The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-27
EGGS FOR MATCHING

In thrifty farm homes the lady OF
the house will soon be planning to
set the incubator and many of these
will be all tuned up in February.
February may seem q little early, but
millions OF eggs are set from winter
layers, even this far north, and In that
month those who advertise settings"
from pure blood chickens will begin to
ship.
furnish the eggs and do all the work Of
rearing a brood. you will await warmer
weather, when eggs won't freeze in the
nests. The chicken sfancier pays no
attention to weather; his eggs never
bought. He keeps the poultry houses
warm. at least the temperature in the
nest houses Is always regulated.
In selecting eggs Tor Matching 1t is
important that they are all OF one
kind, and of uniform size and color.
Your chicks will then be true to strain.
Oversize eggs, small eggs, and eggs
which are too round or are extremely
pointed. should not be set. They are
freak eggs. The shell should be
smooth and Of uniform thickness.
If care is used in the selection of
eggs, and in wedding out the flock,
you will finally have eggs Of a uniform
color, also chickens will match" In
ordinary farm focks the color Of the
eggs vary greatly, and this often
lowers the price when shipped to
market in cases. The wise country
egg buyer asserts to color and size
and repacks, because he knows his
business.
DENVER HEREFORD SALE.
At the close Of the National West
ern Stock show, at Denver last week,
the Hereford cattle men had a sale
at which the Junior champion female
sold for $4,000, and was shipped to
California. Panama 10th, first in the
senior yearling class of bulls, brought
$500. the top of the sale. The 90
bulls sold averaged $1,701 and the %
females s1.O56. The total net on 45
head was $61,s75.
They are proud of their 'hawgs"
out in Mizzourah. and are especially
boastful of 1.100 pound Poland
China boar which sold for $4,000 last
fall. This chap stood "A inches high
and was 7-feet long from tip to tip.
Some hog and some money: still,
many hog has sold for three times
that money, or at least a few have
Will d nal eiA VI hUdIe. buI 30 Iar rs
we can learn, tht 7-foot hog yet holds
the Missouri price record on swine.
WHEN BOSTON PACKED PORK.
1t isn't at all likely that when you
read or talk about Boston, you also
think about pigs. Fact is you haven't
got pigs and Boston all cluttered-up in
your mind. But there's Modelling. for
the Hub was once the pork packing
center on the United States, or rather
the Colonies.
This was along in 1890 and for many
years later.
If you ever hear a Bostonian boast
ing of that fact, phone US, or mail us
letter Of Introduction. He will be a
meek and lowly man. In those days it
is likely that one could buy an average
hog for the present price Of a dozen
strictly fresh eggs, in that historic
town. ..-- =.
ICE FOR FARM HOMES
II you have made due Investigation
you have discovered that Nature
hasn't raised the price on freezing ice
| this winter, and also that there is
plenty Of it for cutting. A farm ice
house may be a very simple and mex
pensive affair. and surely every farm
home needs ice all summer long
You can fix up almost any old out
building so that it will keep ice. at
very little cost and it will well repay
the expense and trouble. Some farm.
doubled or lined the walls. added a
tight door. packed in a supply Of saw
dust and then loaded it with ice.
| A coarse cinder floor of some depth
to insure drainage. or even coarse
gravel will do TO take care Of the drip
Ice must not be piled on the ground
for the earth draws heat, and the floor
should be laid on some material which
will absorb water. and have an outlet
to keep the floor dry.
| II you send for Farmers bulletin
No 623, of the u. s. Department of
Agriculture, you will find all the in
| formation needed IS to farm ice
houses, the quantity if ice needed for
the care Of milk and butter per COW
etc. It may be a little late but the
winter is not over yet, nor can any
one tell how late in February one may
be able to cut ice.
FEEDING 100 DAYS.
A whole lot of short fed cattle are
reaching the western markets now
much of 1t having been in the feed lots
but 100 days. Five months is now
considered a. long feeding periad by
many farmers and this is not to be
wondered at in view of the cost Of
hay and grain, to say nothing Of com
mercial feeds
One cannot expect much of finish
perhaps in 100 days, but when a mar
begins to shovel corn at the present
prices Of cattle, he wants to see some
indication that future prices will war
rant the cost. Some are claiming thai
to make feeding pay now, one SHOULD
obtain an advance of 81 per hundred
pounds per month, especially so wher
the cost of feeders last fall is consfd
cred.
The problem of the feed lot is one
that has caused considerable headache