The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-12
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

farm bureau official and enjoys the
out the state. He gives a lot of time
confidence of its membership through
10 farm bureau work whenever oc-
casion ofers, frequently being invited
to address the gatherings happening
in the vicinities where he may be
otherwise engaged at the time, and
especially so in the sixth district, of
which he is director.
What's in a Name?
If you are a reader of books and
magazines, or even watch the names
appearing in "Who'sWho" in these
days when all sorts of people are COM
ing to the top, you will find many
peculiar name in print
The latest and most attention-arrest-
ing cogonomen, to loom into view is
"Mordecai Ezekiel" Does that name
suggest anything? Surely so; in fact
! whole historic race strung out along
the shores and plains of Palestine
But would you think of that name in
connection with any kind of American
farming operations or as the name of
man who would be likely to write an
article about the virtues of milk in our
diet? Certainly not" is correct. Still,
Mr.. Mordecai Ezekiel has written Just
that sort of an article for an eastern
weekly widely read in rural America
What does that prove? Well, for one
! thing, that you never can tell from
the name what man is likely to talk
or write about.
/ A short time ago we mentiontd a
rather unusual happening on corn
belt farm where Shorthorn COW pre-
scented the farmer with four healthy
calves, averaging about 33 pounds We
/ have since Harmed the name and ad-
dress of the farmer who owns the
! quadruplet calves, one ]. r. Christie,
/ of Belmond, Iowa The mother is a
grade Shorthorn and the sire was a
| Scotch Shorthorn bull. The calves
vert growing finely at last report
from Belmond.
Sudan For Dairy Cows.
Nearly every farmer we have met
who has experimental with Sudan
grass, has a good word for it, Walter
Sanborn, of Center township, is very
familiar with Sudan and has expert
mented with this grass, both for graz
ing and for hay. Mr.. Sanborn says
that cattle eat it with relish and that
it is amazing how that grass will per
sist in growing all summer long in dry
weather. He cries patch of Sudan
grown last Summer, where hogs
horses and COWS each took a shot al
it on occasion and yet it persisted in
growing, despite weeks without rain
in fact it never was cleaned up cnti
frost time.
We had rather thought this young
farmer might be over-enthusiastic
about Sudan, but today comes along
a statement from J. J. Hooper, of the
University of Kentucky which backs
the Sanborn story to a finish. Mr.
Hooper writes as follows:
Usually there is a drouth in this
latitude in July and August, and, as
!, a consequence grass pastures dry up
1t is important that the dairymar
!, should plant something in the spring
that will be ready to cut for greer
r feed at that time We have expert
mented with numerous crops, and
come to like Sudan grass very much
for it grows on little moisture, makes
a large growth, and our dairy COWS
like it. We cut it with a one-horse
mower about the middle of July, and
again the middle of September, and
have averaged a yield Of 6 tons Of
, green grass the first cutting and
tons the second cutting. We broad
cast it, so it will grow thick and fine
and crowd out weeds. OF course, corr
can be cut for this soilage purpose, OF
| sorghum may be used: but Sudan is
. especially good. We plant from to {
, acres to tide US over the dry period
, and feed each COW 40 pounds of the
grass daily, along with some grain
, When to Sell Cockerels
Miller Purvis, conductor Of the poul
{ try department in farm paper, say:
that: "It does not pay to keep cock
. erels after they have got to weigh
{ pounds. At that weight they will us
ually sell for more than it has cos
in feed to raise them. Twelve pounds
of feed will be required to raise
pound cockerel. The fourth pound
will require 10 pounds of feed, and The
fifth Is pounds. By the time cock
erel, or pullet, has grown to
pounds it will have eaten at least a
pounds of feed. Unless they are t.
be kept for breeding purposes, thi'
shows that the time to sell cockerel!
is when they weigh 21a or 8 pounds.