The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-01

gal in shape of raw grain crops and the
burning of the stubble that the use of
it today applied thinly with spreader
has directly opposite effect. He stat
ed that n few in his locality were
awaking to the Importance Of the
fact referred to and were working into
a dairy type or stock feeding of agri-
culture. so that they might increase
the supply of fertilizer available for
the land. The trend he speaks of is
significant and will mean much for the
farmers of his own state and others
similarly situated.
The Nebraska state experiment sta
ton has conducted some valuable
feeding experiments with corn and al
falfa and on two other roughage ra
lions. 1t was found that with a ra-
ton consisting Of Ga pounds Of corn
and "a pounds of alfalfa the average
was 6.5 cents, the profit on each steer
fed this ration being 1921. With a
ration consisting Of 6.3 pounds Of corn.
four pounds Of alfalfa and four pounds
Of stover the cost per pound OF gain
was cents. while the profit per ami
NAL was 1915. In a third test 9.3
pounds Of corn and SO pounds of prai-
RE hay were required to give a pound
gain costing 8.5 cents. while the aver
age loss In feeding the steers was q
cents a head. With fourth lot Of
steers a pound Of gain costing 6.5
cents was secured from q ration Of
6S pounds Of corn and 6.5 pounds Of
alfalfa. In this case the average profit
was 500 per head.
Johns big sister should derive some
consolation from the fact that, while
she may have invested a considerable
amount In one of those merry Wild
ow" monstrosities. he may make use
Of It next June as q shade for his corn
plow by eQuipping it with center pole
and braces.
II reports are to be believed, an
Owatonna (N1inn.) resident has earned
the rather unique distinction of hav-
ing raised a wheelbarrow load of COT
fee the past summer. The coffee plants
or shrubs from which the berries were
secured grew to height of three or
four feet Whether they will live to
bear q crop next season remains to be
seen.
It Is seldom that q wire milk strainer
will remove all the foreign matter
from a pail Of milk. On this account
at least two thicknesses OF a close
meshed cotton cloth should be placed
over the strainer, when many fine par
ticles Of matter will be removed.
When the milk is strained the cloth
as well as the pail should be thorough
" washed and scalded.
One Of the first tests to be made
I with the lately discovered hog cholera
vaccination serum was used with q
drove Of north Iowa hogs a few weeks
ago and with marked success. OF the
thirteen hogs affected with a bad type
Of cholera but two died, the remaining
eleven responding to the treatment
and making a rapid recovery. If the
new remedy will save this per cent Of
hogs aliicted with the cholera scourge
1t will be worth millions Of dollars an
nually to the hog raisers Of the coun-
try.
That persuasion IL often more e9ec-
tive than force we saw nicely illustrat-
ed some time ago In an attempt which
q number Of earnest and possibly eX-
asperated men were making to get .
horse, green at the business. into q
tread power. Pulling on the halter
with q half hitch. padding with
brooms and elapboards and similar
means were tried without avail. until
finally one who understood horse ma
ture better than the rest and possibly
had a little more horse sense secured
two or three humps Of sugar and gave
the horse a taste, when he walked into
the power as IL it had been an every
day occurrence.
A chart which IL used in the farm
crops department Of the Iowa agricul-
tural department bears the six follow
ing rules which should be followed II
one would increase his yield Of oats.
They should be copied In large letters
and pasted on the barn door Of every
farmer who is not already following
the directions which they contain.
They are. first, secure seed suitable to
the locality: second. get seed that will
grow; third. fan and grade the seed;
fourth, treat for smut; fifth, properly
prepare the seed bed, and. sixth. sow
seed with drill. A glance will show
that there Is nothing highfaIutin OF
particularly dincult about these rules.
It Is fair to assume II a farmer has
been siipshod with his oats he could
increase the yield Of this cereal from
10 to 10 per cent by following theos
above simple directions.
One Of the very interesting and In
structive exhibits at the Omaha corn
show consisted Of fifty ten-ear sam
pies Il corn grown by the pupils Of the
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