The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-30
BY William r. Sanborn

It was announced at the Richmond |
meeting on Monday evening that the
new shipping association, formed By
! New Garden and Franklin townships,
would ship their first carload of hogs
out of Fountain City on Wednesday,
! and hoped to have the second car
ready to go on Thursday night. The
speaker explained that a new scale
had been purchased by the chipping
in of S. bills by numerous farmers.
who are to be reimbursed by the col
lection of a weighing fee until the
debt is liquidated. after which the
weighing will be free to members.
When the writer asked to whom
shipments would be made at Indian
apolis, we were informed that the
commission firm selected by the Cen
terviIle association would be patron
lied. but that such shipments would
be made lin care of p. c. Ohler, farm
bureau representative"
The Farm B-e-w Row.
What's that? 1t isn't spelled B-e-w
Row, but bureau" Correct you are.
friend, but were you present at the
farmers meeting at our well known
courthouse on Monday night, and had
you heard the lifting notes of the
song, sung to the tune of Old Black
Joe, you would have concluded that
our reformed spelling of the word en-
actly fitted the case. But We will eN-
T. plain. for some of the farmers IN
T. Wayne county failed to be present Oh
= Monday night,
: Some enthusiast out in Iowa wrote
a Ballad of the Bureau TO be sung at
farm gatherings. The fame of this
song is now spreading over the coun-
try, like ripples on a pond. The cho-
rus sings like this:
We're organizing, we're organizing,
While winter breeZes blow;
hear the Nations voice a-calling,
Farm B-e-w Row.
At the conclusion of the song there
was much applause and many dry
eyes in the house.
! Song Help Lot.
Earl Crawford. who spoke briefly
told the audience that he had three
good and sufficient reasons for being
a farm federationist. He then pre-
I scented the first Of these reasons, a
little chap who is perhaps eight years
old. with the remark that he had two
; more good reasons at home. The Jun
> iOr Crawford arose manfully to the oc-
CasiOn and sung sOnglet which con
l Guided by stating that:
But the farm bureau Is now on the
, Job:
And the farmer can play the game
, The childish treble voice captured
>. the house and thus led to getting the
: grOwn-ups to sing for themselves. Mr..
=. Crawford then discussed the advant-
, age of singing bureau songs at cam
paign meetings. in order to harmon
4 iZe the audiences and to create enthU-
+ siasm for the cause.
g Now, who the dickens was it that
wrote: Music hath charm to sooth
the savage breast; to rend a rock or
calm a hornets nest"
Proper Protection for Poultry.
The old idea that any kind of Il
shack is good enough for a poultry
house, is being exploded by the state
colleges, all of which print descrip-
tiOns and show models and pictures
Of the strictly comfortable and sani-
tary kinds of houses. As an instance
of this we cite the changes being
, made in Mcdonald county, Missouri.
pOutLIH HOuStuS d. inns Tune. WIN
reference to this a Missouri man
|. writes:
! Fifty farm flocks in Mcdonald
I, county are soon to have the advan-
u tages of the Missouri poultry house
:, and eleven houses are now actually
=, in process Of construction as a result
= of a series of demonstrations by
u County Agent r. L. Furry. In these
- demonstrations Furry used a small
= model of the famous Missouri struc-
= ture, showing in a convincing manner
the cardinal advantages OF its con
structiOn-light from all sides. open
v front and the straw loft insulating the
: house against extreme Temperatures"
Fall Care Of Sheep.
At this season of the year when
n cold fall rains are frequent, it is no
4 ticeable in many flccks that the sheep
# are suffering from colds that are evil
If, denced by coughing and dirtiness
. about the nose. This trouble often
results in serious complications and
e its most common cause is poor hOus-
;. ing. Sheep can stand severe cold, 50
n the shed need not be warm providing
d it is dry; but if the floor and bedding
< are damp. the above troubles will
n soon be evident
II For vigorous lambs exercise for the
e ewes is essential and with the present
price of oats it would be advisable
n to make sure that the ewes do nor
q get in poor condition. For properly
a developed lambs sufficient protein
d must be present in the ration. and
+ where alfalfa or clover hay is avail
L able, either vii serve this need SUI
}. fiCiently.
l. The County Agent.
L In discussing the recent organiza
e tion of the county agents of Ohio into
L a state body, the editor of Farm Life
endorses that action and then states
that, as similar organizations are
/ planned for in other states, we soon
II may have national body of that
character. Such federation would
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