The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-20

is well worth reprinting at this sultry
season. Chicago live stock commits
sion houses have been mailing these |
suggestions to their customers and
one Of these firms has supplied US
with copy, as follows:
Have hogs at loading points two
or three hours to cool and rest
Convey to loading points with wa
CONS or trucks, if possible
Insist on clean car bedding: use
sand as bedding.
Wet down the car interior and bed
ding in extremely hot weather
Load not to exceed an hour before
! train time and do not load hastily, as
it causes overheating
Load lightly. even below the mini
mum of 1900 lbs, in extremely hot
weather.
The use Of ice bags suspended from
car roof is advised
Efforts are being made by the car
riers to reduce losses in transit dur
ing impending hot weather"
The Grain Dealers Journal is our
authority for the statement that 4S3
elevators were destroyed by fire and
-, explosion, in 1921 The writer goes on
to state that 1865 per cent of these
! losses were caused by friction
faulty belt lets the buckets rub on
the leg casing, OF worn fragments of a
defective belt rub against surrounding
equipment" is the explanation for a
part of this heavy loss.
Extra Early Hay Crop
! Writing from Cincinnati, under
date of June 10. firm of hay hand
2 lev
! lows:
/ I'm our long experience in this bus
| mess never before have we handled
new hay before the middle of July
and this was considered early But
this year is surely an exception and
we would not be surprised to have
some new stuff on the market by the
early part of next week.
/ Dealers all through Ohio and Indi-
ana have been after us wanting to
know what We could do on new hay.
i We have some customers who are
in the market for new timothy and
light mixed but they do not know
what they want to pay for it and pre-
fer holding off buying until a market
has been esta blished"
I The writer goes on to say that early
a premium. He advises that it be
'baled light and loaded on ends of
bales in the car
Proper Feeding of Children
i Now that Uncle Sam and the extern
sion departments of various states,
are stressing the Importance of the
proper and nutritious feeding OF
school children, it is not surprising OF
run across such a statement as has
just been sent out from the agricul-
tural college at Columbus, Mo The
home economics departments of sew
eral states have put on milk cam
paigns in the interest of children in
the public schools, and a number of
such campaigns have been conducted
in Indiana, and still others are SEIZED
uled for the opening Of the school
year. In addition to these are a num-
Der of campaigns, planned to interest
communities in a greater consumption
of milk for the public good. The
statement from Missouri, follows:
The Last Day at the country
, school is not what it used to be -
especially in Missouri counties where
, home demonstration agents are en-
ployed. In a Johnson county rural
: school recently thirteen mothers and
. seven fathers attended the last day
. program which consisted of a playlet
, on child feeding given by the children
themselves. 'In connection with the
= playlet," says Miss Addie D. Root of
| the Extension Service, they showed
posters on health work and balanced
breakfasts and concluded the after
2 noon by serving a model school lun-
cheon. This consisted of nut, egg and
lettuce sandwiches on brown bread,
fruit salad, hot chocolate and drop
cookies"
Mothers in farm homes are well
aware of the demand for food made
, by their hungry and growing young.
sters, and are surely liberal provid.
ers." But even so one may well be
. surprised at the number of under
nourished and underweight children
! that are found in our rural schools,