Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 93, Number 11, 12 January 1923 — Page 26

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1923. COMMUNITY ACTIVITY STRESSED IN PREBLE COUNTY'S FEDERATION J oe Helms at His Favorite Pastime sending a representative to the meet-, us. About 90 farm bureau represent extension work encouraging economy In production of grain and livestock, standardization of trrain variPAYING OFF FARM LOANS WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. According to a partial report made by the lin? at FlavMn nn tan 1 atives from the townships were present, with a large number of women inI We also plan more definite pro grams of work. Director Ramsover, Miss Anna Freestrom, home economics demonstrators, and George East wood, all extension workers from the university, atteifJed a meeting on Jan. 9, and discussed programs with eluded n,. u , " . i ! " impute corporation, mere nave eties, and better livestock, will con- been repayments of agricultural and ir nnance corporation, there have It was decided to include promotion of boys and girls club work among township- projects this year, and to put on some work especially for the benefit of the women. The ordinary tinue. livestock loans during the current year in the sum of $176,120,608. These Shoes made from shark's hide may k cZnan Tf AV J siock companies and co-operative marsoon be on the market. keting associations.

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By E. D. TURNER While thousands of dollars have been realized through farm bureau activities in Preble county, as may be seen from the report of the treasurer, the greatest accomplishment of the organization has been in educational or community improvement activities whose value can not be estimated in dollar and cents. Boys and girls club work, in vhich 362 were enrolled with 129 finishing, and the county club camp at which 72 of the county boys and girls spent a week in a summer outing, combined with instruction, were the activities which probably excited more widespread interest than any one other project. Sons and daughters of Preble county farmers were enrolled last spring in food, clothing, pig and poultry clubs and to the -129 who exhibited at the county fair, f503 was distributed in premiums. County Club Camp. The county club camp, which lasted a week, was established on the banks of a stream near Lewisburg.- The total cost for the 72 members was $265, of which the boys and girls paid $130, and the farm bureau the remainder. , Teams consisting of three members from each of the food and clothing ilubs, took part in a competitive content last fall, to select a team to represent the county at the state fair. The winners. Ruth O'Neil, Martha riory and Madeleine Fieisch, all of Dixon township, with a chaperon, Miss Leon Disher, attended the state fair where they gave a demonstration in competition with teams representing all other counties, winning second on their exhibit and seventh place on their demonstration. Their expenses at the fair were paid by the state fair board, and their railroad fare by the farm bureau. Attend University. Seven county champions in club work also will attend the state university prize winner's week at the expense of the farm bureau. They are Ruth O'Neil, Eaton, clothing club champion; Karl Kautsaw, Katon, pig club champion; Louise Kenworthy, Somerville, poultry club champion; Norma Darrah, Gratis, clothing club champion; Gordon Gardner, Eaton, live stock judping; Freda Bailey, Eaton, first ear food club; and Mary Creager, West Manchester, second, third and fourth year food clubs. Other educational activities which have been organized and supported through the farm bureau, have a great, but not easily measured economic value. The health project just organized, is an example. A number of farm women from each township after meeting with ah extension agent from the state university agreed to promote a health project, which will include Instruction in home nursing, dietetics, and other subjects bearing on health , in farm homes. Make Dress Forms. Another project in which the farm women engaged, was the manufacture of dress forms. Made according to directions of the home economics department o the university, they were much more satisfactory than commercial forms, being exact reproductions of the figures of the makers. Their cost was only 72 cents apiece, while commercial forms cost about $9. A saving of about $8 dollars apiece was thus realized on the 400 forms made, by i farm women in seven townships. j Many of the economic activities also have resulted in savings, or in increased production, whose value has not ben reported. A crowd of 100 farmers with their wives, attended a demonstration of improved methods of orchard culture held on the Paul Logan larin near Camden, and learned how a 20-year-old orchard which has never borne a profitable crop, was brought back to cultivation within two years, so that a crop of 3,000 bushels was harvested last fall. Three other meetings were held to demonstrate methods of pruning. If the methods taught at these meetings are followed on only a few farms, it will amount to hundreds of dollars worth of fruit production. Keep Cost Accounts. Instruction in keeping cost accounts is another project which farm bureau members are interested in. Poultry demonstration farms, the experimental orchards, dairy farmers, and all club members, through keeping cost accounts, have been able to find the leaks in their businesses, and to remedy inefficient practices' so as to increase their proiits. An average loss 'from diseased seed, of seven and a half bushels of corn an acre, was shown by a test conducted by four farmers. Each one submitted oO-ear samples, from which, by testing five diseased and five healthy ears were selected. These ears, planted and grown separately, made a strong demonstration in favor of selecting seed free from root rot. Seed was tested for 40 farmers, who. if they planted the average 33 acres, gathered a total ;f 9,900 bushels more than if they had not used tested seed. Cream Selling Stations. Among the economic projects ad"v auced by the farm bureau, besides the co-operative purchasing started last year and continued in 1922, the most important development of the j ear has been the establishment of three co-operative cream selling stations. The associations which established these stations have a total membership of 430, and their business has lesulted in an increase in the price of butter fat, amounting to an average of six cents a pound. As 5,300 pounds are taken in weekly this means an increase benefit from the higher price. There are three stations, the first established at Camden on Aug. 7 with Glenn Jeffers as manager, the second on Aug. 16 at Eaton and the third on Sept. 6 at Lewisburg. Another more recent co-operative sales organization is the live stock shipping association centered around Vest Manchester. James Markey is tiie manager and the association has shipped 17 cars, totalling 1,842 head of stock, on which profits of several hundred dollars more than could have been secured at home, have been realized. "

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Left to right: R. H. Hardin, Ralph Test, Henry county agent, and J. S. Helms, of Wayne county. J. S. Helms, of Wayne county, one of the best known corn growers in Indiana, and who has a long record of prizes to his credit, is shown in the accompanying photograph measuring the yield on the farm of R. Hoyt Hardin, of near Knightstown. winner of the five-acre corn growings contest the last two years. Mr. Hardin's yield was 129 bushels per acre in 1921 and 120.5 in 1922. These big yields were obtained on creek bottomland and came from carefully selected and tested seed. '

farm bureau. The asociation is now shipping at the average, rate of 55 cars a month mostly to Pittsburgh. Darke county farmers are able by co-operative shipping, to get their stock on the market at a cost of about 75 cents a hundred-weight. The margin on which private buyers formerly did business was from $1.50 to $2.25 a hundred-weight. The most important southern Darke county shipping point is New Madison. J. W. DeWees of Greenville is the county manager, and has been' al

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for the growth of the co-operative shipping practice. 200 Enroll The farm bureau also has given support to boys and girls club work, in which 200 were enrolled this year. The bureau contributed $130 for premiums For the future, we plan to get into the co-operative tobacco marketing asociation now being formed, and are

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