Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1920 — The Neighborhood Corner [ARTICLE]

The Neighborhood Corner

Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent

Farmers’ Meeting The county secretary, Chas. W. Postill, has Issued the following call: There will be a very Important meeting of the township and county officers of the Jasper County Farmers’ Federation at the office of County Agent Mawhorter Saturday, Oct. 9, at 1 p. m. This early hour is selected to accommodate some of the officers and will be called on time. Please be sure and come at this time. Live Stock Show In Rensselaer Arrangements are fast being made for the largest stock show ever held in Rensselaer. The date set for the show are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21, 22 and 23. Amusements and shows will occupy your time while you are lln attendance. There will be many fine animals on exhibition and it will surprise you to learn what high-class stock Jasper county has. Tour of States Indiana farmers and county agents are planning to make a tour of middle western states during the week of Nov. 7. The farm bureau offices, the experimental work, the agricultural universities, and typical farms and farming sections will be visited. The trip will be made by special train and will include Champaign, nt; Madison, Wis.; St. Paul, Minn.; Ames, la.; Chicago and Lafayette. I The trip will cost about SIOO. Only

150 reservations will be sold, and the first 150 making requests to go will be accommodated. If you desire to make this trip report same to County Agent Mawhorter at your earliest convenience. 48 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Forty-eight per cent available acid phosphate Is being manufactured at Butte, Mont., and is selling at S4B per ton. At the same price per unit of plant food 16 per cent available acid phosphate should sell for sl6 per ton, but the wholesale list price on this fertilizer is $34.25 per ton. Fifteen hundred pounds of the 48 per cent acid phosphate has been elflpbed tb each of 30 Indiana counties, where it will be tried out to determine its value in comparison with 16 per cent goods. Jasper county received a shipment of 1,500 pounds of this fertilizer and the following will experiment with It on their wheat this fall: Charles Parks, E. Wuerthner, E. P. Lane, William | Jeffers, Fred Iliff and Firman Thompson. . Seed Corn for Corn Show Why not begin to prepare for our on-coming corn ehow by selecting out your best seed corn and putting it up to dry, so that it will be in I excellent show condition? Many farmers are picking their seed corn now. One experience of poor seed corn is sufficient for them. Boost the corn show by selecting your best ears now.