The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-02
OF Interest TO the Farmers

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ynlan reed Of snelied corn and oats
will be a good thing for calf and
colt as soon as they get on to the trick
Of eating 1t. The combination Is q
| good bone builder and muscle former
Should the family clock quit bust
ness and the hands 60 on a strike the
trouble can usually be arbitrated by
| the application to the working parts
! IF little kerosene with q broom splint
81 turkey feather
Depends a good deal on the man.
One will take a hoe and make a living
for himself and family from an acre
or two. while another will be given a
clear title to a fine quarter section
farm and be busted in q dozen years.
The other day a trapper living along
the Mississippi dug trench six feet
deep and forty feet long to capture
I've wolf cubs. from which he realized
4 bounty Of so. 1t IL not likely that
| this fellow could have been induced to
| do a job Of like magnitude on q city
street for love or money.
Very little water will need to be
given the newly set fruit or shade tree
II the soil within a radius Of three or
four feet from the trunk is kept mel
low. so that 1t will not pack and bake.
| There Is abundant moisture in the
earth for the needs Of the tree. except
made available in the manner sug-
| gested.
In these days. when butter Is worth
| 30 cents pound. 1t behooves a fellow
to provide a substitute which will an
swer the same purpose and not cost
| so much. Corn, consisting as 1t does
| 30 largely of fat forming elements. Is
the substitute which will be available
in most cases. and 1t may be fed as
| meal. cracked or whole. In small
quantities oilmeal is also an excellent
substitute .
Large tracts Of the cutover pine
lands Of northern Wisconsin are being
cleared for the growing Of peas for
large canning factories. The soil has
been found to be adapted to the grow
ing Of this legume, which does not rob
but, rather, enriches 1t. while the some
what cool weather during the growing
season gives q fine texture and quality
90 the product.
The ugly burdock, which often mars
the looks of back yard or alley, may be
exterminated by cutting the root of the
old plants below the crown with q
spade and by heeing over the little
chaps. Patches Of nettle. which be-
long to the root stalk family. should
not only be kept from going to seed.
but the entire root system should be
dug from the soil, allowed to dry in
the sun and burned. II there are small
patches of quack grass in the garden
they should be handled in the Same
way, as any Joint Of root left In the
ground win start growing.
The economic prostration Of the In
habitants Of the wheat growing Sec
lions Of India IL due in part to variable
and uncertain rains, with ensuing
drought and famine, and As largely to
the very crude and primitive methods
which are still followed In the han
ding Of the soil and harvesting Of the
crop. In the former operations the
crudest kind OF plows are used, which
barely scratch the ground. the grain II
thrashed by the feet Of oxen and sep
arated from the chair by hand win
moving In the wind. So low Il the
yield that in fat years there Is not
enough grain produced to tide the peo-
pie over seasons OF drought.
The richest group Of people In the
world are said to be the 026 remaining
members of the Usage Indian tribe,
who live seventy-five miles north of
McAlester, Okla. Each individual has
q clear title to GEO acres Of the richest
farming land. which Is valued ut 500
per acre. without regard to the min
eral wealth which IL may contain, fat
bank accounts and pro rata share In
the 100000 fund which Ia held in
trust by the government. 1t is said
that, in addition to being fortunate in
the property to which they have fallen
heirs. they have been industrious and
thrifty and that 1t Is in quite q measure
to this fact that their unusual prosper
ity Is due
An Investigation into the cost Of
eggs shipped from the Mississippi val
ley farm to the consumer In New York
shows those who take toll in handling
and the amount exacted to b ~ fol-
lows:
Cents.
Paid to the farmer. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
Profit OF the country store. o
Gross profit OF the shipper. rs
Freight to New York. ............... LIS
Gross profit to receiver. IS
Gross pront to 1obbor. LIZ
Loss from Gambling is
Gross profit or retailer. ................. 45
COX TO cOn80nef-.. .
A glance at the items would seem tc
indicate that the retailer might well
divide bit with the country store
keeper and the farmer and consumer
be no worse OF.