Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1917 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

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.

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?