The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-20
HoosIER SHEEP CLUB

r10OoIER
The fact that The Indiana Live Stock
Breeders association is to award
gold medal in 1923 to any member who
makes a specified number of lambs
weigh 65 pounds before May /: "
pounds before June l, and 80 pounds
| before July 1, should stimulate the
sheep industry in the state. 1t Is pro
vided that there must be at least lS
| lambs living at the time the final
weights are taken. All lambs must
be locked Entries in the Hoos1er
Gold Medal Sheep club close on Jan
| 81, and all entries must be in the
hands of the secretary or the associa-
ton before Feb 5, as the announce
ment states. The awards Will be made
at the annual meeting and CLAUDE
Harper, of Purdue, will act as state
leader for the year 1928.
In a press service letter from the
office Of the secretary of agriculture
we find this comment: "The statistics
available show decrease of over n
| pounds per person in the amount o!
meot consumed each year in the Unit
ed States. No doubt many factors are
responsible for this situation
MANY persons still hold to the be
lief, which was largely the outgrowth
of unfair and misguided propaganda
that meat is not healthy. Medical
science has proven over and over thai
a large number of ills once charged
against meat eating are due to infec
ton of teeth tonsils and other organs
Advice to the Public
After stating that it lis obvious thai
a federal department. representative OF
all the people and responsible for fur
thering scientific production, distribu
ton and utilization, cannot take par
tisan position either in favor OF, Of
adverse to any useful product lawfully
produced and distributed" the letter
goes on to say that:
! 1.-THE Departments position, in brief
may be summarized by saying tina
meat is wholesome; that the live-stocl
industry is of fundamental Importance
to permantne agriculture, and hence tt
the interest of every citizen; and tina
for health and vigor we should ca
well-balanced meals, including a va
riety of kinds and cuts of meats, max
: ing such substitutions as price var1a
tons show to be most economical"
: Chicago International.
1t is now stated that individual en-
tries for the International Live Stool
Exposition at Chicago, December 2nC
, to 9th, have exceeded all records il
the history of this great show.
2 Even before the entry books wer,
closed, it was foreseen that the higl
l water marks established by proceedin,
Internationals were doomed to be wip
ed out by the flood of application
which poured in from all parts Of tn,
! land. When the final count was mad
it was found that the anticipated in
! crease had materialized beyond all ex
pectations, considerably over fiv,
thousand individual animals having
: been listed. BY the time the entries il
! the carload classes are closed Novem
: Der 25th it Is expected that the tota
Z number of cattle, horses, sheep ant
swine entered in the various competi
lions will have far exceeded the tel
thousand mark.
! Thirty-three distinct breeds of liv,
stock will be represented in the 81
: regular classes of the Exposition ant
(; over 100000 will be distributed amoni
the prize winners, besides the numer
GUS ribbons, cups and other trophie
offered as awards.
Ohio's Standard Fertilizers.
/. Consequent to the recent meeting
in Chicago between mid-western agro
;. nomists and fertilizer manufacturers
! at which it was agreed to recomment
! and sell above all others, a compara
lively few high-analysis fertilizers, tn
: Ohio college of agriculture and exper
c ment station has declared the follow
ing list of analyses, 1.-THE Standar
Dozen" to be adequate for the need
of all crops grown in the state:
L 0-16-0 0-14-4 2-16-2
0-18-0 2-12-2 s. Sc
0-20-0 2-16-6 3-124
0-10-1 2-1F2 4-12-0
= Ohio farmers are being urged t