The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-26

ways. tbs mecns that while one may
not cross the land Of an adjoining prop
erty owner to reach 4 fishing spot II
the latter forbidS he may wade or boat
to the spot and nsh as much as he
likes.
A record price was registered the
other day for orange land in the
vicinity Of Lindsay, Cal. when eight
and quarter acres Of bearing yaleH-
cias sold for $SSOO0. or at the rate Of
$1,000 per acre. Apple land in the
most favored western fruit districts
has passed hands at high prices. but
they do not equal this.
Weighing the milk and use of the
Babcock tester will tell accurately
whether a given cow is worthy a place
in the profitable dairy herd. but no
plan has as yet been outlined to de-
termine whether given man is quail
fed to run dairy. Ii the truth could
be known quite likely as many fizzles
with cows are due to the man as to
the bovines.
1t takes ability Of high order to so
handle soil that it will retain its fertil-
ity when cropped year after year. 1t
takes ability Of a still higher order to
take a piece of rundown land and re-
store it to its original fertility. Spe-
cialists of the latter kind are needed
badly In most every section of the
country, and il the agricultural high
schools and colleges are not turning
out young men equipped to do this
very thing 1t Is high time they got
busy and did so.
Late exhaustive inquiry into the
apple situation seems to show that the
crop will be considerably less than last
year. This condition, coupled with a
shortage of the crop in Canada and
Europe, should mean a nice profit for
the grower and fair profit for the
middleman' in handling. 1t is patent
that it will be to the advantage of
every orchard owner who has grown
nice smooth fruit, free from defects,
to pack it in the most careful and at
tractive manner possible.
The oleo hearing carried on before
the agricultural committee Of the
lower house of congress finally result
ed in things being left as they were.
The Oleo chaps-the steer and cotton
seed fellows-could not bring sufficient
pressure to bear to cause the removal
Of the ten cent tax on colored cleo,
while the butter men failed to secure
such amendment Of the revenue laws
as would place ~the manufacture. Of
cleo under government inspection.
Tie whole question bids fair to be
thrashed out again at the coming SEES
sion Of congress.
One realizes more fully the amount
Of moisture necessary to mature the
corn plant and the importance played
by frequent cultivation during the
growing season when the fact is
known that from the time Of planting
to maturity water escapes from the
soil by evaporation under the most
favorable conditions Of earth mulch
and through the leaves and stem OF
the plant at the rate Of 27O pounds Of
water for every pound of dry matter
produced by the plant above ground,
including stalk, leaves and ears. In
the face Of these figures one also ap-
preciates the value to a growing field
of corn from a good soaking rain.
Process or renovated butter is made
from the crude store product in sec.
tons where creameries and scientific
butter making are unknown. This
stuf-it is not worthy Of the name OF
butter-is first melted and strained
which leaves a clear yellow butter oil
| It is then aerated by having current
of pure heated air blown through II
for several hours. This process re-
moves original taints and smells and
leaves it a pure, odorless butter fat
| 1t is then treated with skimmiik, as
| is oleomargarine, is churncd, sailed
| and packed. and really makes q pretty
decent sort df food. 1t usually sells
| at about 5 cents per pound less than
| the best grades OF butter.
No one suffers more in the end
through the marketing Of poor eggs
than the very folks who keep the hens
and take this unsavory product to the
country store. State pure food laws
have helped a good deal to drive the
egg of uncertain age and questionable
condition OF the market. but there are
| still many who make q practice of
| making the grand round Of the prem
| ises once in two or three weeks,
searching under currnnt bushes and in
deserted managers for eggs. and take
this same product to market. The
storekeeper doesn't make the row he
| ought to for fear of losing the custom
er's trade. while the consumer is long
/, suffering and does not like to make
trouble for the storekeeper, and thus
| the fraud continues. In the aggregate
poultry keepers make nothing, but
rather lose. in the continuation Of this