Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1919 — The Neighborhood Corner [ARTICLE]

The Neighborhood Corner

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

Reid’s Yellow Dent Gave Highest Yield. Reid’s Yellow Dent was the highest yielding variety in a trial recently completed by Toben brothers on a typical light sandy loam soil in Jordan township. . For the past three years the county crops* committee has been studying the problem of varieties of corn to recommend in the several localities of the county and has been conducting trials of promising varieties in many parts of the county. Last spring a number of leading farmers co-oper-ated with it in this work. Tpben brothers planted six varieties of corn side by side on the same day, each variety 'being planted in a plot four rows wide. Observations werg made from time to time as to the growth of the plants, maturity, location of the ear and other impbrtant characteristics. The following yields were secured: Variety. Yiald Per Acre. Own Early Yellow 89.0 bu. Early Red Dent 89.7 bu. 90-Day Yellow Dent 44.7 bu. Reid’s Yellow Dent 48.9 bu. Golden Glow 41.5 bu. lowa Silver Mine 41.8 bu. Reid’s Yellow Dent outyielded the next highest variety four bushels per acre and was of good quality, but the Toben, brother believe that the Ninety Day Yellow is the best all around variety of the samples tried, ripening first, producing corn of high quality and making a fairly high yield. It is becoming generally recognized that a reasonably early corn will produce as much marketable grain per acre year after year in this locality as larger varieties and more attention is being given to breeding up the medium sized strains. Baldwin Will Talk to Beekeepers. Dr. E. G. Baldwin, of the U. S. bureau of entomology, will be the principal speaker at the meeting of the meeting of the Jasper County Beekeepers’ association to be held at the court house Saturday, December 6th, at 1:30 o’clock, according to Frank Foltz, president of the association. Dr. Baldwin was kept on his feet three and one-half hour* the last time he talked before the local association, answering questions on the subject of beekeeping and while the officials promise that the hearers will not be so long next time, they are confident that the hearers will enjoy one of the most interesting meetings ever held by the association. Dr. Baldwin will speak on “Diseases of Bees” and plans will be made for a clean up of bee diseases in the county. All interested in beekeeping are invited to attend. Livestock Men to Hold Important

Suasion. A meeting of livestock men of ie\ county will be held st the court louse Wednesday evening, Decem>er 10th, according to the call of Frank Alters, president of the local livestock association. The principal matter of interest will be the proposed livestock show and sales pavilion and all interested in tha project are invited to be present. Stat* Cattla Feeders’ Association Meeting December 13th. The annual meeting of the Indiana Cattle Feeders’ association will be held at Lafayette December 13th, beginning at 10 o’clock. At that time seventy head of cattle will be started on experimental feed to determine the cheapest methods of producing beef. Discussions on hog and cattle feeding will be featured. A large attendance of the Jasper county feeders is anticipated. Why Not Rock Phosphate? A well known soil expert who recently visited the county remarked that on many of the types of sou that he found rock phosphate would probably be the cheapest souroe of available phosphorus. This opinion is somewhat at variance with the general recommendation made by the experiment station for Indian* soils, acid phosphate being generally advocated. In some sections of the county farmers have used rock phosphate with good results. , As a rule, the more organic matter in the soils, the more soluble will be the rock phMphate and as there are many soils in the county With a great excess of organic matter, good results might be expected from rock phosphate applied to them.