The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-26

seeds should go out under congress
sional franks.
How many grass seeds are there in
a pound? Investigations show that
timothy, our most important hay
grass, has 1900, 900 seeds to the pound
as compared with twice that number
for Kentucky blue grass, nearly four
times as many for Redtop, and not
quite so many for Bermuda grass
These rank next to timothy in impoY-
lance among the tame grasses. SINH
lar statistics have been prepared for
most of the other grasses in this
country. Altogether, there are about
/ 5000 varieties of grass seed in the
world. according to the department Of
agriculture, but only 90 of them arc
valuable
Rust Resistant Wheats.
Black stem rust is recognized as
one of the worst scourges of the
wheat crop. The department of ag-
riculture has co-operated with state
Institutions in experimental tests 10
/ find out the different varieties Of
winter wheat which are resistant to
black stem rust. 1t appears that this
! is one of the best methods of fighting
/ the disease. Kanred wheat and two
/ similar varieties were the only winter
wheats out of about 100 varieties that
proved to be resistant. Several types
of spring wheat proved resistant.
A few Durum or macaronf wheats
/ showed definite signs of being resist
ant to black stem rust.
| Farmers of this country entered
over 1874 900 cows in cowtesting asso-
e. hon
! much butter fat each animal produced
This was the result Of demonstrations
showing the value of this work.
Wool Tariff ard Profits
A wooden mill company recently de
clared such an extraordinary stocE
/ dividend that it attracted the attention
of the entire country. When div5
4 dend increases a capitalization of SIS,
GOO to $500, 000, and when that increase
comes from surplus earnings, littl.
wonder that the public sits up an
takes. notice. Newspapers have freel.
commented on this dividend and tn
Indianapolis News editorially discuss
ed it, as follows:
1T was announced yesterday tina
the Davis and Brown Wooden company
i of Uxbridge, Mass, had declared
: stock dividend of 1928 per cent, tht
effect of which action is to increas'
the capital stock from $4,000 TO $500
Z 600, all Of which is built up out of sur
: plus earnings. These latter amounte'
to $4,000 This firm IS the repre-
z sentative of an industry that our Law
makers found it necessary to protec
!, by extraordinary duties, the assumI
/ ton being that the industry was eithe
an infant one, or else so feeble-eve
though of long life-that it could no
stand alone against the competition C
pauper Europe, and Europe is indee
pauper
80 all the people in the countr
: were, and now are heavily taxed t
give this protection 70 an industry i
: which 1928 per cent stock dividend
are possible, and common stock, witt
out the advance of a single dolla
from stockholders. can be and is il
:, creased from $4,000 to 100000
only remains for the company to figur
in structural overhead and all wi
!, be well. We think that this case
i and it is by no means an isolated on
! ought to be of great interest to th
f people who are being compelled
q the pressure of the new and exorE
: tant tariff taxes to pay much highe
d prices for their clothing in order
maintain the American standard
t living Certainly the standard of Ii
Y ing of those who pay these taxes an
: prices is not raised-not even mali
o | famed at fha old level +"