The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
County Accent Notes.

Jasper L Will DC III tn3 ONCE all Gay
Saturday and Monday morning and at
other times when not busy in the fields.
Office hours: 8 to u A. NJ. and l to 5 2.
NJ. Phone 226.
The weather man has been patriotic
to his fullest capacity this fall. Never
SO much wheat sown in Dubois County
as has been sown this fall and there
hasn't been a frost that would hurt the
corn. Pretty nice. But we must not
get the idea that this weather will last
long or that we'll have an exceedingly
mild winter. Practically 100 percent of
Dubois County seed corn can be picked
by this time. We took advantage of the
nice weather to put in more wheat go
lets take advantage of the weather and
get a supply for next year. There is 60
ing to be a big demand in Northern
Indiana next spring for Indiana grown
seed OF the pure strains of corn generally
raised. Dubois County has pure strains
of some of the standard varieties and
there will be a ready sale for such, if it
was properly selected and cared for,
such that it will show a high germina-
ton est. 1t pays any time to fall &C.
lect seed corn and better now than ever
before.
The October first crop reports from
the Department of Agriculture, at w ash
ingt0n, show that there will be q very
much shorter supply of potatoes this
year than last. There is less than go
perceut OF as many potatoes in the coun
try as there W 70 last year. There is
,ss than IS pc cent of the potatoes in
Indiana that were produced last year
according to the October estim ate a. d
the reports from growers indicate that
the percentage will be materialially re-
duced by the time the crop is dug.
|, Prices are high and every indication
leads to the belief that potatoes will not
GO very much lower. Growers are
tempted to cell sll of their st ok and at
tempt to get their seed at planting time.
Good potato seed will, in all probability
be scarce next spring and the wise pro
Queer will make sure Of his supply from
his own crop, or the crops OF his neigh
bcrs, at digging time.
If any grower has practiced selecting
his W seed in the past he should by
, all means. save his own seed this year
RI ha hos not proctiood GOOD uolaofiop
with his p~otatoe crop it will pay him to
select his seed from the field while dig
, lging. Immature tubers, if properly
cured and stored, will make good seed if
| they are from productive strains. Hill
of potatoes which yield q large number
r of medium tubers 18th a few Z large. or
not small tubers make the best seed.
Selecting large tubers from the bin may
no., and probably will not, result in the
: pr oduction of larg potatoes next year.
3 There will be seven Farmers Insti-
ltutes this winter. The places and dates
of the meetings are as follows:
NoAember 81, Cuzco
" % Birdseye
% Holland
,, December 3 Haysville
I" 4 Ireland
5 Huntingburg
81 Portersville
Tbs programs are being made out now
and everything is taken into considera-
ton to make these institutes better than
ever before. Mark down the above in
your calendar and try to attend those
nearest you.
On Wednesday November 7th, 1.-THE
first Annual Flowing Match of the Pock-
Of will be held at Oakland City College.
Contestants from all the pocket counties
from boys under l6 yesrs Of age with u
two-horse breaking pillow, on up TO the
farm tractor with its gang pillow.
h. C. THOMPSON,
County Agricultural Agent.