Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1917 — Page 6

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PICK YOUR SEED CORN NOW

Have you picked your seed corn yet? If not you .probably do not know how hard it is going to be to find enough good, sound corn in much of the county to supply, next year's seed demands."' The condition will grow worse instead of better and early selection this fall is an essential to a good crop next year. Busy? Of course you are. Some farmers will be busy next summer tilling fields with 50 per cent, of

a stand when they might have at least- 90. Good seed is of such vital importance that the corn grower can afford to suspend all other farm operations until an ample supply has been gathered. Now is the time to take a sack and. go through the fields to pick out the desirable seed ears. Select only sound, ripe ears from mature stalks, if possible. Early maturity is one of the first essentials of a

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

For the benefit of persons intending to purchase Western lambs for feeding purposes Dr. 11. J. KanHal, assistant state veterinary, reports that a temporary change in the livestock sanitary regulations have been made,* whereby upon written permission from the state veterinary Western lambs may be. brought into the state for feeding purposes without being dipped. As under unfavorable weather conditions, the loss from exposure following dipping often amounts to 15 or 20 per cent., the saving as-1 fected by the new regulation is apparent. “We need, . a laige number • bl' sheep in the state at this time," said Dr. .Kannal, “to clean up the fields and utilize the waste products of the farms. A flock can be kept on many Of 'our farms from now until cold weather without any. great expense, returning a nice profit. The new regulation went into effect on September 28 and since that time '15,000 feeding lambs have been brought into the ’state. Most of these are bought through Chicago commission men who can make arrangements to see that proper permits are obtained. Hogging Off Com “I expect to hog off quite a Ipt of my corn this year,’’ said Robert Yeoman of Newton township., the other day. “I have following the practice for a long time and like it belter each year. Mv best results have been obtained by turning hogs of various ages into the same field as I find there is less waste than when the hogs are of uniform size. The results have convinced me that the hogs will make better gains than if the same amount of corn had been htisked and thrown over the fence to them, I J usually sow rape in the corn thatI expect to hog off.’’ j The “hogging off’’ of the corn is general enough to require com- | tnent, but there are still farmers.

By County Agent Stewart Learning

variety suited to our Jasper county conditions. . • Ears,, -which are well developed in completion with others in the, same hill are to be, preferred .to those developed under more favorable conditions. Proper ’drying is just as important as early picking. » Hang ail seed corn ears on a drying rack so that no two ears touch in a well ventilated place until thoroughly dry. Do not pile damp seed behind

the kitchen stove and do not apply heat in any other ■ form unless proper ventilation is provided to prevent molding. Time spent in picking and drying seed corn now is probably wort h more than any other time spent in producing the' .corn crop. By attending to the matter now you will be increasing your own income and adding to the resources of your county.

who use the. old-fashioned, laborious method of husking corn for hogs in the fall. The majority of our progressive hog growers are installing self-feeders to supply all the tankage the hogs will use during the feeding period. Professor R. C. Ashby states that he has never used tankage in any experimental work but that it has shown a profit. That it can be used to an advantage in hogging off corn cannot be disputed. < ■ ' Corn Variety Tests i “What variety of corn is best adopted to Jasper county?’’ is a ouestion often asked. Due to the fact that the county has at least three distinct corn areas it is evident that no one variety can be ( gener:’ 11 y recoin m ended . Firman Thompsoi| has been ex-nr-rimenting with many varieties w light sand for several years. This year, co-operating wi-th the. Jasper County Better Farming association, he grew ten. Varieties in plots in the Same field. They Were planted about June 1 and growth was stopped bv the frost of September 9. Of the ton varieties planted, I ■which included among others Silver King, Murdiek. Wimples Yellow Dent. Eajilv " Yellow 1 Dent, Rustler White, White Can Yellow Dent, Wojfg’s Yellow Dent. .-Minnesota No. 13 alone Not from this year’s experience > alone, but as a result of the behavior of the Minnesota No. >l3 for several years, Mr. Thompson is convinced that it is one of the best varieties 'for the type of soil found in his locality. An earlier, high yielding corn is badly needed on the lighter soils of the county and the Minnesota No. 13 seems to fill the need. For some Of the heavier soils, Silver King is very promising, and the Better Farming association hopes to ! locate several experimental plots 1 of this corn next season. J

The Farmers’ Clubs * The Newton Township Farmers’ club will hold a “better livestock” meeting at the Blue Grass school house next Tuesday evening. The program is as follows: “The Present Need of Better Livestock,’’ 11. J. Yeoman. “The Work of the County Livestock Breeders’ Association,” P. H. Hauter and Chauncey Wood. “How to Start Into the Livestock ' Business.” Oscar WAissi, “Feeding of Farm Livestock," '’King Chamberlain of Nfewton I county. “Lessons from the Livestock ['Show,” Stewart Learning. ; “Livestock and Crop Production,*’ John Hush. r Everyone is invited. The Kniman club will hold its regular meeting the'evening of Octpber 18. The program committee expects to put: on a snappy program and invites all to attend. The Wheatfield club will meet on the evening of October 19 at the Wheatfield school building. Try and be present. — . ■ ■ • The Apple Crop “I lost quite a sum of money, this year because. I was ‘too busy’ to spray my orchard,” said a prominent young farmer the other day. “I have a big orchard on my farm with plenty of fruit, such as it is, but it is so imperfect as to have little or no market value. apples are selling in Indianapolis at from $4 to $5.50 per barrel and I could have made big money by caring for my trees. As it is I can notice a big difference in the quantity and quality of the fruit on the pruned and unpruned trees in my orchard. Care pays in the orchard as well as on the other farm crops.” Jasper county has plenty of fruit trees to supply its population with good fruit every day in t|ie year, but we must either depend on shipped in fruit or do without. is it too early to resolve to prune and spray next year?

COMMENDS BRICK HIGHWAYS

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structing permanent roads has been the securing of a competent and qualified man to ' apt as inspector of the road, which must be done in order to eliminate any possibility of securing other than a perfect road. As stated by Mr. Noblet, it is now possible for a county to secure such a person -from lhe-sta-te- high-way—commission. Mr. Noblet also states the reason that through tourists no longer make this county in their journey between Chicago -and Indianapolis, which verifies our contention that the roads of Jasper county are not what they should be. We have many good roads, it is true, but some of them are ill-kept and in poor shape, and until we secure a system that does not need constant repairing by incompetent men. little else can be expected. Mr. Noblet’s letter to The Democrat follows in full: A copy of your paper under date of September 22. with article headed “Brick Roads Are Most Durable,” has been handed to me. I have read the article with much interest and wish to know if there is anything I can do to help you get a good brick road through Jasper county along the Jackson highway or get any other good road built along this route. Since last fall it has been necessary for us to route people by way of Morocco instead of by way of Rensselaer to Chicago and I know that. Chicago is routing "people to Indianapolis so as to miss Rensselaer. What is the trouble? Are the townships along the Jackson highway bonded to the limit or is it a lack of interest on the part of the townships to get a good road? If they have a bonding capacity and will stop to think a minute the people along this route surely must realize that the increased value of their lands on account of such a new road, to say nothing of the wonderfully decreased post of hauling produce, plus the great' “pleasure advantages, far outstrip the cost of such a road and as your article states, once the people got such a road they would never want to ho without it. While it looks now as though there would be no state highway this coming year passing through your county, you can go ahead and build and get the state highway engineer to O. K- your plans and specifications and look after inspection of the-construction of the road, and no doubt your local officials would be glad to;take advantage' of this . opportunity to get help. You know, of course, as well as I. that iimdeF'Die present law y ou.r couptV commissioners cannot pay over $2.50 per day for an inspector, and by getting the state highway commission to supply the inspector your county gets a much higher class man. Assuring you of our interest at this end of the line, I am, Yours very truly, - “M. E. NOBLET.

FARMERS CAN HOLD GRAIN /The State Bank of Rensselaer ihas made arrangements whereby they loan money on good bankable notes to permit farmers to hold their grain. This bank will be pleased to have you call and make your financial needs known. —Advt TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE . f E. L. Detamore et ux to Lenial O. Potts, September 29, e% se. 7-31-7, sw, 8-31-7, w% nw, se ne, eIA ne, sw ne. part ne nw, 17-31-7, n% ne. 18-31-7, 599 acres, Keener, $4 0,000.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

200 acres. This farm is Well tiled and all good grain land in cultivation except 40 acres in pasture containing about 20 acres of timber, but is all, good land. It is on public road and mile to pike. There is a large new two-story cement block house, large barn, good well and other improvements. Price SBS. Owner does not live on the farm and is not situated to look after it. She will sell on terms of $2,500 down and long t’me on remainder. Or she will accept a clear smaller farm or clear property as first payment. This farm is a good one and well situated in good surroundings and has good outlet for drainage. 75 acres. This nice little home lies on the Jackson highway four miles out from this city. It is in a closely settled community and in one of our best neighborhoods. It is all good grain land, all in cultivation and well tiled’ There is a neat five-room house, a nice barn and other outbuildings, good well and windmill, lots of fruit and nice shade. Price $125; terms, $2,5.00 down and suitable time on remainder. 15-6 acres. This farm lies on pike road, two miles from station, school across the road, has R. F. 1). and telephone. There is a ten-inch tile that heads at line of this . farm, giving fine outlet for drainage. 130 acres is in cultivation and remainder pasture; the pasture has some timber on it; 140 acres of this farm is level and deep black loam soil, remainder little rolling and lighter soil. There is neat five-room house and substantial and roomy barn, plenty of fruit, a good well and other outbuild; ings. The fencing is mostly new. There is a loan on this farm- of •$10,500 that runs long time. Owner will trade his equity in this -farm for smaller farm, good property, Western land, hotel or merchandise. Price sllO. Or will sell on payment of $2,000 down and suitable time on remainder. Describe fully and price .what you have, to offer. 40 acres. This tract of land lies oh public road and mile from pike. There are no improvements except fence. There is about 25 acres in nice black prairie land that has

FARMS FOR SALE

60 acres. On Main road, half mile from pike and mils from station, school and church; is on R. F. D. and telephone line. This farm is all black land, in cultivation except eight acres In timber adjoining The outlet f6r drainage is good. There is a new five-room bungalow with nice porch, barn for four horses, six cows, grain and hay; hog bouse, chicken house, all new; a good well and young orchard. Price SBS. Terms, $1,500 down and long time on remainder. 43 acres. In Barkley township. This farm lies on main roadV near pike, R. F. D and telephone line. It is well tiled and all in cultivation, except two acres in timber. There is a good small house, good barn' good well, and plenty of all kinds Qf fruit. It is hickory and burr oak soil. Owner will sell on good terms and might take property as part payment. Price $75. 120 acres. This farm is on main road and half mile from pike. 65 acres in cultivation and is heavy clay loam .soil, with good outlet for drainage. 55 acres is in pasture and mostly pole timber. There is a hew eight-room house and several outbuildings, a large bearing orchard, lots of walnut and hickory trees. Price $65. Owner will accept property or smaller tract Of land as first payment and give long time on remainder. Or will sell on terms of $1,500 down. 83 acres. On main road, near two stations and in good neighborhood. 35 acres in cultivation and now in good crops, remainder pasture and timber. There is a large barn, three-room' house, a young orchard * and good well. There is 15.000 feet of lumber on the farm that goes with the place. Price $45. Owner will sell on terms of S6O 0 down and long time on remainder. Or he will take good property as first payment. 90 acres. This farm lies on main road near station, pike and school. It has a set of fair improvements, good well and is all level black soil with clay subsoil, and is in cultivation except pasture around the house, which is a hickory grove. There is some tile and is near the proposed Ryan ditch. Price $75. Owner might take part in good property. 120 acres. This farm lies eight miles from this city and in good neighborhood, two miies from station. AU black land, except 1.5 acres, 10 acres timber. The buildings are common, consisting of four-room house, barn and well. This is a bargain at $55. There is a loan on thii farm of $3,000, due in three years. 53 acres. Near pike and station, all in cultivation and all tiled and good clay subsoil. There is a sixre un house, barn, well and seven aci js in alfalfa; in Barkley township. Price $65. Terms.

GEORGE F. MEYERS

Bruce White to John I. Gwin et ux, lots 7,8, block 17. Rensselaer, $2,500. Alice A. Jones to Arthur L. Carpenter, September 15, lots 7, part 6, block 1, Remington, Searight's addition. $3.5 <m. Abraham Ginrich, Jr., to Leona Leiby, September 15, lots 7,8, block 8, Dunnville, S4OO. Louis Hochheim et ux to Charles Hack, August 14, fraction ne, ne

never been broken and has been used for pasture; the remainder is in timber. There is some saw timber on it. enough for frame for house and barn. Owner of this land will sell on terms of S3OO down and long time on remainder. Or if purchaser will build good house and barn they pan have good time on all the. . purchase price. This is.a chance* for one having limited means to get a nice home. Price $45. This, land lies four miles from good town with elevator and high school. 31 acres. This is a splendid tract of land and is beautifully situated. It is all good heavy loam soil, fine for all kinds of grain and grasses and splendid for truck. It is all in cultivation and is all in pats this year, which has been sown to timothy. There is a pike road along the west side and there is a couple of ’acres of a nice rise facing the pike, making a nice place for buildings. There are no improvements on it except fence. On the south line there is a dredge ditch that gives fine outlet for drainage. It is 80 rods from village and station and school. Price $75. Terms, SI,OOO down and long time on remainder. Or if purchaser will build neat house and barn it can be arranged to give good terms on the entire amount. 120 acres. This farm lies on pike road joining station and at head of dredge ditch. It is all in cultivation, except eight acres timber and 2 0 acres in pasture which could be broken. It is mostly black soil. There are two sets of improvements on this land. One set consists of good five-room cottage, good small barn, chicken house and other buildings; the eight acres of timber lies back of barn and is fenced for hogs. There are two good wells. The other set of improvements consist of fair fiveroom house, small barn, well and lots of fruit. Price SBS. Terms, $2,000 down and suitable time on remainder. Owner. would accept clear property as part payment if not too far away. 80 acres. This farm lies on public road and less than mile from pike, and is on R. F. D. and telephone line. There is a dredge ditch that touches one corner of the farm that gives fine outlet for drainage. There is a new fourroom house and small new barn and good well. This is all black land except a few acres and has 60 acres in cultivation and 20 in pasture, s which has some nice young timber. Owner will sell on easy terms. Price $75. Owner might take some clear property or live stock.

120. acres. This is a rich piece of soil and lies four mile's from this city. It is on main road near pike. Is on R. F. D. and telephone line. It is all in cultivation and nice bluegrass pasture. It is gently rolling enough to drain well. There is good outlet for drainage and two large tiles pass through it. There is a good five-room house, fair barn, good well and bearing orchard. Price $135. Farms around this one are priced much higher. This belongs to an estate of four heirs and must be sold for cash. 10 0 acres. This farm lies Height miles out from this city and on main road, fourth mile from pike. Ha* telephone. R. F. D. and near church and school. This farm has 85 acres of good black loam land adapted to all kinds of grain and 15 acres a little rolling. Part of this land is in pasture and nice bluegrass. There are a few patches of light timber in the pasture. The farm has good outlet fdr drainage and is near large ditch. There is a good five-room house and a dumber of serviceable outbuildings, a good well, windmill, tank and good bearing orchard' and lots of small fruit. Owner will sell at $75 and on terms of $2,500 down.. Owner might take part in clear property. Owner lives on this farm. 4 0 acres. This little farm lies on main road joining station and village, "is near school and fourth mile from pike. It has good outlet for drainage and is all cultivated except small grove: near buildings. The soil is productive and partly black land and part sandy loam. There is a comfortable five-room house, barn and outbuildings, good well and lots of fruit. Owner will sell this farm for SBS, on terms of SI,OOO down and suitable time on remainder. 100 acres. This farm lies six miles from this city and is well .located, being, on the Jackson highway. It is on R, F. D.. and tele<'phone line. 75 acres is in cultivation, which is well tiled and has large tile outlet on the farm and is good grain land. The remainder is in pasture and has some timber on it but mostly small and scattering and well set to bluegrass. There is a three-room .house, large new barn and- good well. Price $92.50. This farm has a loan on it for $6,500 that is in easy payments and has long time to run. Owner will trade his equity for smaller farm, live stock or good

se, 2-31-6, Walker, sl. Nancy E. McKibben et al to George D. Prevo, March 13, sw, sw' nw, 3-30-5, se ne, 4-30-5,’240 acres, Gillam, sl. q cd, Nancy E. McKibben, guardian, to George D. Prevo, April 20/ und 2-21 sw, sw nw, 3-30-5, se ne, 4-30-5, 240 acres, Gillam, $l5O. W. C. Duncan, com., to George D. Prevo, March 6, nw nw, 10-30-5, 40 acres, Gillam, SBIO.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1917.

property. Owner lives on this farm. 200 acres. Three miles this city. This is a fine bdmy of J corn and bluegrass land and is all in grain except some in bluegrass pasture. It is all tillable. It lies on main road near pike, on R. F. D. and telephone. It has fine outlet for drainage and is well tiled. There are two sets of improvements, all in good condition. Fencing is also good. Owner .lives on this land. The main set of improvements consists of good sixroom two-story house, cement walks, large barn, double cribs, tool sheds and a lot of other outbuildings, good well/ pumped with gasoline engine, which also furnishes power for other purposes. There is lots of fruit and good shade. Price $155. We have a large tract of deep black soil that is especially adapted for the raising of onions ,and potatoes. There are many large fields of onions now growing on this kind of land in this county and will make large yields to the owner. We will sell this lan£ in small tracts at a much less figure than most of this kind of land has been sold at. Also will give terms. 75 acres. This is a splendid piece of land and a good home. It lies in well improved neighborhood, on R. F. D., telephone line, pike and fourth mile to country store, two-room school house and church. The land is tiled and all in cultivation and all good grain land. There is a good two-story eight-room house, good new barn and a number of out-buildings, fruit, good well and wind mill. This farm lies six miles from this city and is occupied by the owner. Price $135. Terms, $2,000 down. 240 acres. This farm is a good one and lies on main road that is ' to be piked and one mile from pike now built that leads to all parts of the country. This farm has been used as a stock and grain farm, it is level and all in cultivation or bluegrass pasture ready for the plow, except three groves, in all about 30 acres. It is all good grain land and 160 acres in deep black soil and remainder is lighter y soil but productive. It has good drainage, having large "ititclr through it. There is a good sevenroom house, good horse barn, two good cattle sheds, double crib, granary, work shop, milk house and several more outbuildings. There are three wells, two windmills, tanks and good bearing orchard. The fencing is good. Owner of this farm lives on it and his age and health is cause for selling. He |Offers it at the low price of $67.50. Terms, $3,000 down and suitable time on remainder. Or he would consider clear property or smaller piece of land not to exceed $6,000

as part payment. 100 acres. This farm lies on main road which is to be piked and is t,wo miles from station. It is all black land in cultivation except ten acres pasture and timber. It is now mostly in corn, ?has 15 acres of wheat and some oats. It has fine outlet for drainage, having a good graded road on west side and a new dredge ditch on the south and east line. There is a. five-room house, good sized barn,, crib, work shop, chicken house, well hotise and good well. The buildings are in good condition and not old. Owner lives on this farm and has good reasons for selling. Price $75. Terms on half. 80 acres. Owner of this farm lives on it and is a carpenter and desires to work at 'his trade and offers to trade the farm. There is a loan on this farm of $3,300 which runs for some years. Price of farm $75. ’ Owner will trade his equity for clear property or small tract of land. This farm lies on public road and near pike, three miles from village and station. It has good outlet for drainage and Is in good • neighborhood. 50 acres is in cultivation and is black grain land; 3 0 acres is in pasture and has some timber but could be easily cleared. There is a comfortable five-room house, large barn, some other buildings, good well, windmill and fruit. Describe fully what you have to offer. 78 acres. This is a good farm and all in cultivation except a few acres in grove. It is level to gently rolling and has creek running through it which furnishes good drainage. It is well tiled and is a heavy loam soil. It has good five- - room house, good roomy barn and a number of outbuildings l , a good well and lots of fruit. This farm is in welj settled neighborhood and near school and church. Price $95. .80 .acres. This • farm lies three miles from this city and is one of the best farms in the county. It is all deep black loam soil and splendid grain and grass land. It is slightly rolling to make it drain nice, and is well tiled and has two large outlet tile through it. There is splendid six-room house, good barn, double cribs and several other . outbuildings, good well, cement walks, large orchard. Price $18,5.

Carl Trough et ux to George C. Cook, September 5, sw, 33-33-6, e 3-4 se, 32-33-6, 280 acres, Wheatfield, $19,688. Louisiana Noland et al to Robert A. Parkison, September 27, w pt sw, 6-29-5, 20 acres Barkley. sl. <i c a. Lottie Brown et baron to Charles B. Steward, October 9, lot 2, block 7, Rensselaer, Weston’s Second addition, SSOO.