The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-15
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William R. sanborn

sorb any small change in the rates,
and, in spite of the glittering promises
of his political advisers, his condition /
would not be improved, while the finan-
cal troubles of the railways would be
greatly increased.
while reduction of freight rates |
might not have any effect upon the |
price the farmer receives for his prod |
ucts, it would have great effect upon |
the ability of the railway to furnish |
him with enough service to move his
products to market, for the rate that
railway charges is all that it gets for
its services and determines its pros
perity and 1t stability to render ade-
quate service"
Many Indiana Winners
In letter from Purdue we find a
citation of several notable winnings
made by Indiana men at the Interna-
tional live stock and the International
grain and hay shows at Chicago this
month. The letter cites tht Indiana
men took $50 of the 200 prizes offered
for corn in the two regions in which
the state competed.
Among the outstanding awards on
corn won by Indiana men were: Grand
sweepstakes, ten-ear sample; reserve
grand sweepstakes on ten-ear sample,
and first prize on yellow sample in
region three, won by John S. Campbell
of Charlottesville. Glen Phares of
| Shelbyville carried home the ribbon
proclaiming him grand junior corn
champion of the world
In the live stock show Indiana cap
tured a liberal share of the capital
/ -
Elwood exhibited the grand champion
ear lot of hogs, over all breeds, the
same being Hampshire barrows. The
champion Polled Shorthorn steer was
shown by Dallas L. Miller and Sons of
| Mulberry. The award for champion
Belgian mare was made to W. H.
Smith of Boswell, who won large per-
centage of the prizes in the Belgian
ring, while James Kellerman of Rom
ney, Tippecanoe county, won champion
ship honors in Dorset Horn sheep, in
both ram and eve classes.
The Grain and Hay show was direct
ed by Prof. G. l. Christie of Purdue,
assisted by w. Q. Fitch of the extern
sion department. Prof. A. T. Wiancko
was one of the corn judges.
Some Profitable Ducks
Mrs. l. J. Anderson of Minnesota
contributes her experience in duck
raising to Wallaces' Farmer, and shows
that she has made money from ducks
: and duck eggs. After a few prelim-
mary remarks, Mrs. Anderson tells her
story as follows:
1--WE have the fawn and white Indian
Runner ducks. A flock of 70 hens
!. showed an average of 80 dozen eggs a
: week from February 1 to July 1. Dur
ing July and the first half of August
is melting period, and they decreased
down to 8 or 10 eggs a day. After
: August Is the ducks we're laying So to
40 eggs a day There has not been a
: month during the year we do not get
duck eggs. AS for price, we never get
, less for duck than for hen eggs. And
why should We?
Runner ducks usually bring us 81
or SO cents pound dressed. We also
have the feathers, which one can find
good market for
Runner duck eggs are as fertile as
chicken eggs. From a setting we usu
J ally get about II or II ducklings. And
! the past year Of ia ducklings we
raised 10S. Who can do that with
chickens? am a lover of Indian Run
: ners."
Are Rediscount Banks
1 The proposal to extend the maximum
maturity of agricultural paper is being
3 opposed by Senator Glass of Virginia
who was chairman of the house com
/ mittee on banking and currency whel
the federal reserve act was framed
7 "The federal reserve system is es
9 sentially reserve system as distin
l. guished from a primary banking sys
2 tem," said Senator Glass. THE func
e ton of the federal reserve banks is no
e to discount paper, but to rediscount
2 Unless the reserve banks are in posi-
ton to meet all emergencies the pun
eIpost is destroyed. If you ever under
o take TO make of the federal reserv
J" banking system a primary system yoI
may wreck the whole system.
d "The Dallas federal reserve BAN
It came near being wrecked few year
" ago even under present limitations
n Commenting on the Dallas inciden
IS Mr.. Sapiro said spectators in cottoI
D. bought at high prices were responsible
K a-d not co-operatives who were seel
n ing only to promote orderly market
ing"
It On parts of the Old camel carava
d route between China and Siberia
q has been estimated that forty motto