Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 222, 29 July 1914 — Page 6

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WOMEN OF WAYNE REALIZE NEED OF GOODJARM HOME Farmers' "Silent Partners" Organize to Improve Methods and Make Work Less of Drudgery. Until recently all the Interest In the development of farm life has been turned toward the study of better methods of crop production, and the conservation of the resources of the soil. For years appropriations have been made by government and state In order that the soli may be studied, livestock improved, animal disease abated, and crop production increased. So much attention was paid to the

matter of production, that the importance of the home life on the farm, and the work of the fair women, the "silent partners" in the farmer's business was neglected. Inventors turned their genius v to the production of modern machinery whereby the farmer's work was made easier, but forgot to find means .. of lightening the labors of sweeping and churning, cooking for harvest hands, and washing countless blue shirts and overalls. A state legislature appropriated $10,000 to print bulletins on the control of hog cholera, and distribute them to the farmer, but failed to pass on an appropriation of $500.00 for a circular on the prevention of diseases of children. Surely the home, the "power plant" of the farm life, had been neglected. Reveal Long Hours.The laet few years, have wrought a great change, however. The government, through the department of farm management, has made a study of the farm home; has found that the average working day of farm women is sixteen and two-thirds hours; has found that farm girls go to the city for employment to avoid the farm life

of drudgery, and lack of social pleas

urea. Through there researches the lesson has been driven home that

much can be done towards keeping the young folks on the farm, by creating a better social life, introducing labor saving devices in the homes, and giving the country woman her just dues. Indiana has done much to interest

the farm women, under efficient lead

ership. Clubs have been formed in farm communities, boys and girls have been interested In contests, and the state now boasts a Home Economics

Association that is bearing fruit in many ways. Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith a Wayne coufity woman, has been foremost in pushing this work, and the women all over the state honor and revere her aa the president of their association. Wayne Women Active. Under the direction of Mrs. Meredith the farm women of Jackson township organized their Homemaker's club, several years ago. The members of this club feel that the social life, and the other benefits that they have derived as a' direct result of their association in the club, have meant much to them in their home life. The farm women of Center township have for a number of years been very instrumental in helping that township hold a successful farmers' Institute each winter. There have been times when the efforts of these women have been almost the sole means of providing the necessary funds for the meetings. This year under the leadership of Mrs. Porter Pike, the ladies of the auxiliary have adopted a course of study in homemaking. Interesting meetings are held and excellent programs have been given. At a recent meeting Miss McNiell from the Extension department of Purdue, gave a talk on "Food Values," and girls from the domestic science course at Earlham gave a demonstration.

PUMPKINS

RATION

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FOR AUTUMN

Crop Provides Good Feed for Stock Before Silos are Filled. , The fanner who plants a few pumpkins in his corn field usually kicks himself in the fall, for not planting more. They make good feed, and are relished by all stock on the farm. Pumpkins are largely composed of water and many people declare for this reason that they have little value as a stock food. Grass also is nearly all water, and is considered the besj of all feeds. Pumpkins are equally as good for cattle as beets, rutabagas, and turnips. They add succulence and a laxative quality to the ration- of the dairj cow, at a time when the silos

are not yet filled. Horses are rona of pumpkins, and when fed in moderation, they make a good conditioner. Young hogs will put on rapid and cheap gains when fed pumpkins in

connection wim grain. .tuey nuuuiu be cut up in small pieces and placed in the troughs rather than broken up

and thrown in the pen.

Pumpkins placed in storage cellars or pits can be kept well into the

winter montns.

HIGH TESTING STOCK VALUABLE AT DAIRY

Farmers and dairymen should be interested in a report of the work of the LeRoy Cow Testing Association of Lake county. At a recent picnic of the members of the association the highest and lowest producing cows of the last year were used to demonstrate the value of testing. Dorothy a registered Holstien cow produced 17,203 pounds of milk containing 489 pounds of butter fat, and at the end of the year was still giving fifty pounds of milk daily. Bridget, a Durham of mixed breeding, produced only 2,673 pounds of milk in the same length of time wThich contained 118 pounds of fat. At the end of the test she was sold to the butcher. The total income from Dorothy's milk was $308.39. Her feed cost

BUNNELL OPERATES I FINE POULTRY YARD Hagerstown Man Gets Results From House Built on Purdue Plan. On the farm of John Bunnell, about three miles east of Hagerstown, can be found one of the most complete poultry farms In this part of the state. Mr. Bunnell makes a specialty of White Leghorns and Is a strong advocate of this breed. The flock on this farm is bred for egg production, and about five, hundred hens are kept during the winter. The older hens are sold each fall and the young pullets are kept, as Mr. Bunnell considers them the most profitable layers. The main house faces the south and is divided . into two compartments, each capable of housing about three hundred hens. The south exposure of the house is of the open front type, screened to keep out sparrows and provided with canvas drops in severe weather. Mr. Bunnell feeds a dry mash of bran, middlings and beef scrap. This is placed in hoppers that are self feeding, which allows the hens to feed at will. Fresh water is provided at all times. The 'young chickens are hatched in incubators, and placed in a brooding house, which in the early spring is

heated with a kerosene heater. This house can accommodate several hun-d-ed chicks. When the chicks get older they are divided into smaller lots and given smaller colony houses, which can be moved from time to time to fresh locations. Mr. Bunnell is an enthusiastic advocate of the Purdue system of poultry raising, and endorses all their recommendations.

ROUND SILO BEST III WHICH TO KEEP SILAGUWECTLY Cylindrical Form Holds the Walls Air-Tight and Leaves Less Exposed Surface on Opening for Feed. The silo is becoming a more important factor-each year on the farms of the corn belt. The best way for a farmer to become a silage enthusiast, is for him to build a silo and try feeding its contents for one season. The one great essential requirement of a silo is that it preserve the silage perfectly. The problem, therefore, is to build an enduring, air-tight, rigid structure at the least expense. If the walls of the silo are not air-tight, the air will pass through and spoil the contents. If they are not rigid, the great pressure from within will cause them to spring out, and allow air to enter. In either case the silage will

be decayed and unfit for feeding purThere is about eleven pounds of out

ward pressure on the wall of a silo for every foot in depth. So that at a depth of forty feet, there would be a pressure of four hundred and forty pounds per square foot. For this reason the lower portion of the silo must 1 be the strongest. Location Important. One of the Important things to consider in constructing a silo, is the location. Silage is a heavy feed to handle, since it contains about 80 per cent of water, and the silo should be so located that all unnecessary labor in carrying the feed to the mangers, can be avoided. The most desirable location would be as near the end of the feed alley as possible. It is sometimes found quite convenient to build the silo inside the barn. Where a round barn is constructed the silo is often placed in the center of the building. The first silos to be built were usually put up inside the barns. To save space they were made square. It was found that the corners kept the silage from settling evenly, which allowed air spaces to form, and caused mouldy silage. It is also almost impossible to make the walls of a square silo rigid, and the consequent springing of the sides caused more spoiled silage. A round structure is almost the only form, that is rigid enough to withstand the pressure, and is therefore the only practical form to build.

The size of the silo to be built will depend on the number of animals to be fed. For winter feeding not more than eight square feet of surface should be allowed for each cow. For summer feeding : the exposed area should not be over half that much. By keeping the diameter of the silo down, fermentation will not take place so readily, as the surface exposed each day will not be so great. The deeper the silo, the greater will be the pressure, and the contents will pack more compactly, giving a greatly increased capacity to the structure. The silage will also keep much better

in a deep silo. A silo twenty feet In!

diameter and forty feet deep will hold twice as much silage as one of the same diameter and twenty-five feet deep.

MILKERS ON FARMS PROVE EFFICIENCY

Milking machines are being operated successfully on three farms in the vicinity of Richmond. The machines have supplanted the old system of hand milking and the owners express

$97.59, leaving a neat profit of $210.80.

The value of Bridget's product was $45.70, her feed cost $32.39, which left j a profit of $13.31. ! Being a pure bred, Dorothy's calf was valued at $100.00; Bridget's calf sold to the butcher for $10.00. i Many farmers argue that the high producing dairy cows are not economical producers, but the results of this test shatter this theory. In Dorothy's case the feed cost per 100 pounds of milk was only 54 cents, and the cost

per 100 pounds of milk for Bridget was $1.21.

jWITH GRASS DRY K FEED DAIRY COWS

' Now that the pastures are dry and grass Is short, the dairy cows on the farm should be given a little feed each day. Bran and middlings or a little

cotton seed meal can be fed with good results. This will help keep up the milk flow, and will put the cows in better condition for the winter's work.

ALFALFA Special Price for This Week. Extra Fancy Alfalfa $9.00 fancy Alfalfa $8.50 Timothy Mvancing The Moshet Is Higher, but Will Sell at Old Price This Week.

Pinetree Timothy Choice Timothy .

....$3.00 $2.80

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YonNr. farmer should use coal

that is mined especially for you during the THRESHING Season That kind of Coal you are sure to find here. LET US give you the best price you ever had on Threshing Coal. H. G. BULLERDICK &S0N Yards South 5th St. Phone 1235.

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themselves as, being greatly pleased with the machines. On the PetUs A. Reed farm, three (nljea east of Boston, about thirty-five cows are milked by machinery Easthaven cows are also milked with a B. L. K. machine, which was installed last spring. The cows really seem to like to be milked by machinery better than by hand. Many Richmond people are drinking milk drawn from the cows by machinery on the dairy farm of O. H. Young, north of the city. Mr. Young has a

mnman m inter, one or the simplest machines on the market. One man operates three machines, milking thirty cows in about an hour and fortyfive minutes. The milking machines have been greatly improved in the last two or three years, and are giving good satisfaction. Milk drawn in this way is not exposed to the air In the stable, and is practically free from outside contamination.

In the calendar of old Rome the fifteenth day of the months of March. May. July and October, and the thirteenth day of the rest of the months were known as ides. In old Roman writ ings one hears of the "ides of March," which is a poetic way to express tha date.

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