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

If rainwater were a spraying solu-
ton, what tremendous crop of fruit
we might anticipate this year. Or
even if heavy rains resulted in drown
ing our insect fruit pests the results
of all the recent downpours would be
beneficial But no such luck. gentle
men. Insect life is ever at war with
man and the orchardist, crop grower
and gardener must fight back accord
ing to season and circumstances, or
stand the loss.
If you have a nice orchard. or sim
ply few good fruit trees on the place,
you will find it profitable to both trim
and spray 1t isn't such big job but
it is important. One greatly needed
spray is that given just before the
buds open. That single spraying Will
do much to insure clean, wholesome
and saIable fruit, should you desire
to SELL You may find it an advantage
to use three or four sprays during the
season of growth. but the dormant
spray and the one just as the buds are
ready to open are too important to
be missed Lime sulfur and lead ar
senate do not cost a fortune and will
be found mighty good investments.
The ragged, rundown, bedraggled
condition of hundreds of farm orchard
trees. explains why the fruit is knotty,
ffavorless and no account. Trees
which are never pruned, sprayed.
mulched or cared for, simply cumber
the ground and disfgure the land
scape. Thousands of farm orchards,
once the delight of their owners, have
f,1 ,,a4o Il ,rrh
lack of little thought, work and help
full care. This is true the country
over, we regret to say. This fact ex-
plains the growing scarcity of home
grown fruits and why so many farm
folk either buy fruit which is trans
ported hundreds of miles, or go with
out fresh fruits. almost entirely.
One Tale of Woe
You must hold Rome Shurley re-
sponsible for this pessimistic tale OF
a real loss in the hog lot of a pro-
gressive young farmer, living couple
of miles south of Williamsburg, and
possibly on his fathers place. AS Mr.
Shurley tells it this aspiring young
farmer bought and raised a total OF
80 gifts which were duly bred and
which also have all duly farrowed-
Nothing very strange or striking in
this story so far, but let US have your
attention another minute, please. for
here comes the climax. At last report
the young man still had the 80 sows,
also % pigs. What happened to the
balance of the pigs which were far
rowed? To this pertinent question we
can only say: Nothing happened to
| them: they Just I'D and died"
Being unable to connect up by
phone we are emitting names and fur
Their particulars. which either the IA
Their or son would doubtless cheerfully
| furnish, could we talk to them. We
simply cite this instance as but one
among many showing heavy losses OF
pigs this spring. Farmers in some dis
| tricts are heavier losers than farmers
| in some other districts, but taken as
a whole the losses of pigs throughout
| Indiana this year may be considered
| serious. We may include Ohio in that
! statement, also other states in the
| corn belt.
An ohio Mans Experience
Charles Hildeboldt, farmer living
near Eaton, states that his loss OF
| pigs this season has not exceeded Il
per cent, including those which "came
| dead" Mr.. Hildeboldt is member OF
| the executive committee of the Ohio
| Duroc-Jersey association and he at
| tended the recent conference of Duroc
breeders at Columbus. Asked as to the
! general situation in his state he said
that losses of hundreds, perhaps thou
| sands of pigs were reported at the