The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-30
The Farm and
The Farmer
BY William r. San5orn

w. p. krOm, better known TO his
many friends as Perry" disposed OF
80 head of Big Type Poland hogs of
his own breeding on Friday afternoon.
The offering consisted chiefly o.
young stuff. and in view of the nu-
merous earlier sales and present mar
ket conditions. Mr.. Krom considers
that he came out pretty we'll
No outside prices were paid. ''the
top gilt bringing s16," as Mr. Krom
stated, and the total Of the sale was
Sat- Harry Thornturg, OF the IN
ion National bank. made the settle
ments and Tom Commit did the sell
ing
The membership campaign is now
an interesting meeting held THURSDAY
night. Earl Crawford, County Agent
Dolan and Theo. Davis were all pres
ent 10 stir up enthusiasm.
FEEDING Barley to Hogs
They have been experimenting With
barley as food for hogs AT the Now
York State College OF Agriculture a.
Ithaca. Six lots OF hogs were fed with
barley in some combination. and il
was found that barley was more than
80 per cent as efficient as corn. TwD
lots of hogs were fed barley and tank
age, two lots corn and tankagc. and
TIC Inn IoL were lNu CDIh Ii, Ddt tSh
and tankage. The last lot got Al
pounds of corn. 46 of barley and eigh.
of tankage, and these made the great
est gain.
The estimated number OF sheen
now in Australia is $4,000 600. There
was an estimated loss of 10.000.000
head in 1919. owing to drouth.
Prof. Hammond, of the Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station, marketed 80 lambs
at Pittsburgh few days ago on low
market day. They were Shropshire
Merinos and Southdown Merinos. Is
of the latter being grain fed. These
topped the market at s12 and showed
a low percentage of shrink.
A Good Mixture for Hens
Charles Kreimer, of Hamilton coun-
ty, Ohio, writes that he is feeding four
quarts of corn, two of wheat and two
of oats daily to 100 hens, with dry
mash ever present and plenty OF
green food. He says he is getting
good results from this mixture This
recipe halls from Maine, and has been
tried out at the state experiment sta
ton there, with good success, as the
officials report.
New Garden Farmers Meet.
The meeting of the New Garden
farmers at Fountain City on Friday
night was largely attended. as is the
general rule in this township. one of
the best organized in the county. The
most important business to come up
was the election of officers, which re-
suited as follows: President, William
Wright; vice president, James Busby;
secretary. Elmer Hodgin; treasurer,
Claude B Arnold
Not because of any dissatisfaction
with the work of the first set of of
ficers, but because the latter wished
TO have the duties and possibilities
divided up. was the clean sweep made,
The tendency was to shy from re.
election and to give the other fellow
a chance at official honors. County
Agent Dolan addressed the meeting,
and several members expressed their
views about the local drive, which Is
now on.
Good Meeting at Williamsburg.
Earl Crawford and Theo. Davis adj
dressed the farmers at williamsburg
Friday night, preparatory TO the drive
now opened UP. Numerous SIS meIl-
bership collections were made, III
agreeing that the former 81 member
ship fee did not furnish enough am
munition for the important work OF
the county and state organizations
In view of what it is hoped TO accom-
plish through cooperative effort.
The speakers at the various meet
ings during the week have all in.
sisted on the Importance of the mass
meeting of farmers to be held at the
courthouse this evening. County of.
ficers are to be elected and there is
much business of interest to all farm
ers to come up.