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PAGE SIX
News Notes From
Four Counties
(Continued from page 3)
thief had removed the plates and re
placed them with plates stolen from
the car of A. Max, of near Ayres
ville, in Defiance county.
Sheriff Potts said a car owned
by Roy Heyd, Columbus Grove, was
stolen less than a half mile from
the scene of the accident in which
Babcock’s car was wrecked. Now
the officers are looking for Heyd’s
car and an additional set of plates
which were on the Babcock automo
bile when it was stolen Dec. 29 from
his garage.
Putnam Has Biggest
Vote Turnover
From the official figures published
in the Cincinnati Enquirer Sunday,
Putnam County made the biggest
turnover of any county on the state
in the November election.
According to statistics Putnam
county showed a change of 109 votes
to the precinct, which was the high
est in Ohio. This is of course un
precedented, annd we doubt if a
bigger uprising took place in the
United States.
Hanefeld Gets New
Post
Following the Republican land
slide in November, it was freely pre
dictr that Commissioner of Agri
culture Earl Hanefeld, of Ottawa,
was through. Having held office for
the past eight year, and with the
enemy holding the key posts after
January 9, it was thought Mr. Hane
feld’s political career had ended.
Last week he was named head of
the states activities at the New York
World’s Fair as a parting gift from
Governor Davey. The sum of $50,
000 has been appropriated for Ohio’s
representation, and it is thought
that much more will be necessary.
Mr. Hanefeld will run the show.
Has Had Same Car
22 Years
Ninety-four year old Richard
Campbell, Columbus Grove, still
drives his 22-year-old car and re
ports never having had an accident.
Mr. Campbell has been driving for
26 years, learning to operate a car
when he was 68.
Fair Society Ends
Year With $198
The Putnam County Agricultural
society, sponsoring organization of
the annual Putnam county fair,
closed its books for 1938 with a
cash balance of 198.89, President
Edward Eickholt and Secretary
ORDER
Your chicks now, so you
will get them when
wanted.
Coal Oil and Electric
Brooders on Hand
All Kinds Poultry Supplies
and Feed
Bluffton
Hatchery Co.
Public Sale
Joseph Bricker stated this wreek.
Listed on the other side of the
ledger, however, were improvements
during the year which aggregated
in cost $2,776.93.
The board opened 1938 with a
cash balance of $352.60 and spent
$15,841.42.
Admissions to this year’s fair ag
gregated $6,447.75 of which $6,056.50
w’ere collected during daylight opera
tion of the agricultural show and
$347.75 was received at night. Autos
netted $43.50.
Guy Mayberry Has
Best Corn
When the 26th midwinter fair at
Columbus Grove ended, Guy May
berry, farmer of Columbus Grove,
Route 2, had won the hybrid cham
pionship. Ten years of his hybrid
corn w’ere found to be better than
that of other farmers w'ho competed.
Mayberry’s corn w’as grown in Mon
roe township, Putnam county, and
it yielded 125 bushels to an acre. It
was harvested on Sept. 30.
Large Truck Runs
In River
Two truck drivers escaped serious
injury Friday when their large,
heavily-loaded truck and semi-trailer
left the road and rolled dowm a
steep embankment into the Blanch
ard river, 11 miles west of Findlay,
on Route 224.
The cargo consisted of 17,000
pounds of strip steel and $4,000
w’orth of merchandise including a
quantity of aluminum ware. Carl
White, 42, of Graytown, owner, was
asleep at the time of the accident,
received bruises and Harry L. Fen
nell, 22, driver, was uninjured.
Fennell said he sw’erved from the
road to avoid a crash with an auto
which was coming from the oppo
site direction on the wrong side of
the road.
High School Youths
Capture Silver Fox
Two Bluffton High students who
have taken up trapping as an avo
cation for the wdnter last Friday
afternoon found a handsome silver
fox alive in one of their steel traps
on the Oliver Locher farm, one
half mile northw’est of town.
The youthful trappers are James
Martin, a sophomore, and Aldine
Weiss, a junior.
The fox was killed by the boys
Saturday morning, and its pelt will
be sold. Trapping the valuable ani
mal brought unexpected success to
the youths, altho it is known that a
few foxes in the past have escaped
from the Bluffton silver fox farm
at the edge of towm.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Rich
land Township Farmers Mutual In
surance Association will be held Sat
urday, January 14, 1939 at 1 p. m.
at the township room, Bluffton, Ohio,
for the purpose of electing officers
and to transact any other business
which may properly come before the
meeting. Every member is earnestly
requested to attend.
The undersigned as administrator of the estate of the
late Emanuel Bishop, deceased, will offer at public sale on
the Emanuel Bishop farm 6 miles south and mile east I
of Rawson, Ohio, or 1 mile south and 7 miles east of a
Bluffton, Ohio
Wednesday, Jan. 251
at 1:00 P.M.
The following property:
3 HEAD OF CATTLE—Guernsey cow, 5 yrs. old, fresh
six weeks 2 Guernsey heifers, will freshen in April.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
Deering mower, 5 ft. cut McCormick-Deering hay
tedder, like new Superior 10-hole grain drill Gearless hay
loader Oliver breaking plow, like new Oliver walking
plow McCormick-Deering corn plow, like new spring tooth
harrow 2 spike tooth harrows land roller dump rake
wooden float 5 shovel plow double shovel plow Turnbull
wagon with box wagon box engine bed set of hay lad
ders 2 sets work harness 50 gal. hog fountain 2 grind
stones emery wheel 3 log chains 1000 lb. platform
scales seed sower Anker-Holth cream separator 50 gal.
gas tank iron kettle garden tools and hand tools too num
erous to mention.
FEED AND GRAIN
200 bushels yellow corn 12 tons mixed hay.
TERMS OF SALE—CASH.
Thrapp & Warren, Aucts.
Clerk from Citizens National Bank.
Henry Gratz, Sec. 36
Study of w’eather records over long
periods in the past indicate that the
chances for drough are less than they
have been for some years past. The
United States Weather Bureau warns
against too much optimism but be
lieves more rainfall is indicated for
the next few years than has fallen
during the drouth period.
Fred Boutwell
Adm. Estate of Emanuel Bishop, deceased.
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Mrs. F. C. Marshall and Mrs. P.
D. Bixel were Friday evening guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Lugibihl in Beaverdam.
Batrice, Richard and Margery Cupp
in company with Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Richardson of Rudolph, motored to
Ann Arbor, Sunday where they spent
the day with Mrs. Walter Cupp who is
a patient in University hospital.
Miss Mary Donaldson spent the
past week with her parents in Pan
dora and relatives in Toledo.
Mrs. Emma Studler of Bluffton was
a Saturday afternoon caller in the
homes of Water and Orlo Marshall.
The January clearance sale is on
at The Lape Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Darril Schoonover,
have been tenants on the D. C. Camp
bell farm the past year, moved last
Wednesday to a farm near London,
where he is imployed by Leroy Roude
bush.
Mrs. Will Risser of Pandora is
spending several weeks in the home
of Walter Cupp and family during
Mrs. Cupp’s absence.
Several Hybrid corn raisers in the
community attended the hybrid corn
school in Columbus the past week.
Mrs. Guy Mayberry accompanied Mr.
Mayberry and D. C. Campbell as far
as Marysville, Thursday where she
spent the day with her sister, Mrs.
W. J. Porter.
Mrs. W. E. Marshall atteded a meet
ing of the 1938 Past Matrons club of
District No. 8, O. E. S., which met in
the home of Mrs. Laura Cocheran in
Spencerville last Friday. Fifteen
members responded to roll call and a
delightful social meeting was enjoyed
with a luncheon at the noon hour.
The C. E. held their meeting Sun
day evening in the home of Mary
Jane, Nancy and Franklin Mayberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall enter
tained Mrs. William Basinger and
Miss Elizabeth Risser of near Pan
dora at dinner Sunday in honor of
the eighty-sixth birthday anniversary
of Mrs. M. E. Krohn. Mrs. Krohn
who has been bedfast for a couple
of months is now able to be up part
of the time.
Mrs. Herbert Marshall will be host
ess to the Profit and Pleasure Club,
Wednesday afternoon of next week.
The following program has been plan
ned: Roll call, your favorite Picture
Made in Sweden, Mrs. Beatrice Ander
son Made in France, Mrs. Hazelie
Campbell Made in Germany-Austria,
Mrs. Rhoda Althaus Made in Russia,
Mrs. Mary Begg Music, Mrs. Esther
Begg.
Members of the local M. E. church
have been attending revival services
at the M. E. church in Beaverdam
the past week and assisting with
special numbers of music.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Basinger of
near Bluffton spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Amstutz.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Badertscher and
daughter Doris Jean were Sunday af
ternoon callers in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wiliam Althaus.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Marshall were
business callers in Columbus, Thurs
day and Friday of last week.
The January clearance sale is on
at The Lape Co.
Miss Vinnie Meeks entertained at
supper last Wednesday evening, Mr.
and Mrs. Verne McPherson of Lima
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom White and
family.
Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Schultz of
Bluffton were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. William Althaus and
family.
Mrs. Taylor of Columbus Grove and
Mrs. Hazel Harp of Fostoria spent
the week end with Mrs. Charles Van
Meter.
The Misses Carrie and Rose Frank
houser were Thursday dinner guests
of the Misses Irene and Dorothy
Augsburger.
Messrs Clarence, Edgar and Law
rence Begg, William Stephens, Her
bert Marshall, Sr., and Herbert Mar­
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Mrs. Alfred Grubbs was a Sunday
afternoon caller on Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Altman.
Mr. and Mrs. George Oman and
family of Jenera were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Will
eby and faimly. Afternoon callers
were Mr. and Mrs. She rick and fam
ly of Fostoria and Mr. and Mrs. Don
ird Robert of Findlay.
Wilbur Huffman of Lorain was a
Sunday caller on Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Miller.
Ed Smith of Findlay was a Sunday
dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Long
and Maria Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman of
Findlay were Monday afternoon call
ers on Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith and
family.
Elrose
Mrs. M. J. Stratton and Miss Flo
Stratton spent Sunday afternoon at
he John Battles home.
Lawrence Elzay, whose funeral was
held in Lima, Saturday was a former
resident of this community. He grew
to manhood here and was the young
est member of the Wm. Elzay family
of eight children, all of whom are left
to mourn the loss of a brother.
The Howard Benroth family were
guests tat the Purl Hartman home,
Sunday.
The January clearance sale is on
at The Lape Co.
Walter W’illiamson of Detroit spent
Wednesday night and Thursday at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. Williamson.
Mrs. Lucinda Koontz ,Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Koontz and sons Richard, Rus
sell and Raymond nd Cliff attended
a birthday celebration at the Wm.
Marquart home in Eagle township.
The occasion was honoring the birth
day of Mrs. Marquart.
Hiram Elzay and Mrs. Grace Van
atta of Hardin county and N. R. Elzay
and Russell Elzay left Sunday morn
ing for Detroit, after having received
word of the serious illness of Wilbert
Elzay of Detroit.
Union prayer services at Olive
Branch, Thursday evening.
The Wright Kli ngler family spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Huber.
The Y. P. M. of Bethesda will
meet with Miss 1lessie Arnold, Fri
day evening.
Callers at the Ami Nonnamaker
home last week i deluded the follow
ing: Mrs. Bertha Hartman, Mrs. Ber
nice Klingler, Jack and Howard Kling
ler, John and Fem Koch, Howard and
Dean Nonnamaker.
The Missionary society of Bethesda
will meet with Mrs. Beulah Hamilton,
Wednesday, January 11.
The Ray Kern family spent Monday
evening at the A. J. Nonnamaker and
Anna Koontz home.
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shall, Jr., D. C. Campbell and| Guy
Mayberry were amor from
this vicinity who attended the Hybrid
corn school in Columbus, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Garmotter of Raw
son were Sunday afternoon guests of
Mrs. Eugene Tscheigg.
Miss Vinnie Meeks spent Sunday
with her sisters, Mrs. Schaublin and
Mrs. Eva Kohli in Bluffton.
Rawson
Ruth Yuckenberg entertained the
following boys who celebrated birth
days last week: Jack Dean Romick,
whose birthday was January 2, Joe
Thomas, January 4 Charles and Fred
Farling, January 6, and Russell Went
worth, January’ 9.
Mrs. George Brothers and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Brothers of Lima were Sun
day afteroon callers on Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Long and Maria Smith.
Mrs. Alfred Grubbs and son Eugene
were Sunday afternoon callers on Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Smith and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley House were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Miller and family.
Ramsower to Broad
cast Farmers'
Week Invitation
On Farm Night Radio Program
Of WOSU, Monday, Jan.
16, Dial 570 Kc.
8:00—Music and announcement of
program.
8:05—4-H Club Crops and Soils Proj
ects, E. P. Reed, Extension
Soil Conservationist.
8:15—Beautifying Farmsteads, group
discussion led by L. B. Fidler,
Agri. Edu. Dept.
8:25—Columbus Chamber Orchestra.
8:35—The Treasures of the Snow,
H. E. Eswine, Naturalist.
8:45—Farmers’ Week Program for
Rural Homemakers, Nellie
Watts, Asst. State Home Dem
onstration Leader.
8:55—Columbus Chamber Orchestra.
9:05—Invitation to Farmers’ Week,
H. C. Ramsower, Director,
Ohio Agri. Extension Service.
9:15—What the World’s Poultry
Congress Means to Hatchery
men and Breeders, G. S. Vick
ers, Sec’y. Ohio Poultry Im
provement Assn.
9:25—Ohio’s Farm Timber Lands, F.
W. Dean, Extension Forester.
9:35—Columbus Chamber Orchestra.
January 23
No Farm Night Program. Broad
cast of Michigan-Ohio State basket
ball game.
Ohio Cows Resolve
To Keep Old Habits
Many Ohio cows which failed to
see a pasture improvement program
on their owners’ Christmas trees took
time out New Years to reaffirm their
old resolution to spend their days
next summer wearing their legs
down to their hocks searching for
feed and to report at the barn each
evening with a half portion of milk,
according to D. R. Dodd, extension
specialist in agronomy, Ohio State
University.
The resolution of the cows is ex
pected to be confirmed by beef cattle
and sheep, which will register their
disappointment by shortweighting
their owners when he sells meat or
wool. Horses do not get much
chance to join the campaign because
they are fed in the barn when their
jaunts in the pasture leave them with
gaunt middles and sore feet.
The man who trained a cow to eat
sawdust while she was wearing green
spectacles kept reducing the amount
of sawdust until the cow was living
on faith. About the time the owner
started to celebrate with the money
saved by his new feeding method, the
cow became non-cooperative and
died. Her departure was not the
most melancholy thing in the world
because she at least rested while she
starved.
Not all Ohio cows joined in the
New Year’s resolution. Several dis
senting groups are formulating plans
to permit them a more efficient use
of their time in the pasture fields. A
few herds tried to make a deal with
fireflies to light up the pasture fields
nights but the fireflies declined be
cause the short grass keeps them
flying so close to the ground that
the dust stirred up gives them
asthma.
One red herd thought a sit-down
strike would get results but a little
figuring about the temperature of
sunbaked bare land ended that
threat. A few herds petitioned their
owners to equip milking stools with
wheels so the milking could be done
while the cow continued to forage.
Mr. Dodd says these suggestions
by the cows are ridiculous, but the
cows put in the countercharge that
it is not very smart to compel them
to devote so much of their time to
hunting grass that they are able to
prbduce only an average of 175
pounds of butterfat a year. The
cows argue that a half pound of but
terfat a day is worth only about 15
cents at present prices and that
amount is hardly enough to pay for
the wear and tear on the pasture
fences.
The outcome of the controversy be
tween the cows and their owners
cannot be foreseen. Many of the
owners believe that if the cows
would stop thinking about lime, fer
tilizer, and white clover, the present
pastures would produce more grass
if we have more rain. The cows
admit that rain would increase the
contents of the milk bucket if it
rains hard enough and the milking is
done outdoors.
Ohio Woods Furnish
Lots of Good Fuel
Ohio woodlots still produce about
1,500,000 standard cords of wood used
at home for fuel, and each cord of
seasoned hardwood is equal in heating
value to a ton of coal, according to F.
W. Dean, extension forester, Ohio
State University.
City fireplaces also furnish markets
for wood because many people get real
enjoyment as well as warmth from a
wood fire. Mr. Dean rates hickory,
beech, hard maple, ash, and oak as
the best woods for fuel. A pile of any
of those wood, four feet by four feet
by eight feet, will provide as much
heat as a ton of coal.
Green wood contains from 20 to 30
per cent more moisture than dry wood.
In burning unseasoned wood, part of
the heat is required to turn the moist
ure into steam so it is considerably less
efficient as fuel than the same volume
of dry wood.
Th University forester says it is not
necessary to cut the best trees to get
excellent firewood. Selective cutting
of forked or crooked trees will pro
vide as good firewood as straight trees
which will mature later to furnish val
uable lumber. Woodlot thinnings pro
vide fuel and give the trees left a bet
ter opportunity for rapid growth.
Ironwood and water beech which are
of little value for timber make good
fuel. Tops, if worked into fuel as soon
after the logs have been cut, make ex
cellent firewood. Species of trees oth
er than those named make good wood
although they are not as valuable
sources as those listed.
Fruit Growers Meet
During Farmers' Week
Farmer’s Week at Ohio State uni
versity has again been selected as
the time for the annual meeting of
the Ohio State Horticultural Society
January 30 to February 1, and pres
ident Harry W. Lutz, Carroll, urg
es members of the organization and
all other fruit grow’ers to sit in on
the sessions.
The program has been arranged so
the horticultural topics occupy the
hours from 9 to 3, then a recess to
attend the lecture at 4 o’clock on the
general program, and another meeting
for horticulturists in the evening on
Monday and Tuesday. The annual
banquet has been set for 6:30 Tues
day night.
While most of the three days will be
devoted to discussions of Ohio prob
lems, there will be reports from Ohio
delegates who have attended organi
zation meetings in other states or who
have visited other fruit districts. On
Wednesday afternoon, there will be a
joint session with the Ohio Vegetable
Growers Association.
Reports on horticultural w’ork done
in Indiana. New’ York, and other fruit
sections will be made by G. E. Mar
shall and F. C. Gaylord, both from
Purdue University H. B. Tukey, Ge
neva, New York Experiment Station
and W. G. Meal, Fruit and Vegetable
Division, United States Department of
Agriculture. Question box periods on
the program each day will permit
growers to discuss individual problems
with research men and with other
growers who may have corrected sim
ilar troubles.
This year’s schedule of discussions
puts a lot of emphasis on methods of
improving fruit quality, storage prob
lems and marketing. The latest news
on insects and disease control is part
of the quality production program
and attention is given to ways of im
proving fruit coloration.
M. L. Mantle, Painesville, will make
NAME No. o:
Pigs
Mark Eibling
(Fed Old Fort)
Robert Kahler
(Fed Old Fort)
Paul Kraft
(Fed Home Mix) 12 2464
Dwight Minter
(Fed Feed “B”)
THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1939
a report on the activities of the Ohio
Apple Institute, Wednesday morning.
L. L. Rummeii, Columbus, Ohio Retail
Merchants Association, will explain
some of the demands made by consu
mers of fruit w’hen they visit retail
stores, and also will tell of the efforts
merchants make to meet those de
mands.
I. P. Lewis, Waterford Ralph Var
ian, East Canton Clarence Ochs, Lan
caster and W. H. Mantle, Salem, will
add practical experiences to the pro
gram of research and extension work
given by staff members of the Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station and
Ohio State University. Students at
the University will stage a fruit show
in which the exhibits will be on dis
play in the Horticulture Building all
five days of Farmers’ Week.
Good crop rotations protect the
soil, provide enough roughage for
livestock, supply grain, distribute la
bor requirements, provide several
sources of income, and assures a fair
annual income unless uncontrollable
economic conditions make this im
possible.
War and Lawsuits are
much alike: The Winner
always loses The Loser is
often financially ruined
Delegate the defense of
Lawsuits and the Payment
of Judgments resulting
from accidents by insuring
your car in the Aetna and
save home and earnings.
Aetna-ize with
S. P. HERR
Phone 363-W
For Vigor and Health—
include meat in your menu.
Always ready to serve you.
Bigler Bros.
Fresh and Salt Meats
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Local and Long Distance
HAULING
See us for all kinds of hauling. Every load is insured
against loss or damage. Rates reasonable.
STAGER BROS.
Authorized by Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
4-H Club Ton Litters In Less Than 6
Months Raised On Old Fort 40%
Hog Mix.
The following record, which speaks for itself, is re
ported by Mr. C. D. Hoover, Teacher of Vocational Agri
culture for the Dola, Ohio High School 4-H Club:
Average
Daily
Gain
Final
Weight
lbs. feed
per lb.
pork
Age in
Days
12 2002 149 1.34 3.01 $3.64
8 2044 174 1.46 3.24 $3.72
Cost
per cwt.
pork
180 1.27 4.25 $4.10
10 2140 175 1.22 4.45 $6.06
The cost per cwt. for pork produced will be lower if
fed 40% Hog mix and the average daily gain will be
greater. You too can make better Pork Profits by feeding
40% Hog mix. The above proves that you have to feed a
protein feed to make the gains. Start feeding 40% Hog
mix today and increase your farm income.
The Bluffton Milling Co.
Bluffton, Ohio
WANTED DEAD STOCK
We Pay Top Prices
HORSES $1.00 COWS $1.00
Small Stock Removed Free of Charge
QUICK SERVICE
Phone MAIN 475 Findlay, Reverse Charges
BUCKEYE REDUCTION CO.
Findlay, Ohio