The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-11
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

A study of the statistical summary
of boys and girls club work in AZ
states in 1921, issued by the depart
ment Of agriculture, is impressive be-
cause of the great number of clubs,
the large enrolment and the showing
made by club members in their exhlb-
it's at state, county n community
fairs. When the final presentation OF
club work in 1922 is made up there
can be no doubt hat it will show a
large growth during this year.
The figures presented show that
2S,S5O BOYS were enrolled in u corn
clubs and that they planted 24,992
acres, on which crops valued at $449
900 were raised. AS to pig clubs, the
enrolment of boys and girls totaled
4O,69S, and the sow and litter clubs
had 12,476 members last year. But
the figures for poultry clubs surpass
! both of above, the total being 67,O91
members. This shows the effect of
high priced eggs and poultry culling
demonstrations during the past two
years.
In the household economics classes
the enrolment exceeded $4,000 in the
| canning classes alone; also over 3D.
! 600 young ladies took the course in
b~readbaking and general baking. The
influence of all this club work cannot
be over estimated in the training OF
the rising generation.
The state having the largest num-
Der of clubs is Minnesota, with 1,486;
New York ranking second with 1,249,
Ohio being third with 1904 clubs in
all classes. These are the only three
states having 1000 clubs and up, al
! though Michigan ranked fourth in
1921 with a total of 977 clubs. Indiana
reported 696 clubs with an enrolment
of almost $4,000 members.
The Dublin Free Fair
While everybody is listening we
wish to remark that the Dublin Free
Fair is to run three consecutive days
this year, all in the same week but
not in the same month-to-wit, August
30-31 and September 1. Take your
choice of months but be sur TO gel
/ there. as you will be missed if you
! stay away.
Secretary Laymon tells US that:
This is not Dublin's fair, but a com
munity fair, bigger and better" Al
right, then a community fair it is and
it will reflect the community spirit il
a large way. The community spirit i
the right spirit. and it wins. 1t ha.
! given Dublin two good fairs and in
sures the success of the third, now be
ing prepared for. The official rosie
f this year includes the warehouses; 0
l the first two fairs. George Cooper i
= president, Edward Jackson, vice pres
4 sIz-+ Wy Il E-lor-l +-0Dr,ror anH p
: A. Laymon. secretary of the associa
ton. The directors are: Roy MILE
: Webster Rummel, Henry Miller, CLAIR
Faucet, Paul Caldwell, George Ian
berson and E. S. Morgan.
Judges at Dublin
=, Impossible, of course. to hold
; fair and make awards unless you hav
judges. On deciding this to be tn
+ case the directors of the Dublin shoy
selected judges as follows: Horse;
Nat Moore, Straughn; Cattle, Webste
Rummel, Cambridge City; Hogs, Hol
; ace Cole, Milton; Sheep, Lindley Be-
ker, Cambridge City. Chickens, E. c
Test and Thomas Kepler, Cambridg
City. Grain, Charles Mccain, Milton
y Concessions, c. G. Laymon, Madg
Henderson, of Dublin, will judge tn
>. work of the domestic science classes
And the babies are to make a shown
. at the fair. The ladies of the Mother;
, club, of which Alice Moore, Dublin, i
. secretary, will look after the babies, a
: it is fitting they should.
= Hides on Free List
Our farmers will be interested j
q the news that hides and leather hav
been restored to the free list on tn
senate tariff bill. The finance con
a mittee amendment setting duties of
4 cents a pound on green hides and
cents a pound on dried hides, vas r
s iected by a vote of IS to 80, afte
which Ieatheh and shoes were -
S back on the free list. Hides, leatho
t and shoes we're on the free list i
+ the house bill, as in the present Law
d Senator Lenroot quoted the America
farm bureau, which has opposed a d.
~ on the ground that the increase
cost of shoes, leather and leather pr,
ducts would more than offset any az
o vantage which would accrue to tn
average farmer. AIIo that the bi
packers would be the chief benef
Charles of the tariff, while the cattl
u raisers would get no more for the
J. live stock.
? Ohio Standard Fertilizers
: Fertilizer companies which now Ii;
: for sale in Ohio 81 brands of varyin
formula will work with soil scientist
- of the state experiment station I
eliminate about As of thd@ brand
and to standardize on not more tina
a dozen STANDARD Ohio Formulas"
To start such a movement, Firma
E. Bear, professor of soils at the un
versity, announced last week a list
five standard formulas agreed upo
by members of his staff and Woostt
workers as sufficient to meet the ia
fertilizer needs of wheat all yer Obi
+ Letters since received from f~ertilizI
concerns make it appear that a nur
It Der of the larger companies wi
strongly push only the 'standaI
five fertilizers to their fall trade.
First of the formulas recommends
is acid phosphate, 16 per cent or be
ter. and the four mixed fertilizers {
the list are all strong in phosphor
acid: 2-16-2; 2-12-3; 3-12-4. In each Gas
the middle figure represents the pc
centage of available phosphoric ao
s and the left and right-hand figure
t, respectively, the percentage of al
lg monia and potash. Fertilizer me
s. back the list, they say, because stan