The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-04
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

ago, while at party in London, put |
seeds of the apples which they ate, in |
his vest pocket. Soon afterwards he
took a voyage to this country and left
them here. Now they are greatly null
tiplied." Another story which has been
verified is to the effect that the din
ner in London was given in farewell
to a number of young men in the en-
ploy OF the Hudson Bay company, just
before their departure for America
Poultry Demonstrators.
Darke county, Ohio, has a number
Of poultry demonstration farms, scat
tered over various townships The
owners of these farms recently met
Prof. Dakan, poultry specialist, at tbs
office of the county agent, at which
time their work in the past year was
summarized. and a program of record
keeping for 1923 mapped out. These
demonstrators lead in this work IN
their townships and are a source of
Information to all their inquiring
neighbors. The rules as to proper
care and feeding as given out by the
cALSuoIOu are IOllOW0Q
and records are kept showing results
of so doing. More real interest has
been shown in poultry culture in the
past two or three years than in the
previous 20 years, aside from the
work of the professional breeders and
the show-bird fraternity
The Ohio farm bureau is making
plans for a state cooperative grain
oil ~, 4
the Farmers Grain Dealers associa-
| ton shall have a part. The plan out
lined is the organization of a sales
company, which will be a stock com
pany with cooperative provisions,
which, after setting percentage aside
for reserve, and the payment of six
per cent dividend, will prorate to
stockholders on a patronage basis.
The proposed capital stock of $25, 900
does not look imposing, nor would it
keting operations.
Pure-Bred Live Stock.
Fred Obenchain secretary of the Ma
tional Spotted Poland China Record,
said recently: THE dream of former
generations was to make two blades of
grass grow where but one had grown.
10 AOW COACCIACQ III man
ing that same feed produce one and
one-half pounds of meat where only
one was produced before. The farmer
who produces live stock under this
scale will get 81 bushel for his corn
instead of So cents and so cents for
his oats instead of 35 cents. Yet with
this prospect of profit only per cent
of all hogs and per cent of all cattle
70 ~,
ten has even a pure bred sire on his
farm.
1T is estimated that the value Of all
live stock last year was 100000. 1000,
a calculation is easy that if all meat
producing live stock was pure bred the
production would be more than double.
This would be accomplished without a
cent more of expense for feed and Ia
Dor With the farmer sold on the idea
of marketing his crop on the hoof rath-
er than on a wagon, in the hide rather
than in a bag, it remains only for the
farmer to obtain the best farm animal,
the pure bred, to reach the maximum
returns from his live stock industry.
Are Marketing Produce.
! The Wells county farm bureau has
organized produce marketing depart
ment, and begun active operations. 1t
marketed more than a ton of cream
/ on its opening day. The third week it
handled 1000 pounds of butterfat. 432
pounds of poultry and 3S7 dozens of
eggs. The cream. eggs and poultry are
all graded by the producers agency
and the business is being developed on
a community basis. This is the sec.
end Indiana county now operating on
a countrywide basis Jay county is
falling into line with more than zoe
signed contracts and will go ahead as
soon as all the plans are worked out.
A general farm bureau publicity con
4 ference will be held at Chicago or
December Sth and 9th. The confer
ence will be held while the Fourth an
nual meeting of the American farm
bureau is in session.
Charles M. Morgan, secretary of thu
general committee, has called a con
, ference of cooperative farm market
ing association managers at the New
, Willard hotel, Washington, for Decem
: Der IA. Is and 16. 1t is expected tina
co-operatives from all parts of thu
! country will be represented