South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 108, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 17 April 1920 — Page 12

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NvrmnAY Mortvrxo. .rnrr, it. 1020. THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES INFORMATION FOR FARMERS AND QRCHARDISTS

AGRICULTURE

QSTOCK-RAISING

WHEAT CONDITION IM INDIANA IS VERY DISCOURAGING

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Only 60 Percent of Acres Seeded Will Produce Crop.

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la Indiana 1 v?r discount In p. ucconiins: to tho monthly report of th cooperative crop rportlr.r prMcs iwued toiiay. Only 60 percent of th 1,560,000 acr.-s F-cdfl l.i.-t

lall will maJte a rayir.ff rrop, hother 4 0 parent nvy return th-

t-eel unJer favorable weathf-r conJitton. Rye 1. a.bout an uvra;" Top. Brood fow.h art t .in? told at an alarmlryr extent and fann hands

IcAtcsscnpar lUOvc An fvert hlh In the mm Is of hotf society took place at the national swlnr show In Septerruber when Mr. Mt-sffcnKtr Allover ot tho KeyMono farm at Marion. O.. met Iidy l'.i-c Hone from the KhsIst farm at Tipton, Ind. Tru-e hos v.on the t-rand championship In their respective claws. "Th Hampshires at the national svin show created a very pTeat im -Iression, llrnt, because thero wero more Hampshires there than any other breefl, and s-cond, the juality (t the Hampshire was better than i v r before exhibited, especially so in the sow cla-ss. "In previous shows it has been usually an usy matter to pick out th first and second prize winners, but In this show it was nip and tuck from the first to the eighth prize. "In the aped sow class there was

FINE POINTS IN SPADING GARDEN

How To Do It So That Food Plot Will Be Sue-cessful.

s sfc sfc c ?c sc sjc sc sfc NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE IN INDIANA JU Jt x r r r

Fa-mers of Montgomery county pooled 13,000 pounds of wool recently at a farmers association meeting held at New Richmond, according to a report of County Apent O. K. Ackerson.

Twenty-seven pure-bred Guernsey heifers have been distributed to the mn:rlers of the boys' and pirla' calf club in Huntington county.

One farmer of Newton county reportint: on his March results In the -r-lainf? contest, being conducted by County Apent Davis in co operation with the farmers and the poultry extension department of I'urdue university, showed 3,7 T. S secured during the month. One of the small tlKks entered in the contest reported an averape epp production of 10 per hen for the month.

A total of 5,420 ears of corn tested at the central testinp station of Hush county by County Apent 1. D. Hall showed 10 percenet discard on account of poor germination and percent discard because of disease.

A pet-top'ether '.Irnor recently held in Hancock coun'y w;u attended by i' 1 0 farmers and business men. rvimrts Count J' Apent M. IZ. Cromer.

A prize list totalling $173 has ben offered to boys and girls In the pip club-feeding contest of Hush county.

are practically unobtainable

retort follows: The outlook, for -winter wheat in Indiana, thi.i year 1 very discou raping-; the condition as compared with normal bein only 6 0 percent. Jn home counties the crop is almost a failure, while In others, wh-re weather conditions fur seeding at thq proper tlrr,e w-re fav-orable, it i; fairly good. Th" early mjwii wheat, vhich approximates 2" prent fif the 1. 950.000 acres needed.

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last fall and will not much morthan return the rvid anlese very favorable weather Is had from now n. Fall rains and Hoods in tht -outh part of the state delayed seeding In Ihr sections to he extent of '15 percent of h acreage, which can not make much of a crop even with favorabl weather conditions. The remaining CO percent of the iicrenrr ivhirh tvn .f-M-! nt

proper time, under favorable weath-

r conditions, has been damaged to ome extent by freezing and thawing and by Ice staying too long on the low places. Many of the poorer fields In the north part of the slat" mT.I be disked and seeded with oats or barley and comp that ordinariTy would b' seeded to other crops will bo t stand because of the shortage of labor. Kye Is Gfxxl. Neither weather conditions or In.vcts have damaged the rye to any great extent. While some of It has been pi;tjred pretty heavily, it all hcems to be coming out in good shape and ivlll make about an averago crop. The condition at this t!mo ls'S2 percent of normal. Continued declining markets, the hU;h irice of feel and sows not doing well at farrowing time has Influenced farmers to sell thtlr brood rows to an alarming extent. At the preont time there are only 8 0 percent, as many on farms as April 1, 1819. and the reduction still going on. Iue to the extreme cold weath -ere thW? spring, tho sows are farrowing tmall, -weak litters and the loss of pigs Is much greater titan usual. The number of farm hands Is only 2 percent of tho supply on April 1, 1919, Thll tho requirements compared -with last yenr aro 9 3 percent. Thl3 condition is due primarily to tho higher wages and shorter hours tmn can secure In cities. At the pre-sent time single men are practically unobtainable nt any price. In sonv Instances married men can be secured where rood tenant houses ure. located on the fann, but these mon axe usually employed by the year and do not help much where temporary labor Is wanted. Tlic 1V20 Outlook. Th'3 xurrtcuKural outlook for Indl:ana this year is not very bright. Many of the l.irfTrr farmers are renting fields whero possible, but whon this can r.ot be done they will lie Idle because- of the shortage of farm labor, and will only attempt to crop such acenige as they can attend with the oslRtnnce of their Immediate family. It &hould bo stated, howftVpr. that r rrtMt minv nt th

farmers have purch;utd much im- '

proved machinery and will be able to crop more land single-handed than heretofore. The foil plowing was nearly up to the i verage, but th Kround waa frozen tl:ep all during tho winter and nothing was accomplished along this line. The t-prln? opened very lato ai.d farm er are very much behind with tprinr rlowlng. Because of the continued pnpaganda fr lower food prices famurs feel that they will secure as much or more money for a small

crop as for a lar-re one. This with '

no necessity for feeding the people of other countriese has decided the farmer to "eso lip on his efforts and he will not put In the long hours ot hard work that ho did during the war period. Thr in also the neee.ssity to get Kack to th pre-war status of rotating the crop. More than

5 )0.00 arret of grass lands taken rri'VVC ipf TIFT tor crors during the wwt two v ars 1 1AA IiF,Ol

will -andmihtedlv ba returned ?o Vim? T A VFI PlOI)

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grass ana pastures ims year, indialrlal centers are robbing the rurxl districts of all Inglc men, -a ho po into the cities where shorter hours and hvcher wnge rates prevail. In the mlntnr districts many farms have been entirely abandoned and the men have gon Into the mines

to work. Ilrnpty houses on farms i

am fully 10 percent rreater than a

yrar ajro. F.oft.d building and other public work Is given as oni o( the Xsinclpal reasons for th s-hortage of farm, labor. looking at the situation from all angles, it is apparent that food and live ntoc-k production will b-3 curtviled fully l. j'- rcent as compared with the past two yearo. The wheat and r cr.dition In thi ccHinty comprired with normal

and th percent of t ree.lmc 'sows ; compared with April I. 191?, and j with th usual number cf that date !

follows: neat 6 4. rye ?r: percent cf breeding mws St5, which is S7 Vercftit of the usual tnvdlr.g. "AS A 3 IAN THINKimi." Hats Are now selling from JT to J10. Your old hat may be t etter quality than som new cr.es. We clan and block them and rennve every epot. evn the per-v lration pUlns from th binds. Call u i 3

fo we n-.ay prove it. Aetni CI ir.rs ;

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Plowmen and teams are scarce around cities and the smaller garden plots can often bo spaded to much greater advantage than they can be plowed. Where there are a group cf community gardens located on a clear plot of ground, they can often be plowed together, and thus considerable labor is saved. But tho small garden plots, especially those in back yards, must be spaded. A considerable area can be spaded if the work is done .a little at a time so that It does not become tiresome. A good job of spading will always

an Interesting event which shows tho progress of the breed. The grand champion sows of 1917 and 1918 were Doth there. A 191 S sow won first place In her class, while the 1917 sow wa reduced in rank

to eighth. Iuly Big Bone, whose . put the land In better condition than

portrait appars above, the. grand i plowing, but there are a few points champion sow, rose from the senior In connection with good spading yearling class. She has since sold that should be thoroughly undcrfor $2,025 spot cash to Sam I'atton. I stood. United States department of Clarence, III. This is a record price : agriculture specialists explain them for Hampshire town. J as follows: "One of the exhibitors at the' In the first place, the land should f how sold about $15,000 worth of never be turned when it is extremebreeding stock, and every exhibitor ly wet. The plowman's u?t is to nade the biggest .and best sales ever i squeeze tc gether a handful of freshexperienced." says K. C. Stone, sec- J ly turned earth and if it sticks toretary American. Hampshire Swine ; gether in a ball with the imprint of Record association. '"The demand j the hand upon it, it Is too wet for for Hampshires was extremely good. J plowing or spading. But if it

Have, never seen anything to equal j crumbles when the pressure is re

of the ppade In depth, working manure into the fubsoll to a depth of 12 or 14 Inches. Half the work of cultivation should be done before th-i seeds are planted in the garden.

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lng In popularity in all sections of the country."

soil through the nitrogen-gathering bacteria in the root nodules, according to the forest service. U. S. department of agriculture. The soil building power of trees on slopes is a fact which the farmer should

not overlook. i-teen lands, which i

have been cleared of timber at much ! iatelv after It is turned

leased, the soil may be considered

dry enough to spade or plow. Work Back. Second, do not turn the land up in large spadefuls. Bepin at one side of the plot and work back and forth across the plot, maintaining a straipht line, cutting the soil in thin spadefuls and turning it completely over. If the soil does not crumble

! readily, use the edge of the spade

and break up each spadeful imme-

For this

Leg; Weakness May Be Prevented in Chicks Many farmers' wives aro optimists, especially when It comes to raising baby chicrks. Each year they lose a third to a half of tho chicks hatched, and each succeedirvg' spring finds them trying nsaln, hoping they will have better "luck" thia season. Ieg weakness In chick causes many losses In this state each spring. Tho chlcsks lose control of the leg muscles, become unable to stand erect, usually get trampled on at feeding time, and either die or become runts. Various ciuaog for this trouble are piven. Too rauch heat, the wrong kind of floor, lack of moisture, or something lacking In the food these aro the causes usually given. Whatever the causes, thero are certain principles of management which will usually prevent the trouble. Hundreds of chicks are troubled with leg "weakness Just because they are kept confined In a brooder or colony house. At least the trouble ceases when they aro turned out. "A good rule.' says Leroy 1. Jones of the poultry" extension division of Purdue university, "la to get the chicks on the ground as Boon as they are a week or 10 clays old. Never mind how cold it Is as long as they keep dry

expense, after being cultivated for wopk -the ordinary square-pointed i

a few years often become gullied, '

and the rich lands adjoining are

covered with deep deposits of sand. The surest and cheapest method of protecting such slopes is to maintain forests on them. Small gulües can be stopped up by closely packed brush and tree tops, anchored by stakes if necessary. Large, open gullies are checked successfully only by planting over the entire gully Lasin, supplemented ty low brush dams cross the larger units of the gully.

DEMAND FOR LUXURIES DECREASES PRODUCTION OF FOOD SAYS CHRISTIE

spade is considered the most desir- i

able. On loose soils and on land that was spaded or plowed during the autumn, a four-tined spading lork is often preferable to a spade. While the fork will not turn the

) bottom soli to the surface quite as

well as the spade, this complete turning is not desirable on land that was plowed or spaded last fall, and tho fork leaves the soil In a more finely divided conditon. The remaining lumps that escape breaking during the spading process should be pulverized within an hour or so aftr the land is turned over. This can be done either with a steel rake or with .a hoe, care bedng taken to go deeply enough into the soli to break up all clods that will interfere with planting. Thorough preparation of the soil is the keynote to success in gardening. Kpade reasonably deep and

IAFA YI7TTK, Ind., April 16. "The people of the United states are demanding automobiles, musical in

struments, jewelry, fine clothes and loosen the lower strata of soil with recreation more than they wish I out bringing very much of the sub

food." said Prof. C?. I. Christie of Purdue university In a statement issued today on the agricultural situation In Indiana. "These people are willing to pay high prices for aJluch

articles that laboring men engaged in the manufacture of these materials may be paid wages two, three and five times as great as the farm- : er can afford to pay. "Cheap land and cheap labor have gone." continues Prof. Christie ".and so the last ot cheap food has ' been seen. From now on con-sAimers must pay the price that allows the .

farmer a fair return for his labor and his investment."

soil to the surface. The Knglish gardeners spade two or ihree lengths

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Resinol over Üiat cut and see how it htah Little cms and scratches are aggravating and painful, and they can even become dangerous if infected. Prevent such a condition by cleansing the injured spot well, and then applying RESINOL OINTMENT. Its gentle antiseptic balsams soothe while they heal. A physician's prescription, and recommended widely, it is no longer an experiment to thousands who have used it sacceisfully for various skin affections. At all druggists.

of Jay increased as a re-

Tho soybean acreage county is expected to he several hundred percent

suit of a campaign which County Apent Ieroy Hoffman recently started in cooperation with t e farmers of the county.

CAN RHUBARB NOW FOR WINTER USE

County Agent T. A. Parker of Fteuben county has arranged a boys' livestock tour tf the county to take place in tho near future. Members of all county hl.rh schools will participate in the tour, the object being to promote Interest in tetter livestock.

A committee from the (Guernsey Breeders' association of Huntington county has purchased 27 pure-bred Guernsey heifers which will be distributed to the menders of a boys and girls' calf club In the near future, according to a report of County Apent Fred A. I-oew.

Farmers of Greene county cooperating with County Agent M. B. Nugent, are planning to hold a clover and lime demonstration in every township In the county during the coming summer.

Timber is essentially a poor-land crop. Steep sdepes. poor soil, rocky land, unusual corners, gullied and wooded tracts all the-sv afford opportunities for growing timber profitably. A careful survey of the nverag" farm will reeal a surprisingnumber of spots of this sort which can be ultlüzed to advantage, if they do net already have trees, planting them with the proper varieties will materially Increase the value of the land. Certain kinds of trees, like the locust and the acacias, build up poor

Now- that rhubarb will soon be plentiful, even' housewife should put away for winter use as much as she can possibly us, is the recom- j mendatlon of the home economics j division of the Purdue university extentlon department. Like most j fruits and vegetables this one is a j mild laxatlvo and Is, therefore, a ; valuable food. At the same time It , adds a pleasing change or addition to ; the diet and supplies vegetable juice I

and acid when those two things are most craved. Canning in cold water and by the

old pack method have been found to ' be the two most successful. For canning In cold water, fresh crisp stalks should be selected, washed , clean and cut In stilps one-half inch In length. The skins should not bo ', rerroved. The pieces should then ' be packed in a clean jar and water allowed to run over the filled can for two minutes. The can may then i be sealed and should be wrapped Inj paper before stored to prevent J bleaching. When rhubarb Is canned by the cold pack process, the fresh, crisp stalks should be washed and cut in pieces-. three-fourths of an inch iong. The.se should be blanched! two minutes by placing them In boll- J lng water. After they have been re- t moved and plunged In cold water ! they ar ready to be packed In glass j .!nrs. Tin Jars should not be used. ; The Jar rubber and can top should be put In position not tightly and the Jar placed in a water bath where , It must remain 20 minutes after the. water reaches the boiling point. The , jar should be wrapped in paper be-j fore it is packed away. j Recipes for cooking rhubarb may) be obtained by writing the extension j department of Purdue university,

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