Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — The Neighborhood Corner [ARTICLE]

The Neighborhood Corner

Department of farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

To Explain U. S. Grain Standards Representatives of the U. S- bureau of markets will hold an exhibition and demonstration for the purpose of explaining the different standard grades of grains at the court house at Lafayette on June 16 at 1:30 o’clock. Federal grain specialists will demonstrate moisture testing, sampling, determination of dockage on tarious kinds of grain, testing for weight per bushel, determination of foreign imatter in grain, obtain percentage of heat and other damage, discuss classes of grain and explain in detail the application of federal standards which are of interest to every farmer. This meeting will be held in connection with the county agents’ district conference. The grading of grain Is a matter not well understood by the majority of our grain producers. This meeting gives elevator operators and farmers alike an opportunity to study the subject and this county should be well represented at that time. Bee Keepers' Tour An all-day rain Wednesday, the 21st, did not dampen the ardor of members of the County Bee Keepers’ association who made a tour of the greater part of the county to get first-hand information upon the methods of .caring for bees. The tour was in charge of Frank Foltz of the local association and of E. G. Baldwin of the U. S. department of agriculture. One of the points 'brought out

on the trip was what most of our bees are still kept in box hives or. in standard hives with crooked combs. This in contrary to the law > and is a matter which local bee. men are urged to attend to this] at once. Mr. Baldwin gave demon-■ st rations of the proper methods of, transferring bees from these hives into modern hives with straight' combs. “ I Many colonies were found to b« weak on account of the light honey I flow this season. These were doubled up, two and three colonies being united into one. A great deal of disease was’ found in She bee yards, especially ] the European foul brood and Mr. 1 Baldwin explained its presence and showed how it could be controlled. Several cases of American foul brood were found. The association will hold a meet-, ing at the court house on June 10 ■ at 1:30. The subject will be “How| to Control swarming” and ‘‘How to Get the Honey.” " The organization is growing in strength and influence and invites everyone to attend its meeting. Farmers’ Clubs Professor G. M. Frier of Purdue university will speak at the meeting of the Milroy Country club to be held at Milroy church Saturday evening, May 31, at 8 o’clock. The public is invited to attend. Mr. Frier has a splendid reputation as a public speaker and persons from adjoining townships will find it worth while to attend. The North Union Farmers’ club has arranged for an unusually strong program for the June meeting to be held at Virgie June 7. I R. S. Thomas of th 3 Purdue soils department will speak. Officers of the County Betterment association have been placed on the program,. The Parr Community clun will hold a meeting at the Parr school house on the evening of June 10. The program will include an address by John Brown, president of the Indiana Federation of Farmers. Rooster Week June 2 to O June 2 to 6 has been set aside as rooster week by the Indiana Poultry Dealers’ association. During this week members of the association have agreed to offer extra inducements to ipoultry raisers to dispose of all their roosters. This is not only a good business proposition for the poultry dealers in decreasing their losses from eggs spoiled while in their possession but it benefits the poultry producer fully as much as the loss from spoilage must be absorbed in a measure by the producer and consumer.

Rooster week has been observed fairly generally in this locality for a number of years and the number of roosters marketed during the week has steadily increased, according to the reports of the poultry dealers. The poultry and egg producers have never had a better opportunity to make money than at present. Attention €b this small detail of the business will remove a cause-* of loss and annoyance all along the line from the producer to consumer.