Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — COLUMN CLOSERS [ARTICLE]

COLUMN CLOSERS

Members, of the agricultural class in the Brazil high school have arranged to test seed corn for Clay county farmers. The boys have plenty of equipment and they will charge 25 cents per bushel to pay expenses of the club winners to the state roundup at Purdue university April ,21, 22, 23 and 24. A community oats smut treating demonstration was held recently in Huntington county, five farmers bringing their seed oats together totreat to prevent smut and clean it, about 150 bushels being handled. Two hundred pounds of fertilizer per acre on wheat gave better results for members of the Jasper county farmers association than either 100 or 300 pounds. . • A call to the county agricultural agent by farmers near Monroe City, Ind., revealed the fact that their hogs were suffering from pneumonia and not cholera as they supposed. Veterinarians “posted” a hog and found this to be the case. Five farmers had lost several porkers, and none of them had shelter for the animals. The losses of one man would have paid for new hog houses for the entire five. ‘ . The Brazil poultry association wxjl provide pure-bred eggs to members of the boys and girls poultry club of Clay county, the club members to give one bird from each set hatched, back to the association. About 1,500 eggs were distributed. Prepare now to go after the poultry mites and lice which attack nearly every flock in the state in the spring.