The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-13
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

The sheepman from the mountain
country who shipped a car of sheep
east in mid-April, and who got only
"a cents per head after divying with
the railroad and commission firm,
should be able TO sympathize with the
South Dakotan who got but "a out
OF carload of oat straw This farmer
shipped his wares to Chicago. Having
paid for the baling, furnished teams
and hired men to do the hauling to
the shipping station, that 81 check
was "a sight for sore eyes," as Uncle
John would tell it. Sounds ridiculous.
doesn't it? But the pity is, tits true.
But say! Have you bought any sheep
a-ia-mode lately, that is to say ready
for the oven or frying pan? If so,
now many ounces did you get for "a
cents?
Figures do not lie but they are
sometimes misprinted. For example,
1t was 1915 and not 1915 that Arm.
our paid for those yearIing steers told
OF IN our Wednesday paper. This was
the top in over five weeks, at that.
Spray Your Fruit.
II you are fortunate enough to have
prospect for orchard fruits, it will
be wise to spray very literally this
season, so as to save what you have
In good condition. So much fruit has
been DESTROYED this spring that it is
important to save what remains. Elk
anime your trees. You may be sur
pr1sed to note how many apples, late
cherries and peaches are forming.
Pears, of which we had such an abund-
ant crop in this section last year, will
make a slim showing this season, al
though here and there light crops will
be grown.
Extent Of Fruit Damage.
The succession of freezes which &C.
Cured March 1929, April 1O-11, and
April 1918, have nearly. destroyed the
apples. pears, peaches. plums and
cherries throughout a considerabl
portion of the country east of the
Rocky Mountains. This frosted area
extends from the Virginia Carolina
line southwark into the Allegheny
Mountains, westward through middle
Arkansas to the Rocky Mountains, and
northward we'll up into New Jersey.
pennsylvania, and westward through
middle Ohio to Nebraska. Examina-
lions by department experts and re-
ports from experienced fruit growers
have shown that in this great area
fruits is left. North and east of this
area. in the New England states, New
York and the lake region, there is
still fair prospect for a good set of
orchard fruits except in certain rather
restricted localities.
Farm Institute Attendance.
Despite the fact that, for financial
reasons. the number of state aid farm
Institutes was cut in Ohio from All to
349 this year the attendance increased
about $4,000 over that for the winter
OF 1920, the total reported for 1921 be-
ing set at 100000.
Chicks Shipped to Canada.
Indiana and Ohio hatcheries are
now shipping chicks to Winnipeg,
Manitoba, in heated cars An esta b.
l1shment has recently been opened in
Winnipeg to supply chicks to Mani
toba farmers and the prices run from
80 to IS cents per chick in small lots
and from $27 to s32 for lots of 100 up
The Winnipeg concern guarantees
that IS per cent of the youngsters
will reach destination alive. This does
not mean the day old kind, evidently
but chicks which can be fed in tran
sit. say from 10 days old up. Many
baby chicks are mailed to Canadian
points, from the states nearest the
border, every year. The shipping in
heated cars is something new
To Classify Forest Lands.
The state forester, Mr.. Charles c.
Dean. will be in Union county the last
Of next week. for the purpose of class
| flying forest land. which according to
the new law may be assessed, under
| certain conditions. at 81 per acre The
purpose of the law is to encourage the