The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-21
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn


Dollar wheat has come to town, or
at least to Hagerstown, for John
Powell, of the Hagerstown mill and
elevator, took in some of it at an
even dollar" bushel on Wednesday.
Mr.. Powell said he had been getting
more wheat of late than when it sold
considerably higher. He also stated
that he was receiving some corn, for
which he is now paying but 65 cents
per hundred pounds. No oats are
being offered,
Mr.. Powell reports the -four business
as quiet but says he has done a good
business in coal and that some feed is
moving right along. Farmers are
busy, said he, but in spite Of three
days OF sunshine this week very little
blowing has been done, because of the
Saturday and Sunday rains"
Sheep Receipts Break Record.
All records Of receipts of sheep at
the ten principal markets have been
broken this year. The receipts at
Chicago have been so per cent in ex-
cess of those for the same months in
1920 and the ten market total up to
April ran 100000 head higher than
to that date last year The unsalabil-
ity OF wool and the low prices for
sheep has put number of sheepmen
out of business, or if not, many focks
lave been sacrificed Tor lack of profit
in feeding them.
Why Not Asparagus Bed.
The farmer who can't point with
pride" TO a prime bed of asparagus, is
missing something. Nothing more
healthful or delicious grows in a
vegetable garden and you can enjoy
il all the year. The surplus cuttings
from day to day are easily canned, and
if any is available for sale in the fall or
winter. the cans will rank right up with
fruit in price. While asparagus can
he grown from the seed it is a waste
of time. for it is a very simple matter
to set out one or two year old plants,
and these are not at all expensive.
But be sure before transplanting
that the roots have not been permit
ted to become dry. Get thrifty plants
and go to it, but If not obtainable. use
seed. The strips around the garden
border can be utilized for asparagus
and in every permanent family garden
asparagus should be grown.
Cooperative Marketing Courses.
Twelve colleges report that they
now have cooperative marketing
courses. and about a dozen others
have informed the American farm
bureau that such courses will be es-
tablished this year. This is surely the
cooperative era and will be so recalled
in economic history. The fundamentals
Of cooperative marketing can be
printed in vest-pocket pamphlet and
an apt student should be able to
master the course in two or three
days 1t is. in fact, the simplest kind
of a proposition.
A Useful Percheron.
A Durebred Percheron mare owned
for six years by the Missouri college
of agriculture has an unusual record
of usefulness. During these six years
This mare has worked on the college
farm and has produced six valuable
colts In addition. she has been used
in teaching animal husbandry to 5000
students. having been led into the
class room 1870 times, to date.
When You Plant Soys.
Although all soy beans weigh 60
pounds to the bushel. the beans vary
greatly in size. depending on variety.
This means an adjusting of the num-
Der of pounds planted per acre. For
instance, there are but 2,1OO seeds to
the pound of Mammoth soys against
6.40O OF the Peking variety. Within
the usual range of Notwithstanding
Morse and Wilson-the planting re-
quirements vary from Is to 20 pounds
for an acre where planted in rows for
seed crop. and from 60 to 90 pounds
, where drilled or broadcasted for hay.
The soybean is a soil builder-one of
! The foremost legumes in production Of
/ forage and the greatest in production
| of seed.
Oats and Alfalfa for Hogs.
| Charles E. Bum, Of Peoria county,
Illinois. writes the Breeders Gazette,
as follows:
II have fed alfalfa hay for number
of years, and in the summer my hogs
have been turned out ON it, and in the
| winter feed it in racks. One would
be surprised at the amount OF alfalfa
hay that hogs will eat. We fill our
racks every day have had remark
ably good luck in raising pigs. and
think a good deal of credit is due to
the alfalfa fed. Our fall pigs have
made remarkable growth on ground
oats, tankage and alfalfa. They had all
that they could eat of these three
feeds In addition, they were fed a
limited ration of corn. Three gifts. in
litter of Hampshires narrowed Sept.
2. on March Is weighed $50. 235 and
215 pounds, respectively. I think that
quite a growth for fall pigs. as they
were only six and half months OF
age. and a pound DAY would have
been 1913 pounds
Horseshoe Pitching Contest.
Well sir. if you are an expert horse
shoe pitcher. as many farmers and
country folk are. we can tell you Of a
place where you may be able to win
few dollars at this noble sport. next
fall. 1t will depend On your expert
ness. of course. for this is TO be a
national affair, and one of the features
of the Minnesota state fair, at Min
| neapolis, Sept to 10. The state fair
board has voted $4,000 for awards and
the Minneapolis Horseshoe Pitching
League is trying to raise the same
amount The horseshoe pitching bust
ress is looking up: ~
New Executive Committee.
The American farm federation has
selected Clifford Thorne as general