The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-02

where stock raising and dairying can
take its place.
sufficient unto .-e cay Is TIE evIl
thereof SHOULD not se construed as a
Scriptural excuse for fellow failing
to look ahead in testing his seed corn
Rather shsuld one be guided by that
secular admoniticn. The Lord helps
those who help themselves"
The number Of bushels Of apples
ruined annually through codling moth
infestation-the moth responsible for
the apple worms placed at between
10000, 900 and $4,000 900 bushels. or
nearly one-third of the total crop mar
keted during the past two or three
years. Here Is a leak. a leak of the
biggest kind. that orchardists ought in
good conscience to put an end to.
If cement is used as a stable floor
ing a generous supply Of bedding
should be used. This will serve to
protect the floor and the horses feet
and will Offset the harm that might
come from the tendency of such a
floor to gather dampness. The same
principle will apply in the use Of ce-
ment as a floor for the henhouse, par
ticularly during the months when the
hens are closely confined therein.
To any one who Is interested in the
project of earning a livelihood by the
intensive cultivation of small area
Of land little book lately come from
the press of Macmillan & Co. New
York city. will prove both entertain
ing and instructive. Its title is Three
Acres and Liberty" and its author a
Mr.. Bolton, who was assisted in its
preparation by some of the leading
agriculturists and hortfculturists OF
the country.
The raising Of more bushels Of grain
and tons Of hay to the acre from a
given piece of land serves only to
aggravate the matter of an exhaustion
of soil fertility unless along with the
harvesting Of the larger yields there
goes the adoption of such methods OF
culture as will enable the soil to main.
tain it's supply of fertilizins elements
notwithstanding the heavier draft
placed upon it. This is point not
often referred to and yet one that may
well be kept in view.
Ohio and Mississippi valley farms
are slowly but surely being threaten
ed with the same fate which has over
taken all too many eastern farms and
southern plantations through a long
continued and ruinous system of crop
ping which has had no thought for q
maintenance or restoration Of soil fer
tility. The only course that can pre-
vent such calamity from being fully
realized in the sections mentioned is
the adoption Of rational methods in
the handling Of the farm, crop rota
ton, dairying and stock raising and
in general ceasing to employ thirty
dollar methods on land that is worth
from $50 to $16O per acre.
In Connecticut and some other new
England states the laws which have
been in. force for some years past hav
, fng in view the protection Of deer have
resulted in such an increase in theil
numbers that the animals have be
come a positive source Of injury tt
gardeners and orchardists. One case
tural journal tells Of the destruction OF
500 young apple trees by them, the
trees being virtually stripped of al
their smaller branches. An agitation
is already afoot looking to a repeal Oh
such modification Of the law as viii
result in reducing the number Of the
deer and keeping them in their legiti
mate haunts, the untitled meadow!
| and timberlands.
A recourse at hand for those who oc
| cupy positions which they feel are eco
nomically oppressive as we'll as Of un
certain tenure is the taking Of tn,
steps necessary to secure a small trac
| of fertile land. This cannot be don,
| in a moment, but once it is taken a!
an object for achievement and worth,
OF ones best efforts long step toward
| the desired goal is made. A home OF
the land and a living exacted from
| the few acres adjoining mean hare
| work. but they carry with them ,
guarantee of health, contentment ant
economic self respect. Were thi
| movement Of population from tn,
cities to the soil to become at all gen
eral 1t would effect a cure Of the wors
fills, social, economic and moral, tina
folks suffer from today, while It would
mean better wages and more consider
ate treatment for those who remained