The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-02

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lent preceding crop. AS there Is time to
give the land several diskings before
the alfalfa is sown. With conditions
at all favorable there should be a
yield Of from twenty five to thirty.
FIVE bushels per acre. while the price
should be not less than 81 per bushel.
The Cuban orange crop Of 1908 was
a record breaker. aggregatinS nearly
10000 crates. The output Of pine
apples was 100000 crates. aud the
bulk Of 1t was shipped to New York
city.
Any person who does the common
work OF life which falls to his lot faith
fully and we'll deserves credit as
benefactor of his fellow men just as
truly as do those who labor higher up.
1t Is not so much the kind Of work as
the way in which 1t Is done that makes
it worth " bile.
Goats have lately been used In the
Lassen national forest in California for
the purpose of denuding strips of land
Of vegetation to make tire lines. Not
only do the goats eat vegetation OF al
most every description. but they have
been known to tear bark loose from
good sized trees and strip it up a
dozen or more feet.
Venezuela has 100000 acres devoted
to the raising Of coffee. The number
Of plantations is $1,000 aud the annual
product about $4,000 tons. Argentina.
the great wheat granary Of South
America. exported S6672 600 bushels
Of wheat from Jan. to Aug. !. This
is about 100000 more bushels than
for the corresponding period last year.
Light clothing and cool drafts Of wa
ter are just as refreshing for little ba-
bies in hot wea her as for grown folks,
and a lot Of their fretfulness and cry
ing during the heated season are very
likely due to the fact that their needs
In these two particulars are not given
the attention they deserve. Babies
have feelings the same as old folks.
| but aren't endowed with capacity to
kick up as much disturbance II their
wants are disregarded.
A lot has been written and consider
ably done Of late along the line of
| eradicating tuberculosis from dairy
herds for the sake Of these animals
and the hogs that may follow them.
1t is about time the babies In town and
| country homes who are compelled to
| subsist largely on milk from tubercular
cows had a word said in their behalf.
1t may be that dollars don't talk so
| loud for them as for the animals in
pen or feed lot. but common decency
and humanity should.
According to a bulletin recently is
sued by the department Of agriculture.
| milk and the products derived there
from constitute one-sixth of the total
food of the average family. In North
| America this milk is produced almost
exclusively By COWS. in the billy dis.
tricts Of Europe by the goat. by the
| buffalo in India. the llama In South
America. the camel In desert countries
and the mare in Russia and central
Asia Sleeps milk il used IN some
| countries for making cheese and other
purposes. white in arctic regions the
milk Of reiDdeers Is commonly used
| for food.
| A north Iowa farmer. claims to be
the only man in the west who Is rails
ing thoroughbred Arabian horses
| Twenty years ago be brought three
| colts with him from his native land
Today his herd numbers ffty-two. and
ten of them have been selected fol
| ring purposes and will be exhibited Al
neighboring state fairs. These Arab
| ans are very attractive in appearance.
| having silver names and tails ant
| glossy coats Of q beautiful bu0 color
The owner has on his farm. beside
stables and quarters for his men. ,
training Of his horses.
Owners Of telephone. telegraph ant
power transmission companies in SOM
sections of the country are reportin,
considerable damage to poles from
! the attacks OF the common red heade
| woodpecker. which. with the gradua
decrease in number of trees, has com
to look upon the poles as a iegitmat
place for the building of a nest Th
excavation for the nest. which is usual
~ three inches in diameter and five o
six inches deep. not only weakens tn
pole BY so much. but the nest become
a point where the rotting process set
in. Attempts which have been mad
to stop the work of the birds by fllin
the nest with stones has made 4 ba
matter worse. as they usually procee
to excavate another Dest adjacent {
the old one and thus enlarge the cav
ty. A soaking of the poles in creosot
has proved quite effective. but this ir
wolves a larger expense than most con