The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-15

on the market We are paying 40
cents for corn and S1.30 for wheat, to-
day. and that figure should bring in
some wheat, as it is the highest bid IN
some time Mr.. Etzler took charge OF
the Castine elevator just one year ago,
on Valentine day He says that 1t is
his opinion that there are the usual
number of hogs for the season on the
farms around Castine, or at any rate
had been until recent quite heavy ship
ments were made He claims that
| their feed and coal trade is quite sat
! isfactory.
They were paying s1.24 for wheat
and 81 cents per cwt. for corn at Mo-
| doc, on Tuesday afternoon Farmers
! who visit the Modoc elevator have not
complained of hog cholera since early
| last fall, we understand, and right now
! there is a lively demand for shoats
| from feeders who want to turn cheap
corn into money Hogs are bringing
| good prices at farm sales and feeders
are going at premium.
Kidding Cattle of Marbles
A writer on farm topics assures US
that farmers may rid their cattle Of
MARBLES" in quick time and an mex
pensive manner, as follows: Make ar
ointment of one part iodoform and
five parts vaseline. By pressing this
mixture into the openings made by tbs
pests in the backs of cattle you viii
set results in "a hours, and sometimes
earlier. If you don't get them all the
first time. go after them again. ano
until all the grubs are out. or are du:
out and the sores are healed; keep vi
the applications every few weeks, I'm
til the last egg is dead. This process
will increase the milk flow. give relic
10 pestered COWS and give steers
chance to put on weight faster
Labor and Seed Costs
All available data concerning II
labor and material required for III
production of the more important fiel,
crops thus far tabulated by the Unite,
States department of agriculture hav
now been summarized and publishes
IN Department Bulletin 1000. In bring
ing these data together the depart
ment has based its findings upon tw
sources of information: First, entel
PRISE survey records covering tn
more important farm crops which hav
been obtained during the past te
years; second, large number of q,
tailed farm accounting records whic
have been assembled in cooperate
with several agricultural experimer
stations.
/ Labor and material requirements t
| the acre are reported for corn, cor
sllage. cotton, wheat, oats, barle,
rye, grain sorghums, field beans, d,
tatoes, sugar beets, tobacco, apple,
: and hay, and few miscellaneous fiel
5 crops. In obtaining the original re,
4 ords from which the tables are pr,
:. pared, representative areas or region
r were selected for the studies Thu
), the figures given for each of thes
y regions are directly applicable [
e many other industries where agricu
tural conditions are similar
The data given in the tables ma
!, be used in two ways. In the firs
y place. by applying current prices fc
:, labor. seed, fertilizer and other mi
:, terials to the quantity requirement
: = the approximate cost of producing
: crop may be calculated. The farme
= who is conducting his work in a bus
ness-like way frequently desires I
u make estimates of this character.
7 a crop which he has used extensivel
j. in the past does not promise well, G
account of the unfavorable mark,
- outlook, few calculations will enab
him to estimate probable results viii
1t the new combinations which appe;
e to be practicable, The bulletin
e free.
T. A regular Devil for Dirt-Blue Dew