The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-18

Lindley w. Baker, or Cambridge
City. route B, breeder of Spotted Pc
land hogs and Dorset Horned sheep.
tells us a little story as to the out
come of his marketing of his early
spring lambs. More than this, he
proves his story by the presentation
of the sale bill rendered by the In
dianapolis commission firm which
marketed the lambs on Tuesday.
April H.
According to the sale bill the lambs
averaged so pounds and sold for 19
cents, and averaged S11.40 per head
They We're pure-bred stock and
brought 81 per hundred pounds moro
than did the other top lambs at the
Indianapolis yards on the same day
| Now. then, as to their feeding, Mi.
Baker says: "They were never fed
anything but shelled corn, oats and
alfalfa hay. That proves to me that
you can raise market tops without
: buying high priced feeds" said he.
i In regard to the alfalfa he contin.
ues, Il had six acres last year from
which | got three cuttings. l have
wintered five head of horses and
/ mules, four head of cattle and 2S
sheep on the hay from these six acres,
and have quite few tons left. | think
| that a pretty good showing for six
acre field
Farmers generally will agree with
Mr.. Baker in that conclusion
Clifford Thorn Resigns.
| Needless, perhaps, to tell farmers
who Clifford Thorn is, for most OF
them know. Mr.. Thorne has been
chief counsellor for the American
farm bureau, both at Chicago ana
| Washington. since the farm bureau
began to attain prominence. and Is
one OF the high-priced attorneys o.
the country. The statement that 40
vice is cheap does not apply to ad-
vice from Clifford Thorne; not by
| iugful 1t is admitted that Mr.. Inorhe
has ably and most comprehenslVei!
counselled the farm bureau, the com
mittee of II, the u. s. Grain Growers
and the committee OF 10, ana Is re-
sponsible for the legality OF all thei'
contracts.
Mr.. Thorne's resignation comes as
a surprise, at least to those OUTSIDE vi
lofficial circles and who may under
stand why Mr.. Thorne is Wiling 10 let
some other man complete ms "orh
Mr.. Thorne formally announces ms
candidacy for United States senator
from Iowa, his home state, we get a
whole lot of light on the subject. Very
naturally he is counting on the tull
support of the Republican farmers G.
his state, also on that OF hDerai
snrinkling of the farmers in the op
position fold.
WooImen and the Tariff.
| The Boston woolmen are distinctly
dissatisfied at the tariff bill as it left
the house. but say they do not eXpeci
it to pass the senate without still an
other revision. The wool buying IN
the west is not at all urgent. Except
for little buying done in Arizona las'
week there was no contracting fol
western clips, either direct from sheep
men or the pools. The fabric mills
strikes are affecting production OF al
cloths including wooden mixtures, bu
notably so as to cotton goods. IL i
, now estimated that these mill strikes
, have cut cotton goods production alone
! about 1O8000,000 yards. In the race
of this prices on yardstuffs nave no
advanced noticeably.
Preventing Dirty Eggs.
, Poultrymen of the Ohio extension
service say that poultry market mer
|, and egg buyers on farm routes sa!
that a large percentage of the eggs OF
fered are dirty To prevent this the
service men offer few suggestions
as follows:
!, Wash dirty eggs every day and mar
ket them as quickly as possible
: Washed eggs should be sold fo3 I'm
e mediate consumption.
: Have at least one nest for each 81
a hens. Gather the eggs at 10 in tn
e morning to prevent tramping throug
/ the day.
l. When the ground Is soft and we
keep the hens confined until IN tn
afternoon Keep plenty of clean stray
n in the nests, and good litter OF stray
f on the floor Hens wipe their feet
l. they have plenty of litter to scratch IL
n Nail chicken wire under the roost
l. to prevent the hens from getting dow
l. on the dropping boards, which shout
always be kept clean.
Is Avoid handling eggs unnecessaril.
IS Keep them covered Don't move the1
" from cool room to a warm one. Th1
n causes them to sweat and lnJure
If them Store eggs in cool, moi:
N place. a place free from odor or mu
tlneSS, Tor instance IN ClSdn celia
Is, Rape For Hog Pasturage.
. Under the headline. More Profit o
n Hogs" the editor of Wallaces' Farmt
II prints an interesting column devote
70 TO exploiting rape as pasturage Il
,o hogs, and states that rape's only cor
~ petitor among the forage crops II
w swine is alfalfa Says editor Wallace
r. ANY corn and hog belt farmer ca
net from $50 to $35 per acre this yea
u from a few acres of reasonably GOO
- land seeded to rape for hog pastur
y, Experimental results and the observ
Va tions OF farmers who annually use tn
80 crop show very definitely that an acl
80 of rape will be worth this much whe
!, properly seeded and pastured. Tn
- rapid-growing annual pasture will NJ
:; only cut down the amount OF col
- needed to finish the spring pigs for
early market. but it will reduce
y. even greater proportion the his
priced tankage and other commerce.
feeds needed to balance the corn. TT
:, cost of an acre of rape is small, ar
- two months after seeding it will su
~ ply good pasture until the frostS