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


AS is true in the natural world. the
mind Of the normal boy and girl alb
hors a vacuum. 1t Is on this account
that IL they are not provided with
wholesome reading for their leisure
hours they will get hold Of that which
is worthless or pernicious. In this re-
spect parents have a very great as we'll
as n very plain responsibility and one
that they should by no means neglect.
1t is remarkable In how short q time
a farm which has been kept in a state
of fertility and productivity will dete
riorate under a slipshod management
which is content with grain raising
and selling and is too lazy to embark
in stock raising and dairying. The
process Of soil depletion under the
above circumstances is as sure as
death and taxes and merely a matter
Of rapid subtraction.
There have been found stored in the
earth vast and abundant supplies OF
rock phosphate, but no considerable
stores Of nitrogen. Nature has made
good for this seeming oversight by
charging the air with a wealth Of nj
trogen and giving us the legume or
clover family, which is endowed with
the power to draw these supplies Of
nitrogen from the air and deposit It in
the soil by means of their root sys-
TENS
Happy Is the housewife who has
adopted that philosophy Of life which
makes 1t possible for her to snap her
fingers at little dust and devote some
of her time to a few things that are
of good deal more concern than
plain dirt, which doesn't spoil and sell
dom blows away. The above Is not
to be construed as justification for
slovenliness or filth, but to point to a
fact which many well meaning women
often overlook.
A fond hope is entertained by many
of the sterner sex that the time Is not
far distant when the sensible women
of America-and this includes a large
majority of them-will formulate and
publish an ultimatum declaring their
freedom in the matter Of headgear and
wearing apparel from the dictates Of
a batch Of harebrained persons hold
ing forth In Paris. American men
decided two years ago that they would
not be bound by the presence or alb
sence Of creases in King Edwards
trousers.
Pedro's Estella, Jersey cow owned
by the Missouri experiment station,
completed in June last years test, in
which she produced 1922 pounds Of
butter, thus emitting her to the three
year-old butter record for the Jersey
breed. The cost Of the feed for this
cow for the twelve months was $50
The receipts from butter sold were
$234.96 and $22.12 realized from the
sale of $3.50 pounds Of skimmilk. The
above income was Ave times as large
as was received from the average Mis-
souri, COW. while the cost Of Estella's
feed was double that of the average.
The blue grass pasture 4, one year
with another one Of the most prof1ta-
Bile portions Of the average farm and
should be held in higher esteem. While
there Is seldom enough manure to ade-
quately fertilize the pillow land Of the
farm, 1t would often be a matter Of
real economy to scatter some fertilizer
on the pasture rather than to allow IL
TO leech in the yards, and this holds
especially true at times Of the year
when the cultivated land fs occupied
with growing crops. Put on the pas
ture in scant quantities. the fertflizing
elements would be utilized immediate
ly with real advantage to the often
hungry pastures.