The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-10
OF Interest to the Farmers

poorly svehtfiaceC. cusx' 'xnC" 1hny Eta
bles In which they are housed during
several months Of the year. Human
beings who existed under similar con-
ditions wouldn't live ~ long ~ the
cows do.
Young breeding animals Of whatever
kind should be given roomy and COM
Portable quarters by themselves where
they will be quiet and unexcited and
have conditions which will be most
conducive to the development Of the
vigor and vitality which are 70 ssen-
tial to their usefulness a breeders
when they have arrived at maturity.
It IL a bit strange that the chief
movers for the repeal Of the present
oleomargarIne law before the recent
congressional hearing were representa-
tives from southern states, where for
every dollar which cotton belt farm
ers receive for c~ottonseed oil made
into bogus butter they receive $107 for
bona fide dairy products. 1t looks a
II these beef trust allies from the
south were putting a small art before
. pretty good sized horse.
Some figures that are worth while
remembering relative to ensilage and
hay as farm rations are that the former
requires but afty cubic feet Of storage.
while hay occupies 500 cubic feet.
Again. 1t costs 63 cents per ton to put
In eusilage and $3.50 to secure q ton
Of hay. Lastly. the installation Of a
silo means the doubling Of the value
Of the corr crop. These are practical
arguments and should be sufficient to
induce many q corn belt farmer to
build a silo this summer for the more
economical disposal Of his corn crop.
While hawks will now and then vary
their bill Of fare by bouncing down on
q Juicy young chicken. It is rare indeed
that they do so. Especially is this true of
the 80 called hen hawk. which spends
the greater portion Of its time circling
over f1eld and meadow in search Of
mice. gophers and rabbits. Of which It
kills large numbers In the course OF q
summer season. When the small boy
brings down q hawk land this applies
with equal force to OWLS he puts out
Of business one Of the best friends
the farmer and the fruit grower have.
Investigations which have lately
been made by the commission appoint
ed In New York to look into the opera
tons Of the milk trust show that the
dairyman = milk producer - is getting
from 2h to 3N ent per quart for his
milk. barely enough to reimburse him
for cost OF feed and care while the
consumer In the large cities is paying
from 8 to 10 cents q quart for the
same milk. 1t looks nightly as If the
transportation companies and the milk
trust were robbing the farmer on the
one hand and practicing extortion on
the consumer with the other. There
will likely be something doing when
the commission gets through with its
hearings. e
Tank outfits for treating posts with
personalities are now on the market
and can be bought for about $50. This
b quite q bit larger outlay than the
man with average fence building on
his hands will feel that he can afford.
yet q way out would seem to offer in
the purchase Of such an outfit by him.
self and several Of his neighbors. The
equipment could be installed ut q cen
trail point and the posts taken there
for treatment. With post timber be-
coming scarcer every year and in view
Of the fact that the treatment Of them
with creosote or other preservatives
increases their life from three to 1--WE
times, the prontableness Of the opera.
ton would z to be clearly proved.
A Mr.. Archer. who received drst
prize for the highest yield of corn at
the Virginia state fair In 1909. raised
IA bushels to the acre on his farm
one mile south Of Richmond. on the
James river fats. the land raising
corn year after year and not having
been REINFORCED with any kind Of fer.
t~llizers. The variety grown was
Cookies Prolific, the rows being three
feet apart aud the stalks averaging
ten inches in the ROY The seed was
planted early In May and given three
civilizations during the season. the dirt
being thrown to the row with a turn
plow the first time. the c%ultivator be,
ing run close and deep the second
time. while in the last tilling the earth
was ridged up to the corn with a turn
plow. To mature the crop In question
required 125 days.
Owing to the difference In the
amount Of gluten In nour made from
hard and soft wheat. the housewife
moving from sthe east to the west.
where the soft wheat -four prevails.
should increase the amount Of -four
used In her recipes close to a third to
set the texture Of bread or cake which
she has been used to.
Estimates of the 1910 cotton crop
received by the department of agricul.
ture place the average at 80, 10000 as
compared with 81. 0 900 last year.
which In an Increase of o COO acres.