The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-14
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

units while the ten poor farms had IL
another factor is the quality of the
1arm business as measured by the
livestock returns per animal unit Or
the livestock receipts per 500 worth
OF feed consumed. One group of ten
received AZ per cent greater re-
turns on livestock than another group
OF the same number doing a poor
quality of business. The other factors
are crop yields and labor efficiency.
The o profitable farms were re-
ceiving yields II per cent above the
average while the poorest were get
ting crop yields s per cent below the
average for the community.
American Farmer Produces Most
In statistics recently published by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture it was shown that the highest
yields of crops obtained in Europe
were in Belgium. The yields of crops
per acre in Belgium were approx
mately two times the yield per acre
in United States as a whole. But the
production of crops per man in the
United States was approximately two
times the production per man in Bel
GUM; five times that in Italy and
two times that in the United Kingdom
and France. Human beings are the
nations greatest natural 1t
is just as important to conserve la
Dor as it is to conserve land, forests
or any other natural resource The
wealth of a nation is largely measured
in terms of the production of a days
labor.
Milk Goats Sell High
In reporting a sale at auction of a
bunch of imported milking goats, in
Wisconsin recently, the Prairie Farm
er tells US that goats milk is richer
than COWS milk, which is a we'll known
fact. But think of SO goats bringing
IN average price of $3.50 per head.
The writer goes on to say: "The chief
value of goats milk is due to the
fact that goats have t~uberculo-
sis, that dread disease which ruins
so many dairy herds and which is SO
dangerous to human beings. 1t is
hardly probable that we shall substi-
tute goats for COWS as the source of
our milk supply. It seems much more
likely that scientists will discover
what makes goats immune to tuber-
c%ulosis, and will develop a strain of
COWS that will also be immune"
Certified Seed Potatoes
One farmer in Boon township, War
rick county, bought ten bushels of GER
titled seed potatoes from the farm
bureau car load, which he treated with
rormaldehyde and planted. He found
that he did not have enough sed to
plant the field so he purchased a peck
of grocery store seed to finish it out.
/ This seed he planted without treating.
The treated seed on the same amount
of ground produced a third more po-
tatoes of which practically all were
marketable while the uncertreated
seed produced practically all unmarked
able potatoes. Other farmers are get
ting similar results, County Agent H.
r. Holcomb reports.
The outlook is for a comparatively
light crop of onions in Indiana this
year, Paintings cover 1880 acres
which is 600 acres in excess of the
acreage planted in 1921, but stands
county leads with $40 acres, Noble
coming next with $50.
The boy or girl who wins the first
prize in the potato competition at the
Indiana state fair will be designated
state potato champion. The young
sters have tended so many potato gar
dens this summer that a surprisingly
large exhibit in the club classes, or by
individuals, is expected.
What Dean Mumford Said
ut is perfectly clear, from the re
suits of all Investigations on soil i'm
provement, that the application Of
commercial fertilizer is one step to
ward a more profitable agriculture
In many cases it is the first step. The
~permanence, however, of the industr,
depends upon close alliance with the
investigators who are solving tbs