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Optimistic views regarding the nation’s food outlook for the coming year received a jolt last week with release of a crop report from the Department of Agriculture telling of serious delays in spring planting throughout most of the country similar to those experienced in the Bluffton area. Delay In Spring Planting May Reduce Food Supply For Next Fall, Winter In the report, government authori ties acknowledged that hoped-for 1944 acreages no longer can be ex pected because of excessive rainfall, floods and unseasonably cold weather, all of which have critically delayed spring work on farms. Most farm planting is said to be three to four weeks behind schedule, and labor shortages, lack of new equipment and inability to repair some farm machinery are aggravat- ing the situation. This spring’s planting situation, however, is not expected to have much effect on present food dis tribution programs because supplies The News presents another in the series of important but less er known sidelights on South America.—Editor In the forests of a secluded re gion of South America—that of the Upper Parana river, where Brazil and Paraguay meet—there grows a bushy, everygreen tree which pro duces the favorite drink of over ten million people. The tree is the yerba mate plant and the drink, an in fusion of its leaves, bears the same name. Known to the Guarani Indians long before the Spaniards and Portu guese landed in America, the plant and beverage got their present name from the fact that the yerba (herb) was prepared in a dried gourd called mate. The botanical appellation of the tree is Ilex Paraguayensis and its appearance is somewhat like that of holly, with glossy leaves, small flow ers and purplish berries. The height of the tree is between twelve and twenty-six feet and the pickers often MUNSON R. BIXEL, M.D. Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M. 1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M. Office, 118 Cherry St. Phone 120-F Bluffton, O. New Summer STRAWS just in time for Memorial Day at the moment are in excess of demand and storage facilities. A poor crop this summer, however, would result in reduced supplies for the next year, with the curtailment beginning to be felt in the fall. Of ficials concede it would be wise to hold some of the present stock for the future, but they say there is not sufficient storage facilities, par ticularly for perishable foods. Crops that most seriously may be affected by delayed farm work on a nation-wide basis include oats for livestock feeding, corn, cotton, rice, tobacco, beans and vegetables for processing. Yerba Mate—South America’s Tea Is Drunk As Pledge Of Hospitality However, 1944 crop production prospects also have a brighter side. April weather brought an indicated 60,000,000 bushel increase in prospects for this summer’s import ant wheat harvest. Reserve sup plies of wheat virtually have been exhausted and an increase expected in production of wheat this summer will be badly needed. have to climb almost to the very top to strip the leaves. Efforts to cultivate the plant failed during many years due to the fact that the seeds seemed to dry up be fore germination. It was the Jesuits who, by discovering a new method of treating the seeds, made possible the cultivation of yerba mate on a large scale. They intensified this cultivation through the 17th and 18th centuries, but did not divulge their secret meth od which disappeared with them when they were expelled from South America. In recent years, however, large plantations of yerba mate have sprung up both in Brazil and Para guay, while the old method of gath ering the leaves of the wild species growing in the forests still prevails in many regions. The picking and curing of this wild yerba mate is quite a compli cated process. A sort of camp is generally established near the for est and gatherers set out from it to pluck the leaves, carrying with them small axes and provisions. On their way back to the camp they load the product of their day’s work on their backs and heads and walk back looking like ‘‘great green balls with legs”. You'll want to enjoy their light weight comfort right from the start of the season and especially on Memorial Day and rain will not affect these waterproof straws. Delightful recreation these spring evenings for roller skating from 8 to 11. And next Wednesday night, May 31, will be Col. Grove and Pandora night—so be sure to attend and meet the Col. Grove-Pandora crowd. They will be our guests and will skate at reduced price. You don’t have to be from Col. Grove or Pandora to gkate—skating is open to everyone. Skating every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday night 8 to 11 p. m. Kids session Saturday afternoon 2 to 4 for those 11 years and under. BLUFFTON ROLLER RINK Ray Clark, Prop. Meanwhile the other members of Flexible, easy-fitting soft straws in Panama styles also some genuine Panamas. And we have priced them low right at the start of the season $1 $1.50 $2 $2.50 —$4.50. Steiner & Huser Vacation Time Skating at Bluffton Roller Rink Masri the small settlement have been pre paring a plot of ground, clearing and pounding it until it becomes hard. Logs of wood are piled on this "tatacua” and the newly-gathered leaves are given their first scorching on it. Later, these semi-processed leaves will be further treated on a “bar bacua”, sort of trestle or platform under which a burning fire dries the plant without burning it. The next step is to puverize the leaves and then to pack them tightly into hide sacks that weigh over two hundred pounds. These sacks are then shipped from these, as well as from more modern and improved centers of production to the markets and seaports. The three principal countries where yerba mate—or Paraguayan tea, as it is sometimes called—is con sumed are Paraguay, Brazil and Ar gentina, although it is also extensive ly used in Chile, Bolivia and Uru guay, and even in some European countries. The Indians prepared the drink by placing a small quantity of the pow’ dered leaves in a receptacle, usually a clean dry gourd from w’hich the stem has been cut—thus leaving a round aperture at the top—and then pouring in very hot or boiling water. After being allowed to steep for a few minutes, a little lemon juice or sweetened water was added and the decoction was ready for consumption. This is still the traditional way to drink yerba mate, from a gourd, sipped through a combination of “straw’” and strainer called “bom billa”. In olden times both the gourd and the bombilla were often, in wealthy homes, inlayed in silver and gold. Mate is not only the drink but the “pledge of hospitality” of many country districts of Sbuth America, the custom being to have the bever age made as soon as the visitors ar rive and offering it to them, passing the gourd from one to another as a colorful if unsanitary proof of friendship. Yerba mate is, however, also con sumed in refined homes where it re places tea and is taken as frequently as the latter is in Great Britain. Chemists and physicians who have made a special study of the effects of mate on the human system are all loud in its praise they recommend it both as a tonic and a stimulant, although it is less of an excitant than tea or coffee. Such is yerba mate, the favorite beverage of a large portion of the Western Hemisphere, a drink deemed “one of the best in the world” by over ten million inhabitants of our continent. Pre-Ministry Draft Deferments Available National Selective Service head quarters last w’eek authorized the deferment of students preparing for the ministry regardless of whether they are attending theological or divinity schools. Revised regulations stipulate, how ever, that students in other institu tions must be under the direction of the specialized schools and “pursuing a specific full-time course on an ac celerated basis.” Heretofore students in pre-theo logical seminaries were eligible for deferment, but students taking pre liminary training in secular colleges and universities were not. Those who claim to be preparing for the minstry in other than theo logical schools must provide a state ment of their intention to enter the ministry a statement that the church organization they will serve is in need of ministers and a state ment from a recognized theological school that the registrant has been accepted for admittance. Bluffton Area Men In Hancock Draft A number of Bluffton area men were among 200 selectees sent by Hancock county draft board No. 2 to Cleveland for pre-induction physical examination, Tuesday. Men on Bluffton rural routes in cluded in the call were: Herbert Bormuth, Ernest Bosse, Donald Harris, Clyde Hartman, Ray mond Kimmel, Harvey Niswander, James Oberly and David Slusser. New Potato Ceiling Prices 5% Higher New ceiling prices for 1944 early white potatoes will result in an aver age retail increase of five per cent over last year’s cost, OPA officials announced this w’eek. New prices, effective May 22, and extending through June 30 were recommended by the w’ar food ad ministration to stimulate production. OPA said the new’ scale will give growers a sufficient return to com pensate for the loss of incentive payments made in 1943 to encourage production. Regulations on the construction of frozen food locker plants have been amended so applications for con struction after June 1, 1944, will be accepted only when the locker rentals have been obtained from actual farm ers or from urban residents who supervise the operation of a farm. Materials are available in 1944 to build only 550 plants with an aver age capacity of 400 lockers each. Ohio grain elevator operators last week charged that out-of-state truck ers are making heavy purchases of corn from farmers at prices consider ably above government approved ceilings. So far no out-of-state buying has been apparent here but shortages are resulting in the district because of truckers’ activity elsewhere. Office of Price Administration of ficials promised immediate investiga tions, since the charges included in formation that many of the proces sors of the state may have to close because of a lack of supplies. Worst offenders were said to be truckers from West Virginia and Kentucky, altho some buyers have been from Michigan and Pennsyl vania. Out Of State Truckers Aggavate Com Crisis By Black-Market Buying The yield of potatoes is likely to be very disappointing even though certified seed is used unless the new leaves as they develop are protected with copper dust, or spray. Potato diseases, such as early blight, tip blight, hopper-burn, and late blight develop during the summer and cause yellow’ing, wilting, or killing of the foliage, w’hich naturally result in poor yields. Thorough and timely dusting, or spraying with copper fungicides will keep these diseases in check, which naturally result in poor yields. Thorough and timely dusting, or spraying with copper fungicides will keep these diseases in check. To be effective applications should begin when the plants are three to four inches in height and must be repeat ed every 7 to 14 days, depending on how rapidly the plants are growing. A good rule to follow is to apply copper dust, or sprays as fast as Plenty Of Gasoline Available For Farms Bluffton district farmers will re ceive all the gasoline and motor fuel they need for full prosecution of their agricultural program, it w’as announced this week by the various county ration boards serving the area. For Best Potato Yield Use Disease Control Fungicides Early In Season Ration officials explained in the announcement that some farmers had been confused by the first issue for the period April 1 to October 1, fearing that it would have to take care of their needs for the entire year. It was pointed out that the first issue represents only 60 per cent of the total estimated requirements. There still remains 40 per cent of the year’s estimate which may be obtained either by applying in per son or by letter at board head quarters. If more gasoline is needed to har vest crops after the 60 and 40 per cent allotments are used, an addi tional amount may be obtained by signing an application establishing actual needs. Farmers were assured they all would receive the gasoline or fuel oil actually needed for farming pur poses. Rockport Mrs. Milton Downs of Lima was a guest when Mrs. F. C. Marshall entertained the Profit and Pleasure club last Wednesday afternoon. A very enjoyable program was heard with Mrs. F. C. Marshall giving a biography of Victor Herbert and playing several of his compositions and Mrs. Isaac Neuenschwander read an interesting paper on the life and travels of Marion Anderson. Contests were enjoyed under the leadership of Mrs. D. C. Campbell. Mrs. Orlo Marshall accompanied the Misses Ruth Sutton and Ida West of Bowling Green to Newark, Friday, where they were the guests of Miss Feme Sutton until Monday. Lieut. Delmar Reagan who was sent to Florida a couple of weeks ago is being transferred from there to Buffalo, N. Y. This community was well repre sented at the various events of Com mencement week in Beaverdam which closed with the alumni reunion Sat urday evening. Sgt. Glen Price of Camp Grant in Illinois, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Price a few days last week. Miss Irene Snyder of Fort Wayne, Ind. and Martin Burkholder of Beaverdam were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Freet and daughter Ruth, Sunday evening. This community was well repre sented at the Baccalaureate services at the U. B. Church in Columbus Grove, Sunday evening. Alice Lentz and Franklin Mayberry are graduates from this vicinity. The Decoration services May 30th to begin at 9:30 a. m. by the decora tion of soldiers graves followed by an address by our County Auditor Floyd B. Griffin. The Annual Memorial Day and Decoration Service have been planned for Rockport and vicinity. The Corn is in demand in those states, as here, because farmers are finding it more profitable to feed it to hogs and market the fattened animals than to sell the grain at the ceiling price of $1.10 a bushel paid by elevators. It is estimated that farmers can realize about $1.35 per bushel for com by feeding to hogs, accounting for the black market activity. Im Truckers, it is charged, are paying as much as $1.25 to $1.40 a bushel for corn, with the result that much of the flow of grain has been diverted from elevators. This is serious since more than half of Ohio’s elevators process feed for livestock and poultry raisers. Many of these processors may be forced to close unless more corn is available, and the out-of-state drain on the supply is stopped. new foliage develops. Prepared copper dust containing 6 to 7 per cent metallic copper in cluding an insecticide for the control of the Colorado potato beetle will be generally available in 1944. Dusts will be more effective if applied in the late evening or early morning w’hen the air is still. If sprays are used the sprayer should have suffi cient pressure to force a fine spray mist into the foliage so that all leaves are covered with each applica tion. Packaged bordeau mixture already to mix with water or fixed coppers would be the most convenient to use in sprays. Calcium arsenate can be added at the rate of four level table spoons to seven gallons of spray to kill Colorado potato beetles. It is uneconomical to buy the best seed available, prepare the soil, add ferti lizer and then neglect spraying or dusting to control foliage diseases. Memorial sermon to be preached at union services in the Methodist church Sunday morning, May 28, at 9:30 fast time by the Rev. E. W. Bigelow. Mrs. Delmar Reagan of Dayton was a week end visitor of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Camp bell. Mrs. Joe Parker has been on the sick list the past week. Mrs. Dean Myers of Mansfield has been taking care of her this week. Arthur T. Marshall of Lima died Tuesday morning at Memorial hospi tal after a brief illness, age 70 years. He was born in Monroe town ship the son of James H. and Lerene Lippincott Marshall. He taught school in his young manhood in Monroe township. Late years he has been associated with the Mohler Green House in Lima. He is sur vived by his wife the former Miss Eunice Early and seven children. Two sisters, Mrs. Ben Kidd of Lima and Mrs. W. R. Mayberry of Col umbus Grove. Funeral services were held at the Miller, Davis Funeral home in Lima at 3:30, Tuesday afternoon. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. The supply of nitrogen materials for direct application to crops was greater than the demand for them the first of May. Ammonium nitrate is more plentiful than the other nitrogen carriers. POSTS BRAN i GOLDEN FLAKES OF i WEAE AND MW COM3/NED HNTTf SNGANSA/EET I I SEEDLESS NA/S/NS I delicious NEW breakfast idea It’s a magic combination of crispy flakes of wheat and bran plus sweet,chewy seedless raisins! You’ve never tasted anything like ft. It’s delicious. Nourishing, too! Ask your grocer for Post’s Raisin Bran in the big blue-and-white Poods Cereal a..,, n i May 15, 1919 If you think the Yankee soldier left his appetite in France you have another guess coming. Here is the amount of provisions it took to feed the 440 men of the Rainbow Division who stopped here last week. Seventy-five loaves of bread, 5 pounds of coffee, 600 small ass’t cakes, $6 worth of butter, $7 worth of ground ham for sandwiches, and an almost unlimited amount of pickles. These were provided by the Red Cross. The Community Ass’n provided cigars and cigarettes to the amount of $28 after lunch to the men. Harry Swick has landed safely in Newport News, Va., and is expected home this w’eek. He served the past year in an evacuation hospital in France. Mrs. Geo. Bailey received a check from Washington to the amount of $37(2 on account of the death of her son w’ho was killed in France. extra pie plate. Three Bluffton In First World War Charlie Davis of Camp Sherman spent the week end with his parents. What Happened Here Twenty-five Yearn Ago Thia Week He will return to camp again where he is helping take care of the wound ed. A great number of friends and neighbors gathered at the home of E. E. Slusser to spend the evening with them in honor of their son Paul who had returned from over seas. Ray Staater who recently returned from overseas arrived home from Camp Taylor, honorably discharged from the service. Rell Potee was in Columbus Satur day to witness the parade of the 166th infantry of the Rainbow divi sion of which his son Wilbur is a member. Jerome Herrman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herrman who was stationed at Camp Taylor returned home, honorably discharged from the army. Albert Badertscher of St. Marys and Leonard Schoenberger of Camp Grant, Ill., spent the first of the wreck in Bluffton. Sgt. A. D. Painter has returned from overseas. Sgt. Painter was in the final drive on the Italian front with the 332 Reg’t. He has a souvenir of an enemy rifle taken from an Austrian soldier whom he shot while lying in ambush. Wilbur Smith of Beaverdam who has been in Camp Taylor returned home honorably discharged. H. P. Owrens brings in a letter that is amusing. The letter written to his granddaughter Miss Marjorie Ward by a British soldier. An excerpt of the letter says: “Speaking of the United States, I cannot under stand your customs. 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