The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-03-05
TWO THOUSAND SEED CORN Tests
SHOW AN ALARMING SHORTAGE IN
OH|O;WOOS7EREXPERT DECLARES

of Il farm bureau and county agent. If
the bureau does nothing else except
to relieve this seed corn situation II
will be well worth the effort and mon.
ey expended in organizing and main
tanning it.
Civilization depends upon the corn
crop this year and the prospects for a
large crop or even an average crop
are the worst in the history of the
nation for many years"
Professor Williams advised that
seed be secured from the south to
plant for silage, for while the south
ern breeds of corn will not mature
during the short summer in this sec.
tion of the country they do make ex.
cellent silage and their use for this
during this year will put Just that
much northern seed corn available
for the regular corn crop.
THRIFT STAMPS EXPLAINED
Following Professor Williams Hen.
ry G. Beam of the Knox county War
Savings committee spoke upon "The
Worlds Best Investment" Mr. Beams
speech dealt with the war savings GER
ti6cates and thrift stamps and he
explained in detail the governments
plan in marketing these "baby bonds"
Mr.. Beams speech was highly patriot
ic and his explanation of the method
OF selling and redeeming the war saw
ings stamps was especially clear and
will undoubtedly assist materially in
increasing the sale of these govern
ment securities in this county.
The war savings stamp, Mr.. Beam
brought out. was devised to enable
the person not financially able to pur-
chase liberty bond to do his bit and
help the government in proportion to
his means. 1--WE don't want few men
to buy the entire quota of war stamps
for Knox county" he said, 1--WE want
each man, woman and child to have
a part in this patriotic movement. 4"
Ahl' IbCuIlI ~. NCJT pre-
sented resolution commencing Nav.
or b. II. Bair of this city for his ac.
tivity in prosecuting violations of the
liquor laws in Mt Vernon, which. IL
was said, will prove of great benefit
to the city and to the county at large.
Resolution was unanimously adopt-
ed with the direction that a copy be
presented to the mayor. Professor
Oscar Err, head of the dairy DEPART
ment of the college of agriculture of
Ohio State University was then in.
troduced and spoke upon the subject
of Breeding Dairy Cows for Milk
production" Professor Erf's talk was
extremely interesting although he
spoke more upon the desirability of in
creasing the milk production and also
upon increasing the percapita con.
sumption OF diary products than he
did upon the subject of breeding for
increased milk production.
URGES COW TESTS
Thoroughly conversant with not on.
ly the best methods of caring for
COWS to increase the milk supply. but
also with the problems faced by the
milk producer in securing sufficient
remuneration for his supply to make
1t profitable to market milk and also
the problems of the milk distributor,
who operates between the dairyman
and the consumer. Prof. Err went from
one division of the milk business to
another taking up the problems of
each and discussing them in a way
that was both helpful and interesting.
He especially urged dairymen TO
Keep accurate tests of their COWS and
to eliminate the "boarders," to keen
strict account of the cost of milk pro.
duction and marketing the milk and
then demand price for their product
that would compensate them for their
expenditure of time, labor and invest,
ment of money.
He urged the mild producers TO or
ganize to the end that they might
cease to be the victim of cut rate
methods of distributors and cut
throat competition of individual pro-
ducers. Declaring that milk and but.
ter are the cheapest as well as the
most nutritious and beneficial foods
that can grace mans table, Profes-
sor Erf said that through mistaken
ideas of economy many families were
cutting down their consumption of
milk and substituting oleomargarine
for butter. to the detriment of their
own health.
Oleomargarine the speaker con-
demned in the strongest terms, say
ing that it is of so little value as a
food that it is the worst kind of econ.
omy to substitute it for butter. To
put the facts before the public, show
the many reasons why milk and but
ter should be used more extensively
and also to show why the price must