Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1920 — AGRICULTURAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURAL NEWS.

Weevil Damages Wheat. Farmers who are not sure that their wheat stored'in the bin is O. K., should examine it at once. If the wheat was put into the granary damp, weevil are most sure to work in it. The damage can be enormous both in the amount of grain destroyed and the loss in price because Of the presence of weevil. Weevil in a car of wheat will put it in the sample class., . “Carbon bisulphide will kill the weevil ih a bin of graifi. Level off the grain in the bin and place shallow plates such as pie pans and saucers one in each corner and one in the center. Fill these plates with the liquid and close the bin as near air tight as possible- for 24 hours. If the top of the bin is open and air drafts are likely to circulate over the bin cover the wheat with sacks or blankets. Use one pound of carbon bisulphide to 300 bushels of wheat or 300 cubic feet of grain. farmer*' Federation Meetings. The townships which are holding meetings this week are Newton on Tuesday evening, Hanging Grove on Wednesday evening, Walker on Thursday evening, and Kankakee on Friday evening. These township meetings are being well attended and much interest is- being exhibited in their business sessions. Mr. Van Hook and the county agent are attending every one of these meetings trying to give the farmers every support possible with a view to bettering the market conditions. Chicken Stealing. It has been brought to our attention that the outlaws who are making a profession of stealing chickens are beginning to make themselves conspicuous by the number of chickens they are taking from the different farm hen houses. This is a business among all other thefts which the farmers’ wives hate the most. After the ladies have worked hard all summer trying to raise a fine flock of chickens and get them matured to that point where they are beginning to be of some value to them in the way of meat and laying, it is surely a low down robbery which can hardly be expressed in words. These parties who are in this kind of business should be stamped out by whatever means possible, whether it be by concerted action of the neighbors in that community or the county or by the farmers’ federation. No doubt ' the only means of stamping out this annual curse is for the farm- . ers’ federation to agitate the most strict and rigid laws pertaining to this kind of theft. Any body that will stoop to such a theft deserves the most strict penaly of the law, and that penaly to be none too easy. _• Couny Agents’ Conference. The -bounty agents of this district i met in conference in the county agent’s office in Lafayette Monday, December 13. Mr. Lloyd of the farm management department gave the county agents and the vocation teachers that were present, a schooling in far mbook accounting. He brought out the valuable points why the farmers should keep a record of their farm business and also showed that these records are most valuable at the end of the year in making up their income tax reports. Plans are under way to have one of these schools in Jasper county some time during the first two weeks of February. Corn and Poultry Show. The Jasper bounty Poultry Association is putting' forth every effort to make the corn and poultry show which is to be held in Rensselaer the second week in January, the best show ever held here. A list of premiums is being printed now and will soon be ready for distribution. Indiana Cattle Feeders’ Convention At Lafayette. Program. 10:00 A. M. President’s address—C. C. Fisher, Union City, Ind. Outline of Cattle Experiment— F. G. King. Inspection of cattle. Lunch in Pavilion. 1:15 P. M. The Market Situation—J. T. Alexander, Chicago. < Report of Co-operative Cattle — J. S. Taylor, Indianapolis. Feeding in Indiana for the Last Year—M. H. Overton. The Catble Feeders’ Problem— Kay Wood, Chicago. Every interested feeder is cordially invited to attend this meeting.