The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 July 1964 — Page 3

THE DAILY BANNER

GREENCASTU, INDIANA

FRIDAY, JULY SI, 1964

Many Mules On Farms In 1852 It has often been said that “you have to be some kind of jackass to go into farming nowadays,” so that must mean, if ja true statement, that there are •a great number of them in Putiiam County today. However, *as the following section from 4he 1852 Indiana State Board i)f Agriculture Report indicates, There were many more of these animals in our county at that jtime than in 1964: ■ Mules—The subject of mule Raising in the county of Putmam has. perhaps, received a iigher degree of attention than That of any other species of Tstock. except cattle. The num--ber largely increases every Jrear; and perhaps a higher de“gree of interest prevails at present with regard to the raising of fine mules for market.

than at any former period. A colt at weaning time will sell I very readily for forty-five dol1 lars. The usual price paid for one year old mules is seventy dollars. But few of our farmers keep them on hand longer than twelve or eighteen months. They usually dispose of them to dealers at the end of one year. Mules are much easier raised than horses, being a more hardy animal. They also require less food. A yearling mule will usually sell for 20 dollars more than a one year old horse. Jacks are worth from six to 800 dollars. The money de. rived from the sale of mules is beginning to make a considerable item in the way of export.

Hit By Quake

MANAGUA, Nicaragua UPI —A strong earth tremor shook Nicaragua Thursday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.

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Juana Castro Is Granted Asylum MEXICO CITY UPI —The Mexican government granted political asylum to Juana Castro. sister of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. The government said that Miss Castro, who denounced her brother for handing Cuba over to the Communists, must refrain from any political activity or "agitation” while in Mexico. It said she had met the legal requirements for asylum, which include evidence that the person’s life would be endangered if she returned to her homeland. Miss Castro. 32, has been in virtual hiding since defecting last month, apparently fearing retaliation from her brother. She officially applied for asylum this week. Shortly after defecting, Miss Castro gave a television interview in whch she said her brother had turned Cuba into an ‘immense prison.”

Accepts Border JERUSALEM, Israel UPI — Premier Levi Eshkol said that the Oder-Neisse border between West Germany and Poland must be accepted as “fact and a permanent solution since any charge would undermine the peace.”

Pasture Tips

If you feed steers on pasture this summer, here are some tips on good practices: (1) Start with 600 to 700pound animals grading good to choice in medium flesh. Wait until grass is 4 to 6 inches in growth, then stock pastures at 1^4 to 2 times normal rate; one steer per acre is good rule of thumb. (2) Implant the steers with two 12-milligram pellets of stilbestrol for a faster rate-of-gain. (3) Keep cattle on grass alone for 50 to 60 days after starting, or until pasture growth slows visibly. Then bring in self-feeders, allowing six inches of feeder space per steer, or about 10 feet for 20 steers. Start them on a mixture of 40 per cent ground corn cobs and 60 per cent ground corn. After first week, fed mixture of 20 per cent cobs and 80 per cent corn, which is the same as ground ear com. (4) At start of third week, feed ground ear corn unless pasture is predominantly legumes; if the latter is true, continue to feed cobs. (5) Leave cattle on pasture and self-feeder until they grade high good or low choice.

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Expert Explains Beef Heterosis There is talk these days in beef cattle circles of heterosis— hybrid vigor. J.F. Lasley, University of Missouri professor of animal husbandry. explains heterosis as the amount of improvement in the performance of offspring from crossbreeding as compared to | the average of the purebred parents. Some traits in crossbred ; calves — hybrids — are imj proved quickly, often in a sini gle year or in a single cross, t Lasley points out. Improvement of traits within a breed, through selecting the (best for that trait and mating | the best to the best, is slow and requires several years, Lasley adds. He says the value of heterosis ! in increasing the efficiency of beef cattle production is not fully known at this time. But i he adds, a few experiments I suggest that improvement may I result in some traits when a | systematic crossbreeding program is followed. More information is needed. | | Lasley declares, especially as to ; which traits are improved by heterosis and which are not, how’ much traits are improved, | and the kind of crossbreeding system needed to best utilize i heterosis in beef cattle. To get that information, a beef cattle heterosis research j project has been launched by| the University's Agricultural ! Experiment Station at the' North Missouri Center research farm in Grundy County. Three breeds will be used—J Angus, Herefords. and Charolais. About 72 heifers of each | breed have been purchased, i Nine bulls, three of each breed, | will be used. Each bull will be mated by I artificial insemination to eight j heifers of his breed, and eight i heifers of each of the other two j breeds. Thus, each bull will sire purebred and crossbred calves' within a more accurate measure! of heterosis in the calves, says Lasley.

WASHINGTON; Commerce Secretary Hodges says the federal government will not oppose the efforts of subsidized American steamship lines to diversify ! into other industries. MooreMcCormick Lines had appealed to Hodges for a ruling on the matter after the Maritime Subsidy Board rebuffed its first proposals to reorganize and di versify.

Rain Is Heavy In Some Areas Cool relief from summer heat prevailed from the Great Lakes to New England today

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while Isolated thunder stems popped up in the Midwest and Dixie. Temperatures dipped into the 40’s through Michiagn, upstate New York and parts of New England during the night A cloudburst dumped 5.25 inches of rain at Lake Okoboji. Iowa, in about an hour and a half Thursday night. Nearly 4.50 inches fell just south of Lake Okoboji at MUford. More than an inch of rain drenches Tucson, Ariz., Thursday while Gainesville, Fla., w’as swamped with 3.23 inches in six hours. The Cecil Naval Air Station near Jacksonville, Fla., reported a 1.35-inch rainfall.

Annual Report SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INDIANA State Board of Agriculture For The Year 1852 To the president and Directors of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture. In compliance with the law’ for the encouragement of agriculture in the State of Indiana, the undersigned has the honor to make the following report for the county of Putnam. The society was organized on the 9th day of May. 1851 and on the 8th, 9th and 10th days of October following, the first annual fair w’as held in Greencastle. Previous to this time the subject of agriculture had not received that attention which wtts calculated to enable the farmer to successfully de-

velope the resource* ©< »ho county. A spirit of commendable emulation was wanting, and thus many were content to rear their stock, to plow their lands and sow their grain in their own peculiar good old w’ay, regardless of the teachings of experience. The errors of the old plan of "pick out the small potatoes and keep them for seed,” w’hich was applicable to almost every department of agriculture, is fast being corrected. The organization of the society and the holding of a public fair annually, has awakened a new spirit among the farmers of the county. They now begin to regard the subject and the science of agriculture as one of the most interesting, useful and ennobling pursuits of life. From a state of comparative supineness, a spirit of inquiry and searching investigation has been aroused, and each is more desirous of profiting by the experience and teachings of his more intelligent, successful and accomplished neighbor. Agriculture, as a practical science, begins to present its interesting and useful truths to the inquiring mind, and the golden rewards it freely offers to him who will but devoutly worship at her shrine is a sufficient guaranty that henceforth the subject will receive that increaced attention which its true dignity so justly merits. The various argricultural works, filled with the teachings of experience, begins to find a prominent place in the library of the farmer, and the weekly perusal of one or more

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End of Grocery line In Sight When Lowly Hash Is Whole Menu

When Mrs. Pennyworth serves hash, I know without asking that we won’t eat again until I fork over another bale of grocery money. On my plate I see eveidence that every available morsel of food has benn gathered together and thrown into th* pot. There seems to be no set recipe for hash, because the ingredients vary too much to be standardized. The cook empties the refrigerator and each time she comes up with a different combination of mature meats and vegetables. • Apparently the secret of feeding a man hash arid making him like it lies with the hashmaker. The blending, seasoning and stirring work some sort of a miracle that keeps a man at the table. Of -course this isn’t too much of a trick when the alternative is doing without anything to eat.

I suppose you could say that hash is sort of a kitchen game of chance. It isn’t exactly a controlled dish because the cook turns up the fire and hopes for the best. Every now and then I run into people who do a hash job of handling their money. They scrape it together, stir it into circulation and then expect everything to come out all right in the end. They try this combination and that and sorrow or rejoice, depending upon the outcome. I have found out, however, that there is a standard money recipe that never misses. It is called Full Service Banking and it has been on the menu for years at the Central National Bank. Regardless of the size of your income, there is a Central Money plan which guarantees happy results. (Paid Adv.i.

agricultural or historical papers, gives renewed energy to the laudable spirit already awakened, and adds much to his store of useful, practical knowledge. Such is but a fajnt outline of the happy results produced by the operations of the society; and we have reason

to belive that from year to year increased attention will be given, and additional interest awakened to the best possible manner of sucessfully developing all the various departments of this God’s chosen pursuit for man, until in truth, the "earth shall blossom as the rose.”

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