The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-26
The Farm and The Farmer
The pig club department of the Ches-
BY William n. Sanborn

The pig club department of the Ches-
ter White Journal for May comprises
six pages, presenting any number of
pig club adventures and twenty illus
trations. The swine lore printed In
this breeders journal is Of general in
terest, no matter what type of hog
you are growing. Moore Bros. OF
Rochester, Ind, are doing good work
for Chester White fanciers, and are
literally supported.
Among the pictures noted were two
Of a couple of youngsters in Chile,
South America, whose parents are
raising Chester Whites from stock i'm
ported from the United States.
If this pig club idea keeps on spread
ing, as is likely, the general spring
morning salutation will presently be:
Have you a little piglet in the pen?"
Care Of Pigs in Summer.
J. S. Coffey, of the Ohio State uni
versity, writes Interestingly of the
summer care Of hogs and the need for
roomy wallows, also for plenty OF
shade in the pastures. The shade
from trees is best, he says, but to
withhold shade of some kind lis a
crime" in his opinion. Lacking trees,
ample shade of some kind should be
provided. Mr.. Coffe's conclusion on
the summer management of swine is:
1T is the duty of the owner to pro-
vide reasonable comforts for his anil
mails Conditions at this season are
such as to make management easy,
providing proper precautions are TAX
en- to forestall complications, one of
which in summer is hog cholera"
Summer Prices on Honey.
Like all else that farmers or country
people produce, honey is in the dumps.
The orange blossom and sage honey
crop of California has been injured by
hot winds. while alfalfa crop honey
is probably normal. In Texas stormy
April cut the early mesquite flow and
also reduced the guajilo to about one
fourth of a normal crop.
But in spite of all this honey is on
a low price level, and all consuming
markets are weak, in wholesale way
West Indian and South American hon
ey can be bought in New York City al
Size to &C per Id. for best stock. Cali
fornia White Orange Blossom and
White Sage are listed in New York al
lie to 13c for best goods, and Light
Amber Alfalfa is selling at &c to sc
In Philadelphia imported honey has
recently been offered at less than 81
per pound.
Advises Farm Education.
Prof Sharpe, of the Boston univer
! sity, says that every boy and CIR
should spend a year on fran as q
part Of their education. This is all
right, as far as it goes, but is, OF
course, utterly impractical. To begir
with, host of parents don't give q
whoop about what happens ON the
! farm, as long as they can buy farm
products to supply their wants. MOI
do they care to have their children
cast wistful eyes toward country life
! But if we stop to take the other angle
| of the view, we must remember there
are many more children than there ART
! farms. Moreover. many farmers have
/ all the children on the place the moth
| ers can properly care for and com
| fortably house.
| But the professor is on the righ
track, nevertheless. He tells US thai
! children see too little of nature anC
too much of the artificial, or mar
made He cites the movies, the stores
| the clubs and other phases of city life
, and then points to the sterling ant
rugged types of country-bred men wht
have made history in this country
/ citing Lincoln as an example of wha
! "natural education can do for
man.
Wants Farm Commission.
! We trust you will not think for
minute that most all the farmers ar
now camping at Washington, tryin
to get congress and commission t