Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 276, 27 September 1913 — Page 17

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1913

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AGRICULTURE

VEGETABLES. 1st 2nd Prize Prize Bunch beams, two quarts 11.00 $ .60 Lima feesns, two quarts 1.00 .60 Pole beans (colored),, two quarts 1.00 .50 Bunch beans (white), two quarts 1.00 .60 Ssja beams, one dozen plants 2.00 1.00 O -Jmbrv i tyozen 1.00 .50 X ZTii ' --'-ty), one-half peck 1.00 .50 X: 1.00 .50 S, lU,fu.r99t... 100 .50 Latest pumpkin 1.00 .60 Watermelons 2.00 1.00 Largest squash 1.00 Cabbage (late), three heads 1.00 .50 Celery (domestic) one dozen stalks 1.00 .50 Best collection of vegetables by one exhibitor or grower 5.00 2.00 Turnips, one-half peck 1.00 .50 Beets, one dozen 1.00 .50 Onions, one peck 1.00 .50 Potatoes (any variety), best peck 2.00 1.00 Potatoes (largest number of varities), one peck each, by one grower 10.00 5.00 Sweet potatoes (yellow), best peck 1.50 .75 Apples (any variety) four best plates 3.00 1.00 Pears (any variety) four best plates 3.00 1.00 Peaches, three best plates 1.00 .50 Quinces (any variety) three best plates 2.00 1.00 Grapes (white) three best plates 1.00 .50 Orapea (black) three best plates 1.00 .50 Grapes (red) three best plates 1.00 .50 Tobacco, five best stalks 3.00 1.00 GRAIN. Conn (1913 crop), ten ears of yellow First prize $6.00 Second prize 4.00 Third prize 3.00 Fourth prize 2.00 Fifth prize 1.00 Sixth prize 75 Corn (1913 crop), ten ears of white First prize 6.00 Second prize .- 4.00 t.V-Third prize 3.00 ,t j Fourth prize 2.00 X Fifth' prize 100 V ! i Bixtn prize 50 Corn (1913 crop), ten ears of mixed First prize 2.00 Second prize 1.50 Third prize 1.00 Fourth prize . 50 Corn (1913 crop), best single ear of any kind First prize 2.50 Second prize 150 Third prize 1.00 Corn (1913 crop), best bushel basket of any kind First prize 6.00 Second prize 4.00 Third prize 3.00 Fourth prize 2.00 Wheat (1913 crop), one-half bushel, red First prize 3.00 Second prize 2.00 Third prize 1.00 Fourth prize 50 Oats (1913 crop), one-half bushel, white First prize 2.00 Second prize 1.00 Third prize 50 Cloverseed (1913 crop) one-half bushel First prize 3.00 Second prize 2.00 Third prize 1.00 Tinythy seed (1913 crop), one-half bushel irst prize 2.00 Second prize 1.00 Third prize 50 Best Township Exhibit First prize 20.00 Second prize 15.00 Third prize 10.00

FERTILIZER REVIVES SOIL DEPLETED BY MANY CROPS

Inasmuch as agriculture is the most Important occupation of man, the manufacture of commercial fertilizer to retain or increase the fertility of the soil stands in the front rank of the industries of the world. One and one-half miles north of Richmond on the Union Pike is located the Clendenin Fertilizer company, whose store houses and wareroom are in West Richmond, and whose main office is at 257 Ft. Wayne arcnue. The firm was established in 1909 by W. S. Clendenin as sole owner and manager. It was Incorporated in 1912 and stock was issued in the amount of $20,000. being also all the stock issued and outstanding at the present time. Employs Sixteen Men. The capacity of the plant is 25 tons a day. Sixteen men are employed. Two thousand tons were turned out last year. The officers for the company in 1913 are: President W. S. Clendenin. Vice President Geo. F. Mertz. - Secretary H. R. Clendenin. 5 1 Treasurer W. S. Clendenin. Superintendent Geo. F. Mertz. Although this country is still behind Germany and England in yields per B" tanners are rapidly learning that 1 to use larger quantities and f .r trades of fertilizer and the feri er tmslness is increasing proportwiately. Mineral phosphate, the most important ingredient of fertilizer, is taken from the ground, chiefly in South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee and finds its best market in Europe only about 60 per cent being sold to the domestic trade. These phosphates are all of organic origin and consist of the hardened remains of land and marine animal. They are insoluble in water and must be changed into the soluble monocalcium salt so that the phosphoric acid can be dissolved in the soil and be easily taken up by the plants. To accomplish this change they are treated

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with sulphuric acid, and the product when dried is sold as superphosphate or mixed with compounds of nitrogen and of potash to produce a complete fertilizer. The chief source of the fertilizer is the Strassfurt mineB in Germany. The lime, soda, magnesium and other impurities are removed by a process too complicated to be readily understood by the average layman, and the product sold in the form of sulphate of potash or muriate of potash. Ahe actual potash named in potash products or in complete fertilizer refers to the amount of potassium oxide or actual potash present in the sulphate or murate and is only a basis of comparison. Nitrogen Is Costly. Nitrogen is the most costly of the essential plant foods and is found in organic combination In animal matter, as sulphate, a by-product of the coke industry and as nitrate, a mineral deposit, the production of which practically is confined to Chile. The organic sources of nitrogen are the blood and debris from abattoirs prepared for use by simply drying and grinding, and the tankage from reduction plants. Tankage consists of the j carcasses of animals condemned as ' unfit for food and reduced by steaming ! under pressure to remove the fat This is the most desirable form of nitrogen, because it is in a form easily oxidized by the micro-orpanisms of the soil. The farmer cannot deplete his land and expect his crops to grow. The use of good commercial fertilizer is generally recognized and because it is ; cheap it is the most practical manner of enriching the soil. The business of buying hides, tallow and wool and general tanning was started by V. s. Clendenin at 257 Fort Wayne avenue in 1900. The concern also embraces the work of tanning pig skin, flexible insoles, counters and boxes. It is owned and controlled by W. S. Clendenin. and now specializes on pig skin insole leather. The floor space of the tannery is 150,000 square feet, and its capacity

is 15,000 pounds a meek. Twenty men are employed. The amount of business annually is

i estimated at 1150,000. The output i of the plant is sold principally in j this country. The firm's agents are j stationed at St. Louis, Chicago and Boston. The wool business of the concern is extensive. It handles practically all the wool sold in Wayne conuty and a large part of that sold in seven or eight surrounding counties. The amount of wool handled annually is from 250,000 to 300,000 pounds, re quiring an investment of between J50. j 00 and $70,000. The warehouses and j storeroom of the firm r in Vsf ! Richmond. MANAGERIAL ABILITY. If You Think You Possess It Hero Is a Test You Might Try. Any one who has to manage men or things must be able quickly to bring order out of confusion. Tent your j friend's talent in this respect by writing on your paper tive words of a special class, such ns the names of five flowers or of five animals or of five famous poets, with the first letter ajways in the right place, while the order of the other letters is changed. The person on whom you are experimenting knows only to which class the words belong whether they are the names of animals or of flowers or of poets. See how long it takes him to write the live correct words in place of the misspelled ones. The animal card may read, "Tetrul, etalenph, dykeno, serdlp, galliro," and the vegetable card. "Velito, diloffad. melap, moroshmu, cuttnesh." Some persons will be able to read at once, "Turtle, elephant, donkey, spider, gorilla," and the other card, "Violet, daffodil, maple, mushroom, chestnut." Others who have no talent for rearranging the elements of a confused situation will stare at the words, unable to make any sense of them. Hugo Munsterber? in Youth's Companion.

FERTILIZING PLANT Union Pike, North of City

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MARKET HOUSE ONCE CHURCH JIND PRISON Housewives Lay in Vegetable Supplies at Marketing Center.

I For the rental of the stalls and Though not as stately in appearance booths in the market house the sum as a Spanish mission, the Richmond ; f $00 approximately is paid annualmarket house, on the southwest cor- ly into the city treasury. There are ner of South Sixth and A, has'as in-1 forty-two stalls and the rental of them teresting a history as any public build- ' is from $10 to $24 a season. ing in Wayne county. J The closing of the market house this There are no records in the office 'ear W,U depend largely upon climatic of the city clerk to show who the city conditions. If the weather is favornfieial wpW whn nr.iere.t th ab!t d patrons continue to visit it.

ture built nor are there any residents of the city who remember the year in which the proposition of its establishment was instituted, according to city officials. When first constructed, the novelty of a market house was even at that early date considered somewhat antiquated. The practice of selling vegetables and country produce from an institution of this kind has been in practice ever since "ye olden times'' and was originated in Germany. Used As Church.

The proposition was not considered : they had been trading because the practical here and was abandoned : first parties who arrived at the marwithin ten years after the original ket house were given the choice of structure was built. A few years be- : stalls. The system was then changed fore the Civil war the building was , and the market tenders are now pertransformed into a Methodist church j niitted to purchase their stalls and and was used as a place of worship for ; hold them for a season.

several years. The building was then strengthened and used as a stronghold for county prisoners where inmates of the county jail whiled away their weary hours of the day cracking stones with which the streets of Richmond were constructed. The prisoners were guarded by the sheriff and his deputies and

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Our goods are made from the highest grade of material and are in the very best mechanical condition. All the amonia in our fertilizer is in organic combination in the form of animal matter, which is nature's favorite source of plant food. Our fine shipping facilities insure prompt delivery. Compare our prices, per unit of plant food,' with that of any other manufacturer, and we are sure to get your order. It is no credit to a concern that their, fertilizer should analyze up to their guarantee; the state attends to their honesty in that respect. You must have the confidence of the farmer; without it well, the first trade is also the last. While guarantees are much, they are far from everything. Results are what count. A Tiriiail Will Convince Yon

For Roots; For Fences; For Bridges It Is Undoubtedly the Best Paint That Can Be Used Absolutely the best and cheapest paint on the market for tin, iron, paper, felt, shingles, and stacks one coat will last for five to ten years. This paint is put up in barrels, half-barrels, one and five gallon cans.

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when any of them refused to work he was placed in solitary confinement at

the jail and dieted on bread and water. Restore Market House. Agitation for a market house brought about the remodeling of the building. Where one time the modest Quaker girls stood clothed in hoop skirts and sun bonnets, men and women of many nationalities, now sell produce. The place now is under the supervision of Marketma6ter Taylor, who ! succeeded Marketmaster Walterman. , the institution will be kept open until late in the fall. ! Last year the stalls were given to : the farmers tree of charge, the city of- ; ficials believing that the farmers could , afford to sell their produce cheaper i if they did not pay rent for the stalls ( and in this way the high cost of living would be partially reduced. The farmers and persons who dispensed of pro- : duce here, opposed this system, as i no provision was made to hold the I same location permanently. It was j contended that patrons never were i able to locate the dealers with whom The Chaser. nis Wife George, I heard you and Mr Fuliup talking about a "chaser" a little while aso. A chaser is an animal f some kind, isn't it? Mr. Drysome Yes. It's a kind of er water animal. Exchange.

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WORLD'S PRODUCE OFFERED HOUSEWIVES OF RICHMOND

While the monthly volume of sales In most lines of business can be very accurately forecasted by a comparison with the sales slips of corresponding months in previous years, there is absolutely no means of making an estimate of the amount of business that a commission house will do in any one month. The number of carloads of potatoes, cabbages, strawberries and other vegetables, that will be needed to supply the Richmond trade is ftoverned by two things; first, the amount that will be produced in Wayne county and secondly the size of the crop in the places where the outside supply ts usually secured Thus, if there is an unusually heavy strawberry crop in the South, the price per quart will be relatively low, and the sales om the berry in Richmond will be correspondingly large. Price is the only thina that governs the amount of berries that are shipped into the city. Richmond and vicinity, last spring, purchased sixteen carloads of strawberries from one single commission house in the city. Potato Sales Vary. The leading product hnnrded n '"--load lots by the Richmond commlsThe Lost Dime. A man sent bis nelshtwr's little bey to the drus store to buy five postage stamps. He handed him two dime, the extra one bcln?r for himself. Some time afterward the boy came back blubbering and said he had lost one of the dimes. "But why didn't yon buy me ths stamps?" asked the man. "Because, mister." replied the boy, "it was your dime 1 lost." Judge. OFFICE & 257 Ft Prices

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slon houses are peaches, apples, potatoes, watermelons and cabbages. The potato sales are affected more by local conditions than any other produce handled by the commission houses. When there is a good crop in this county, only a few carloads will b brought in for sale, but If the crop is a failure, the houses practically will handle this part of the food supply of the entire county and s number of neighboring towns. The Richmond commission houses sell to the retail trade as far west as Newcastle, north to Rldgeville, south to Cottage Grove and east to Summerville. Ohio. Potatoes are purchased In Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Watermelons come from Georgia. Florida and Southern Indiana. Oranges are shipped trom California hile the bananas sold here come from Cuba and Central America A goodly portion of the Western Hemisphere Is visited In procuring fruits and vegetables for the Richmond market. The following commission hos:ses are located in Richmond: O. H. Kemper. H. V. McLeland and Co . B, Mercurto and Co.. C. Mercurio and Son and Charles K. Zuttermeister.

Fork and Cake. A correspondent points a curious autlnodean fashion, lu New Zealand ladle eat cake with a fork, and the reason is the shortage of domestic senrants. You don't see the connection? Well, the New Zealand lady so often has to do her own housework that it is the fashion at afternoon teas to keep gloves on in mercy to possible roughened hands whence the fork of lu cake. London Chronlclsv. PAINT PLANT Wayne Ave.