The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-17
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

| kind most suitable to northern Indi-
ana. The tests being made in Laporte
should be OF value to middle western
farmers generally
Wayne County Fair,
Including the $4,000 to be given in
cash prizes, it is estimated that the
FAR budget" will call for not less than
$4,000 and perhaps more. You will. of
course, have observed that the pre-
MUM list printed in the Palladium on
Wednesday, occupied seven solid col
umns of type, and that the expected
exhibits were fully covered by the
awards, also that the list of exhibits
on which awards are to be made COW
cred as broad a line of displays as are
found at the best county fairs in the
country.
Time is flying and the farmer will
wisely make his selections for exhibit
as early as possible. Mayor Handley,
chairman of the fair board, has ap-
pointed n. II. Johnson as chairman
of the finance committee and ]. A.
Rrookbank and Harry Gilbert as as
sistants. This committee is getting
down to business in short order and
are getting good timber to assist in
the active work of the financial cam
paign, which will be put over in a
hurry.
Has Splendid Site
1t is unanimously agreed that Glen
| Miller park affords an ideal site for
the county fair, with it's abundance of
! good water and shade, to say nothing
| of the various attractions the park
/ presents as the popular headquarters
| for outing parties from the entire Rich
mond radius. The kind of fair to
be presently staged at Glen Miller
will surely draw visitors from a wide
area, people who will appreciate the
show and the large, well shaded park
ing grounds and the general environ.
ment of the fair.
Girl Wins Milking Prize
The honor of being the best mixer
among Illinois youngsters was accord
ed Julia Schifferer, IA year old miss,
of Elgin. At a milkmaids' contest at
the farm festival in Bartlett, julia
drew eight pounds and six ounces OF
milk in two minutes and SO seconds
. Constant practice has made this young
lady proficient, she having learned to
milk at an early age and for a long
time has been milking five cows daily
: which, as any farm woman will ad
nit, is some chore.
On July 20 at Chicago some choice
steers made high of $10S5, this being
the top for the year up to that date
The same figure was reached in that
market On Tuesday, when 55 head Of
{ Herefords, which averaged 1896
| pounds, were bought for eastern ship
ment. Competition is becoming lively
: for all good corn fed steers.
Both Ohio and Nebraska are report
r ing deterioration of corn as the re
: suits of continued dry, hot weather
; This does not go for the entire two
| states, but for portions of each. Lodi
Illinois, reported on Wednesday tina
2 some corn was firing in that district
t from excessive heat.
! 1t now appears that the new Greel
: territories are growing such dbund
! ant crops that the Greek government
! is refusing to sanction the importa
: ton Of wheat at this time.
r Feeding the Poultry
After the culling the poultIymar
settles the question Of what to feet
| the culls to fatten them for marke
D and then comes the question of wha
q to feed the layers to make them lay
:, Lippincott, of the Illinois experiment
:, station, gives the following ration a
G an illustration of one that would sup
r ply the nutrients called for by layin:
i hens weigi ing from five to eigh
g pounds: "One pound of cracked corn
: three-fourths of a pound of wheat
i three-fourths of pound of corn meal
/ one-half pound each of wheat midd
q lings, buckwheat middlings and ami
@ NAL meal, two-thirds of a pound o
: fresh bone and three-fourths of
! pound of green alfalfa"
For hens weighing between thre
and five pounds he finds that hens il
full laying will receive the digestibl'
! nutrients needed for egg production
n with a ration consisting of thre'
@ pounds of cracked corn, one pound o
| wheat, one pound of corn meal, on
c pound OF bran and seven-tenths of ;
: pound Of beef scrap. These proper
q lions are for 100 pounds of live weigh
of hens in full laying.
a. No rule can be given for the exac
NJ amounts of feed for a flock Flock
a differ even when of the same bree
!. and variety. There is more danger il
" over-feeding than in under-feeding
i The right amount is just little les
each meal than the hens can eat Ski
a in feeding comes from knowing whel
to quit feding. The more dry mas
". the hens eat as a rule, the more egg
"a they will lay. They prefer cracke
:. corn to mash so full crop of cracke
-, grain is usually given only at the las
!. feed. Exercise, fresh air, freedom fror
lice and mites and a flock of the az
to lay are other factors in getting
satisfactory egg Weld