Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1919 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY COUNTY AGENT LEAMING. Corn Program Popular. A preliminary canvas of the county indicates a healthy interest in the corn improvement program adopted by the corn breeders of the county at their meeting last month. Of the six lines of work incorporated in this program, the establishment of special corn breeding plots seems the most popular. These are created by planting 20 of the best seed ears in a place by themselves in the field. At seed gathering time, the better plants are segregated and the 'best ears are most easily found. The corn disease conrtol work, as outlined by Dr. Hoffer, is next in popularity. A great deal has been learned in the experimental plans as to the control of corn diseases, and this work is determined whether or not this information may be applied successfully in the field. . Considerable interest is also being shown in regard to the variety triafe. “If your corn men carry out tne program that they have outlined, they will be doing more to improve corn production than any other organization in the state,” is the verdict of E. C. Troyer, who has been helping in the matter and it looks aS if the program would be carried out. Shorthorn Men Have Order. An inquiry has comb to John sK. Parkison, secretary of the County Shorthorn Association, for 30 registered Shorthorn yearling bulls to be shipped to Virginia. A number of orders have come in the past but as most of the members were buying rather than selling, no large order has ever been filled. Mr. Parkison asks all Shorthorn men who have bulls for sale to communicate with him at once as he is-desirous of taking care of the inquiry if possible and establishing a market for the surplus animals. Grain Disease Control. While the practise of treating seed grains to prevent diseases is becoming so well established in the locality that further encouragement may not be necessary, this is such a fine season of the year to do the work that it may not be amiss to mention it Druggists report that last year over five times as much formaldehyde was sold for this purpose as the preceding year. Results have already spoken for themselves in preventing loss from smut and the farmer who treats his seed has ample assurance against the unusually bad season which comes now and then. A day spent now in treating seed oats by the dry method likely will be one of the most profitable spent during the year. Time for Liming Short. The winter months afford the most practical season for the hauling of ground limestone for agricultural purposes The season is advancing and orders should be placed with dealers at once if the material is to be obtained in time for applications to the small grains. Farmers generally appreciate the need of this material and are willing to use it if distribution is simplified. The simplest way of solving the problems is for every fanner who wants Lime to order it from his dealer at once so that the dealer fill the orders and bring in the material before spring work starts. What Feed for Hogs? Home grown crops and their unmixed bi-products are the cheapest and best feed that can be secured or bogs, according to the statement of Dean J. H. Skinner in a talk on tins subject last week. He stated that a long series of experiments had forced him to this conclusion and that from the standpoint of economy ,of no combination has ever excelled corn and tankage for fattening hogs supplemented with shorts and middlings for brood sows and young pigs. State Farmers’ Organisation Formed. P. H. Hauter j-epresented Jasper county at a meeting held in Lafayette last week to consider the organization of a state organization of farmers. It was decided at the meeting to form an organization for the advancement of the farmers’ interests, the study of the cost of production of farm products and to promote better understandings between country and city. In localities such as Jasper county, where everyone appreciated the direct dependency upon farming conations such an organization should be received very cordially. Miss Jordan Will Speak at Home Economics Banquet. The Rensselaer Home Economics Club will hold their annual banquet Saturday, Feb. 1, at the home of Mrs. Rice Porter in Rensselaer. Miss Nettie Jordan, who has just returned from France as a Red Cross nurse, will address the members of the club in the afternoon. Mince Meat. Several requests for mince meat recipes have come into the office. Below is a very good recipe usedby Mrs. J P. Hammond, of Rensselaer: Beef 1 lb., pork l ib., apples 1 pk., apple juice 1 qt, sugar 5 c., raisins 4 c., vinegar 1 c., 2 oranges juice and rind, 2 t cloves, 2 t cinnamon, 2 t aUspiee; salt to taste; water to make desired thickness. Mix . ingredients in order given, let simmer 1% hours, then add grated rind of orange.