The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-09

nearby farms and have as a result of
their industry earned from $40 to $40
apiece. In addition to this financial
gain they have acquired a knowledge
Of different kinds of farm work which
Is both practical and useful and will
come In handy at some future time
When these same boys attended the
county or state fair they had the sat
isfaction of knowing that they had
earned a vacation as well as that the
money they spent was their own.
Having spent the summer thus, these
boys are In a mood to take up their
school work with interest and zest and
viii get much more good out of it.
A Chicago health physician a short
time ago issued a bulletin in which
he warned the people Of the city
against the danger OF. the spread Of
scarlet and typhoid fever, diphtheria,
tuberculosis and other contagious dis
eases by means Of the common house
fly. He recommends as an effective
method of discriminating this omni-
present pest a plan discovered by DR..
Delamare, a French army surgeon,
who has found that If one part Of
formol (also known as formalin or
formaldehyde) is mixed with nine parts
Of water and put on plates which are
to be set wherever the flies are likely
to congregate they can easily be ex-
Terminated. The insects seem to be
attracted by the mixture as If 1t were
sugar. Even the carnations Of the
mixture are deadly to them. In one
large room in which the doctor tried
this method the number Of dies killed
averaged 1900 a day.
Following a protracted dry spell
which has been characterized quite
generally the country over with nu-
merous forest fires and parched pas
lures, there will be tendency to stuff
the young pigs with heavy ration Of
green and immature field corn. Better
let them go hungry and stay thin than
make this mistake. Immature corn
may be fed. but in limited quantities,
and the ration should not be increased
until the food is dry and hard. A pigs
digestive apparatus is just as likely to
be upset as is that of the human being
who Jumps Of a sudden from a diet of
pork, potatoes, soda biscuits and dried
apples to all the green cucumbers and
sweet corn he can stuff. In the latter
instance there is quite likely to be vio-
lent disturbance. It's just so with the
pig. only that he doesn't have sense
enough to quit eating the stuff that has
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owner should have sense enough to
quit placing the corn within his reach.
Feed the pigs sparingly of the new
corn. 1t will mean q saving Of dollars
in the end.
The milk cows Will do much better
during the winter months If, in addi-
ton to their hay and grain, they can
be given a daily ration of beets, which
have a high sugar content and seem to
increase an animals capacity for di-
costing and assimilatfng other foods.
Expressed appreciation for work
well done often furnishes as strong an
incentive to effort as the money which
Is paid in the shape of wages at the
end Of the week or MONTH and it is a
kind Of incentive that is not utilized
as much as 1t ought to be.
To the tiller of the soil more than to
any other class Of people is the country
as a whole indebted for a perpetuation
OF good times. When crops are boun-
tiful good times are assured, but when
there is failure hard times come, no
matter what political administration
may be in power.
When members of the home circle
leave it for visit or take the long
journey whose end is not on earth we
realize with greater clearness than be-
fore that 1t is the folks rather than
the furniture and fixings of the dwell
ing place that constitute the home.
When they are gone it is but at best
cheeriess. lonesome place.
The excellence of mans digestion
Is quite often in inverse ratio to the
measure Of success which he achieves
In the business world. There is many
a captain of industry and millionaire
who would gladly give thousands Of
dollars to the humblest laborer In his
employ In exchange for a good diges-
tive apparatus.
The necessity of sufficient rain for
the corn at caring time is shown from
the fact that for the production of
every pound of dry matter in stalk or
ear there must pass through the stalk
from 275 to 300 pounds of water. Thus
when there is a shortage OF moisture
In the soil the size and weight of the
stalk and ear are likely to be reduced
In the same proportion.
A friend inquiries how he can exter-
inmate patch of quack grass that
has gained a foothold in his lawn, the
match heinS abort a hx- 10 feet In q