The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-03

Il, because OF rs beauty ana rarTy,
very highly priced as q native wood
land or ornamental plant In the heav-
lily wooded sections OF the Pacific slope
In Washington and Oregon Il grows In
such profusion that Il Il one q the
worst weeds which the tiller Of the
soil has to contend with for two OF
three years after he clears up and
breaks his land.
There are four states which the 6rst
OF this year had more than 100000
hogs. Iowa leading with S4l3OO0. IlN-
nois ranking next with 4.673Oo0 and
Nebraska and Missouri following in
the order na0ed with 4.24SOOO aud
S59S.oOO head. respectively. And this
has been a decided prosperity factor.
for there has been very little loss by
disease. aud good prices have prevailed
for those that have been marketed.
The owner Of famous tract OF vir.
gin hemlock near Laporte. Pa. has
placed . reward OF 81 each on the
pelts or carcasses OF porcupines. which
are seriously injurinS and In some
cases killing fine hemlock trees by
gnawing and peeling the back from
the limbs in search OF ants, which
constitute one Of these queer animals
principal articles Of food. The por-
cupine is usually classed as inoffensive,
but this seems to be q blotch ON his
escutcheon.
A middle state farmer whose fields
are becoming fouled with Quack grass
Is this year trying the efficacy OF hemp
as a means Of getting rid Of the plague.
Hemp grows to height Of six or eight
feet and So completely covers and
shades the ground that any other plant
is smothered in the midst Of IL. 1t 10
thought that putting the land In hemp
two years in succession will complete
ly free the land Of the grass. An ad-
vantage in this method. II II ID n ef-
fective rs Is anticipated. would be that
the hemp has q considerable CONNER
cial value. and the use Of the land
would not be lost In the process. N II
true Of some other methods which
have been recommended.
1t may be merely q truism TO state
that the fields Of corn which have suf-
fered most from drought during the
past month in some sections Of short
rainfall have been those which were
cultivated the fewest times and had
the most weeds growing between the
rows. There was q very good reason
for this state Of affairs, which was
that the soil. not being stirred a. ~
quently rs 1t should, baked and dried
out much more rapidly than would
have otherwise been the case. while
the weeds that were encouraged by
this neglect served to still further az
gravate the situation and take from
the soil the little moisture which It did
contain. This matter Of the physical
condition In the soil resulting from
ample cultivation II one that u sadly
ignored or completely overlooked BY
all too many farmers. The importance
Of the point can hardly be given too
great emphasis.
A Nebraska town has inauguEated
lately q very practical type Of church
union OF a@liAtion. An entefprising
lady Of the Episcopal faith II the
prime mover In the COED work. A
Roman Catholic altar. permitted by
special dispensation Of the pope. b
fenced In at one end OF the church:
an Episcopal rail II 1t the other end.
with reversible seats between In the
body Of the church. Besides tho
faiths mentioned. Congregationalists
and Methodists also use the building.
with seats arranged to suit the taste
and with sermons delivered from the
north or south end. N the case may be.
This signifies considerable progress
along the line Of church union. but
somehow or other these good people.
with those Of other denominations,
ought to ax It mp somehow % they
can all face and march In the same
direction. II n this facing In different
directions which has been the chief
weakness Of religious organizations foe
the past 500 years. Perhaps Z better
a.