The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-01
The Farm and Farmer
By WILLIAM

Charles Shutz, living on the Dalton
road out of Hagerstown, dropped in
on us Saturday to show us some red
corn, that is really red" The ears
gathered Friday in the course Of crib
bling operations, weightd one pound,
while some variegated ears gathered
several days earlier, also balanced the
scales at the same weight.
Mr.. ShultZ is partial to red corn.
He says it produces well and natures
early. Moreover, when fed to the
hogs the youngsters go nosing around
for yellow ears, but soon find the red
article is just as filling, and then go
to it. Old hogs grab the red ears as
they come to them. With reference to
yield Mr.. Shultz says they raised one
field that ran 20 bushels last year and
that they thing they have field which
will run IS bushels this fall. They
are now cribbing, with 400 bushels al
ready gathered. In this field where
red predominates one may find ears
of all colors, also white corn and
much that is mottled.
Lamb Feeding Experiment
An extensive experiment to test the
value of different fattening rations for
lambs has just been started by Purdue
university with 200 choice western
lambs purchased on the Chicago mar
ket. The animals have been divided
into eight lots and different kinds of
feed are being fed to each group with
the idea of answering the following
questions when the experiment is COM
pleted: Is it more profitable to feed
a light or full feed of corn? Is cotton
seed meal or linseed meal more eff
cinnt for fatfnnin0 Ia M he What ic
the most profitable amount of linseed
or cottonseed meal to feed with ra-
tions containing silage and oats straw?
Can oat straw be made to take the
place of clover hay in the rations for
fattening lambs?
The lambs were purchased for
1925 per hundred at Chicago and
weighed sixty-two pounds per head.
Corn Show Prizes $735
At the mass meeting of farmers at
Rushville it was discovered that $735
! in cash had been insured for prizes at
the coming corn show, to be held some
time in December, date not yet named
The show promises to rival the state
corn show this year.
Wheat Visible Compared
The American visible supply OF
wheat was but 35.000.000 bushels Oct
! %, against 113,500,000 bushels on the
same date in 1919. Corn, however
showed a liberal increase. compared
with a year ago. the visible being
| 100000 against 5,110,000 last year
while there were almost $4,000, 600
bushels of oats in sight against o.
211, 90 in 1919.
Milk Costly in Chicago.
A reduction of one cent on milk
from 16 cents per quart and 10 cents
per pint. in bottles. docs not suit the
fair price folks in Chicago. Secretary
| Poole, of the council H. c. l. commit
| tee has summoned the dealers to ex-
plain why two cents was not cut off
the price.
after studying the milk situation
! from the growing of the grain to the
dining table, says Mr.. Poole, we
have figures which show Chicago
should receive its milk, under preson,
conditions, at S cents per pint anu
IA cents per quart" Milk producers
in the Chicago district recently &C
cepted a cut of a cent pound on
! their product, in spite of their protest
that there was not a living profit at
the going price.
| Australia has been delivering wheat
| in France at Is cents under our price
and Argentine has been selling Great
Britain cargoos of corn at 8 to 10 cents
under our lowest export figures.
! 1t also has been shipping corn to
the Pacific coast. via the. Panama
canal, ut lower prices than Iowa could
deliver it at Seattle or San Francisco
by rail, and the arrival of a cargo OF
i Argentine corn at New York was IN
i almost daily occurrence during the pas:
year of high priced corn. Canada has
been supplying our spring wheat mil
lers with wheat and hundreds of on.
| dealers with flour during the pas
| 60 days.
ELIASON SALE NETS $780,
The Wood Eliason sale of Big Type
Poland hogs held Saturday, netted
$3.50. E. A. Kicks. of Lewisville
bought Big Bone Buster, ranking mum
Der 1 in the catalogue. and Harry
Macy selected Superior Buster, ir