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Missing 1 UY ear
Old Girl Returns
Wilberta Paul, 14-year old daugh
ter of Rev. I. Clifford Paul, former
THISTIME
STEINMAN BROS.
LUMBER CO.
236-246 Cherry St. Phone: 360-W
"Ask Steinman's"
STORM
SASH
....
Beaverdam
home in
the first
superintendent
schools has returned to her
reported
Lanark, Ill., it was
of the week.
The report that
turned home came
week following a long distance tele
phone conversation between members
of the Paul family and Beaverdam
friends. No details were available.
had TO'
the girl
the first of the
The girl was reported missing
more than a week ago after she
went downtown in Lanark accomp
anied by her 6-year old brother
Preston. Later she told the boy to
go home.
Her disappearance started a search
by authorities of eight northern
Illinois counties. Her father, Rev.
Paul, is pastor of the Church of the
Brethren at Lanark.
Undergoes Operation
For Graft Of Bone
JRucher is improving at
Memok*®1 hospital where he
an' operation for a bone
Lini
unaforwent
f/aft recently following an injury
Vi an automoMk accident last No
,venfber.
Valti
imated
Two Estates
/I
$9,800 has been
An estinr
filed i n th"
Badertscher,
wife of Dan Badertscher.
of $3,800 in personal
$5,800 in real estate.
IRatfc of Clara Brauen
late of Bluffton and
It consists
property and
the estate of
Bluffton, is
Estimated value of
B. F. Biery, late of
$10,000, half in real estate and half
in personal
property
Trackless Trolleys
public opinion poll by
Favor
A recent
the Los Angeles Herald Express
about the value of trackless trolleys
in helping speed traffic and lessen
congestion gave an 83.3 per cent
margin in favor of the trackless
trolleys.
Farmers are caught with every
one else in the pinch of the rising
cost of living, and those who blame
the food producer for prevailing
conditions have not made a thorough
analysis of circumstances, according
to Clair A. Patterson, chairman of
the Allen county AAA committee.
Among factors cited by Patterson
which are disadvantageous to the
farmer are the following:
1. The high price level applies to
many commodities other than those
produced on the farms, so the whole
price structure should be considered
rather than singling out just food
costs. Generally speaking, farmers
are still not receiving a balanced
per capita share of the national in
come. In rtfze year of 1946 people
living on farms received approxi
mately 10% of the nation’s inccane,
yet people living on farms account
ed for about 20% of the ,total pop
ulation.
2. Prices received by Termers for
their raw products represent in. gen
eral only about 50% of the total
price which consumers pay for their
food items. The balance goqs for
transportation, processing, handling,
and profits along the way.
Shortage of seed in 1948 for three
major farm crop seems likely in this
area, according to farm observers
studying the effect of frost and rain
on soybeans, corn and oats.
Elevator operators have reported
that many samples of this year’s
corn crop reveal moisture of about
35 per cent. These test results re
veal that although the moisture con
tent is shrinking rapidly in hot, dry
Don’t Blame Fanners For The High
Cost Of Living They’re Caught Too
Com, Oats, Soybeans
In Short Supply For 1948 Seed
3. Farmers do not set their own
prices. They sell on the open mark
et and the price peak attained at
any given point in the year for a
product does not mean that all farm
fortunate enough to have
ers were
sold at such prices,
corn is now quoted at
per bushel. Without
per cent of last year’s
market at about half
price.
For instance,
well over $2
doubt a big
crop went to
this current
weather of October, it is apparent
a sharp freeze would ruin all un
protected immature corn, so far as
seed purposes are concerned.
Observers are uncertain that an
immature soybean will germinate.
Most fields were killed by frost this
fall before all beans were ripe, and
on many farms none had ripened.
In view of those circumstances,
prospective growers of soybeans in
1948 have been -advised to obtain
seeds from fields maturing before
frost.
Oats matured this summer in fields
damaged extensively by continued
spring rains. YAjds were low and
observers think that more oats than
usual will be fed on farms this win
ter, as a supplement to the soft corn
will
seed
sea­
crop. As a result there likely
be considerably less oats for
next
son.
spring than in a norma]
Birthday Dinner
i honor of/the 85th
uncle, James Pore
and Mrs. Wilmer
and family entertained
Sunday
away, Mr.
away and
and Mrs.
town and
Findlay.
an
farm prices
of any gen-
Furthermore, current
haven’t been the result
eral attempt of farmers to curtail
their production and force increased
prices on the basis of scarcity. Farm
ers, on the other hand, have defi
nitely met their responsibility of
giving to the American people and
to the world the greatest quantity
of food and fiber that could be pro
duced with the facilities available.
4. Recent production has cost
farmers tremendously in soil re
sources. Farmers have been selling
off their capital asset of soil ele
ments. Some of the income now be
ing received must necessarily be re
turned to the soils, so farmers have
ahead of them a big and costly job
in restoring soil fertility.
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OCTOBER
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Naturally this amasinf
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at dinner,
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Farmers To Feed Sofn
Corn Sell Marketable
Corn
(Concluded from page 1)
hogs.
Shy Away From Feeding
Attracted by the high return from
corn •without the risks attendant
with livestock feeding many area
farm operators are following the ex
ample set by one prominent live
stock feeder whose
frost deadline and
ning to do feeding
and
corn escaped the
who is not plan
this winter.
development this
Another unusual
fall finds little feeding stock on
farms. Most breeding stock, espe
cially hogs, was sold last summer
because of record high prices then
prevailing.
little feeding stock
Most breeding stock,
Consequently, farmers who plan to
do any feeding during this coming
winter will be forced to go out and
bid for feeding stock at record
prices. Those who have matured
corn will not run the risks entailed
with raising livestock at a time
Your
when grain is expected to remain
at top prices.
An indication of the investment
required for a feeding program this
year is the fact that shoats, not im
muned, are bringing around 35 cents
a pound at public auctions.
Much Soft Corn
Soft com, however, will force
livestock feeding on many farmers,
for those with immatured, unmarket
able corn must feed it to livestock if
they hope to realize a return from
the crop.
Soft corn can’t be moved on the
regular market, and the grain can’t
be sold to neighbors, for most of
them also have a surplus of com in
the same class. Consequently, the
only answer is to feed it to high
priced livestock, or let it rot in the
fields.
The fact that there is little live
stock on most farms, however, com
plicates the problem of salvaging the
large proportion of soft com, for
prices that must be laid on the line
for feeding stock makes the venture
a risky one.
Breeding Stock Sold
Breeding stock, principally hogs,
was largely liquidated in this area
last summer because of tempting
high-priced markets. Many farmers
who sold off their stock expected to
do no feeding this winter, but now
find they are unable to market grain
as planned because their corn was
caught by the killing frost of mid
September.
Feeding soft corn also entails much
more work than in handling matur
ed grain, another complication that
farmers must face.
Immature corn cannot be harvest
ed and cribbed, because of the dan
ger of mold. One farmer is leaving
his corn stand in the field and runs
his picker long enough every day or
so to get enough grain for a few
days feeding.
Since soft com will do best if left
on the stalk, experts say, and many
farmers will follow a similar policy,
rather than attempting to store the
grain.
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