The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-04-21
PREDICTS
IMMENSE
CORN YIELD
TINES BUREAU
AT STATE CAPITAL.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind April 2f.-Prof.
9 J. Christie state food director. estf-
mates that the corn crop of Indiana
this year will be 10000 900 bushels
greater than in former years provided
good weather conditions favor the
growing Of the crop. He says that
while the increased average or corn
Will not be great. the more careful and
scientific planting and cultivation Of
me crop will produce a much greater
weld than formerly.
Prof Christie has announced that the
agricultural department of Purdue uni
versity has sent a large number of
mon cut into the various counties OF
TIE state to help the farmers in the
campaign for increased corn crops In
the number are % vocational teachers
Ct agriculture in the public schools.
whose release from school work for
this duty has been obtained from the
school boards: Al county agricultural
agents. 50 senior agricultural students
~ Purdue. four teachers Of agriculture.
al of whom wilfdevote two full weeks
70 the testing OF seed corn and other
instructions TO farmers in corn raising.
There are also so agricultural club
supervisors throughout the state whose
service have been taken over by Purdue
for the purpose OF working among boys
and girls 70 teach them better methods
of agriculture.
Indiana has a corn belt OF about so
counties in which most Of this work
Will he done The Department Of Asri-
culture st Washington has sent word
70 Indiana state authorities that ii has
designated the following as the corn
counties of the state:
BENTON Knox. Mont gomery. Tippe
canoe, Boone. Clinton. Madison. Shelby.
White. Hamilton. Hendricks. Randolph.
Rush Warren. Allen. Carroll. Delaware.
Fountain. Gibson. Grant Henry. Jasper.
Laporte, Newton. Posey. Sullivan.
WAYNE. bartholomew. Cass. Dsviess.
Greene. Hancock. Howard. Jay. Johnson,
Kosciusko. Marion Miami. Morgan.
Parke. Putnam. Upton, Vigo Wells.
Adams. Decatur. Elkhart. Fulton. Hunt
3ngron. Jackson. Lake. Marshall. Porter.
Pulaski. St Joseph Spencer. Wabash
and warrick.
The department says these are the
counties in which the effort should be
made 10 increase the corn production.
Corn and hogs-these are the two
crops which Prof. Christie hopes the
farmers viii increase this year in the
more food" campaign. II was brought
out at the meeting OF the Indiana COM
n1ittee on food production and con-
servation. yesterday afternoon, that
many tenant farmers over the state are
not financially able TO finance a larger
pig crop this year. and the committee
will urge bankers TO finance them in
this project, in order that the meat
supply may be increased. 1t was shown
shat there are about 225.ooo farms in
Indiana. and that 64.ss7 of them are
farned by tenants OF this number,
i421s pay cash rental for the farms,
while 5o.46s farms are farmed on
shares
tt was shown that II these tenant
farmers were financed that they
might raise 100000 pigs this year and
raise enough corn to feed them until
they reach Weight OF 225 pounds.
these pigs would be worth at present
prices approximately $50 900. 600 So it
said. the importance OF financing
these tenants in raising pigs and corn is
one Of the most important features OF
he entire campaign. 1t was said. too.
that bankers all over the state have
expressed a patriotic willingness to
finance these men and supply them with
the necessary money.
Another proposition with which the
committee will deal shortly is that of
deyising some kind OF system for
clearing house through which farmers
and gardeners may market their prod
ucrs without upsetting markets and
without the losses that so often accrue
by reason OF dealings with middIemen
and commission merchants The retail
grocers of the state are asking that
some such system be establishede
The farm labor problem still troubles
the farmers. They cannot get enough
farm help. This is responsible for the
failure OF farmers to plant a greatly
increased acreage. 1t is said that even
the sugar beet acreage in the sugar
beet district will be short this year
The sugar beet belt is located in Hunt
ington, Adams. Allen and other counties
in that part of the state