The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-25
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

NJ. H Belden, of Milton, has be-
come a pigeon fancier. He Is now
taking a lot of interest in SQUAD cul-
ture and paying less attention to Leg
horns, of which he has raised large
flocks He believes pigeons to be
more profitable, and says they are
even less care than chickens where
both are properly housed and at
tended. His Plymouth Rock CarneauX
pigeons are averaging one pair Of
squa BIS per month, and he says his
squads will weigh about 20 ounces at
five weeks. He has so pairs of year
old birds and II pairs Matched April
Is. Earlier in the season he was paid
81 per dozen at Indianapolis. but now
that squa BIS are down to $3.50 he is
letting his birds mature to increase
his flock of layers.
Each Layer Has TWO Nests.
Each pair of birds must have two
nests. because when the young pig
cons are u days old the mother be
gins laying and the young birds re-
tain the old nest. She usually lays
two eggs, and never more than three.
But two eggs are all she ever matches,
strange TO say He has 81 nests with
eggs in at this time, which means Il
new birds in a few days. The Belden
pigeons do not fly all over the town
but have an outside wire flying en-
closure for summing and exercise. The
nest house is provided with a box OF
tobacco stems from which, with bit
of straw wheat. the birds construct
their nests in the sidewall nest boxes
! The tobacco stems insure against
mites and other insect pests. And
/ this is a hint TO chicken raiser5.
Will Have Apples
! If the June drop doesn't get most
! of the apples which survived the frost
! in this section, some farmers will have
! fair crops. In a trip west and SOUTH
! Thursday many apple trees were dis
covered carrying all the fruit they
can properly mature. Within few
yards of the elevator at Pershing, II
a cottage yard, was seen one tree lit
orally loaded with apples, and severa
such trees were noted along the Ma
! tional road and south in the Corners
vile district Here and there one
could see the ground covered WIFI
half grown fruit, and many apples still
! on the trees. Apple trees are prolific
of blossoms. and if one in eight ma
ture into apples the crop is ample.
! County Agent on Vacation.
| As soon as it was light enough or
Friday morning for his car 20 see it:
way out of town, J. L. Dolan, count!
agent, headed west to the lllinoi:
prairies, for a two weeks vacation
trip and visit among old friends. Mr.
Dolan has been q busy man while II
i Wayne He has met and mingled witt
the farmers in every township and ha:
attended nearly all their meetings. Tx
unload the cares of Office for tim'
will be a refreshing experience, anC
this is mighty good weather for sucl
a rest and change.
For Farm Employment.
The chief clerk of the Iowa FREE
employment bureau and special agen
of the U. S. employment service ha
opened an office at Sioux City to TAX
Icare of the thousands of harves
hands expected to head that way abou
j July 4, for the coming harvest il
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
New Worlds Milk Record.
Bella Pontiac, the worlds recor,
COW, owned by T. A. Barron, of Brant
ford, Ontario. Canada, has set ney
irecord in milk and butter production
Figures made public by James Wilson
supervisor of the official test of tn
Holstein Friesian association, shove
! that for the fiscal year ending June II
/ Bella Pontiac produced: Milk, 27,01
pounds; fat, 1859 pounds, and buttel
1,57375 pounds. Mr.. Wilson said thes