The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-07


ing and frequent CIVILIZATIONS, which
keep the surface soil mellow. enabling
1t to retain a maximum amount OF that
moisture which falls as rain and tend
ing to increase the amount Of moisture
which rises from the subsoil to the
cultivated some.
It IL a pretty sure proposition that
chronically bad roads anywhere keep
otherwise be. Such condition 70 In
part due to the handicap which own
ers are confronted with In hauling
their produce to market while there
il little question that the mere ap-
pearance Of the highways has q con-
siderable influence with q prospective
purchaser in causing him to arrive at
m estimate Of what he considers q
piece Of land in such 4 poor roads 10
cality worth.
An odd feature In the practice Of
Norman tenant farmers IL that often
their leases entitle them to carry on
from q farm when they leave It foot
or 80 Of the rich black surface soil, the
equity Of the procedure seeming to lie
In the fact that, since he has been to
considerable pains and expense to en-
rich the soil, - = s0titlsd to certain
portion Of 1t when he moves to an
other place. If renters In this country
were doing . little more OF this bust
ness Of carrying soil fertility around
with them, instead Of AZ q class being
soil impoverishers, the condition Of
things would Be good deal better, all
parties involved, than It II today.
An honest writer In an advertising
folder issued BY a western railroad
company for the purpose Of exploiting
the lands tributary 10 its lines, In dis
cussing the question OF Q possible over
doing Of the apple business IN the
pertinent suggestion that to avoid the
danger Of such q condition only the
best varieties Of apples should Be
planted nov-those that because Of
their exceptional appearance and quail
ity are bound to fetch good prices even
II the market 10 drugged with poorer
apples. The point n well taken and
should be kept IN view not only BY
those In the west. but also by those
In the east, who are about to set new
orchard tracts.
There 10 NO time when the work Of
giving the young orchard trees low
heads and sturdy branching limbs can
be done 20 easily ~ at the time when
they are drst set out II the young
trees as they come from the nursery
are tall and spindly they should be
cut back so AZ to leave q trunk Of the
desired height While this may seem
harsh treatment, the result will be that
sturdy lateral branches viii be Get out
and good head started when moth
ing Of the kind would be possible were
the tree allowed to continue its vertical
growth uninterrupted. The finishing
through several seasons, and the
amount that viii need to be done from
time to time win be Indicated some
what by the habit Of growth Of the
tree and the definite ideal or tyre OF
tree which the orchardist may have In
mind.
While the Holstein COW johanna
Tvs Colantha holds the worlds rec
ord % far N milk and butter produc.
ton during any given year II con.
cerned. the Jersey COW Jacobs Irene
has completed . three years buttes
production that has never been *
celled. During the year 1905 she gave
1851 pounds Of milk, which tested
5.A and produced 610 pounds Of but
ter int; In 1907 she gave 14.255 pounds
Of SIS per cent milk, which showed
792 pounds Of butter fat. while last
year her milk yield was 1888 pounds
testing SIS and giving 964 pounds Of
butter fat or the equivalent Of liz
pounds Of s. per cent butter. Added b
this remarkable Continuous milk Civ
ing performance, Jacobs Irene hi
produced three healthy calves, which
makes her record tho more remarka
bic. Many viii watch with interest Il
So II her 1900 record = IN improve
ment On that Of 1908
Two things On q god many farms
need . better chance 10 show what
they can do for Themselves. the boy