The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-07
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborr

just outside of Bedford. On June Is.
the farmers of Greene county will hold
an all day picnic on the Worthington
experiment field.
In the field meet program sent out
by Purdue the following statements
were made: "At 10 o'clock, June s,
the experiments of the North Vernon
Field will be visited and the growing
crops inspected Average yields OF
IS bushels corn, 25 bushels wheat, and
2 tons hay have been produced on this
field since 1912. At 1870 the new 40
acre Jennings County Field, three
miles north of North Vernon. will be
inspected and the effects of various
treatments on the growing crops of
/ wheat, clover, alfalfa and pasture
grass mixtures noted It was on this
field that the yield of corn was raised
to- II bushels per acre last year on
the land that, untreated, made only
IS bushels. A fine crop of clover is
now growing on the treated land
alongside the untreated, which will
not produce clover at ALL"
1.-THE Scottshurg field is the oldest
/ one in southern Indiana having been
| operated as an experimental tract
since 1906. The effect of exhaustive
| cropping as compared to a better sys-
tenn of farming is clearly shown by the
| growing crops on this field"
The Day at FeIPs Annex
The Moses Fell Annex farm near
Bedford is one of the show places of
Indiana, agriculturally speaking. Hun
dreds of people visit this farm on field
/ day and so great is the pressure for
parking space that it is a problem
/ to provide it near the heart of the
property, or even conveniently close
i for the visitors. In speaking of what
has been accomplished at the Annex
!, farm, Purdue says:
"a dilapidated, run down farm OF
the worst type in 1914, this farm is
now growing fine crops of alfalfa, clio.
Yer, corn and wheat and thousands OF
bushels of apples and peaches of the
highest quality. In the forenoon the
various experiments that have in
creased the yields of crops from SOC
to 1000 per cent will be visited and
explained, and the growing crops in
spected. Everyone is to bring a bask
ct lunch which is ITO be spread on long
tables prepared for the occasion
i The Greene County picnic and field
day is to be held on Friday, June Is
in grove near Worthington. A
basket dinner will be served and a
speaking program has been arranged
! A lime spreading demonstration viii
be a feature of the morning program
and during the afternoon the expert
ment field will be inspected with mem
bers of the soil and crops department
of Purdue serving as guides for the
different groups.
i A Chinch Bug Barrier
! Advice in relation to chinch bue
barriers for the protection of corr
growing near wheat fields comes from
the Missouri experiment station in :
rather new guise, as follows:
"If chinch bugs are numerous il
wheat near corn, a barrier of mille1
or cane sown at once, one to two drill
rows wide, will trap bugs coming ou
of the wheat. When bugs stop com
ing out of wheat stubble in June
pillow trap corn under inches deep.
An authority on bee culture tell;
us that working for extracted honey
saves time over comb section produc
ton. This practice also reduces the
swarming tendency" Prof Burril
then goes on to say: With extract
honey selling in local towns at nearl!