Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

Department of Fann Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Pig Club Formed. A limited number of boys of the county between the ages of twelve and twenty, will receive registered gilts without cash outlay, arrording to plana made by a few breeders of pure-bred hogs last Saturday. A number of breeders have ’agreed to furnish registered gilts to boys with the understanding that they shall return the best sow pig from the first litter and six per cent i»terest on the original value of the gilt. \ The purpose of this distribution is to encourage the production of better hogs and offers the young maw an opportunity to engage in a profitable business with a small outlay. Persons desiring to receive Jig? should apply to the county agent. Who Has Experience in Rolling Oats? “If rolling is good for wheat.' why will it not give good results on oats?” is the question that Toben Brothers of Jordan township expect to solve this suimmer. They have a piece of loose muck grontid; sown to oats which they expect to keep rolled as long as possible this I spring. They will leave an waroUled strip for comparison. Many ©f ' our soils are too porous to produce I satisfactory yields and thorough packing may prove practical. Hog Feeding Trials Progressing. Fifty-two pure-bred Spotted Poland China pigs weighing 13Sfi pounds were started on a feeding trial on the farm of W. C. Dooley of Kniman last week. A committee appraised the rye pasture on which these hogs will run atper acre, the rape at per acre and blue grass upon which cattle Will also run at* 7 bents per pig mouth. Aside from the pasture all feeds will be purchased and the purchase price will be used in figuring the costs. Mr. Dooley will feed hominy hearts, middlings and tankage in self ‘ feeders, permitting the hogs to run'ph pasture during the season A field, of corn Wilf be hogged off- in the fall. The -zs were appraised by the committee at $5.20 per head. In addition to the farmers named last week, John Jay of Carpenter township, will conduct a trial with twenty-five Chester White pigs, using corn and tankage with the pigs running on timothy and clover pasture. Fertilizer Tests Start. To throw light upon the question of the profitableness of fertilizers under present conditions a number of farmers are making comparisons of the results obtained with different combinations. Joseph Kolhoff of Jordan township is running an experiment to determine the value of manure. H® has laid out a series of plots in his corn field which will receive applications of manure at various dates. Next fall the corn will be weighed up and compared to determine the rate most profitable, R. L. Budd of Union tewssJrip will run trials with manure, aead phosphate and dublex basic slag. James W. Amsler of Marion township will run a series of nine jdots to determine the value of combinations of acid phosphates, slag, lime, and manure as compared to no treatment. P. H. Hauter wiM run lime, aes-i phosphate and slag trials on corn. John Kolhoff will run acid phosphate trials. In addition a number of farmere wiH— run lime demonstrations. Tbeee.,, include Charles Moody. Joseph Kosta, Wood Brothers, A. Sayler. William Fitzgerald. Ed. and others. ■< Farmers’ Clubs. The Milroy Country dub wHI meet Saturday evening, May IT, aS the Center school house. Everyone is invited to attend. The West Carpenter Farmers’ club will meet at the Welch school Friday evening. May 17. “More silos for Carpenter township'* will be the theme of a general discussion.

For More Silos. E. J. Randle, county silo leader, has perfected plans to the building of the county’s quota of 116 silos this summer. He has appointed a township leader and assigned a definite number of silos for each township. In the larger townships two leaders have tee* appointed. Th.e township leaders will make up , a list of all farmers who do not have silos but who keep enough livestock to justify the use of one. Meetings or personal solicitations shall be used in eaiMjiug the information to these men. The township leaders and number •t’| silos assigned to each are as fol-, lows: Carrenter, Charles Welch.: 13 silos; Jordan. Token Brothers. 8 silos; Milroy, Walter Gilmore. 5 silos: Marion, Sam Roth, ,JI saJouij Newton, George Daugherty and Ed. Johnnie Davis spent Sunday night, with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs,. T. J. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. James Britt re-, turned home Friday after visiting relatives in Attfra. Mrs. Lguis Davisson and son spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Clyde Davisson and children. Mr. and Mr?. Bert Neese and daughters and Mrs. Broutard spent Sunday with E. A. Merrill and wife. Mrs. T. J. Parker and daughters and Mrs. James Davis and children called on Mrs. Ores Cunningham and daughter Mary Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Oarenee Martin and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Davis and family and Mi* Nile Britt spent Sunday with T. J. Parker and family. .

Lane. 11 silos; Hanging Simon Cook and Clyde Randle, 9 slice: Barkley, W. C. Rose and Kenton Parkinson. 11 silos; Gillam. S. C. Robinson and John ’’.•'eathrich. 9 silos; Walker, William Hersh man, 7 silos; Union. Charles Lakin and Firman Thompson, Il silos; Keener, George Naninga. S- silos; Wheatfield, Malcolm Clark, S silos; Kankakee, T. F. Maloney and A. Duggleby, 8 silos. Recip® Exchange. At a township food club meeting, Mrs. Harvey Dexter suggested that we women exchange recipes. We think that a good plan to adopt in the entire county. When you attend a demonstration or club, come prepared with a recipe that you think will help your neighbor solve the food question in her home. We mast share each with the other. Dem«mstration at Remington. On Tuesday, May 14, at 2 o’clock there will be given a demonstration at the Remington library. Come provided with pencil and paper. List of Subsf itutes. Wheat flour—White. Corn meal, oatmeal, buckwheat, barley, whole wheat, graham, potatoes, corn flour, riee dour, oat flour. Meat—Beef, Pork, Mutton. Poultry, eggs, game, fish, skim milk, cottage cheese, all cheese, beans, peas. Fat—Lard or Butter. Vegetable fats, nut margarines, cottonseed oil. olemargarine, clarified meat drippings, suet, peanut oil, poultry fat. Sugar—White. Brown sugar, corn syrups, cane syrups, maple syrups, maple sugar, honey, dried fruits, sorghum syrup. Following Directions. “Everyone must help if we are to win. The soldier must obey orders or there will be no army. The people must be one or there will be no* nation. So that we win, all of us must follow directions. This is YOUR WAR guide for you in YOUR HOME. It tells you what foods we must save to provision ourselves and our allies; it tells how we ean stretch our supplies no everyone will have enough—without any hurt to your health or your strength. Your government does not ask you to give up three square meals a day—nor even one. All it aslcs is that you eat less of the food we need to keep the armies going and eat all you want of the other things we have in plenty. Eat plenty—keep up your strength and your vim to help win the war. Yon have dedicated to the nation everything that you have; you are asked now to give up—just some habits of the kitchen and table. America and her allies must not run out of wheat, meat or fats. If we let that happen, Germany will win the war. • " - < We must save sugar, use every drop of milk, and—we must learn to FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.” “Food is Amunition, Don’t W’aste it.”