The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-11-02
rAELEeHoRN RECORD

interested IN reaQ1nS lHo TSNo4u "
egg production by what is now claim
ed to be the champion egg-layer IN
America" The owner of this Wnlte
Leghorn hen now values her at SzooU'
and on this basis setting or eggs
would surely cost lot OF money. inns
hen, Lady Jewell completed year s
test in competition with the PICK OF
the various flocks and breads at the
western Washington experiment sta'
ton. on October 81, on which date II
was found that she had laid 335 eggs
in 365 days, a remarkable record.
The former high record was SZ4
eggs in II months, so the telegram
claims, but at Pullyup, Washington, IN
the contest Just closed, ten other mems
at that station laid more than 500 eggs
and one White Ueghorn came pretty
close to the winner, by laying SSZ
eggs. The widespread interst IN egg
and poultry production now nSures
that the records in egg-laying conOests
will be wired all over the country j..
The latest offering of agricultural
EXPERIMENTATION is peanut mix An
are familiar with peanut butter, puI
milk from peanuts is generalIy uIi,
known product. But we are assureu
that peanut milk is real ana rlcil
delicacy. also that it contains IL times
as much fat as does the ordinary MIX
\ of the, breakfast table, and that IL can
be used for culinary purposes, JUST
/ as cows milk. The claim is that ?
water tunbler full of shelled nuts
will make one pint OF milk
State Poultry Show
| For the past fifty years there mas
been an annual poultry show helo a'
indianapolis. The history OF tnese
shows and the story of the KIND Oh
chickens shown, would make interest
! ing reading for poultry growers, Dul
/ it is doubtful that it will ever De
written. But the progress IN poultry
culture, in housing, in breed improve
ment and egg production, IN the past
80 wears, speaks for itself.
This wear the Breeders ard Fancl
ers' Poultry show at Indianapolis will
be held earlier than usual, the dates
being November 81 TO %. The idea
is that this earlier winter showing VIII
enable breeders to dispose of surplus
stock prior to mating up of their preed
ing pens for the spring season.
Illinois Farmers Need Cars
The report from Chicago is to the
effect that the boxcar shortage Is
creating a desperate situation among
the farmers of Illinois" This is the
statement of the Illinois Commerce
commission which has appealed to the
interstate commerce commission tel
relief.
The Illinois men say that the coun
try elevators are overfIowing, and tha
the farmers bins and cribs are alst
} loaded so that there is not sufficien
room to store the seasons crops. tt
aggravate the present critical situa
ton, farmers IN need of money are un
able to market the remnants of thei
1921 crops, thus getting cash and max
ing room for those of this year. l
is claimed that Illinois country ele
vators now contain 100000 bushel
of grain against less than 100000
one year ago.
Advices from Buenos Aires indicat
that the cattle men of the Argentine
are facing a crisis, so much so tina
they have appealed to the state TO ne
tionalize and to go into the packin
business to stabilize prices of cattl
and meats; also to control the packin
business of the country by Legislation
''The tyrany of the nine big packin
and export companies" was roundl
denounced at q big meeting at whic
C government action was demanded.
The Wheat Rust War
DR. E. c. Stakman, of the Universit
of Minnesota, after spending f1v
> months in Europe, tells US that 'afte
!, 100 years of war on the common ba
berry. western Europe is now 2lmoS
! free from black stem rust on whes
!, and other grains He says that
: France, Austria, Hungary, German
:. and Denmark the barberry was d
! stoyed because of laws to that en-
!, while English farmers took the ma
= ter into their own hands and practi
ally wiped out the pest. Norwa
:, Sweden and Bavaria now have Law
y on this subject ard the barberry bus
r is doomed in these countries.
& Italy black rust is destructive only
the mountains ard in northern tia
where there are barberries.
+ Our own discovery that the commo
r barberry is the cause of the blac
c rust in wheat is very recent. Bl
5, some effective work of eradication h;
D. already been done and this will co
t. tinue until this pest is pretty we
&C wiped out in grain growing territor!
j; In a recent address covering stoc
" yards and Board of Trade legislatic
&C Secretary Wallace said: For thirt
B. years or more live stock produce
!; have complained against the packer
:; They felt that the growth of II
:; packing business, and especially
r, the few larger concerns gave them g
opportunity to combine and contr
live stock prices. For six or eigl
years bills were before congress d
:. signed to bring the packing busine
N under government supervision. Wht
h congress met in the spring of 1921
= = took hold of this mater vigorously al
= in August it passed the packers al
n, stock yards act.
# This law brings the packing house
u the stock yards, the commission me
,e chants and other stock yards age
~ cies under the supervision of t
sr Secretary of Agriculture. He Ct
in investigate the manner in which t
o. business is conducted, examir
to books, subpoena witnesses and
re quire them to testify under oath. !
er can inquire into the way live sto
ne is bought, handled. killed, and t
a meat marketed. He can inquire In
the charges by commission merchar