The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-05
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

nois, and President J. R. Howard, of
the American farm bureau. De Kalbl
was dressed and decorated for the oc-
casion and played the generous host
TO all corners.
To Hold County Fair
The more the proposition to hold
Wayne county fair is being discussed,
the greater the sentiment in it's favor
is developed At the recent meeting
of the Wayne County Breeders asso-
citation it was decided to hold a fair
this fall and a committee of arrange
ments was appointed This com
mittee, consisting of but three mem
bersh, Paul James, E. G. Caldwell and
Luther Reynolds, will decide when,
where and how the fair shall be held.
Or course numerous subcommittee
will have plenty of work later on II
is hoped that the fair of 1922 will be
the forerunner of an annual fair al
which both business men and agricul-
turists will make suitable displays,
in keeping with the wealth of Rich
mond and the population of Wayne
county.
Texas Fever is Dangerous
Five cases of Texas fever, a cattle
disease that is very rare in the nor
thern states, was discovered at Chica-
go last week. The discovery was
made by city health inspectors. who
were working under orders of the
chief food inspector for the state
Texas fever is exceedingly dangerous
to those who eat the meat of the af-
flicted cattle. The disease is caused
by ticks" which burrow through the
skin, causing blood poisoning The
cattle, which were DESTROYED. came
from Arkansas.
Inspected 400 Wheat Fields
The field inspection of wheat for
certification for seed for the 1922
planting season, was completed dur
ing the last week in June, under the
guidance of the Missouri college of
agriculture. OF the 400 fields Of
standing wheat inspected $50 fields
were approved as meeting the rules
of the state corn growers association
and the crops will be approved for
seed. Purity of variety. freedom from
disease and freedom from weeds, con-
/, stituted the test
In Spring Wheat Country
The future course of wheat prices
will be largely dependent upon wealth
er conditions in the northwestern
spring wheat country There is black
rust in the Red river valley in North
! Dakota and in a number of points in
South Dakota. There are heavy dews
and showers and heat in between and
| continuation of this kind of weather
| might spread the black rust. Van
I n1rcaT, Is y
orange rust and in some places traces
of black in the early stages. 1t has
! appeared on the lower leaves and
not on the stem as yet, with a contin-
uation of the present cool weather
little damage is probable, but with ho5
sultry days rust might develop rapidly
and cause considerable damage to
| crops"
| There has been more than ordinary
/ speculation in oats for some months,
| the range for the past week showing
the effect of active transferring to
more distant months Regarding these
! transfers the Chicago Tribune. says:
eff any one doubts the benefits of
speculative trading it would be well
for them to study operations in oats,
/ where immense changing from July to
distant futures is on. Elevator inter
ests and carriers were heavy buyers
of July and sellers of September At
paying differences. This is difficult
| for the speculative trade to overcome,
even in the face of poor crop est
mates. which show a loss of 100000,
600 bushels from last month. Rains
! in the last few days have helped oats
somewhat but the crop on the whole
! is regarded as one of the poorest
/ known"
/ Dairy Cattle For Alaska
! In some of the valleys of Alaska
where grain and forage crops do well
dairying seems to be desirable, and
many farmers have taken it up on A
small scale. The Department of Ag
riculture is trying to develop hardy
breed of cattle for that climate by
| crossing the Galloway and Holstein
Friesian, but in the meantime Milk
/ ing Shorthorns have been introduced
at two of the department stations, as
they are considered fairly hardy and
/ in addition to being good milk produc
ers are good beef animals, a combina
/ ton of qualities desired in this rigor
Gus region. The animals brought in
were secured in Iowa and Minnesota
Milk Replacing Pop
/ milk is becoming competitor OF
lemonade as cold drink at picnic
and fairs throughout the country
/ Many of the fairs in the central ant
northwestern states have one or two
milk bars on the ground where ict
cold milk is sold at cost The Colora
do Agricultural college is urging fail
officials to establish more milk bars
this summer, where the children ma.
have more milk and less pop ans
soda"
i Cooperative arrangements for {
shipping point inspection of fruits ant
vegetables in California in common
with other Western States are being
effected by the Department of Agri
: culture and State marketing official:
i in California A conference of West
ern State commissioners Of agricul
ture was recently held at Sacrament;
to discuss shipping-point inspection
work.