The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-01
A NEW VIEW POINT.

In discussing an old subject from a
new angle, j. S. Kuth, of the State
Line Fruit Farm, located on the trac-
ton at the Ohio line, said something
of interest to both town and country
reader, as follows:
"A farmer should consider sun time
as Natures time. From sunrise up
to IL o'clock all vegetables and grow
ing plants are crisp, fresh and grow
ing. From II to in hot weather
with the sun blazing overhead, the
soil should not be disturbed, for best
results.
From p. m. until late in the even
ing cultivation results in capillary ac-
ton, draws up the water and the cool,
stirred up soil prevents undue evapora-
ton, thus giving the growing plants a
chance to absorb the film water, to
produce growth. This fact is just as
important to successful gardening as
to general farming, though on a
smaller scale.
eff the clocks are set ahead an hour
on the farm, it means that We shall
lie working between II and 1 o'clock,
sun time, the hottest hour of the day
and the most critical hour for both
team and driver in open fields, unless
we take 2-hour lay off at noon.
If on top of this the farm hands
should insist on quitting when the fac
tory worker does, or get extra pay for
overtime, our present heavy costs
would climb still higher. 1 think the
Palladium folks are entitled to bou-
quet for allowing the farmers chance
to find fault with Woodrow W., the
city people, laborites. profiteers, etc"
Eight lots of western lambs in a
feeding experiment at Purdue cost
1919 cents in October, and were sold
at S20.10 for tops in Chicago recent
ly. There were 1874 head in the con-
test, 25 of which netted a profit of 81
per head, but the scale on the differ
net lots varied as to feeds and days,
and these cut the average profit on
the shipment to SITS. The bunch re-
ceiving the standard ration of shelled
corn, silage. clover hay and cotton
seed meal made the most money this
year, as has been the rule for 8 years
of the last 9. c. NJ. Vestal, in charge
of the feeding says that it required
3A pounds of concentrates, AZ of
silage and pounds of clover hay for
every pound of grain, which made a
cost of Is cents per pound. The best
lot gained "a of a pound per day for
100 days and weighed SO pounds.
Lambs having the same ration, except
but half the amount of corn took lit
days to make the weight.
A comparison of grain option prices
for May delivery at Chicago today
shows May corn to be 10c, May oats
zoe, May rye 1Oc and May barley 4Sc
per bushel higher than on this date
last year. They are still mailing bar
ley for beer in Europe, and it is also
used in black bread over there. More
barley is being fed than usual, which
also explains the comparative advance
in price. Prohibition has not hurt the
barley growers as yet, evidently.
Lower Price for Milk.
Milk made drop of one cent to lac
per quart at retail in Chicago on Mon
day. There is said to be a surplus of
export demand for condensed milk,
owing to the money market abroad.
1t IS stated that a can of milk selling
at 15c here costs 75c in Paris, be-
cause of the discount on francs, and
the high price now limits consump-
ton all over Europe. A pint bottle of
milk still sells at &C in Chicago and
cream is worth 60c per quart
The White River Bank of Loogoote,
Ind, has donated a lot of Big-Type
Poland bred gifts to members of the
boys agricultural class at the high
school, they to return two 3-months
old gifts later in payment, said gifts to
be also given away on the same basis,