The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-21
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

markets. But they have an excellent
reason for federal support of a mer-
chant marine which would compete
with the British and Japanese on even
terms and thereby probably reduce
Irelght rates to the advantage J OF
American farmers and manufacturers.
mat is what We want-a chance to
compete on even terms at sea for our
fair share of the carrying trade of the
world, with incidental assurance that
thus we would retain the ocean auxil-
larles necessary to an adequate navy
in emergency"
Milk For PeIlagra
southern physician says that
plenty of good milk is a cure for pei
lagra, otherwise hook worm, and that
plenty of fresh vegetables will also
help. This is another boost for milk
Pure milk and fresh butter are almos;
specifics for pellagra but the poor PEG.
pie of overfiowed southern districts
are often practically withiut either
and are lacking in even the fresh veg
etables which would be of such great
help in freeing them from the inroads
of the disease.
Progressive planters are now cult
waiting plantation gardens, not simply
supplying garden plots for individuals
but have a garden run as a separate
branch of the farming from which the
vegetables are supplied daily to al
the tenants, as vegetable rations, By
the gardeners. AS health measure
this plan has been found a success
BY promoting the use of milk, butter
and Trash a
from the south claim that pellagra i!
prevented, and that hook worm is thu
result of improper 1iet. There i
plenty of that disease, however, a
points higher or beyond the overflow
districts, from failure to get nour
ishing foods, and normal supply. o
milk and butter
A falr average American corn crol
/ equals or exceeds he entire whea
/ production of the world as given TO
! 1917 by the International Institute O
Agriculture at Rome. This production
is given as being less than three bill
ION bushels, of which there remainet
! $50 million bushels for export in tn
| surplus countries during the crop year
AS our corn crop alone has freuuentl-
! inquired over three billion bushels it
immensely is apparent when compare
with the wheat of all the world.
In announcing the figures on whea
/ the department of agriculture sal
that THE surplus would be quite sui
hcient to supply the demand and t
leave a good balance at the beginnin
OF the next crop year" We presum
this would not be the case but TO
the inability of Europe to buy all tn
4 wheat and -four it really needs.
A Real Farmer
! oscar E. Bradfute, the newly cleo
ed president of the American farr
bureau, is a member of the firm of I
Bradfute and Son, which specialize
in Aberdeen-Angu cattle at Xenis
j Ohio. He lives on the old home far1
near Xenia, in Greene county. wher
his grandfather settIed in early day,
AS soon as the farm bureau movemen
developed Mr.. Bradfrte jumped int
the traces to help start the load, an
was quickly drafted into Leadership
He is both farmer and stockman an
mas been an agricul' urist since bo,
hood. He served as vice-president c
the American farm bureau for tw
years prior to becoming president.
The Randolph county farm burea
planned to hold a big meeting at tn
| city hall in Winchester on Friday. D,
cember %, and it was so announce,
We have now been informed that tn