The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-04
Of Interest TO the Farmers

the Farmers
they viii live for months Without any
thing to eat. while II caught two or
three weeks before the time men,
toned they will starve to death.
The chief objection to be urged
against the fall setting of fruit trees
ard shrubs seems to lie in the fact
that when done at this time Of year
there Is greater likelihood that the
root system will tend to dry out and
for this reason be less able to with
stand extremely low temperatures dur
ing the winter months.
In the interior Of Africa grows .
tree from which a good quality Of but
ter Is produced. 1t resembles the
American oak. and its fruit. from
which the butter is derived. resembles
the olive. One English traveller Of
note declared the butter produced
from the tree was superior to any
made In England from cows milk.
Official statistics issued by the Japa-
nese government report the rice crop
for the year as an abundant one, ex-
ceeding the production of last year by
over Is per cent The present years
crop totals 272,S5O.O 900 bushels and is
valued at $3So.OOO.OOO. This means
prosperity and good times for the little
brown man the coming year, as rice IL
his cereal mainstay.
One Of natures strange creations Is
the vegetable tallow tree which grows
near the Cape Of Good Hope. In the
Azores. As we'll as in Sumatra, Al
geria and China The tree 10 Of small
size, and 1t is from its berries that
the oil il extracted from which the
tallow is made. The berries are gath
cred in November and December after
the trees have fallen.
The $50 egg hen Is clearly q perver-
sion of the purpose Of Dame Nature
who doubtless originally intended that
old Biddy should lay just about enough
eggs to perpetuate her kind. Yet this
perverted standard Is one that the en-.
terprising poultryman may work to
ward If he will use the trap nest. sc
lect rs breeders only those hens which
make the hest showing and use intelli
gence in the care and feed which hs
gives his flock.
A noteworthy fact which came I'M
der the notice Of an Iowa farmer who
recently travelled some 200 miles In
Wisconsin was that he did not notice
q single field Of corn In his trip which
had not been cut mp for silage or dry
fodder. This state Of Affairs IL trace
able to the fact that the price Of Wis
consin lands Is such that the owner,
cannot afford to follow 4 slipshod typ
Of agriculture and to the further fac
that q majority Of the farmers Of tn
state are dafrymen and utilize the cor
plant as . vaiuable ration fog thei
milk cows.
A fact that will be noted with mucl
concern By farmers living in sectioni
where Quack grass 10 getting q foot
hold II that TIE pest will multiply
from the seed contained In the appar
emily green grass Ct the time the oat,
are harvested. Tests made at the low,
experiment station at Ames witt
quack grass seed taken from . bundl,
of oats showed that 3 per cent Of tn
seed grew. The discovery Of the allow
fact, while discouraging. will serve t
emphasize the necessity Of taking ad
ditional precautions to stamp out thi
worst of weed pests.
A dispatch appearing In the Gail.
papers under date Of Oct. IS tells o
an interesting jaekrabbit drive which
took place In Antelope valley. nea
Lancaster, CAL. a day or two before
Five hundred men, women and chill
dren are said to hive formed . mon
ster semicircle ana driven 10000 jack
into wire corral half mile in lengtl
and triangular in shape. whore the.
were dispatched with clubs in nfty
seven mixutes. The rabbits, Whic
had been increasing with great rapid
ity, had ruled q large part OF tn
crops in the vicinity. and the driv
was adopted as q relief measure.
Quite eften the success Of the couE
ty farmess' institute depends ~ largl
ly upon 30 conducting the discussion
as to draw out the definite. Deactics
experience OF the farmers present o
upon having lectures upon the diffel
emit subjects by agricultural author
ties of note. 1t 10 we'll to emphasis
both features. but n no case shout
the former be neglected. We hav
known Of Instances where men wef
present In the audience on such occs
sions who were check full Of just tn
informatio that was wanted on