The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-05
INTERESTING
TALKS GIVEN
At SESSIONS
Attendance At Cambridge
City Short Course Today
Was Estimated Between
1,4OO and 1000 Persons.
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(COnt1nue0 from rage On0D
tanning eight to ten per cent of phos-
phoric acid and four or five per cent
of potash applied at the rate of 200
20 900 pounds per acre will increase
the yield of corn much more than en-
ough to pay for the fertilizer, to say
nothing of the residual effect on crops
that follow"
Weed Eradication.
From 10 to ~ o'clock this morning
nm interesting class was held at the
Masonic Hall in the study of Indiana
weeds and impurities of commercial
email seeds. A large number of far
mers took this class.
On account of the prevalence of
weeds on farm lands, and OF poor
seed on the markets of Indiana, there
has been demand this year for in
Btruction along the line OF weed era
dicatfon and small seed improvement.
The short course management gave
, one hour and half class period for
me study of specimens Of noxious
weeds, discussion of how to control
wGeQS, lHe SIuuy I'll Wttu ScSu lduch
samples of commercial small seeds.
, AS a first step toward weed eradi-
kation and the selection of a higher
GRADE of small seeds for use on Indi-
Ina farms, it is necessary, said the in
btructor in this subject, to know the
hames, Towering propagation habits
bf our noxious weeds, and also to be
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monty occurring weed seeds in farm
Seeds offered on the markets.
! Valuable instruction was given in
today's weed and weed seed study
class on weed control, recognition and
Identification of weeds and weed seeds
and in making home purity and germi-
nation tests of farm seeds.
Generally speaking" he said.
weeds can be greatly reduced by
practicing wisely selected and careful
rotation of crops, by using a better
and purer grade of seed, by frequently
cutting weeds about the place so as to
prevent their seeding, by the use Of
smother crops, by more thorough cul-
tivation, and by keeping more live
stock on the farm.
Farmers everywhere should be
more particular in the selection of
farm seeds, own and use tanning mills
freely, learn to know weed seeds so as
to be able to discriminate between
tolerably pure seed and seed that is
unfit for use and learn to make purity
and termination tests of seeds at
home
Judging Of Stock.
The judging of stock in the Boyd
building, was also held this morning.
Short talks were made on animal hus-
bandry. Poultry and horticulture was
held in the city hall and dairying also
in the city hall.
Classes and types of sheep were
Gtudied. there being carried for this
purpose, representatives of the Shrop-
shire, Oxford and Rambouillet breeds
Some time was devoted to a study
of the draft horse type and the best
methods of production. The draft
horse is a great money maker for the
FARMER where rightly bred, raised, fed
and managed, and the study Of these
problems took as much time as the
lstudy of the two individual mares
(which are carried to be used in con-
hection with this work.
The work of the animal husbandry
section at the short course today con-
sisted in work in judging cattle and
hogs. Three steers are carried for the
work in cattle judging. These steers
IRE not show animals, but are animals
selected with the idea in mind of car
rying the lesson which the instructor
wishes to impart. A prime fat yearling
steer represented the ideal beef type
which the butcher desires, and which
proves the highest seller in the mar
ket. A choice feeder and a common
feeder were used as the basic of a
discussion of market classes Of feed
srs which was supplemented by six
kbromides, showing the six market
classes of feeder steers. fancy select
ed. choice. good, medium. common,
and inferior. Charts showing the mar
gin at which these different classes of
feeders might be handled were also
nsed in illustrating the work.
Production of Pork.
mo state in the Union" said the in
structor in Animal Husbandry work at
the Short Course, lis better suited for
the profitable production of pork
Abundance Of corn, easy access to
markets and splendid climatic and
grazing conditions all make for sue
cess in pork production"
Better care of the brood SOW and
her litter offers one of the most prac-