The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-27
The Farm and
The Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

to be used as depository for sale
bills, community announcements or
advertising matter whose who drive
along country roads. Postmaster Beck
says that the only legal way to reach
the farmer through his mail box Is to
use the postoffice and to duly address
and to stamp such matter. Rural car
riers are instructed to collect all cir
cular matter found loose in rural
boxes and to bring 1t into the post
office. We are printing this because
of an inquiry from a subscriber
why are spareribs so spare?" asks
reader. This question is one that is
often asked and we have an idea that
the butchers and meat marketmen can
throw light on this subject and we
hope they will. We will print their
explanations in this column for Mrs.
Farmers benefit, and for others who
like their pork bones decorated with
a little meat.
A study of dates of seeding oats in
the Lafayette district, shows that the
kind of weather had during the grow
ing season is Of more importance than
are the dates on which the sowing is
done. Purdue states that oats have
! been seeded as late as May 9Th at
Lafayette, with good results. Purdue
recommends taking a chance on oats
If conditions favor planting within the
next few days. A Chicagoan says that
while oats seeding is the latest in re-
cent years that one week Of good
weather will suffice to put in the bulk
of the acreage. Illinois and Iowa raise
the bulk of our surplus oats.
. The Best Is Cheapest.
Tho Missouri a01InCn of oOriSnIfIIFa
states that Missouri farmers lost
} thousands of dollars last year through
the purchase Of the "so-called COM
, plete fertilizers containing less than
: IA percent of available plant food"
The authority goes on to say that:
1.-TWO tons of an average high an
alysis fertilizer contains more plant
food than three tons Of an average
: low analysis fertilizer. The extra cost
J of freight, bags, and other overhead
: charges for the low analysis goods
| make an added expense which gives
, no benefit in return. The most eco
| nomical fertilizer to buy is the one
: containing the highest percentage OF
the plant food needed. 1t will cost
more per ton but may be used at a
lower rate per acre because it does
not contain so much useless material
Profitable Poultry Hints.
J. A. Garrett, an Indiana farmer
tells the Farm Journal a little story
as follows: "White diarrhea has cost
US the loss of many chicks. One day
my wife called my attention to the af
, flicted chicks and jokingly remarked
Oh, well, rub little vaseline on Their
tails, for it will do no harm if not any
good. The next day all the chicks
were scratching and feeding as though
nothing was ever the matter with
them. Their tails were clean anC
fluffy. Since then we apply the vase
line as soon as symptoms of the dis
> ease appear, and in most cases ont
!. application is sufficient" This is such
i simple treatment that it is at leas
; worth trying at first hint of this very
: fatal disease.
Animal food is required for the bes
growth of chicks, as we'll as for large
egg yields. Where bugs and worms
> are scarce feed meat scraps, fist
! scraps. or any form of milk products
/ notably sour milk. If you start chick!
: on sour milk continue it; don't chang
: to sweet skim. Old poultry grower
: tell us that buttermilk and sour mill
]. is just the thing for little chicks ant
i we know of healthy flocks that prove
!. this theory of feeding to be correct.
Egg production must be bred int
hens before it can be fed out of them
n The well-bred hen is the most profit
. able.
0 Corn 1923 Years Old
An ear of corn, shown in a scale
u bottle in the rooms of the Newport
/ r. l., Historical society, is said to b
Ii 123 years old. Herbert T. Sheffield
writes of this red ear of corn a
1 follows:
d IT have a red ear Of corn on whic,
% was written by my grandfather, Benjs
= min T. Sheffield, on a slip of pape
y which is tied around the cob, the 70
= lowing: "This corn grew in the yea
- 1892
= 1.-The corn was raised on a farm /
= Middletown, R. /. The ear was foun
- by him at a husking party and give
= to his son Thomas T. Sheffield. 1t
=, now deposited in the Newport Hi
: torical Society. Quite a number {
= kernels have been taken out, to sc
a if they would grow. I never hear
!" that they did. The ear is sealed u
,s in glass bottle now, to keep it frol
n meddling fingers"
~ When Hogs Averaged High
"a 1t is interesting to compare tt
II. average prices of live stock over a S
nc ries of years, notably over the We
20 period, beginning with 1916. In tt
o third week in April, 1915. the averas
price of cattle at Chicago was $9.1(
al of hogs, 1895; of sheep, $500, and ,
ar lambs, 5000 In the same week |
n 1917 cattle averages were $11.65; G
RI hogs, $3.50; on sheep, 1920; c
no lambs, STATS.
5a Cattle averages climbed to s15.15
wv 1918, and to $3.50 in 1919; droppir
Of back to $1190 in 1920 and to $50
81. the third week in April, 1921. Hos
~ reached an average of $20.S0 in 191!
az dropped down to $15.05 in 1920, al
~ sunk to $3.50 in 1921, against an ave
nv 80, -00o.