The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-21

A few changes were made in our
Richmond market quotations on Sat
urday. New corn was added to the
buying list lat 50 cents per bushel; old
corn remains at 43 cents. The price
of cottonseed meal was cut $3.50 per
ton to $50. Standard middlings were
reduced from s27 to $26 per ton, and
wheat was marked up to $1.10 an adj
vance of cents.
In a talk about the chemical ele-
ments of the soil with reference to
fertility. C. H. Mcdowell informed his
auditors that the need for conserving
fertility Is very great. The address
was delivered before the Chicago sec
ton of the American Chemical society.
Among other things of interest, the
speaker said:
The United States will not be able
to care for it's future population unless
more care is given to restoring SOIL
fertility. Germany has six times the
agricultural efficiency of the United
States, although having only ABOUT
one-fifteenth of the land area.
EARNED 1000 Years.
In Analysing this statement we must
infer that Mr.. Mcdowell refers to our
entire land area, including deserts ana
mountains. which are not tlilaDI"j
while practically all German lands are
| in cultivation. But even so, produc-
ton of six to one, on land that has
been farmed almost thousand years
shows what is happening TO virgin
/ soils in this country.
Hot Lunches in Schools.
Miss Leila Gaddis. in charge of
home economics extension work for
| Purdue. says: The hot lunch is the
sure8t way of improving the health OF
Indiana school children. The effect
is noticeable not only by the gains in
weight but in the better grades and
| general health condition of the chill
dren."
| Hot lunch is being served in some OF
the schools of two-thirds of the lndi-
ana counties this winter.
| To Fight Garlic.
| The department of agriculture tells
Ius that millions of dollars are lost
annually by farmers because of gar
licky fields What can be done to
prevent this? The department gives
deep and late fall blowing as the best
method of eradication. The idea IS
! to turn the tops under A joiner at
tached to the pillow, also disking before
blowing, will help in this work.
Demand for Breeding Birds.
There is a heavy demand for oreeo-
ing stock produced by Purdue UNI
versity on the experiment station
poultry farm and the demand TINS
| fall has been far greater than the
available supply. Most OF TINS cali
is for pedigreed birds or those with an
ancestry that produced 200 or moro
eggs. Heretofore the demand has
been largely for White Leghorns, but
now the demand for Barred Plymouth
Rocks is increasing. The inquiries
come from all surrounding states az
well as from Indiana, according 10
Prof. A. G. Phillips, head of the poul
try department
Supply Is Limited.
One might imagine from the above
! statement that Purdue supplies In
diana with thousands of chickens OF
various breeds, but this is not true
For example, the total number dls
tributed in the year ending October l
4 1921. was but 96S birds. These wert
classed as follows: Cockrels, POI
hens, 2S6, pullets. 4S1. We know Of
but one lot coming into Wayne county
these being the assortment of White
! Leghorns brought in by Mrs. Waite
| Sanborn. of Center township. Pur
/, due has a White Leghorn that has
| produced over 200 eggs annually fol
four years. an unusual record.
1t is we'll to remember that th'
; flocks at Purdue are kept and testet
. for demonstration purposes, so tina
l authentic information may be givel
out: also for the benefit of the stu