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Feedlot Erosion
Takes Plant Food
From Farms
Erosion in the winter feeding lot
sometimes is about as important as
erosion on crop land in the summer
time, and the materials washed out
of manure by winter rains may
nullify the feeder’s claim that his
system of livestock farming protects
the productivity of his farm more
than grain raising would.
John A. Slipher, specialist in
agronomy, Ohio State University,
states that the action of rain on
manure may reduce its value from
one
to two dollars per ton in one,
two, or three months. Half of the
nitrogen and two-thirds of the
potash in manure is soluable in
water and will leach away when ex
posed to storms.
Three hundred tons of rain w’ater
fall on a fifth-acre Ohio feeding lot
in four winter months if weather
conditions are normal. If two car
loads of cattle are fed in the lot,
each ton of manure produced will be
washed by a ton of water and one-
Four Ideal Field Speeds
•••16-Mile Road Speed
on
The flexibility of Farmall-H
makes it the right tractor for a
variety of jobs. Farmall-H has
a 5-speed transmission with
four ideal working speeds, and
when equipped with rubber
tires there is a fifth speed of
16 miles an hour.
Your first glance at Farm
all-H shows you handsome new
lines in the famous Farmall red.
But the real thrill comes when
C. F. NISWANDER
McCormick-Deering Dealer Bluffton, Ohio
half of the nutrients and a larger
share of the field value of the ma
nure will disappear.
Protecting the manure from the
two carloads of steers by storing it
under a roof would add $150 to $200
to its value. Manure sheds cost
money so the protection of the
manure will be postponed on many
farms but the loss of nutrients can
be reduced without a storage place
for the manure.
The simplest method of decreasing
the loss is to reduce the size of the
feeding yard. Often, the feed lot
can be reduced to one-quarter or
one-tenth its original size without
crowding the steers. The manure
then will be two or three feet in
depth by spring and will be packed
enough to resist the penetration and
washing of rain.
This is only a makeshift method
to be used until better ways of pro
tecting the manure can be provided.
Many farms already have buildings
which could be converted easily into
winter feeding quarters where nut
rients in the manure would be pro
tected by a roof. Wide driveways in
barns, space idle in winter, space
Rubber
$£
V?
FARMALL
(h)
you put this great new Farmall
through its paces on your farm.
You’ll like the new comfort and
ease of handling and the
way it pulls a plow through any
kind of soil.
Get complete information
about Farmall-H and what it
will do for you. Ask us about
big-size Farmall-M, and
Farmall-A. the "Culti-Viiion*
tractor.
Twenty-fourth Annual
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
December 6,7,8
Bluffton, Ohio
Horses Cattle- Sheep Hogs Poultry Grain Fruit
Domestic Science Fine Arts School Exhibits
SPECIAL FEATURE-Team Pulling Contest
Heavy and Light Draft
Friday, December Sth at 9 m.
Entries Monday, December 4 at the Bluffton News Office
Entries Close Monday, December 4 at 9 P. M.
Premium Lists Now Ready at The Bluffton News Office
Write for Premium List—Address: Harry F. Barnes,
Secretary of Fair, Bluffton, Ohio
vacated by horses when tractors took
over the job, or other places in the
bams may make excellent steer
feeding quarters.
A shed, enclosed on three sides,
which provides the needed 40 square
feet per steer can be built for $8 to
$12 per steer and the protected
manure will return 30 to 40 per cent
annually on the money invested in
construction. The shed also lessens
labor in caring for the steers and
permits hauling manure during the
winter when it would be frozen in
an open lot.
To Tell About Ohio
Farm Short Courses\
On Farm Night Radio Program of
WOSU, Monday, December
4 Dial 570 Kc.
8:00—Music and program preview.
8:05—Fairfield County 4-H Club
Program, members directed by
County Extension Agents.
8:30—Zoar, a Communistic Experi
ment in Ohio, H. E. Eswine, His
torian.
8:40—Bob Deniston at the Organ.
8:50—Interview About Home Demon
stration Work, Miss Minnie Price,
State Home Demonstration Leader,
and George Crane, Ass’t. Dir.,
Ohio Extension Service.
9:00—Bob Deniston at the Organ.
9:05—Short Courses in the College
of Agriculture, T. G. Watson,
Secretary, College of Agriculture.
9:15—Dad’s Christmas Present to
the Boys, D. T. Herrman, Ohio
Coordinator, Soil Conservation
Service.
9:25—Ohio Farm Bureau Chorus.
9:35—Highlights of Annual Ohio
Farm Bureau Meeting, Gilman
Calkins, Editor, Ohio Farm Bureau
News.
9:45—Music.
From records now available, it ap
pears that the first Ohio farmers’
institute was held in Wooster, No
vember 19 and 20, 1880. Michigan
and Indiana preceded the Buckeye
state in this form of extension work.
Ohio State University is sending
Percheron and Belgian horses, sheep,
and swine to the International Live
stock Show at Chicago, December 2
to 9, where it is expected the ribbon
winning records of the University
entries in previous years will be
repeated.
For the week ending October 14,
the index of business activity stood
at the highest level since October 2,
1937. During the week of October
21, further increases occurred in
steel production and in car loadings,
but automobile and electric power
production slowed up.
Economists say higher prices for
farm machinery and building ma
terials may be expected in 1940.
Prices of most fertilizers probably
will rise a little. The relatively
small crop of red clover seed indi
cates a considerably higher price for
1940 than was paid by farmers for
their 1939 seed.
THE BLUFFT01 NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Helen Kibler was granted a year’s
leave of absence from the teaching
staff in order to finish a two years’
course in Ohio State Normal college
at Oxford. Miss Kibler will special
ize in Fourth grade work.
A partial assignment of teachers
in the grades has been made as fol
lows: Eighth grade, John Spangler
seventh grade, Elva Moser sixth
grade, George Woods second grade,
Eunah Temple first grade, Pauline
Garau.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Garau, re
siding at their pleasant home on
South Main street, Bluffton, are
among the few who are privileged to
celebrate a golden wedding anniver
sary. The important event will be
celebrated with home folks next
Friday.
We notice the name of Miss
Eunice Trumbo on the program of
the entertainment given on board
the ship, Carpathia, both in the
grand concert and in the mock trial.
Miss Trumbo is on her way to Pales
tine.
Miss Emma Lora, who made her
home with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Swine
hart, of Gillette, Ark., is visiting
friends here since Sunday.
Rev. R. B. Wilson, of Findlay, who
worked so zealously and so success
fully during the evangelistic cam
paign here closed his labors at the
Presbyterian chun-h last Sunday,
conducting services morning and
evening. At the morning service
forty-six united with the church.
Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Triblehorn, left for Canada, Satur
day, having secured employment with
his uncle, J. W. Trippiehorn at
Chatham, Ont.
Work on the Mam street improve
ment is progressing. The cement
curb is about completed on the south
side of the street from the Bentley
road to the city hall. The Western
Ohio has a number of men busy
placing the street railway into shape.
Rev. J. B. Baer returned from a
visit to his mother, who is in frail
health, in Summerfield, Ill. He also
called on a number of old friends
and occupied the pulpit in place of
their regular pastor, Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Menno Geiger has purchased a
half interest in James Wood’s plumb
ing business, last week. Both youig
men are good mechanics and hustlers
and will no doubt enjoy a good busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Kibele wel
comed their second son at their home
on Lawn avenue, Wednesday fore
noon.
In response to an invitation from
Rudolph Mueller, a number of local
members of the Masonic lodge spent
a very pleasant evening at his com
modious country home on the eastern
edge of town.
Mrs. Eugene Taylor, of Toledo,
and sister, Mrs. Jacob Hilty, of
Carey, returned to their respective
homes Saturday, after spending the
w’eek at the bedside of their father,
Jefferson Bentley, who is very low.
Armine Hermann, of New York
city, arrived ht Tuesday to see his
mother, who is very ill.
Abraham Anututz and wife wel
comed a gir baby at their home
early Monday morning.
Mrs. Frank Eaton left Tuesday for
an extended visit with her son, Ross
A. Eaton at Independence, Kansas.
A. Hauen uh ), Rudolph Meuller,
Dr. H. O. Fr derick and William
Plattner drove over to Kalida, Mon
day, to attend he dedication of the
new Masonic hall at that place.
J. P. Reig .vho spent a week in
Michigan, ha rented a farm in that
state, and will leave here for Ken
dall, Mich., wiih his family, Friday.
The household goods were shipped
the first of the week.
Mrs. Mary hisler’s seventy-sixth
birthday annix.rsary on the 22nd
was remembered by Mrs. F. M. Tay
lor, of El Paso, III., and Mrs. E. L.
Ferrall, of Lafayette, Ind., by send
ing her a pa gg containing beauti
ful cut flowers.
ROCKPORT
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF JUNE 12, 1913
.a
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of October 25, 1906
Dr. C. S. Early and bride, of
Camden, Ark. were in the village
Monday, calling on friends.
Cyrus Marshall, of Chicago, Ill.,
I and Alex Jameson* of near Bluffton,
Pandora
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sutter and
daughters Se and Jeraldine spent
Sunday at Samaria, Michigan, with
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cheney and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Finley of Jef
ferson, Ohio, visited relatives in Pan
dora a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Bixler and fam
ily of Elkhart, Michigan, spent their
Thanksgiving vacation with Mr. Bix
ler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adanf Bix
ler.
Quite a number from Pandora at
tended the football game between
Ohio State and Michigan .Saturday.
Miss Dorothy Swedberg of Belling
ham, Minn, accompanied Miss Helen
Schumacher home from her Thanks-
Henry Leonard has let the con
tract for his new dwelling house on
South Main street. It is to be an
up-to-date bungalow.
A baby boy was welcomed at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Buck
master, Friday evening.
Armine Herrman, a New York
city druggist, is visiting relatives
here since Sunday evening.
Rev. R. C. Townsend, of West
Salem, will preach in the Rockport
Presbyterian church, Sunday morn
ing, and at the Presbyterian church
in Bluffton Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Marshall left
Saturday for Columbus and are at
tending commencement exercises at
Ohio State university. Their son,
Francis, completes a four year course
in the agricultural department.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Albert Balmer and wife welcomed
a baby girl into their home last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Baumgartner, of
Aberdeen, Idaho, welcomed a baby
boy into their home on June 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Steiner, of
Michigan, welcomed a baby girl into
their home last week. Mr. Steiner is
a son of Joe Steiner, of this place.
Abraham Thut, after spending a
week with his son, Reuben of near
Ada, also attending the wedding of
his daughter, Elizabeth, to Peter
Baumgartner, at the same place, has
again returned to his home west of
town.
Rev. Willis Niswander, son of
Philip Niswander, returned from
Northwest Canada, and delivered an
able sermon at the Ebenezer church
last Sunday.
w’ere dinner guests at the White
Haven farm, Tuesday.
Mrs. Jane Crane Whites,* of Macon,
Mo., is at the old Crane homestead
for a visit with her brother and sis
ter, James and Sarah Crane.
A. C. Trumbo, of Muskogee, Ind.
Ty., is enjoying a few days at the
old home, Maplewood, with his
mother and sister. Rev. and Mrs.
E. Layport and son, Edward, and
F. E. Palmer, of Columbus Grove,
were also at the farm for Sunday
dinner.
The new son at J. Clarence Begg’s
has been christened John Edgar
Begg. The little fellow certainly
comes into possession of the John
most honestly since it is the Christ
ian name of his father, both grand
fathers one great-grandfather and
several uncles and cousins.
At the M. E. manse in Columbus
Grove last Tuesday evening occurred
the marriage of Elmer Searafoss,
son of Henry and Barbara Cupp
Searafoss, and Miss Alice Blanche,
youngest daughter of Mrs. Ida Jag
gers, of Monroe Center.
Last Thursday was moving day in
Rockport and such a bustling scene
as the streets presented. When night
came the following changes had
taken place: W. S. Kerlin and wife
were residents of Columbus Grove
Wilbur McClure’s had become part
of Lima John Shull and family, of
Lima, had become new proprietors
of the village store and bakery John
Fullerton’s had taken possession of
their new home on East High street.
Further changes to take place this
week are: E. F. Greenes will move
into the Fullerton property east of
town near the quarry Joseph S.
Parker, of Beaverdam, will come in
to his own house on Main street
while Daniel Kaunkleman and family,
of Michigan, will move on the Geo.
Parker farm, now rented by J. S.
Parker,
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Married Saturday evening, Oct. 13,
at Pandora, Miss Sarah C. Gentz, of
Columbus Grove, and Gusta Basing
er, of Pandora.
Adam and Mrs. Diller, who were
born here over sixty years ago, and
who have lived here ever since, but
who with their sons, Philip and
Homer, and daughter, Barbara, also
their son, Daniel and family, nine in
all, and their daughter Sarah (Mrs.
J. J. Welty) and family, four in all,
and Lena Mollett and two families
from Wauseon, expect to leave for
Phoenix, Arizona, Monday, to make
that place their future home.
giving vacation. Both are attending
Bible school at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Clark and Jack
Osmont were Thursday dinner guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Edwards.
Rev. Armin Steiner left Sunday for
Peoria, Ill., to hold meetings for two
weeks at the East Peroia church.
Mrs. Henry Jansen, w’ho has been with
her mother. Mrs. Joel Lehman the
past few weeks, and Harry Schumach
er went with him to spend a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schumacher
and daughter. Mrs. Jansen will re
turn to her home in St. Paul, Minn,
from there.
Noah Bixel spent several days wuth
his daughter, Marie and family at
Smithville, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rickley of Col­
umbus Miles and Dorthea Allyn of
Chillicothe were Friday evening
guests at the Clyde Sutter home.
The W. P. A. workers have finished
their work for this fall. The new
sidew’alks and curbing made the town
look very nice.
Dr. Monroe Parker from Bob Jones’
college, Clevland, Tenn., will conduct
a series of two weeks evangelistic
meetings at the Missionary church be
ginning December 3.
The Bluffton College choir of sixty
voices will give a concert in the Grace
Mennonite church, Sunday night at
7:30 o’clock.
News Notes From
Four Counties
(Continued from page 3)
will remain in Ottawa and devote
his time to the Ottawa Missionary
church which he helped establish.
New Grove Theatre
Opens
Final construction of the new
Grove Theatre located on East Syca
more street will be completed the
first of this week and the grand
opening will be Wednesday, Nov. 29.
Bsketball Tourney At
Ottawa
At a meeting of the superintend
ents of the county schools at Ottawa
last week by a vote of 8 to 3 it was
decided that the 1940 county basket
ball tournament would be held in the
Ottawa gymnasium.
The new building, recently com
pleted at the county seat is one of
the finest of its kind in the state.
Tax Collection Is
Higher
County Auditor Carl D. Frick re
cently mailed checks in distribution
of the last-half 1938 duplicate tax
collection to the various sub-division
fiscal officers dividing a total collec
tion of $181,031.50.
Putnam county collected during the
fiscal year, 1938, for the various
sub-divisions and the county govern
ment, a total of $374,460.40 com
pared to $368,616.45 during the year
1938, based on the 1937 duplicate.
$31,941 Judgment Is
Largest
A cognovit judgment for $31,
941.02, believed to be the largest of
its kind ever taken in Putnam Coun
ty Common Pleas Court, was grant
ed the Hancock Brick & Tile Co.
last week by Judge A. A. Slaybaugh
in its action against the Miller City
Tile Co. The judgment was based
on notes issued in 1933 and 1934.
Man Held For Theft
At Fair
Howard Carter of Continental was
THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1939
bound over to Putnam county grand
jury when he pleaded not guilty to
a charge of grand larceny. His
bond was set at $1,000 by Justice O.
J. Schierloh, who heard the case.
Carter was arrested by Sheriff
Potts in connection with the theft of
$95 in small change from a house
car at the county fair. The money
stolen was the property of M. W.
Meyers who was operating a fair
concession.
A fair appraisal of the excessive
pace of destructive farming fixes the
rate of decline in soil productivity in
Ohio at three-fourths of 1 per cent
each year for the past 70 years. Not
all farms have had this loss, some
lost nothing, some lost twice that
amount. The figure expresses the
average loss on all crop land in Ohio.
MEAT CANNING
The Amstutz Cannery
will operate after Novem
ber 1 on Wednesday only
until further notice.
Delicious Canned Peaches
for Sale
AMSTUTZ CANNERY
North of Bluffton on College Rd.
Bluffton Phone 635-Y
Condition your laying flock
with Turners Products.
The remedies that produce
results.
Feed our O. K. or All Pur
pose Concentrates, and fill
your basket with eggs.
THE BLUFFTON
HATCHERY CO.
MR. HOG RAISER
After reading this, then if you
lose hogs with NECRO, FLU and
WORMS, it’s your fault.
GOLD LEAF 1-6-12 TREAT
MENT is stopping losses, winning
where all others fail.
We have many testimonials like
this—it might pay you to do as
this party has done.
Feed Grinding 5c per sack—2 sacks or more
The Bluffton Milling Co.
Findlay Stove and Furnace Repair Co.
We repair cook stoves, heating stoves, heatrolas, and all
makes of furnaces.
We carry a complete line of new parts for every type of
stove. Send card or phone for free estimates.
1301 Washington Ave. Findlay, Ohio Phone 2076-R
FIRE BOWLS GRATES CASTINGS
HAVE YOUR FURNACE CLEANED NOW
WANTED—DEAD STOCK
WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES
Horses §3.00 Cows §2.00
Small Stock removed free of charge.
Quick Service
Telephone Findlay, MAIN 475, Reverse Charges
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
__________________ ‘‘Branch, Fostoria Animal Products, Inc.”
Washington C. H., Ohio.
October 11, 1939.
Gold Leaf Mineral Co..
Lima, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find check for 1,000 lbs. Min
eral. I mast tell you what experience we
had with hogs. Had a bunch that had
been double treated twice and wns still
dieing, had lost 29. So gave them 1-0-12
TREATMENT and lost one since and rest
are going strong.
Hoping for continued success,
Yours,
Mrs. J. .Wilson
See your dealer or drive to our
office and let us stop your losses.
Gold Leaf Mineral Co.
Lima, Ohio
DEPENDABLE FEEDS
THAT PAY
ALL WEEK SPECIALS
32% Dairy Supplement...........................................$2.00
40% Hog Supplement ............................................ 2.70
18% Banner Egg Mash.......................................... 2.10
34% Egg Mash Supplement.................................. 2.85
40% Egg Mash Supplement.................................. 3.10
44% Soy Bean Meal................................................ 1.90
Pure Bran.................................................................. 1.50
Winter Wheat Midds.............................................. 1.60
Meat Scraps .............................................................. 3.35
Tankage .................................................................... 3.35
100 lbs. Fine Salt .................................................... 1.00
Rock Salt ........................................................................ 50
Rabbit Salt, per spool....................................................05
Oyster Shells ..................................................................75