Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

viggest Cattle Feeder in State Is j Silo Booster. I “In my twenty-five years of cattle I have found no method ras profitable as I have with the lalo. I thing any farmer who keeps cannot afford to be withO, and I think also that no ran long afford to continue business without keeping tc,” said John J. Lawler. < ‘ Lawler is the largest cattle / in Indiana. Hte is the ownI A 3,000 acres of land in JasV Newton counties, feeds out J,OOO head of cattle every .nd during 1918 his buying ae Chicago market averaged Hffi'JO head of cattle a week. On aL Indiana ranches there is a batRJry of seventeen silos, the best K'oof in the world of his faith in £j|is institution. Incidentally, he gSxpects to erect some more this »Uir on top of the -fdur he put up Elast season.» The .advice of the leading cattle I feeder in the state and surely one rof the most successful regarding, the I' slip should not pass unheeded by K’ny men who are just entering the | usiness, and even the most exB erienced cattle -feeders might well B ke note. Most of the silos on Mr. Lawler’s (Lynches are 16x70 feet. “The I* >wer will send the corn up that gh without any trouble, and the ■ sher the silo is the better the i ilage will pack and keep. Then, j 4 i n ’Ph sil ° w hold more, and if ijL'man has a big bunch of cattle he | ♦ cßa'jt have to let them go before B hey are finished or sell when the | market is off, because he hasn't I the feed to keep them,” Indiana’s [ premier cattle feeder said. I Mr. Lawler has all his silage cut ■ half inch because he finds it di- ' vests better and -packs better than ' .he coarser cuts. i - .Cattle which he has in dry lot, and - on no other roughage, he feeds from 50_ to 60 pounds a day, while those on pasture he gives from 30 to 35, the amount varying, however, •According to 'the time they have been on feed and the condition. Farmer’s dubs. The Kniman Farmer’s club will meet at the school house, Thursday r* ’ «■<;, June 20, at 8:30. The -fflcers have arranged an es.y attractive program, include / everal musical numbers and an ss on “Hog Production,” by Meader. e Carpenter Farmer’s club will a special meeting oh the lawn 'Charles Welch, Friday evening, e 21. The program is as fol-

I ild Welfare Work. Mrs. J. T. Gwin ? Purpose and Scope of the rmers’ Club. .. ..P. H. Hauter • Conservation .... Miss Geyer tors in Wheat Production ; Stewart Le ami n g Ar. Welch extends a cordial invi/lon for all to attend. / The Milroy Country club will r meet at the Milroy church Saturday evening, June 22. A good program will be rendered. Harvest Meeting June 15. “What the Food -Administration ‘ Expects of the Thfeshermen and Farmers,’’ “The Workmen’s Compensation Act” and “The Repair of Threshing Rigs” will be topics which will be of special interest to threehenmen at the Harvest Meeting to be held at the court house Saturday afternoon, June 15, at 2 o'clock “Where Will We Get Help for Harvest?” and “How to Increase the Wheat Yield Next Year” will * obably be most interesting to the rmers. Representatives of the Food Adinistration, Indiana Brotherhood ’f Threshermen, Purdue university and the Public Service Reserve are expected to be present. All threS’hermetf, threshing ring captains and farmers interested in harvest, help, or a better wheat crop in 1*919 ai'e invited to be present. r aok for Small Gram Diseases Now. ©miring the next few weeks the irious diseases 6f the .small grains jay be studied to the greatest ad- • antage and the losses accruing from hem estimated. The black heads ■’ the wheat are caused by loose ’t. The average infection in county this year is about onefof one per cent. In some of ie southern Indiana counties it is laid to run as high as 16 per cent. Spores formed early in the season become imbedded in the developing wheat kernels where they cannot ‘he reached with chemicals. The ' disease can be controlled by heating seed to a temperature of 132. Bunt will soon make its appearance and can be recognized by the spreading heads of the infected plants, showing smut balls and \ emitting a fishy odor. This most serious smut of wheat can be pre- • vented by formaldehyde. v' Scab is caused >.by an organism

which lodges in the head of the wheat plant, causing a reddish discoloration of the chaff and a shriveling of the kernels. It has been causing the most serious losses in this county. Loss can be reduced by heavy fanning, formaldehyde treatment and by following corn with wheat. Careful observation at this season will enable the farmer to estimate his loss from these diseases and determine the advisability of taking steps for their eradication. Farmers and Threshermen to Meet. The ■ County Threshing committee appointed by Food Administrator John Eger has arranged the following -program for the public meeting to be held in the court house Saturday afternoon, June 15, at 2 o J clock, for the purpose of discussing harvest problems: Report on the Indianapolis Meeting Ed. Lane Repair of Machines .. Ernest Morlan Workmen's Compensation Act. . . A. Halleck Co-operative Insurance, Charles F. Blue, Indiana Brotherhood of Threshermen Help for Harvest, C. W. Coons, JJ. S. Labor Reserve Increasing Grain Yield, D. S. Myers, Purdue University General Discussion of Local Problems. All farmers, threshermen and others interested in harvest and small grain production- are invited to attend. Meeting in Milroy. The Milroy Food clubs met at the hplme of Mrs, William Fisher Tuesday afternoon, June 4. Had a lair attendance. A demonstration was given on the use of substitute flours.

Parr Food Club. The Parr Food club met at the J\l. :,E.. church Wednesday afternoon, .lune 5.' Mrs. Charles Iliff arranged for a program, Mrs. Ufa Gwin gave a talk on Child Welfare, followed by a talk on Threshing .Dinners by Miss Geyer. The’ women present agreed to serve no more threshing suppers and serve only staples, at noon meals for threshers. Can’t the rest of the Jasper county women fall in line? Tefft Red Cross. The Tefft Red Cross devoted one afternoon; June 6, to the food question. Miss Geyer gave a talk on Food Conservation. Meeting in Barkley Township. Food club met at Blackford school on Friday, June 7. Mrs. Harry Arnold and Mrs. C. W. Reed arranged the program. Mrs, lira Gwin gave a talk on Child Welfare, followed by a talk on Food Conservation by Miss Geyer. The club has undertaken to do Red Cross work. Nearly each woman present took some garment home to sew. The club will meet the second Thursday in J uly. Advisory Board Meets. The county committee which has been .meeting with Miss Geyer lielp plan her work, has been enlarged and is now called the Advisory Board. Tfhe members were chosen from the various farmer’s clubs, townships, towns and organizations, tWenty.-three members in all. This board met for the first time Saturday, June 8, at the office of Mr. Learning. Plans „ were made for the summer’s campaign in canning and drying of fruits and vegetables. Other problems were brought up discussed. ( The board will meet' in two Inont'hs, August, 1918. Meeting in Hanging Grove. Remember the meeting at the Banta school house Wednesday afternoon, June 19, and come out and hear the talks given by Mrs. Gwin and Miss LaVerne Geyer on Child Welfare and Food Conservation. A similar meeting will be held at McCoysburg school house Friday, June 21. Car|»enter Food Club Meeting. The Food club will meet at the Blake school house on Friday, June 28. Everyone invited. Quick Breads. Victory breads save wheat flour, but we can save more by making q'uick breads, which require no wheat. The women of France are not accustomed to bake, they have no ovens to bake in. They buy bread at bakeries. We cannot ask them to bake anyway, as they are working twelve to fourteen hours a day in the field or factory. We cannot ask the men in the trenches to use quick breads either, for all their bread must be baked by r army bakers back of the lines. It is our duty to use quick breads in America. Remember, when you take extra trouble to make a quick bread, you make it possible for a soldier in the trenches or the French woman who is doing a miah’s work “over ‘ there” to have a loaf of bread.

Recipes of Quick Breads. 1. Muffins —1 c milk, 2 eggs, 1 T fat, 1 t salt, 1 c ground rolled oats, 1 c corn flour, 4 T baking powder. 2. Muffins —1 c milk, 1 T fat, 2 T syrirp, 2 eggs, 4 T baking, powders, 1 t salt, 1-3 c rice flour, 1% c ground rolled oats.