The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-15

planning of losses in his narrowing
pens this spring. Kinsinger is a great
believer in half-breds for feeding out;
at least he is given to crossing blacks
on reds and reds on blacks for pork
production.
w. P. Hunnicutt, of Cambridge dis
trict, says he is not out after Kin
singers record as a hog man but has
at least one 100 per cen sow. She
farrowed two pigs and saved both of
them Mr.. Hunnicutt is experimenting
with soy beans this year.
New Indiana Wool Shortage
Indianapolis now has a wool ware
house for storage and sales; a large
and duly bonded plant, known as the
Mcnamara Bonded Warehouses, and
formerly a large brewry, John Webb.
internationally known as a judge Of
woods and for II years official judge
at the Chicago shows, is in charge of
the grading. Mr.. Webb says that ap-
proved warehouse receipts will be is
sued to all shippers, under the U. S..
warehouse act; also that he will be
personally responsible for all grading
at the new house. Such warehouse
receipts are negotiable for loans in
any bank, just as are the receipts
from duly licensed cooperative eleva-
tors and other properly licensed and
bonded warehouses.
Very Ancient Corn
The mortuary urns of prehistoric
graves recently unearthed in Tenn
essee were found to contain a variety
of corn. The only other cereal of its
| kind is found in the West Indies,
This is taken by the bureau of ethnol
ogy at Washington as proof of inter
communication between the ancient
people of North America and those
islands, if not evidence hat within
the time of man the West Indies were
a continuous part of our mainland.
We have heard of no attempts tc
terminate this prehistoric corn, some
of which though much dried and shriv
eled may possibly contain the seed Of
life. This has been found true in tbs
case of finds of grain in Egyptian
tombs, some of which is said to have
terminated after lying dormant fol
unknown centuries. To experiment
on this new find would at least be
interesting.
Long Haul to Market
1t is a far cry from Louisiana tC
Portland, Oregon, when we consider
shipping strawberries owe that dist
ance. But it has been done this sea
son. The cars have been iced at New
Orleans and run through at express
speed to Portland, where they have
been received in good condition. Thi,
is surely going far afield for a market
for fresh strawberries. Louisiana ex
pected to market LOO cars of straw
berries this year against 1900 cars &
year ago. and has done even better
than that, is the report.
Milk Middle at Chicago
An important meeting of milk pro
ducers in that marketing district was
held at Chicago last week. At the
meeting it was proven that but 81
per cent of the consumers dollar was
received by the mar who fed the COWS
owned the land and dairy investment
did all the work and ~wholesaled hi:
product to the men who took the
other 20 cents for distribution cost.
and profits.
Doesn't look like a square deal
does it? Nor is it.
Well, the farmers milk marketins
committee of nine has worked out
q pan ~ "hlSA LIZ OoIl SlnCA Ill. IL II
declared, obtain an even split, tina
is get so cents of the consumers dol
lar; this, too, without advancing the
cost of milk at retail.
Now Chicago has long had a coop
e~ratiye milk marketing company. i
has often been on the rocks; it ha:
fought a large section of its producing
membership, or mayhap it was the
I -, 900 49,,
has been considerable fussing anC
some Piled up debts and litigation
Just whose fault caused the trouble
we can't say. But the big distribu
tors mixed into the muss.
1t is not now proposed to discon
tinue the cooperative sales compan,
but to reorganize it and increase it
strength. Farmers are to sign new
contracts and as soon as 5000 sigma
lures are secured the plan will g
into action. Four funds will be form
ed-for fluid milk, condensed milk
butter and cheese. Plans for poolin.
and pre-rating from month to montl
are arranged for.
More Fruit Trees Needed
Occasionally we read argument
against the planting of more frui
trees, which are based on the fea
that there will be an overproductiol
of the standard fruit. A study O
actual conditions cannot but lead t
the opposite conclusion. Go wher
you may in regions adapted to the pro
duction of apples and peaches, espec
ally, and you will find a large numbe
of bearing orchards falling rapid
into decay and thousands of youn
trees dying from neglect and want @
proper care.
The last U. S. Census states tina
from 1909 to 1913 there was a de-
crease of 36,013.6 73, or 23.S per cen
of apple trees of bearing age. TIL
decrease in trees not of bearing ag
: was 1886, 1853, OF As per cent. In tn
case of peaches, there was a decreas
of 30.5 per cent in trees of bearin
age and 1873 per cent in trees not c
bearing age. The fact is, then, tina
new paintings are not sufficient t
take care of the decreases in tn
number of bearing trees.
/ FertiIize Your Trees
These heavy losses are due largel