The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-23
The Farm and Orchard

with poultry has bought a ton of the
best clover hay for her flock of light
Brahma hens. She chops this up nne,
soaks 1t in hot water and feeds 1t
quite largely as a substitute for a
grain ration. Her hens eat 1t up clean
and seem to relish 1t greatly.
The most Independent of all classes
in a period of business depression or
hard times are the tfllers of the soil.
In fact, a mans restitution and de-
pendence at such times are usually IN
direct proportion to the gap that there
is between him and the soil. 1t Is
worth while remembering that no
overseer can throw the farmer out of
work, for folks have to eat whether
the times be good or Ill.
We heard the other day Of a chap
who last spring moved to town 50 he
could be handy to a booze shop. He
rented his farm to a no account renter
Of much the same type as himself. who
by the calendar plowed his corn for
the first time June 20. when the weeds
were fourteen and one-haif inches high.
1t doesn't take a great amount of dis
cernment to prophesy what the har-
vest will be either In case Of the booze
or the corn.
History records the fact that Roman
farmers grew clover to enrich the soil.
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were due to the fact that the long
roots of the plant brought the fertility
of the soil up from a lower stratum.
Not until 1886 was the nitrogen depos-
tting power of clover roots discovered,
and this in the face of the fact that
much time had been devoted in at
tempts to wrest this secret from ma
lures laboratory.
horse at three years old will one year
with another run not far from 500.
II such a horse will sell at from $3.50
to 5000, as many have done during the
past three years, the question Of profit
in the business of raising them would
seem to be clearly demonstrated. With
the increasing number Of first class
sires which are being used the day Of
the scrub horse Is past This means
that better prices can be counted on
from this on for blocky grade horses,
which are sound and well broken
A noted physician who is a member
Of the board Of health of one of the
larger cities urges the householders
of his municipality to keep the win
! dows and door screens on until the
really cold weather Of winter has set
in and the flies are all dead. He points
out the fact that during the fall
months, when the accumulation Of q
| seasons filth and refuse breeds ty-
phoid and other disease germs, they
are extremely likely to be carried into
the houses by flies, which naturally
| seek refuge in the warmest places they
can find. The suggestion made would
seem to be one which would apply
equally to town and country homes.
| There was recently offered for sale
in a central western horse market a
bunch Of fifty horses, and when the
sale was concluded it was stated that
the price of every horse in the bunch
had been cut from $25 to $50 each be;
cause Of blemishes inflicted through
barbed wire cuts. This is perhaps an
extreme case, but it points to a condi
ton which Is all too prevalent and
which costs the horse raisers of the
country hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars annually. A barbed wire fence
may be a fairly safe and effective re
tainer for cattle, because Of theil
more quiet and docile temperament
but it is the most expensive fencing
that can be used in the case of the
average high lived horse.
At the international tuberculosis
congress, which was held a few weeks
ago at Washington, the important
point was discussed relative to the
possibility Of the transmission Of DO
vine tuberculosis to individuals Of the
human species. While DIR. Koch OF
Germany was present and doggedly
held to the view expressed by hin
some years ago that tuberculosis ir
cattle was not transmissible, the Other
delegates attending the congress voted
against him almost unanimously. This
will tend to confirm the view which Is
at present quite literally held that 70,
the sake of public health the dairymer
Of the country should have their herds
carefully tested and dispose of those
cows which show evidence Of infec
ton with the disease
If one has a dairy Of from twenty
thirty cows there is little question tina