The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-13
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

al manager. He is to have general
supervision of the offices of the asso-
clon' and will supervise the establish
ment of the new cooperative sales
associations. Mr.. Simpson is a farm
bred man and was graduated from the
University of Illinois in 1903. He
learned something of the business as
cattle puncher On the western plains
according to the American farm bu-
reau News Letter But this isn't all:
he put in some years at farming and
in 1911 Prof. Mumford brought him
to the University of Illinois, where he
organized and taught the first course
in the marketing of live stock, offered
in any American university In 1914
Mr.. Simpson took a job with the bu-
reau of markets in the live stock and
meats division. Mr. Simpson enlisted
| in the World War, after which in
1919 he became manager of the Amer
lean Commission company at Denver
| Peoria and Chicago are the next two
! points on the Producers schedule
The board of directors for the sales
association at Buffalo has been Sc
lected and approved
When Webworms Invade Corn
Outbreaks of webworms in corn
can be prevented only by cultural
methods, according to Bureau of En-.
! tOmology. Unlike most of our de
structive pests, the various species oil
webworms are ali natives of America
and have not been introduced from
! foreign lands.
Summer or very early fall blowing
should be practiced Flowing in late
October or November has little effect
4 because the worms are already il
! their winter webs under the surface
of the ground Land that has been il
! sod or pasture. or lain fallow anC
grown up to weeds and grass should
be plowed in July or August. if it i.
intended to plant it to corn the fol
lowing spring.
/ Disking in the spring. the applica
ton of fertilizer, and the sowing O
sound seed are the chief preventive
measures that will have any effect
Neither poisoning nor trapping has
met with any success. Injury to grass
can be done except to pillow up the soC
and plant it to some immune crop.
An Invasion of cicada
!. Northern Illinois and the city O
|, Chicago is just now being plagued b,
an invasion of cicada. Incorrect,
called locust, W. P. Flint, state entc
, mologist, says that the only methot
of combating the. seventeen year Ct
, 10 DC - . !, -
!, cloth or mosquito bar, which woul,
appear to be only practical with small
| and valuable trees. He warns tn
} public that this screening must b
done at once to preserve the foliag
and the trees must be kept screene
for the next four weeks, or until tn
: insects disappear.
Treatment For Limberneck
J The condition known as limbernic
: in chickens is in reality not disease
but symptom of several disease
! which are characterized by paralysi
! of the muscles of the neck, making
) impossible for the bird to raise its hea
from the ground. This condition, tn
: bureau of animal industry of th
} United States Department of Agricu
/ ture says, is due to the absorption c
! poisons from the intestines, which &C
upon the nervous system and caus
) paralysis.
, Limberneck is generally associate
7 with indigestion or the eating of mo
:, dy grain or putrid meat or with int:
| final worms. The best treatment j
to give a full dose of purgative med
cine-that is, fifty or sixty grains c
EPSON salt or three or four teaspoon
: of castor oil for a grown fowl. Ofte
/ the birds will be cured within twent.
: four hours. In case they are not be
5 ter within three or four days it is nc
: advisable to keep them.