The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-01

One of the signs that summer is on
the way is an advertisement by man
named Love, in Chicago. Mr.. Love
tells the public of the arrival of large,
iuicy. ripe Watermelons, the first cars
of the season" We have doubts as to
the iuicv ripenes of those melons; we
have never known early melons TO
merit that description. But we war
rant that the price these melons bring
will be "juicy" enough.
At this particular season thousands
of incubators, with capacities of from
so to 200 eggs each, are tuned up and
at work, mostly in farm and village
homes. Now a properly made and
safely equipped incubator is easily
handled and with little care is per-
sectly safe under average conditions.
There is really no reason why you
cannot run an incubator without burn
ing down the house, but as matter OF
fact houses are set on fire every sea-
son by unsafe incubators, or because
of lack of attention and carelessness
in handling or regulating the lamps.
A story of warning has just been Civ
en- to the press, telling of an Oregon
ranch home which was destroyed by n
fire which started in an incubator.
Three children were burned to death
and the parents are suffering from
burns.
Heating Brooder Houses
Men who raise chickens in large
way usually heat the breeders with
anthacite coal, in stoves governed by
! thermostats, and which are entirely
safe. On such plants the houses are
built in series, and separated by sui
| ficient ground to give the colonies
enough outdoor space for enclosed
range for the growing chicks, while
small. In other instances a single
! large building, or one entire floor, Is
used for brooding and the tempera
lures are regulated in each section
according to the ages and need of the
chicks Proper brooding is essential
/ to success as is the Matching. Tho
amateur with his little incubator is
not thus equipped. But his chick;
must be brooded and whatever his
house or makeshift arrangement al
danger from fire must be obviated i
he would sleep in peace. A hatch o
more than 100 thriving chicks was
lost through the burning of the brood
er on a suburban home plat in Wayne
township about two weeks ago. 1ol
can't be too careful.
The Spring Pig Crop.
G. G. Nash, of Wabaunsee county
| Kansas, reports very heavy losses o
spring pigs, in his letter to the Breed
er's Gazette. Mr.. Nash is the count!
/ agricultural reporter and he says
Zone breeder saved 100 pigs from O.
sows, another IL pigs from 4 sows
still another % pigs from z sows
Many pigs are fa1rowed but they d.
not live. Some say that too much corr
fed to sows is the cause; others sa7
that a condition resembling cholera il
the cause"
In summing up Mr.. Nash says: &c
do not think that the heavy feeding o
/ corn is responsible for these losses
This is just an off year. We shoul'
forget about it and come back again
i A poor pig crop means a bumpe
!. crop"
/. B. F. Morris, of Clay county, Mo
} writes: "The spring pig crop is fallln
, short of expectations. Although an II
crease in the number of sows bre
was in evidence, it is doubtful whett
J er normal pig crop materlizes.
These reports are in line with man
} received from farmers in Wayne an
: adjoining counties. AS recently state
in this column Illinois has been hayin
similar experience in its farrowin
pens.
Fruit Sales Agency
The Federated Fruit Growers, a n;
: tional fruit sales agency, was organ
, lied at Chicago on Friday, followin