The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-26

Those VINO took the pains to SOW
rape In their cornfields early In July
now have a nice supply of succulent
green feed which will be relished by
their stock well into the winter. The
sheep should not be allowed the run
Of the rape field when the plants are
wet from rain or dew
Many an old orchard which has
come into a rundown and Improbable
condition through neglect may be con-
siderably rejuvenated and put on a
paying basis by breaking up the sod and
by course of systematic pruning and
spraying operations, with the applica-
ton of sufficient fertilizers to equalize
O depleted soil condition.
There is little question that II the
person who is occupied In indoor sed-
entary pursuits devotes on hour to Wig
orous outdoor exercise he can get more
work out of the way In the remaining
working hours than IL he should spend
the entire period in his tasks and take
no recreation. While the truth Of this
statement is generally recognized, it is
In all too many cases ignored.
Often large per cent Of the heat
value Of fuel-particularly soft coal
is not realized because so much coal
Is put on the fire that proper combus
ton of the fuel and consumption of the
SCOT and gases does not take place.
The addition of much smaller amounts
Of fuel at somewhat more frequent In
tervals Will tend to correct the diff
Guilty, resulting in a maximum heat
value from the fuel consumed.
Cement floors for stables and feed
sheds and where possible feed yards
have two important points in their
favor-they are much more easily
cleaned and the manure which accu-
mulates does not lose any considera-
BILE part of its fertilizing value through
leeching, which is the case IN the av-
erage barn and feed lot. The initial
expense Of the cement Improvements
referred to is considerable but in a
period Of years they would be more
than paid for in the saving made pos
sible in the handling Of the manures.
The judicious use Of telephone in
the mere matter of keeping oneself
posted as to the prices of stock and
produce will frequently in the course
Of month or less pay for the cost of
the telephone service for the year.
Besides this, there Is the saving of
time in the matter Of sending word to
neighbors when extra help Is needed,
while In the case of fire or sickness
the benefit can hardly be estimated.
In the larger social aspect the presence
Of phone in the home does much to
lessen the monotony and consequences
which might otherwise exist.
While the benefits to be derived
from the growing of clover are quite
generally recognized, it Is worth while
now and then to express this benefit in
a definite form. In a recent expert
ment conducted by the Michigan agri-
cultural station 1t was found that when
oats were sown following mixed
grasses without clover the yield was
thirty-six bushels per acre, while fol-
lowing grasses sown with clover they
gave a yield of forty bushels. In a
like experiment with barley substi-
tuted for oats the yields were respec-
lively thirty-eight and forty-nine bush
els per acre. A similar experiment
conducted by the Alabama station
showed that following cowpeas the
yield Of cotton was increased 696
pounds per acre.
Some Of the overzealous promoters Of
beet sugar factory which has lately
been erected in northern Iowa have
had articles published to the effect that
the growing Of beets enriched rather
than Impoverished the land. 1t would
be a matter for congratulation If this
statement were only true, but the fact
of the matter Is it is not. 1t is true
that beets do not pull on the fertility
Of the soil quite as heavily as do
onions. wheat or oats, this being due to
the fact that. like corn, they draw their
| sugar content largely from the afr and
sunshine. But to assert that they en-
rich the soil, as do clovers, Is entirely
| erroneous and in the end will be Of no
advantage to the beet raising industry
A man not posted might be induced to
grow beets because of the above claim.
but his own experience with them
would In a very short time disprove the
| claim.
While an excellent feed for the MIN
cow, mfllet is too stiff and rich feed
for horses, having much the same eff
feet on them as does clover, which is
exceptionally rich In protein.
While most vegetable products keep
best In low temperatures, squashes
| pumpkins and cueumbers are an ex.
| ception. keeping longer II the air is
somewhat warmer and drier.
| They say that goose will live to be
| seventy years old, though just why
this bird should be so long lived it is
hard to see when the more useful ben
lays and cackies herself out inside OF
four or Ave years.
| Fresh air Is one of the most mex
| pensive things at ones disposal, jet
| 1t Is worth while remembering that
those who live much in 1t and breath
much of it are not only the best phys
tcal, but moral types that the country
has.