The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03

the Farmers /
The owner Of q large turkey ranchl
In North Carolina who n also an ex. /
tensive tobacco growee - au1hoeity for |
the statement that q dock Of from
twenty-five TO nifty turkeys win keep . |
tobacco held almost entirely free fremI
the worms that do them % much dam
age
Those livfng In sections where al
faffa can b successfully raised or are
on what might BE- called the border
line and would like fun information
about the plants. its habits and how to
grow 1t successfully should write to
the department at Washington for bull
letin No. $50. which II devoted to this
subject.
This spring there are being sowed In
several Of the northern states small
quantities Of the Daubney cat, which
is white with strong, medium coarse
straw and which for several years
past has proved one Of the heaviest
yielding varieties IN Ontario, Professor
Zavitx Of the Ontario station reporting
a yield Of ninety two bushels per acre
with 1t.
The chap who win pay SIS for
scrub sire to head his herd Of scrubs
Is a first cousin to the fellow who
doesn't believe in testing his seed be-
cause 1t takes too much time or will
not pay a fair price for seed which his
neighbor has tested. There IL no use
trying to talk better farming" to this
kind until some sort Of cyclone has
hit 'en and walked them up.
The milk cow should be given one
pound Of q grain ration per day for
each three and a half pounds OF milk
which she gives, and to be balanced
the ration should consist Of about
corn chop or meal, with thirty pounds
Of silage and ten pounds Of clover hay
added. Where alfalfa hay or meal Is
available It may be substituted for
the gluten meal and bran.
OF the several conditions which At
feet the growing Of crop-seed quail
l fly. physical condition Of soil. light,
heat. moisture ana available plant food
In the soil-ths last, which IL largely
under the control Of the owner OF the
land and should receive most atten-
ton, is usually given the least. I'm
provement in the type Of agriculture
at present followed In this country de-
ponds upon q reform In this matter Nof
attention to soil fertility. Agricultural
bankruptcy IL the alternative.
A committee Of public spirited wo-
men In q little town we read Of the
| other day are going to see what they
| can accomplish in the way Of munic-
| ipal Improvement by Offering several
substantial cash prizes for the back
| yards within the city limits that pre-.
sent the neatest appearance during the
coming season. The plan h to be COM
mended In every way and should be
generally adopted, ~ 1t will do more
along the line Of making 4 neat town
thaa could be accomplished BY passing
all kinds Of ordinances.
II any man Weuld make an invest
ment for his chilAren 10 reap the bene
At from tWeaty-five or thirty years
hence he could hardly do better than
to plant a ten acre tract to cotton
wood trees. II they were given good
| care at the start and stock kept on,
during the whole period they would
give q lumber yield ut the end OF the
! period mentioned that would be sur
prising. With lumber prices advanc
ing as rapidly ~ they are. q timber lo'
Of saw logs will be a veritable gold
| mine few years hence. when any
kind Of q stick will Be called lumber
and viii fetch high prices.
In the spgayiag Of potatoes the Dor
deaux mixture should be made up
according to tie lilo recipe. Of cop
per sulphate. line and water O
even stronger. This should b applied
with paris green added IL the bug
have appeared when the vines an
about six or eight inches high and
should be repeated At intervals Of ter
or fifteen days until growth Of vines
stops. For large fields 1t will be found
both economical and advantageous II
the spraying work to use q special Pc
tato sprayor which is % arranged tina
from four to six rows may be sprayed
at once and . large area covered In ,
short time.
/ Some one has figured out that on tn
basis Of an average annual rainfall O
thirty inches q year the total amour
i Of fresh water Of the country IL 216,
1000 00O, 600 cubic feet. OF thi
4 enormous voiume 1t II estimated tina
one-half Is evaporated, third dow
into the sea through streams large ant
small. while the remaining sixth Il
consumed by living beings or absorbed
into the earth. OF the volume Of wa
ter in dowing streams only s per cen
IL utilised for power. The remaining
100000 horsepower, II utilized
would BE su@eient to furnish all tn
power needed for every purpose what