The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-21
The Farm and
The Farmer
BY William r. sanbern

! The fact that early fruits are now in
blossom, notably pears, plums and
( peaches, in this immediate neighbor-
hood, is the cause of no little anxiety
as to possible frost damage Thin
films of ice were noted in the low
spots along the water courses in
Wayne county early Thursday morn
| ing, but inquiry failed to locate any
trees that were really injured on We'd
nesday night. But the weather fore
cast for Thursday night was by no
means reassuring.
A number of farmers and country
bankers were called over the phone on
| Thursday afternoon. No reports of
/ damage to fruit were made and the
general opinion was that the frost only
| struck the low spots and that the
! wind prevented damage to the buds
and blossoms.
Joseph Blose of the Centerville bank
said that very few farmers had been
in during Thursday, 1t being a good
day for farm work. Also that not a
single visitor had reported damage to
orchards.
j Cashier King of the bank at New
rather chilly early on Thursday morn
ing that the general impression was
that all blossoming fruits and berries
had escaped injury.
Mr.. Fulkerson, cashier of the Hol
lansburg bank said that no one had
said anything about frost damaging
fruit. but George Shaw. a farmer, was
of the opinion that his rye had beer
Irf lie
probable.
Hog Breeders to Meet.
The hog breeders of Wayne county
are billed to meet at Centerville OF
Friday evening" not only to discus:
business and pig club matters, but t.
enjoy the lunch which has been ar
ranged for. 1t is expected that theirs
will be a large turnout on this occas
ion as much business of Importance
will come up and because actic= oil
pig club work is now due, so that al
. arrangements for supplying the youns
: porkers may be perfected.
Another 1000 Pound Cow.
According to Wallaces' Farmer thu
forty-ninth COW to qualify for the lis
of Holstein-Friesian cows that hav,
7 produced over 1000 pounds of butter
: fat in year is Rag Apple Aaggie Co
! ! lantha, a seven-yearold COW owned b.
the D. w. Field company, of Montello
Mass. The new 1,O00-pound COW ha
: just completed a yearly record of 25
3038 pounds of milk and 1904
pounds of fat. which ranks her forty
! first among Holstein cows in yearl.
fat production
Wholesale Meat Prices.
In the report of the wholesale de
g.. r.,
: the American Institute of Meat Pack
6 ers make the claim that pork product
on the average, were sold below tn
cost of producing and marketing
Fresh loins and some of the smoke,
I meats held their own fairly wei
: while other lines sold below part
with the cost of hogs, says the report
Product prices were not able t
keep pace with hog prices. While tn
packers were absorbing all hog IT
ceipts, the purchasing power of tn
: consuming public was diminished, az
Il cording to the report The packer
] state that the March meat trade CAV
definite evidence of more careful bu.
/ ing on the part of the public, a redu
n ton in the purchasing power of man
!. consumers and slow buying by dealer
n The absence of special March oAdeI
4 for the Easter trade was notable. tn
o coal strike is believed to have affecte
!. March trade adversely.
The report calls attention to tn
), relative cheapness of bacon at tn
!, present time. Fancy bacon is no
! selling at wholesale only about fol
: cents pound higher than smoked hal
- of the same grade.
- Protein in Feeding RatIons
That animal protein supplement
- such as tankage and fish meal, al
superior to vegetable protein feed
= such as oil meal, is confirmed by
- hog feeding test that was conducte
= at the Pennsylvania experiment st
ton last summer. Pigs fed on sh
. led corn plus either tankage or fis
- meal made more rapid and conside
> ably more efficient gains than phi
e which received shelled corn and {
= meal.
~ To Check Hog Cholera
= The corn belt had the most wild
- spread and serious outbreak of h
:" cholera last fall that had been e
= perienced in several years. TIL
:, means that there is a possibility
- the same sort of an outbreak th
:, season, unless pains are taken to pr
vent. IN QlSLr1CIS, OF On farms WH6
the cholera ragged last fall, it will
advisable to vaccinate the entire CIR
of spring pigs. Here and there t
- successful vaccination of sucklil
pigs has been reported, but an @
In feeder advises that the surest w
is to wait until after weaving time.
ne the sows have been immunized t
be pigs as a rule will be safe un
us weaned," he says. Hog lots a.
he houses should be cleaned up right,
ed disinfected, and then kept in sa
nd tary condition. If you buy hogs, gu;
M antine them till you know they a
Ia sound and all right before letti
f. them run with the herd. Visitors fro
by infected farms should be kept out
oil. the barn lot Even stray dogs frc
2. such districts may infect healt
he b erds
ed We have suffered heavy losses
he spring pigs and should hog chole
II. follow it would be little short of
calamity. 1t would not only reduce t
Tx farmers incomes but also reduce t
nd meat supply, both for home use a
he for export.
Soy Bean Association
A soy bean growers associate
claimed to be the first in the sta
has been reported from Cerro Cor
70 county, Iowa. In reporting the me