South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 199, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 17 July 1920 — Page 12

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AGRICULTURE

FARMERS HAYE BUSY WEEK AT STATE CAPITAL Appral For Car to Aid inj Handling of Grain From Elevators. INWA.VAPOI.IS. July K. Off.. cf the Indiana ! Vderal ion of I '.irniert' associations had another busy program during th" last wfk in which wfro rrnv.ijf'l many activities of inrpr'-"'. to th f.-rmers of the täte. John i Iirown. i: vul tt .f (h' organization, repr -sen ted the f cdr; ation at Washir.ptoi. in 1 1 .- f'oru -plaint iiKair.yt the por tar s. nice 1 -m rendered i:i the siat . ami called att'-n'aon to the fa- t that with tho Ji.irv-.it at hand the Kruiri ; - . atois would s(,-,n It- r i 1 1 - I aj-a-ity bi.il unable o Lamb- the surI'lus tin! s. relief m the ;ir shortage 'Aas fiven i rr. m I i-1 1 attention. Mr. Hro'An l ii .. i th- trip to Washington with members of the lublio Servi-e eomnmsion to take the iuattr up with the Interstate. C'omm r com-lni.v-:r.. Word Lav been r c i - I at hcadi art is of the aso( iati-n that a t nuiity aiTif h is in en appointed !n I'ci -ry omit, m the ninth district of the Organization ar.d tliat a movement in to bo started soon in that toiiuty to perfect an association to be affiliated with the sl.it'' body. The ounty a;;ent. has ash d the ak's;r.tauce of .in organizer .and on is to b- s- M into the ounty from state I. id-iua rt t s. Jnsi.rr. Owen and Ii!i-i- oi;ntiy h iv already planned to become nicinl-iTs of the parent body, and th- addition of I'n r will put the state within two counties of the coveted 100 pe r cent K"al. with Klkhart and Brown routine the only two not 1 r i th- fold. AMM-latlon Day. Tuesday. September 7. has .fn set aido as Indiana I'ederation of Fanners' association day at the State T air. w hi' h opens in Indianapolis on S'pt'inhrr . Lewis Taylor. Keneral m t dr. ry. has iirfted both of the presidential noniino s, Clov. James M. ox of i hin. and Sen. Warren (I llardinc of Ohio, to be present on that day and to address the farmers on the agricultural programs offered by each of the lending parties as et it in the national platforms of each. Orders of the federation expert to exert every influence to brinfr the two Standard beaiers here on tll.it day. A number of the county associations of the state took advantage of the option secured on a larK1 Consignment of anthracite coal in Pennsylxania by the federation. This coal vn. offe-cd In car load lots at approximately $ t T. per ton d"liv re to Indiana point. K. K. Keynolds, state treasurer, encineere! the deal through the co-operation of the Tippecanoe County association which a

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The most common reason piven by farmers for riot tratink' their praia with formaldf hyde Is that there .s no Mnut in it, but tliere is often a. ii-iii h as 10 per cent loss without the fanner bein really aware of It. The cuiir.ly auent is proving his worth by insi.-tin that farmers shall know about their own fu'.ds an u lit nev'T a farmer states that he don't think lie has any smut, th" ounty aicent and a few of the neigh bors take a small barrel hoop ami i: out into the prow in i; Held, counti r i ir 100 stalks just as they come into th- rinjj and keeping the others rut. Then these stalks are closely examined and th percentage of smutted head.n is noted. Often in this way a perfectly normal tied of oats w ill develop that It deserves much credit for sending a representative to the Pennsylvania tields and Kvttlni; the desired res'.ilty. Lewis Taylor has announced that arrangements have been made by which farmers can obtain more exact weight for calves .it the I'nion stockynids in Indianapolis. I'nder th old system the scales on which the eales were weighed were pradtiated only for units of ten pounds to break the scales, while under the n-w system the scales will be Kraduated for units of Jive pounds. Mr. Taylor has figured that this change will mean a savinpr to the farmers of many thousands of dollars annually. BULL ASSOCIATION PLEASES FARMERS The Jersey breeders of Henry county organized a Bull association. ' through the co-operation of the county agent and dairy extension men from Purdue university, in December, 10 17. and purchased four pure bred Jersey bulls for use in the herds of the twenty-seven members of the association. The young bull cales purchased at that time are today almost three years old ami have already sired many good, typey calves. Their bulls were purchased on a co-operative plan whereby about-five or six farmers owning forty or more cows made a unit or block for the U5e of the bull. The average cost of each Jersev bull in 1917 was

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O. Henry's short stories is a new feature starting in THE NEWS-TIMES Sunday M ornintr. Read CUPID a La CARTE which introduces the series; stories to appear hereafter, Sundays, Wednedays and Fridays. A few of the succeeding titles are: Innocents of Broadway The Thing's the Play The Whirligig of Life The Gold That Glittered Cherchez la Femme A Bird of Bagdad "No Story" And 120 Others Lacn of th ese 1 27 stories are complete in themselves for a single issue; not a continued story, but a continuation of short stories by a single author. AND THE AUTHOR? O. Henry (Sidney Porter) needs no introduction. He is America's Greatest Short Story Writer; admired and entertaining to more American readers than perhaps any other American author.

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INFORMATION FOR FARMERS AND ORCHARDISTS

WeUrof Oats ha this dreadful disease and that at harvest their will be a loss of from 10 to 40 per cent in yield as compared to the healthy fields, the seed of which has been treated with formaldehyde and the smut eradicated. So prealent is smut in oats and wheat that in the federal grades a special class is made for smutted Krain. Tho commission men on the boards of trade after takinp onelook at the sample, take a double handful and bury their nose in it to detect the smutty odor, and you can't fool the buyers, cither. . They Inspect as much with their nose as they do with their eyesight. And the loss is all charged back to the careless farmer who has not treated his seed prain. $160. The standard of animals bought is far above that normally bought by the average individual owner of a bull. The average investment per cow after forming the bull association was I3.S6. while the average investment to each farmer in the association was $24.61. These amounts give him in return eight ears' service of excellent Jersey bulls. Some of the heifer stock are now yearling and older and to avoid inbreeding the interchange of bulls from one block to another takes place every two years. The tirst Interchange of bulls in the Henry County association is to be made this September. The future of the Jersey breeders of Henry county is brightening. The heifers sired by the association bulls will replace the poorer cows in the herds. Occasional pure bred females are being bought to replace grade cows. The new crop of better bred heiter calves is pleasing not alone to their owners, but is attracting the interest of the neighbors who would not enter the association when it was organized. A Jersey Breeders' association Is being planned in Henry county and interest in a cow testing association is developing rapidly. The Henry County Bull association was tho tirst of its kind in Indiana, but six other dairy communities in different parts of the state have already united their efforts for purchasing good bulls on the association plan.

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DEPLETION OF FORESTS CAUSES PAPER SHORTAGE Forest Service Bureau Makes Report to Senate Committee. WASHINGTON. July 1. The fundamental cause for the present shortage of newsprint paper is the serious depletion of the forests of the northeastern and Lake states, where there Is an overdevelopment of the pulp and paper industries, according to a report to the senate by the Forest service, United States department of agriculture, in response to a request for information on timt er depletion, prices, exports, and ownership. The report, which has recently been made public, is one of the most comprehensive ever prepared dealing with the lumber resources of the nation. Since the requirements of paper making restrict the kinds of wood that can be advantageously used in making newsprint, lour species spruce, hemlock, balsam and poplar supplied S5 per cent of the total amount manufactured in 1917, according to the report. The occurence of these species chiefly in the I-ake states and New England has led to the over-centralization of the paper-making industry th?re, it is stated. Pajing; Penalty for Depiction. Until recently, when abnormal demands, short supplies and resulting high prices led to increased newsI rint production .through the utilization of plants designed for and formerly used in making other kinds of paper, there has been no expansion in the newsprint industry in the the United States since 1003, and we have had to import large quantities of pulpwood and paper, the report points out. The demand, however, has greatly increased and because of tho excessive depletion of our own resources this country is nowdependent upon foreign sources for two-thirds of its newsprint or its raw material. Even with the imports the supply has been far short of the needs of tho newspapers of the country in the past two years. The contract price has increased more than 2 00 per cent while the spot market prices are Ö00 per cent more than in 1915. "Prior to the war," says the report, "the larger newspapers secured all or practically all of their supplies under contract, and a relatively small percentage of the total newsprint consumption was handled on a spot market basis. Iuring the last year the larger papers have found It increasingly difficult to secure all of their supplies under contract and have been forced to secure the remainder in the open mar

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ket. It is in the open market that the full effect of competition for inadequate supplies is chwn and this Is reflected in the much higher prices. Small Pnrs StifTcr Most. "Unfortunately it is upon th spot market that the smaller newspapers, least able to increase returns by increasing advertising and raising their subscription rates, must depend." The result has 1 eon that many of these small papers have been forced to curtail their issues and have had the greatest difficulty in securing enough newsprint to continue publication. It has been possible for the lumber interests to remove to more remote timber lands as forests have been cut away, but the heavy investment required for paper plants have made It Impossible for the paper industry to secure their supplies of wood from increasing distances. Spruce from Minnesota and

; Canada, for example, is being hauled from 7 00 to 12 00 miles to paper mills in Wisconsin. The timber is going fast, the report says. It is reported that in New York, where nearly 00 per cent of our newsprint is produced, 60 per cent of the pulp and paper mills have absolutely no timber supplies of their own. For these mills there seems to be no other prospect than to close down in a comparatively few years. In New Hampshire the coniferous pulpwood has been heavily cut and 10 or 12 years will see the end of the supply. Aside from the state preserve in New York, in which no cuttting is allowed, the bulk of the coniferous pulpwood in the east is located in Maine. One company has enough timber for 4 0 to ;0 years, but there are about 15 companies which have no lands of their own and which will have difficulty in purchasing material within 10 years. In general, the pulp and paper mills of the northeast are becoming more and more dependent upon Canadian wood. Such dependence, the report points out. is extremely dangerous. The Canadian provinces have prohibited the export of pulpwood from crown land?, which form a very considerable part of the timber lands in eastern and western Canada. On the whole the situation of the newsprint industry in the eastern United States is very unfavorable and there is little chance of its becoming better, the report states. The enly things that can assure production of even approximate domestic requirements are concerted effort to increase the production of pulpwoods in the northeast and the development of the newsprint industry' in the west and Alaska. Alaska Offers Relief. The timber on the Toncass National forest in Alaska is said by the report to he of particular importance in connection with the newsprint situation. It is estimated that there are about 70 billion board feet of Sitka spruce and western hemlock well suited for paper making. The timber is located in a comparatively narrow belt along 12.000 miles or more of coast line. Water power is

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Other features running in THE NEWS-TIMES ARE: The Helen Rowland articles (Sundays) ; Through a Widow's Lorgnette Mrs. Solomon Says As a Woman Thinketh Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Kin Hubbard's cartooned short story "Revelations of a Wife" (daily) by Adele Garrison. Winifred Black's articles (daily.) M ore Truth Than Poetry a daily poem by James J. Montague. What's in a Name (daily) by Mildred Marshall. And frequent snappy, short articles by William H. Alburn, Arthur Reid, Max Trufax, Louise Alleman, Marie Atherson, Harriman Clews, Irving West, Markham Thurston and Lyle Fremont. This aside from the current run of local and telegraphic news always up to date and sundry feature articles of a local nature. YOU WILL WANT TO FOLLOW O. HENRY. YOU WILL WANT TO FOLLOW HELEN ROWLAND. YOU WILL WANT TO FOLLOW THE REST OF THEM. FOLLOW US.

available as i also deep water transportation from numerous mill sites. "It is estimated that the cut from this region alone will insure a perpetual supply large enough to meet one-half of the present newsprint requirements of the United States. Alaska is one of the center to w hich the newsprint Industry of the United States should look for a large future development. The same is true cf other centers in the west, where immense resources of pulpwood supply are now almost wholly undeveloped. Much of this timber is in the National forests." To bring f.bout promptly the development of the pulp and paper industry' in new regions of abundant timber supplies, the report recommends a comprehensive survey of to furnish exact. Information upon the stand and location of suitable and other needed data.

WATCH LATE POTATO PATCH TO STOP BUGS Do not let potato bugs destroy your crop this year, is the warning issued today by F. C. Gaylord, of the horticultural extension staff of Purdue university. It requires only a few days for these pests to destroy the young potato leaves so they should be controlled as early as possible before they have injured the foliage to any extent. The young that hatch from the eggs will do even more damage than the adults. As soon as the plants are a few inches high, spray them thoroughly with powdered arsenate of lend, at tho rate of two pounds to 50 gallons of water, or for the small garden 10 level teaspoonsful of the arsenate to one gallon of water. Paris green may be used instead of lead arsenate, at the rate of one pound to 50 gallons, one teaspoonful to a gallon of water, also adding three or four times as much lime as Paris Green to prevent burning of the leaves. Eead arsenate is preferred because it sticks to the foliage better and is somewhat cheaper. Spraying should be repeated when necessary, o: generally every two weeks through most of the season. If started early tho "bugs" will be easier controlled and a smaller number of sprays necessary. If arsenate of lead and nicotine sulphate are added to Bordeaux Mixture, the one combined spray will control fungous diseases, plant lice and chewing insects. Get Married Sunday! $50.00 In Cold will couple offering to get Sunday afternoon at dens Land Sale. Free Cars at 2:10 P be given any married next Portage GarM. will leave Northern Indiana Interurban Waiting Room, corner Washington avc. and Michigan street, and stop for passengers along Washington avc. The publi? Invited. Come and bring your friends. Beautiful Oarden Iots One Dollar down, then 75c a week. C. X. Lodge & Co.. Leading Home Makers. America's !0 Farmers Trust Bldg. Phone Open 8 A. M. to 8 P, Lincoln M. r o O i O u. Phone us in tor a gold. wedding present of $50.00

CROP REPORT OF STATE SERYICE

Corn Acreage For Year if One Percent Less Than Last Year. Thfl oT.cial crop report of th j co-operative crop reporting service for Indiana, issued today, shows tho ' corn acreage to be 1 per cent less than last year, with an indicated production of nearly G.000.0C0 bushels less than the I'.nal estimate for 1919. The estimated wheat crop for this year Is more- than 2",OCO,000 bushels less than last year and rye shows a falling off of 262.000 bushels Oats show an increase of 1.612,000 bushels. The report follows: "In some counties the corn acreage has been considerably increased, especially in the northern part of the state, where many wheat f.elds were abandoned late in Mnv. Swmn of the southern counties, however. I show quite a large decrease; this i is due principally to floods and rains during May and June. The total nni

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acre and is 1 r" r nt thn c3 r. The ennditior f-r Th state M per ren t f ncrmal and indicates .. production of 1 " . s . r bushe; compared with I 7 ' . 7 T. m g o harvest ! last year. There is a gool stand of thrifty plants and the c"!or is p d wl'h practically all f.eMs f.-e.-. ,f wee-i s. With contlr.u -d f iv weather conditions the crop sr.ou'. show quite an Improvement by A :cust 1. In a fw c ounties hail and ;n -s-cts have damaged the crop a' 1 diseases wcro reported in a fvw localities. Wheat Condition. Winter wheat conditions nt n pood as last month b 1 point, h.-mg 60 per cent cf normal and inducing a total production of ZP.'4 .-" 0 bushel, compared with 4. 7 ::.'""' bushel harvested last year. In the north part of tho state th crop :s practically a failure in son o v. Cities owing to the nv.ii' of tho Hessian t'.y. although co!i-!r.iV :t was killed rv sleet storms irlv in the spring. Practically a'.l the easos an 1 insects Known to can-. 10 the wheat crop have been at v.-.-r this voir. Try XEITS-TIMES Want Ads

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