The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-15
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

KING, as Mother Goose tells us. so
.oo' may writer on farm topics. of !
lel Suggestions to farmers At any
/ rate they do, and recently farm edi- !
| TORS everywhere have been advising
| the getting out and overhauling of
Iarm binders. 1t is happy thought. !
one farm weekly publisher -devotes
an entire page to the matter. He ad-
! Vlses that the binder be gone over
thoroughly. He begins with the guard
or ledger plates. He says that it is |
important that the edges of these
plates be sharp and not round, also
free from hicks. If not o. k get new
sections, at not being worthwhile to
grind and use them over" Next, the
guards should be examined, and bent
or battered ones Strengthened and
| sharpened to dull point The ledger
plates should line up true to the full
length of the sickle bar Slip the
knife into place and see that 1t moves
freely and without binding or fric-
ton Any tendency to stick or catch
should be remedied.
The elevators, canvases and rollers
need attention. For proper and easy
operation the rollers should not only
be absolutely parallel but be Square"
or at right angels to the sides of the
frame. Then there are chain adjust
ments to make and fabrication to at
tend to. This oiling business is very
important. There are some fast-mov-
ing binder bearings that may need
oiling every mile, there being so lit
tie provision for holding oil Clean
ont tho oil holes and Eaop 4bay, 81
when the machine is in service
The putting of an old, abused, or
neglected binder into commission. is
, some job, one much easier to write
, about than to do. But at best or
worst the time to do the work is be-
fore the harvesters line up to cut and
, shock the grain.
!, Denmark Patterns After U. S. A.
Although cooperative marketing
and agricultural extension methods
haye been in vogue in Denmark for
! many years, and we have taken many
, leaves from the book of the Danes
experience, club work with boys and
! girls has not been practiced in that
, country. 1t is now said that a plan
for organizing such clubs in Den
mark is being considered, but at pres
ent the work done in that country is
! for agriculturalists of from Is years
. Iup. This information comes from the
advisor of the Danish legation at
Washington.
It is reported from Boston that
there is a rather brisk demand for
fine and medium fine woods, including
the Delaines. Some choice lots of
Delaines brought 60 cents at Boston
: this week Now that Texas mohair
| o1o
are turning to foreign markets for this
product
: The 1922 production of crimson
clover seed is expected to be larger
, than last years small crop, although
! it will not approach the heavy pro-
I duction of 1918 and 1919, according to
reports received by the Department
of Agriculture.
Under an agreement recently enter
ed into between the British Govern
ment and the United States, frozen
, pork cuts may now be imported into
England.
Indiana Egg-Laying Contest
More than 10000 hens from AZ
3 Indiana counties have been entered
$ in the egg record project being car
ried on this year by Purdue Uni
I versity. A total of 1856 farmers have
4 entered birds. Brown county heads
e the list with So entries, followed by
Switzerland with a. Harrison and
t Fulton are tied for third place with
: II flocks, while De Kalb presses them
y hard with 20. Kosciusco county has
:, go flocks entered.
This is the third year for this kind
1 of contest, and this years entry list
e shows an increase of nearly $4,000
e hens over last year. The contest
:, started March /, and will continue
for one year.
Twelve of the 443 COWS tested by
the Monroe (Wis) Cow Testing as
ISOLATION produced over "a pounds OF
butter fat in April while "A pro
duced over 40 pounds. The highest
individual was a registered Holstein
: owned by Fred Trumpy and Son, with
, 1873 pounds of fat. The high herd
! record was held by Roderick and Ste
: an average fat production of 45.05
, pounds
Poisoned Bait for CutWorms
= The ravages of cutworms result in
the lost of much money to farmers
end gardeners every year, and yet the
worms are easily controlled or de
:, stroyed. 1t is simply matter of pois
: oned bait prepared as follows:
= To l bushel of dry bran add l pound
6 of white arsenic or Paris green and
mix thoroughly into a mash with
gallons of water, in which has beer
!. stirred one-half gallon of cheap mo
. lasses. This amount will be suffi
= cient to treat or acres of cult
waited crops. After the mash has
stood for several hours scatter it in
Jumps of about the size of a marble
over the fields where the injury is be
ginning to appear Put it about tht
bases of the plants which have beer
set out Apply the mash late in the
a. day, SO as to have the poison in place
% around the plants before night, wher
Ie the cutworms are active. Apply {
g second time if necessary.
Cutworms cut off the plants neal
D. the soil. are voracious feeders anC
a. often cut down more than they car
s devour. They are a serious pest t.
growers of cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes
etc. and can do lot of damage il
10 single night. Owners of small gar
x dens can mix small lot of the masl
IS and thus thoroughly protect thei
gardens at little cost.