The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-11
Eoos or FEATHERS

A we1Eknown poultryman, and one
who is considered an authority al
Washington, says that hens that lay
In the fall and in the winter care
really producing an out of season croI
of eggs, for 1t Is normal for the her
to lay for time in the spring and
early summer and then rest for the
balance of the year Profitable hens
are really those who have the capac
ity to force their egg-making maehin
cry"
The writer goes on to say that late
moulters are best layers. He says
that the cream Of the flock Is made
up Of hens that do not change Their
feathers until October or November
Their moulting VIII require only few
weeks and they will probably be lay
ing again by the first OF January. Fol
this reason the POI ltrykeeper who has
an eye for business VIII not neglect
The WORKOUT looking late layer, for she
Is his best profit maker Birds that
devote too much time early In the sea,
son to making feathers demand too
long vacation rest, while the hen that
wears her old suit tin late Is the best
OF the flock"
To get eggs you must feed wezI-bal-
hnced rations. designed for the partic-
ular class and sometimes for the par
Ecular breed. IN doing this you fur
1ish just the kind, quality and amount
OF feed to produce the highest and
most economical egg yields The
amount of feed needed to produce a
dozen eggs varies with the kind OF
birds. According to experiments con
Quoted by the United States depart-
ment of agriculture geneEalpurpose
bullets produced dozen eggs from 81
pounds of feed, and Leghorn pt1llets
laid the same number from 4-S pounds.
Poultrymen resort to every possible
means to get their hens to eat great
, deal Of feed, especially In the winter
when the days are short One way is
TO cut the morning scratch feed to
about half The hungry bird then goes
20 the mash trough and gurges On the
dry mash Then to increase the con-
sumption of mash some of It Is fed wet
ut noon and the hers viii eat II when
they would take no more Of It dry
Fights For the Agent
W. O, Saunders, editor of The indie
pendent at Elizabeth City, N: c., writes
q vitriolic editorial against the action
of his county commissioners in abol-
sshing the office of home demonstratpr,
Elled by Miss Marcia AbeFtson for the
past six years. To save a miserable
item of $50 a month and to satisfy
Chairman BIS dislike for Miss Albert
son, your commissioners have abolish
ed an office that was at the time help
ing nearly 900 girls IN this county to
make farm homes more comfortable
and profitable" Editor Saunders
doesn't mince matters. He hangs the
hides of the county board on the fence
TO dry. 1t is because of his plain and
fearless speaking that his little daily
is known from coast to coast, and that
he has been able to do so much for
the upbuilding Of his community. We
cite the above as showing that extens-
ion workers and home demonstrator
agents are finding favor in North Caro-
lima, where much progressive work is
being done among the farmers.
-Four farm girls from Iowa and Colo
RADIO won three months trip to Eur
ope in the presence of hundreds of
spectators at the Chicago Information
al last Friday. Miss Buelah Rodgers
and Kathryn Bolibaugh, the Iowa team,
won first honors in the canning con-
test and Miss Elaine Hendrick and
Bertha Broger, the Colorado team,
!, team came third and were chosen al
: ternates.
At the expense Of the American COM
mittee for devastated Frances, the win
ming teams will go to Europe to demon
strate to the French people of the war
Zone American methods of canning
fruits and vegetables. The girls will
also have the opportunity of learning
the most modern French methods of
doing this work.
Saved Oklahoma Joe.
Oklahoma Joe, grand champion bar
row at the International, is not to meet
the fate of the usual run of prize-win-
ming meat animals, at least not for
some time. Joe was auctioned and the
two red hog associations went fifty
fifty and took him off the market at
s6 cents pound. The Duroc7Jersey
men are to exhibit Oklahoma Joe,
which is now the joint property of the
two leading red hog associations of
The country. These are the National
Duroc-Jersey Record association, Peo-
ria, and the American Duroc-J ersey
Breeders association.
The farmers of Kossufh county,
Iowa, are growing Sc enthusiastic over
soy bean culture that they increased
hJi6 dSl6dS0 III bA6S ACE QLI6 ONCE NOU
percent thisyear. They say they have
raised enough seed to almost supply
he county in the coming year. This
reminds us that Plat county, Illinois,
farmers have organized company to
build cooperative soy bean crushing
plant at Monticello The plant is be-
Ing equipped to handle the soy bean
Dutput of that part Of TIE state, now
Estimated at around 100000 bushels.
A Calf Story.
, A Swifton, Mo, farmer relates how
be came TO get as much as 1929 for a
good veal calf weighing 100 pounds at
The loading station. He says the calf
was in prime condition when it left the
farm but in travelling to st. Louis, 270
miles, it shrank % pounds, and accord
ing to the returns mailed him weighted
but 1873 pounds when sold. The calf
brought seven cents pound. or 1855,
which the freight charges reduced by
s4.37, leaving the farmer net return
Of but $500. There is nothing in rails
ing calves at that price.
According to Wallaces' Farmer
Iowa's grain and live stock freight bill
for 1922 will be $50 900, OF say
about $3.50 per farm. Freight rates
from Central Iowa are so percent above