The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-31
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

i2V pounds per acre used in this way
gave better results than 400 pounds
broadcasted.
Both potatoes and corn need plen-
| ty of readily available plant food in
the early stages of growth The ex-
pertinent stations emphasize the need
for protecting the seed from direct
contact with the fertilizer, and also the
Importance of using machinery which
will distribute the fertilizer properly
Agricultural Tariff Rates
So far from the senate attempting to
reduce the agricultural tariff schedules
voted for in the house, the senate is
actually advancing a number of the
rates. This is not true in every in
stance, but is in many The senate
places the duty on faxseed at 40 cents
a bushel of Sc pounds, against 20 cents
in the house bill and 80 cents in the
emergency act. The. senate places a
duty of Is cents bushel on oats, COM
pared with 10 cents in the house bill
The duty on oatmeal also has been adj
vanced to 80 cents per cwt Butter,
loleomargarine, and other butter sub
st1tutes, are taxed s cents per pound
and fresh milk 21s cents per gallon,
while a duty of cent pound is
placed on plain evaporated milk and
liz cents on sweetened. Live cattle
are assessed at l " cents and 2 cents
per pound, according to weight The
duties on fresh beef, veal and mutton
have been fixed at 3h cents for beef
and veal and 2R cents per pound on
mutton, while fresh lamb is taxed 5
cents. This will be a considerable bar
rier against the flooding Of our mar
kets with New eZaland Australian and
South American lamb and mutton
The "Mistietoe" Stock Yards
Some poetic genius discovered that
"Mistletoe" would be suitably frag-
, rant name for stock yards and as
!, result we have private yards of
that name in Kansas City, Kansas,
almost jam up against the side of
the great Kansas City yards The
: Mistletoe yards are owned by the
! Fowler Packing company, which com
:. Some Of the wealthy families in
Switzerland possess cheeses more than
century old, which are served only
on the most important occasions
pany is further owned by the Arm
ours. This fact explains why the
! Armour house is involved in the hear
;. ing now being held in the Kansas City
! live stock exchange building, by the
? department of agriculture.
This hearing is of more than ordin
airy Importance to all shippers to the
Kansas City markets With refer
, ence to this public hearing the Kan
= sas City Star quotes a witness, as
5 follows:
Private stockyards tend to depres.
the price of hogs in the open, compel
tive market, Eugene R. Kern. for 81,
! years prior to 1919, head hog buyer
Tor Armour & company in Kansas
City, testified yesterday at the depart
ment of agriculture hearing. Kern sale
that when receipts were heavy in thu
y Mistletoe yards in Kansas City, Kas
> the Armour buyers withdrew from thu
open market, lessening competition.
/ Kern's statements were made in re
ply to questions by Judge B. T. Hahn
} er, commissioner in charge of tn,
hearing.
Judge Hainer questioned the wit
> ness also as to the effect it woult
have to close the Mistletoe market
i Kern said it would increase hog price.
& to their proper level
Producers Have No Say
The advantage in private yards Il
in favor of the packer, Kern testified
The buyers have all the say in de
l termining prices in the private mar
e ket, he said. while in the public mar
! ket the producers, through their re
Il resentatives in the market, have
; part in determining prices
u Kern testified that Armour & com
= pany avoided buying hogs from specu
u lators and shippers other than one
u specially designated, thereby redue
&c ing competition and tending to depres
prices"
n ONE OF FASHIONS FAvoRITEs