Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 10, Number 22, DeMotte, Jasper County, 18 April 1940 — JASPER CO. 4-H CROPS JUDGING CONTEST APRIL 30 [ARTICLE]

JASPER CO. 4-H CROPS JUDGING CONTEST APRIL 30

The Jasper County 4-H Crops judging contest will be held in connection with the Northwestern Ind!*’ ana Broiler and Egg Show on Tuesday, April 30, at 9:30 a.m., in the Armory at Rensselaer. Medals will be awarded to the three high boys by the Jasper County Purdue Ag Alumni Association, and the high three boys will represent Jasper county in the district contest at Lafayete, May 7. Classes to be judged in the county contest are as follows: 5 single ears of corn —Reids A ellow Dent. 4 samples of soybeans to be judged on seed quality. 4 samples of shelled mkt. corn. 4 samples shelled hybrid seed corn. Ten minutes will be allowed to place each class and no reasons will be given for making placings.

In 1939, according to Department of Agriculture figures, on 58 food commodities that cost the consumer $311.00, farmers received but $126.00. The portion extracted for services rendered between producer and consumer amounted to 59.5 percent of the total sales. Almost every commodity comes packaged, wrapped, stamped and tied with a ribbon. Housewives have forgotten how to slice bacon or bread, and most people’s backkyards each spring have a pile of cans, etc., ready for the junk heap, as evidence that when housewives bought their groceries, they got less food for their money and a lot of containers for which they could find no use.