Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1919 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY COUN- - TY AGENT LEAMING. Boys* and Girls' Club Work Popular. Enrollment in the boys and girls industrial club work is increasing daily, according to the report of J. M. Sauser, County chairman of the club committee. The most popular club seems to be the poultry club j which has for its purpose the increase of pure bred chickens on the farms of the county. Other clubs being offered are the potato club open to boys from 10 to 16, the corn club open to boys from 12 to 18 and the canning club open to girls from 10 to 18. •• Enrollment closes May Ist aAd the committtee hopes that every boy or girl in the county so situated as to do good work will join one or more of these clubs. iMr. Sauser expects to appoint club supervisors in each township to give club members advice and assistance from time to time. ~ ~ Last year 33 boys and girls in the club work received prizes amounting to |250 contributed from various sources and the committee expects’ to provide ample premium funds this year. Potash Trials Will Start. ; In order to determine whether or not, potash can be used on the corn crop with a profit under present conditions, Stephen Kohley of Marion township will conduct an experiment on his farm this seasom —■ ■ Mr. Kohley will select a unifrom field and apply potash alone to certain strips, potash and acid phosphates to others and leave check strips untreated, keeping strict account of the amount and cost of fertilizers used on each plot. In the fall, he will weigh each 1 lot of corn separately and calculate the profit or loss resulting in each case. iA simihar trial will be conducted on the farm of M. J. Hobner of Kankakee township. - The experiment is being staged on account of a general feeling throughout the locality that fertilizer prices are too high in comparison with the prices expected for the next season s crop. Less than one-third the usual tonnage of fertilizers ed according to some of the large companies. The only way to find out the facts is to try out the matter and these men are to undertake the - ■ Corn and Soy Bean Combination to Be Used. A wide spread interest in the corn and soybean combination is being manifested in the counity this spring. Men who have been using it in past years assert that the soybeans reduce the yield of corn little, if any, and that they produce an abundance of feed that may be hogged off, cut with a binder for fodder or placed in the silo. „ . , . With high prices for all. feeds and for meat products, the livestock farmer Cannot afford to wait for further work to be done on this crop, as the practical value has beep demonstrated. The soils and crops committee of the County Betterment Association has prepared to supply soil for inoculating soybeans. Persons desiring to secure soil do so upon application to the county agent.