The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-14
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Some of these fine days we expect
to see a farmer walk into this office
to tell us that he has a COW which
gives barrel of milk at every milk
ing and that she just has TO be MIXED
/ four times daily, beginning at 8, be-
i fore breakfast, and ending at 10, be-
! fore going to bed.
i We are led to this conclusion from
i reading the report on a Holstein milk
factory named Princess Polkadot.
/ owned by H. p. Fischer, of Shakopee,
Mimi. 1t is now claimed that this COW
holds the worlds record for milk and
butter fat, having finished yearly
test on Jan. Is, with the production OF
81, 600 pounds of milk and 1,052.5 OF
butter fat, or the equivalent of 1875
pounds of butter. Miss Polkadot is "a
senior year old A man having any
thing on his mind beside milking has
no business to own more than one
COW of this class, for it takes hours
and hours to do the milking and sep
arating for five or six cows. But come
to think of it, it might be possible to
hire man to help on the job, which
, is comforting thought.
Cards have been mailed to Boston
township farmers inviting their pres
ence at a mass meeting to be held in
, the Boston school auditorium, on We'd
Hesday evening. All residents of the
township are included in the invita-
ton, as the matter to come up is OF
general interest. A number of progress
sives are in favor of erecting com
munity building, one commodious
enough to take care of large gather
ings; also to provide gymnasium
with space for various indoor games
! The Wednesday night meeting will
S give everyone a chance to express
|, their opinion in relation TO this com
: munity enterprise. A. B. Parks, trus
e tee, sponsors the meeting and issued
t the invitations The idea is a good
e one and is one that several other
= communities could emulate with profit
g should this be decided to be a good
S time to plan for such buildings, anc
n as it probably is.
Short Course and Corn Show.
! This is the final week of prepare
| ton for the short course and corn
show 1t opens at the Coliseum next
Monday morning and will close or
Tuesday evening. A really creditable
show is planned and the short course
: could hardly be improved upon.
i number of bulletins to be used in con
nection with the topics presented dur
ing the course have been received
v from Purdue and will be distributed
to the audiences at the various lee
lures. Special meetings of interest t
!, women will be held in the Studebakel
! auto saleSroom, at 33 South Eighth
: street, which will be seated to accom-
|, modate large gathering. City won
:. en- are expected to be present at these
meetings in large numbers.
h Exports of Wheat and Flour.
$ Addison Lewis, of Chatham, Ill.
writes to a Chicago editor to con
trovert the idea, so often expressed
/. that the cause of low prices for whea
Il in 1921 was the lack of export de
mand. He proceeds to show to th'
r contrary, and says:
p The following are the government
o figures for wheat and wheat flour eX
n ports: Average for years 1915-1919
inclusive, $227,99S,600 bushels; yea
1920, 307, 100000 bushels; IL months
# year 1921, $40, $4,000 bushels; yea
e; 1921, estimated, 35O,000000 bushels
The year 1921 showed the biggest eX
port Ol Wu6dJ duu llOuI ever huOW Ii.
f These are impressive figures. II
/ figuring the exports of flour fiv
Il bushels of grain is taken as the equiv
0 alent OF a barrel, although but fou
bushels and 40 pounds of wheat is re
quired, per barrel. Ii we assum
>. these to be actual government tabula
1. tions, it gives us an idea of what thi
d country can do in providing bread
t. stuffs to the world, also it shows, re
CARELESS of estimates at various times
that we have been producing worl
If OF wheat.
Joint-Stock Elevators
At the recent meeting of representa-
IF tives of 270 farmers elevators, a
o Moberly, Mo-, the plan" of the U.
Grain Growers was endorsed, afte
O. some study of the contract.
X One feature of the meeting is es
pecially worthy of note. The Missouri
h farm elevators are rarely cooperative
at but are joint-stock concerns. 1t wa
the sentiment of the meeting tina
this should be changed and the asst
If citation went on record with a resoll
ID ton requesting the next legislator
to amend the laws to simplify tn
procedure in changing elevator OF
e. CARNATIONS to the purely co-operativ
" form-to render service to the con
g munity, rather than to pay dividend
y, to the stockholders" This is surel
d. an altruistic proposition.
When to Sow Glover
Great minds will differ, even as t
G. the best time of the year in which t
IS sow clover. For example, there is
tn merchant-farmer in this city VIII
tn says that no one ever heard of Natur
RI sowing clover in March, or in an
IS, spring month. Mature sows Glove
as in the early fall,' says he; "sows
sr- right where it grows, along the roa
sides, in the clover fields, anywher
also Nature sows all its wild seed jul
i, that way
81 All right, let it go at that In til
meanwhile there are good reasons fl
; varying from Natures plan Natm
e seems to make her crops to thri,
" - ~ For cold in the head
,rll ~ tA and sore. tender skin,