Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — The Neighborhood Corner [ARTICLE]

The Neighborhood Corner

Department, of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Boys’ Corn Club Premuims to Be Awarded. The work of checking up the yields of the Boys’ corn club members will begin the week of October 20th, according to J. M. Sauser, chairman of the county club committee. Representative parts of the boys’ corn fields will be measured and weighed by some representative of the committee and premiums based on yield, quality of the corn, story of method of growing and others points. Members of the club should make provision to secure wagons and teams to husk their fields notify Mr. Sauser or the county agent before October 20th df they expect to compete. The work of checking the yields of the Potato club will be carried on through the public school organization. On account of the practical failure of the potato crop in many parts of the county, no plots will be checked unless requested by the members. . Any member wishing to compete for premiums should notify County Superintendent Morgan L. Sterrett at once. The premiums in the Canning, Breadmaking and Poultry clubs will be awarded at the poultry show in January. New Bulletins of Interest. The Purdue experiment station has just issued two new bulletins of especial interest to Jasper county farmers. "Commercial Fertilizers for Indiana” gives definite recommendations for fertilizers to be used on the various types of Indiana soils and should be in the hands of every farmer and land owner. “Wintering Bees” is of especial interest to the members of the local Bee Keepers’ association, according to Trank Foltz, president of the organization. The Bulletin discusses both outdoor and cellar wintering. These circulars, as well as others of earlier issue, can. be secured from the county agent’s office. Poultry Association Holds Meeting. An important meeting of the Jasper County Poultry association was held at the court house last \week. President Jesse Snyder presided and Max Kepner was elected secretary of the organization. All the essential committees were appointed for the next annual show which will be held the first week of January. According to the report, the association is in the best of condition and every effort is being made to develop the coming show into the best in the history of the county. A new judge has been secured, who has had experience at all the big shows of the country. The management has spared no expense in this matter as it feels that a competent judge is the most important point in the making of a good show, as this gives the breeders and the show visitors an opportunity to secure authoritative information as to the correct standards of perfection in all the various classes. Breeders of fancy poultry are invited to begin to condition their best animals for this event. The corn show, as usual, will be an important feature of this event. Premiums will W awarded by townships and corn growers are requested to begin to pick their exhibits now in—order that they may make selection before the corn is cribbed. Next Week Is the Big Stock Show. "Give us good weather and we will have one of the best stock shows ever held in this part of the state,” is Secretary Van Hook’s summary of the work that his committee has done in developing this vital factor in the county’s livestock improvement which will be held in Rensselaer October 16th, 17th and 18th. . . , \ K Mr. Van Hook is being kept busy recording entries from ail over this county, as well as a number from Newton and Pulaski counties. "There

are more breeders of pure bred livestock in our territory than jn any other locality in which I am acquainted,” says Mr. Van Hook, “and the holding of the annual show is in a large measure responsible for this. We are holding this show for the purpose es creating an interest in good livestock of all kinds and to give the public an opportunity to see the advancement that has been made by our breeders. We will adhere to our policy of a clean, strictly educational show without any admission charges or catch pennies and we cordially invite the public to pay the exhibition a visit.” Fire-Acre Corn Club to Bo Finished This Month. The Five-Acre Corn club yields will be checked up by representatives of the Indiana Corn Growers association the latter part of this month and the first part of November, according to word received by W. H. Pullin, chairman of the county crops committee. Last spring a dozen or more farmers of the county entered into a friendly competition to see who could raise the, largest amount of corn on five acres of ground in this county. Although dry weather has hurt the yields, Mr. Pullin expects some good results when the contest is finished.