The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-19
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The fourth annual meeting of the
American farm bureau will be held in
Chicago. 1t is to be a four day sess-
ion, December lila The bureau is
adding woman's department to its
regular program of work, this to be
known as the Home and Community
department A woman trained in such
work will be appointed director. The
wives and daughters of farm bureau
members will heartily endorse the new
department if run on helpful and eff
ficient lines, as may be expected
Vitamines in Meats
The Bureau of Animal Industry has
found that vitamines exist in the mus
Gle fibre of beef, veal, mutton, lamb
and pork. Before this time it has
been thought that vitamines existed
most abundantly in internal organs
such as the heart, liver and kidneys
This new information will be cap
itaHzed by the National Live Stock
and Meat Board in its campaign to
educate the public to eat more meat.
The experiments of the Animal In
dustry Bureau proved that meat, even
if it did not contain many vitamins
is one of the most important foods
Various cuts of different kinds of
meat were tried, and in every in
stance pork was found to be relatively
rich in vitamins. Beef and veal were
relatively lower, while the amounts
contained in lamb varied great deal
Poland-Chinas to Brazil
Forty head of pure-bred Poland Chi
ma hogs, owned by Illinois breeders,
are now enroute TO Brazil, and will
be shown at the centennial exposition
at Rio de Janiero. The shipment con-
sists of boars and 80 sows. The
shipment was made up by the state
breeders association and E. c. Cav
erly, of Toulon, and F. L. Cox, Keiths-
/ burg, are journeying to Brazil with
! the hogs. At the close of the show
| the hogs will be put up at a public
! sale and it is expected that high pr
ces will be obtained.
One of the leading Gamers of milk
| brought suit before the Wisconsin SUI
4 preme court to test the constitutional
ity of the law prohibiting the manu-
facture or sale of filled milk in the
state. The law was declared constitu-
tional. The milk this concern puts
up is filled with cocoanut oil instead
! of butterfat A number of other con-
Germs are putting up a skinned milk
| of the same character, to the injury
of both consumer and dairyman, &C
cording to investigators. 1t seems
| strange that milk concerns having an
international trade in real milk a.
their own prices, should try to sell
the brands in question. The answer
is: bigger profit.
| Seed and Fertilizer
| In a letter from the soil improve
ment committee of the National Fer
tilizer association, we find the follow
ing with reference to the sowing of
wheat, the Hessian fly and the use of
fertilizer:
i while the Hessian fly is by no
means the only problem in the grow
ing of winter wheat, he is of so much
importance that nowadays the entire
winter wheat program is mapped out
with him especially in mind. There
are five points which require special
attention. i. e.: Early blowing, good
seed, a well-prepared seedbed, delayed
seeding and liberal fertilization.
Hundreds Of farmers follow such
system and find that it is veryhprof-
liable. Time and time again, " has
been demonstrated that early and
thorough preparation of the seeded.
, alone, is responsible for increases in
yields of from five to ten bushels.
When seeding is delayed until afte-
the fly-free date. Hessian fly damage
is greatly reduced. Tn adult fly lives
only a few days after it energies and
i if it does not find the leaves of the
vounp wheat DIants uDon which il can
lay its eggs, it is unable to propagate
the new brood. which does the damage
to the crop. However, when seeding
is delayed, the crop must move along
rapidly after seeding, in order that it
shall pass through the winter success
fully. From two to three hundred
pounds of high-analysis fertilizer ap-
piled at seeding will insure the crop
against injury and give it a good start
in the spring