .service, the participating farmer

County Agent’s Corner

For a better home vegetable garden next year, a little work this fall will pay off. First, clean up all the garden refuse, like corn stalks, tomato vines and weeds. After you have broken or chopped up the corn stalks and other large refuse, add it to your compost pile. Next, improve your soil for the next year by spreading last year's compost to the garden. Then sow a cover crop to purvent erosion, make the garden look green and add organic matter when the soil is turned over next spring. Mix in two pounds of fertilizer i>er 100 square feet, sow ryegrass, wheat or oats and rake it lightly into the surface. Keep the surface moist for three weeks for better germl- •— ation. Before you forget about the garden for the coming winter, make a few notes on how your 1964 garden grew. Was there any time of the season when you didn't have fresh vegetable for the table? Did you have too much of some crops and too little of some others? Note the number of plants or rows and comment on performance. This information will be useful in planning next year's garden:— Fall Fertilisers „ Fall is an excellent time for applying fertilizer on Adams county fields for a- number of reasons. Fall fertilization saves time in the spring when the spring plant-

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can be sure he has not overplanted his allotment or permitted acreage and be sure he has diverted the correct number of acres. Too, the cost of production is such that no farmer wants to lose seed, fertilizer, insecticides, labor and possible use of the land for other "crops by over planting. COST O’ 1 MEASUREMENT SERVICE: The cost to the farmer for measuring service is $8 for one farm visit and one field or subdivinion measurement, plus 92 per field or subdivision measured at the one visit to the farm. Requests for measurement service must be filed in the county ofioe and may be filed at any time, during regular office hours. GRAZING DIVERTED ACREAGE PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1, 1004: Grazing and the harvesting of hay on acreages shifted from the production of crops to conserving uses is permlted provided — approval is obtained before the land is grazed or hay harvested. This emergency privilege Is offered to provide additional forage for livestock because drought in the area has severely restricted livestock feed supplies. Begining November 1, 1964, participants of the programs will be permitted to graze the diverted acreage without approval. This emergency program affects about 400 Adams county

ing rush begin#. Some dealers offer special discounts on fall delivery and dealers are more likely to have grades needed to fill orders. Fall sales solve storage problem* for manufacturerfl, dealer and farmer ns the soil serves as the storehouse. Fields are usually drier and firmer in the fall and less packing from equipment and fewer wet upots will occur. Phosphorus and potassium offer the widest opportunity for fall use. Tire only placesfall application of them is not satisfactory is where the fertilizer will remain on bare soils on flloping fields. The possibility of erosion losses in this case is too great. Nitrogen should not be applied on sandy, soils in the full. On sill loam and heavier soils, wait until noil temperature is near 40 degrees before applying nitrogen. Soil temperatures reach this level about Thanksgiving. Heifers will fit into the milk herd easily if they are allowed to become familier with the milking routine before they freshen. In stanchion burns and milking parlors, they can be run with the hvrd foi a few weeks before calving to accustom they to the normal sights and sounds associated with milking. Paiience and gentle handling during the first few weeks the heifer is milked will help insure good manners, during the rest of~her productive life.

farms, which are 'Participating in either the wheat or feed grain programs, IMS FEED GRAIN PROGRAM DIVERSIQN NAME A» IN IM4: The minimum diversion to participate in the 1964 feed grain program will be 20 per cent of the farm's feed grain base, and the maximum diversion will be 50 per cent of the base, or 25 acres, whichever is larger. This announcement has been made early In order to help mere in making plans for the 1965 production season. Both the 1965 wheat and feed grain programs offer the substitution provision and by announcing the feed grain diversion al this time will permit farmers to take advantage of this provision. Other specific provisions of the feed grain program, which in past years have been* modified from year to year depending on circumstance, will await more definite indications as to the outturn from this year's corn crop. NOW IS A GOOD LIMING TIME: Now that the busy summer rush season is nearly over, it is a very good time to satisfy the soil's liming requirements. And we would like to share the cost with you under the ACP program. Tlie first requirement to earn cost-share payments is to take samples of the soil, mail the samples to Purdue University for a soil test. Containers for submitIng samples are available at the Purple Pennings Because we have two buses going to Indianapolis, one will load at 6 a m. in Decatur and the other will be loading in Berne at 6 a m. The buses will also stop at Coppess Corner* at 6:15 a.m. and in Genova about 6:30 a.m. PAST PRESIDENT’S BANQUET: The past presidents will have their annual banquet' October 8 at 6.30 p in. in the Wesley Methodist church in Geneva. PRESIDENTS TRIP: The Home Demonstration county council held their annual one-day trip and council meeting October 1., Mrs. John Barger and Mrs. John Leyse were chairmen of the trip. Place# visited were Christian Apostolic church, Estey piano factory in Bluffton, lunch and business meeting at the - Dutch Mill, Pretzel factory, the gardens of Mrs. Howard Hubig, and a tour of the newspaper in Bluffton. TWIN PINES: There may be a surprised 4-H girl in Twin Pines sometime this week. When Mrs. Arnold was going through some of the office files, she found a picture of Judy Mosser's first demonstration. It wa# so cute that I thought I would ha me some fun with it — so it has now been mailed to Cynthia Collier, another Adams county 4-H girl who also lives in Twin Pines,

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ASCS or county agent's office. The second requirement is to bring the results of the soil test to the office and file a request for approval of cost sharing. After tfce county committee have approved your request, the limestone must be applied by the date specified on the approval notice. In the past, many farmers have put off ordering their lime past the fall seaodn, only to find that heavy snows during the winter and excessive rains in the spring have delayed the liming, and find that they must wait until another year to apply the much needed limestone. . Another disadvantage of waiting to apply the lime in the spring is that due to the "rush” season, many farmers do not get their lime delivered prior to planting time due to a shortage of hauling and spreading equipment when suppliers normally have a peak demand over a few weeks. Also, many roads are posted in the spring to limit the weight of trucks and thereby reducing load capacity. Aino, applying limestone during the fall permits a longer period for it to react within the soil’s structure to neutralize the acidity, to release its calciuum and magnesium for necessary crop growth. which will tend to greatly increase the overall fertility of the soil. Once the soil’s fertility problem is corrected, the efficiency of pasture and cropland can be easily maintained. DISPOSABLE INCOME OF FARM POPULATION UP: In 1963, per capita disposable income (what’s left after taxes) of the farm population from all sources set a record high of JI ,376. Since 1960. this figure has increased 18 per cent while per capita disposable income or the nonfarm population gained 9 per cent — from $2,008 to $2,181. Total disposable personal income of the farm'-population was 63 per cent of that of the nonfarm population in 1963, 58 per cent in 1960. IT’S A MAN’S WORLD: There are 108 farm men of labor force age for each 100 women (1963). In the non farm population, there are only 89 men for each 100 women. One of the. reasons for. the difference is that farm work remains predominantly a masculine operation. Als6, many older farm wflmen mo''e to town when widowed. ADULT FARM POPULATION WEIGHT ON THE SIDE OF AGE: Seventenths of all farm residents are 14 years old or older, about the same proportion as ip the city. But the number of farm men and women 45 to 64 years is greater than the younger working population. ' By contrast, is the nonfarm population, 25 to 44-year-olds outnumber the older segment of the working population by more than a fourth. UNEMPLOYMENT MAY BE MASKED ON THE FARM: Unemployment rates are about twice ns high off the farm as they are on it. But the figures are no measure of relative well-being for

the two segments of the population. Self-employed farmers may struggle along 'with not enough work to do and too Jiftle imcome—furthermore, the per t-time farmer is still listed as employed when he loses his off-farm job even though he may have relied heavily on such work for his income. General unemployment may strike more directly at the woman in the farm poulation than the men. The unemployment rate for farm women is about double the rate for farm men. In the nonfarm labor force, the unemployment rate for women is only about a sixth greater than for men. rural fires more DESTRUCTIVE THAN FIRES IN THE CITY: Fires in rural areas inflict up to six times as much damage per fire as in the city each year. Causes — mostly farm isolation and less rigid standards for wiring, construction and heating equipment. Fire and its ally — lightning —

strike some two out of every 100 farms, annually. Fire strikes farm dwellings first — then barns, outbuildings, machinery and equipment and producer follow. Lightning strikes at personal property. Combined, fires destroyed a record of farm property worth sl9l million, in 1963 — which is 9 per cent above 1962 and 46 pet cent above 1950. Fire losses were six times greater than lightning losses. FARM PROGRAMS — OR — NO FARM PROGRAMS: How would agriculture fare under a free market — with no farm programs? No one have been able to explain how conditions “would improve” without farm programs, even though some say, “we would be better off without them.” However, unbiased studies, consistently foresee an average drop of at least 20 per cent in farm prices and a drop from 40 to 50 per cent in net farm income with “no programs.” The rate at which farmers are now leaving agriculture is three per cent per year; 100,000 farms rest year — But, a loss of 1 million farm families would be expected in the first four years of “no programs." The surviviors would have far less income per ■ farm than in 1963. The effect of low farm prices and low farm income would hit businesses — from the bank to the bakery — along every main street in America. Schools serving rural communities would suffer — Local governments would lose both constituents and their major source of income. Farm programs are needed — they help the nation's citizens — either directly or indirectly. FEED GRAIN PROGRAMS REDUCE SURPLUSES: The feed grain program in 196162 helped corn production 695 miL lion bushels below utilization. Corn prices strengthened from a low of 86.6 cents in November, 1960, to sl.lO per bushel for the 1961 crop, and livestock use of feed grains stabilized just above the level of the 1960 crop. In this “so-called period of government dumping of corn” (19611963 L sales were actually made in an orderly manner to achieve: (1) a reduction of the burdensome surplus, and (2) moderation of the impact on livestock producers of the large cut in feed grain acreage. Without the feed grain programs — production in the years 1961-64 would have been expected to more than double the burdensome record 85 million ton level of feed grains

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Record Voter Registration Set In State INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — An apparent record h i g h in voter registration was being tabulated in Indiana today, following the Monday midnight deadline. Neither Republican nor Democratic state headquarters had any exact totals by mid-day. But Republican state Commitee Secretary James T. Neal estimated the total would be “just a little under three million.” He said the registration in 1960 was about 2,650,000 and normal population growth plus additional efforts by both political parties to get voters registered would move the total near the three million mark. Neal said K a federal suit to be filed by the Democrats seeking to allow door-to-door voter registration in the 11 most populous counties would lead to numerus voting irregularities.' “If the Democrats would work to get voters registered on a year round basis as the Republicans do, there would be no problems,” he said. “The Democrats have the same opportunity we have to work at ( voter registration the year round,” he said. “But they don't start working until just before the general election. They don't want to get out a big carryover, and to result in further unwise expansion of poultry and livestock production. The 1965 feed grain program — will be no exception, income will be increased, and surpluses decreased, if farmers participate in the program. THE SAFETY CORNER: Safe driving and the teen-ager — not only the “hot-roddere” have accidents—teens, as a group have accidents far out of proporation to the size of their ranks. Number one killed —of American teenagers is the automobile. Two out of every five teenage drivers are involved in traffic accidents each year — and it is a different two out of five. Driver education is the answerrelatives and friends are inadequate to train the teenager to be a good driver. KEEP YOUR CHILD’S NAME OFF THE CASUALTY COUNT.

vote before a primary because they are afraid they will lose control of their party.” Neal said he did think that several voters registration law changes are needed. He proposed that if the present 12-hour period the polls are open is not sufficient that a law should be enacted adding three hours to the time the polls are open. But he charged the law should be obeyed which now closes the polls at 6 p.m. and termed a 2-1 state election board ruling allowing voters in line at closing time io vote as a Democratic maneuver. Neal said also he believes “people who move into a state within six months of an election should be able to vote the national ticket.” He termed the Democratic protest against vote limitations “baloney” and added “we prize the right to vote more than our .jSfl-called opposition.” ( “We are trying to protect the vote, not turn it over to a party machine,” Neal said.

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Public Auction Having changed my system of farming and have built a new home, I, the undersigned, will sell the following personal property at public auction at my farm located 2 miles east of Pennville, Indiana on Highway No. 22-. to County 1 Road No. 65 then south 1 mile to County Road No. 80 then east first house or 2 miles north of Portland on Highway No. 27 to County Road No. 80 then west 8 miles, on Saturday, October 10,1964 At 11 o'clock FARM MACHINERY 1 exceptionally good 1956 Model John Deere No. 70 1 Diesel trqctor with power steering, in perfect condition; I—No. 801 - 3 point hitch for John Deere tractor; 1 John Deere B Model tractor with cultivators; 1 John Deere No. , 810 - 3-14 in. mounted breaking plows; 1 Kewanee 9 ft. 6 in. wheel disc; I—9 ft. Brillion cultimulcher; 1 Brillion wheel i type 5 ft. rotary mower; 1 John Deere 6 row bean planter; 1 John Deere front mount 6 row cultivators; 1 No. 400 Int. PTO manure spreader; I—3 section John Deere spring tooth harrow; 1 Int. No. 50 hay baler, useable; 1 Int. No. 50 hay ' baler (for parts only); 2 Purdue type 6xlß pull together hog houses; 2 Purdue type 12x20 hog houses with doors to make a 30 ft. building; 3 automatic pressure type winter bog fountains; 4 automatic summer type waterers; 1 creeo feeder; 1 Jamesway uctomatic chicken feeder with 250 ft. of track; 1 Jamesway exhaust fan and control (16,000 CFM); 3—40 ft. automatic chicken waterers; 1 lot of hanging feeders; lots of other chicken equipment; 1 electric grass seeder; 1 Clipper fanning mill; 1 platform scales; I—so Ib. high pressure zirk gun; 1 hydraulic jack' to lift wheel disc, etc; I—2 way hydraulic ram; I—l 6 ft. grain auger; heat lamps; 1 power rotary mower; 1 lot of lumber; 1 endless belt; electric motors; and many items not mentioned. 1 Kuhl '/z case egg washer with heat tank, rinse tank and wash tank. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE I—9 ft. Int. Harvester refrigerator; 1 Monogram 65,000 BTU circulating heater; 1 Perfection 65,000 BTU circulating heater; 1 Monogram fuel oil wall furnace; 1 G. E. electric range; 1 sofa and chair to match; 1 twin size bed; 1 set of bunk beds; 1 pr. of twin head boards; 1 bookcase; 1 base rocker; 1 rocker; 1 victrola; 2 radios; 3 clothes closets; 1 Ashley wood burner; 4 table lamps; 2 floor lamps; 1 cream separator; I—2 piece flat cupboard; 1 old sofa; I—4o in. cabinet base; 1—56 in. cabinet base; 1 desk; dressers; 1 old commode; 10 straight {hairs; wal, cabinet; 2 electric hot plates; 2 kerosene lamps; 1 metal bed; 2 wood beds; 1 Duncan Phyfe extension tabie with 3 leaves; some cooking utensils,- dishes; and other items too numerous to mention. 1 BATHROOM SET, LAVATORY AND STOOL TERMS OF SALE-CASH. JACK J. HOUCK Ray Elliott, Auctioneer Dorsey McAfee, Clerk Lunch will be served.

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