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

Millet which has been cut before the
3eed developed and Il bright and clean
makes . fair roushags for horses. II
the seed has developed It should not
be fed to them at all.
Pasteurization or sterilization Of
milk simply means the heating Of it to
a temperature of $50 degrees f., which
kills any bacterial life it may contain.
No complicated apparatus u required.
but just the application Of enough
heat to do the business.
The rapid increase in land values
must inevitably compel the adoption
Of a type Of agriculture which will
yield a corresponding interest return
on the increased valuation. he is a
level headed tiller Of the soil who, re-
alizing this fact adopts the more In
tensive methods and secures the in
creased returns on q relatively low
land valuation.
While some tobacco is produced in
almost all the states less than l per
cent is grown west Of the Mississippi.
Texas being the only state In which
the industry has gained any impor-
lance Kentucky leads all other states
in tobacco production. growing about
one-third of that produced in the
United States and one-ninth of the
crop of the world.
If the products raised on the farm
for feeding purposes consist only OF
corn. corn fodder. timothy OF wild
hay, the ration is not we'll balanced
and should be REINFORCED with oil
meal or bran to furnish the protein
lacking and give the best results. The
most satisfactory feed containing pro-
tein in considerable quantities Is clo-
yer or alfalfa, and when these are
available the bought stuffs will be
needed little. IL any.
A danger that the dairyman should
be on the lookout for in securing new
individuals for his herd-and this
holds whether the purchase be bulls
or cows-is contagious abortion. dis
ease that may cause q cow to lose her
calf before time year after year. 1t
Is estimated that the loss in year
due to decrease in milk yield Is from
SIS to $25 per head. A fact that
makes the disease especially danger
Gus IS that the germs may be trans
mitted to a calf at birth from its dam
and lie dormant until it is Of breeding
age, when it may be the means of in
fecting a whole herd.
A scientific analysis of soil which
has been cropped continuously for a
long period OF years and several of its
important elements depleted would in
many cases greatly aid the owner in
determining what fertilizers it were
best to apply to raise its productive
capacity to a maximum. Often soil
analyses will show an element in suf-
fcient quantity which had been sup
posed to be depleted. while another
supposed to be abundant is shown to
be quite deficient. The above holds
especially in the case of land devoted
to orchards and to intensive crops,
such as beets, onions and cabbages.
It's lots Of bother-Will be viewed so
by the corn grower who wants to save
time or Is lazy-but in view of the
heavy October freeze the past fall.
which killed the germ in the seed
corn. the only absolutely sure method
Of securing a supply that will germi
nate is to go into the field as soon as
the husks turn yellow and select the
seeders and get them thoroughly aired
out before frost time. Many make a
regular practice of this and are hence
on the safe side this season, but those
who usually wait till husking time to
make the selection are in pretty tight
place or will be before they get good
seed corn in the ground next spring.
A fact that the eastern and central
farmer should realize fully when he
leaves a section of abundant rainfall
for the semiarid sections Of the west
is that there must be a radical change
in depth Of blowing. methods of culti-
walton, etc. Instead of three or four.
he should pillow the land in the new
country to a depth Of six or seven
inches, while his aim in the surface
cultivation Of the soil must not be, as