Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1919 — The Neighborhood Corner [ARTICLE]

The Neighborhood Corner

Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work Popular Enrollment in the boys’ and girls’ industrial club work is increasing daily, according to the report of J. M. Sauser, .county chairman of the club committee. The moat popular club seems to be the poultry club, which has for its purpose the increase of pure-bred chickens on the farms or the •county. Other clubs being offered are the potato club, open to boys from 10 to 16; the corn club, open to boya ifrom 12' to 18, and the canning club, open to gifrls from 10 to 18. Enrollment closes May 1, and the committee hopes that every boy or girl in the county so situated as to do good work will join one or more of these clubs. Mr. Sauser expects to appoint club supervisors in each township to give club members advice and assistance from time to time. Last year 33 boys and girls in the club work received prizes amounting to ?250, contributed froim various sources, and the committee expects to provide ample premium funds for this year. Potash Trials Will Start In. order to determine whether or not potash can be used on the

corn crop with a profit 'under present conditions, Stephen . Kohley of Marion township will conduct an experiement on his farm this season.

Mr. Kohley will select a uniform field and apply potash alone to certain strips, potash and acid phosphates to others and leave check strips untreated, keeping strict account of the amount and cost of fertilizers used on each plot. In the fall, he will weigh each lot of corn separately and calculate the profit or loss resulting in each case. A similar trial will be conducted on the fartni of M. J. Hohner of Kankakee township. The experiment is being staged on account of a general feeling throughout the locality that fertilizer prices are too high in comparison with the prides expected for the next season’s crop. ‘ Less than one-half the usual tonnage of fertilizers has been moved according to some of the large companies. The only way to find out the fact is to try out the matter, and these men are to undertake the task. Corn and Soy Bean Combination to Be Used A widespread interest in the corn and soy bean combination is being manifested in the ' county this spring. iMen who have been using it in past years assert that the soy beans reduce the yield of corn little, if any, and that they produce an abundance of feed that unay be hogged off, cut with a binder for fodder or placed in the silo. With high prices for all feeds and for meat products, the livestock farmer cannot afford to wait for further work to be done on this crop, as the practical value has been demonstrated. The soils and crops committee of the county betterment association has prepared to supply soil for inoculating soy beans Persons desiring to secure soil may do so, upon application to the county agent.

Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness, and that is by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you haye a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the inflammation can be reduced and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Many cases of deafness are caused by oatarrn, which is an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case so Catarrhal Deafress that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. Circulars free. All Druggists, 75c. _ F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.

Coffee grows throughout Central America at altitudes ranging from 500 to 5,000 feet, but the largest Quantity comes from districts where (the elevation runs from 2.500 to 4,000 feet.