The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-03
FEWER Acags. sev1xR FARMING

proooiog on ~ Mid 81 the American
coil tiller who y handling more than
eighty acres II 10 that be could make
just NJ much Desey In the long run
and do II far easier and with greater
degree Of satisEactioo u he would
work half ~ much land tvyies o. well
40 the area hs - ct present handling.
This fact II brought 10 hight In the
crop statistics - seld figures - which
show the average yield Of corn per
acre for the country to BE- twenty
seven bushels, wheat fourteen BUSH
els. oats between twenty and twenty
nve bushels and potatoes from eighty
20 Q hundred bushels. with the yields
Of othse staple farm crops on . par
with those mentioned. It II shewn In
the further fact that % few farms
have the gardens they ought to have
to raise vegetables and fruits for the
homo table. Reason-men too busy
from daylight till dark tending crops.
making hay and milking cows and
the womse folks too busy in the house
feeding hungry men and washing and
needing their shirts to take up this
outside work 40 an extra burden. It
II further shown In the fact that the
average lock Of hens II left TO shift
for themselves instead Of being looked
after systematically and made .
source Of substantial profit; further
shown IN % many men keeping herds
Of Improbable cows simply because
they are - swamped with work-part
OF it milking these same cows-that
they don't ind time to figure out
whethse they are paying for the stun
they eat. IL 10 easier 10 offer advice
than to put advice iato practice. but
IL II from this reduction IN the area
worked BY one man and the handling
Of IL more Extensively and Intelligent
~ that any regeneration In our agEi-
culture must chiefly come. The dine
q past when slipshsd, Inland go-miss
methods can bs employed On the farm
and . fair interest return On money
invested b realised. There y already
IN existence - Q result Of patient Re-
search sud experiment q body OF In
formation which may properly BE-
termed the science Of farming. and
wide awake t1iIsss OF the soil arc look
ing 10 this IN ever Increasing numbers
for information ana assistance. while
It seems clear that the others will
have to do this II they continue much
longer II the business. This science
has to do with the fundamental facts
Of the chemistry Of soils and the make
MP Of natural and ARTIFICIAL fertilizers.
II states the cause0 Of soil depletion
and tells why sseatiea Of crops u nee
essay. Il takes up the question Of
balanced rasioss and shows what
feeds may b most economically used
% produce given results. 1t analyses
milk yields and makes possible the
wedding ont Of Improbable individu-
als Of dairy herds, and 4 applies the
tubseculn tsse and locates the diseas-
a and Improbable COW. II does
theoo things and hundreds Of others.
It goes without saying that the farm
or must get holA Of ~ much Of this
Information a possible II hs would
kssp up with the procession. Unless
he does % he h bound 70 become q
stxagslsr on NE highway Of progress.
A NEW WORM PEsT.
Added 10 The conditions Of drought
which are always peesent, portion OF
noetAsastsgn New Mexico. southern
Colombo and strip Of the Texas Pan
handle are being svsrrun with what =
known a. the New Mexico range cat
sepdllar. The fun grown larvae. which
have . spiny and decidedly ugly ap-
psarance. frequently measure tworand
q half inches n length and are a.
thick - q mans forennger. Counts
which have beeo made Of the number
Of caterpillass On small areas show
that-0ecttons which are worst infested
have a. many ~ 100000 Of these
huge worms - Q square mile. The
bureau Of entomology Of the depart
msne Of agriculture has been making
q study Of the life history Of this worm.
1es natural enemies and measures which
are effective In its extinction and has
publashed tho data collected ~ bulletin
No. 81. part 8. bureau Of entomology.
oERvlNo TWO MASTERS.
&c beats all how . handful Of cigars
o. Q ride In the easy going automobile
Of some smooth to0gued representative
Of special interests at state or national
capitals will befog the mind OF q eg-
islatoe relative to the plain duties de-
volving upon him ~ representative and
trustee Of the Interests Of hds constitu
suts. But the day u at hand when hs
viii have to nsh or cut bait and decide
whom he viii serve. This matter Of
the people paying lawmakers good
fat salaries to represent them only to
have Thorn turn up later In the guise OF
easy marks and stool pigeons Of capt
talistic interests II type OF traitorisu
that II viewed with increasing abhor
renee In the mind Of thinking people
and It's time the fellows who havs be
loaged 10 this class repented In sack
cloth and ashes Or ran for their e.
clone cellars.
A bath Of Kerosene will often give
new vigor to the family clock when Il
gets on one Of those tired streaks.
Many q young fruit tree Is injured
By having the label wire left on a
planting time through hurry or over
a.