Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 84, 18 February 1920 — Page 9
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1920.
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12,000,000 ACRES CULTIVATED INSTATE: INDIANA GREAT AGRICULTURAL CENTER
, . Editor's note: Estimateacreage devoted to the four principal crops in counties surrounding Wayne are: Union corn, 25.000; oats, 2,400;
wneat, 244.900; tame hay, 7.800. Fayette corn. 32,700; oats. 3.600; wheat. 23.600; tame hay, 13,200. Henrycorn, 73,000; oats, 22,600; wheat, 28,200; tame hax, 25,900. RandolphCorn, 76,500; oats, 35,800; wheat 41,600; tame hay, 30,800. Wayne corn. 62.300; oats. 14.500; wheat,
41,600; tame hay, 25,4400. BY GEORGE C. BRYANT. Field Agent Co-operative Crop Reporting Service for Indiana Indiana, one of the principal agricultural states among the north central group, has a land area of, 22,882,400 acres of which approximately 12,000,000 acres in is crops. Territorially it ranks 37th in the United States, and is ninth in population. The greater portion is gently undulating, much of the higher land, especially in the central and northern thirds, being quite level. The climate of Indiana differs hut little from that of the Northern or middle states along the Atlantic seaboard. The four seasons are well defined, with abundant rainfall, sunshine and cold to produce any but tropical or sub-tropical crops. Soil Very Fertile The soil of Indiana is mostly clay and loam and very fertile, the land In river bottoms being remarkably rich. Until a few years ago considerable of tbe land in the north and northwest parts of the state were swampy and ofi little use. A thorough system of drainage has materially changed this condition and now some of the finest farms of the state are located on this land. The southern part of the state is -' finite, Hilll- Hut ffanaMllv 4a r
good clay soil which gives large and profitable returns. Most of the tobacco is produced in this section. Corn Leadinn Cren.
Corn, wheat, oats and tame hay are kA I I .. 1 . A.tl....
proximately 95 per cent of the crop acreage in the state. The acreage of
corn far exceeds that of any other crop in practically every county, although the total for the state was somewhat under the usual in 1919.. Tbe average yield per acre for the whole state was 37 bushels in 1919. The wheat acreage in 1919 was considerably greater than usual because of an intensive campaign by the United States government for greater food production, made -necessary by the world war. HowevVr, wheat is one of the staple crops, and the quality ranks exceptionally high among the winter varieties. This crop is successfully grown in all counties, and the yield ranges from 12 to 30 bushels to the acre. While oats are grown in all sections of the states the counties in the northern half produce nearly 80 per cent of the total and the yield per acre in the north part far exceeds that in the south part. Timothy Leads . Hays. TVi a tiav onH f rkri trn prnnst consist
. Ill UUJ . . . V . . V. ... . , - principally of timothy, clover, timothy and clover mixed, and alfalfa, although
some soy beans and cow pears are rais
ed as a hay crop as well as some of j 1U . Mu-. Vw.IwV Mt ITHAATI I
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Timothy alone approximates about ok tub 1, a' "4 dn r rP; nf the total, -with the mix- terests of the individual farmer.
S ed bay ranking second and clover hay j J tiow 9isnnn thirrf with 2i and 20 ner cent resDec- There are approximately 21o,000 third, with 25 and m per cent respec averaeinR 100 acres
vwJed T equally between soy beans, cow gent on tu improvement ana proxpeas and cereals cut green. The farm , to cm . considered very Klrtfr fl .lto 'vieM reasonable in view of the conditions. $21.60 per ton and the average yield, ; h.gh yieds prices railroad facme,eg. ; 1.4 tons per acre. i closeness to markets and other prob- , Among the other crops, rye is the confronting the farmer of many i most important in point of acreage, ' With a total Of 380,000 inl919. , tha ctcr- nr oPnf nf India.
Barley is also Produced princ pally , can tuUlvated successfully
and profitably. Transportation facilities and markets are the best. The mileage of improved roads is considerably greater than any other state in proportion to size. Railroad and elec
tric interurban lines reach practically
grass in a most satisfactory way fori
pasture. Swine breeding and feeding is probably the most important feature of a great majority of the Indiana farms. It is carried on in every county and swine diseases have been almost en tirely eliminated. Indianapolis is one of the largest hog markets in ; the world. s Many Sheep Raised. Sheep raising and fattening is also
conspicuous as a farm industry in many counties and is now on the Increase. The Indiana climate is par
ticularly adapted to successfully feed
ing out Western sheep and lambs. In few other states are there as many conditions favorable to profitable jpoultry raising. The most successful climate for poultry production is medium between the severe winters farther north and the warm debilitating climate of the south. Within recent years the dairy de
velopment in Indiana has received a
great impetus through the activities
of one of the greatest agricultural institutions in the country Purdue University. Dairying campaigns, operated under the auspices of this institution.
have resulted in numerous ec-oper ative cow testing associations, breed
ing associations, and bull associations,
and in a general awakening of the
possibilities of Indiana as a great
dairy state. Educational Agencies.
Intimately related to and back of the
progress and development of the agriculture of the state are the School of Agriculture, the Experiment Station
and the Extension Department of Pur due University.
In all agricultural courses the scien
tific side of agriculture is strongly emphasized, although it is at all times supplemental and backed up by practice work and demonstrations in the fields, orchard?, laboratories, and among the live stock and poultry. The Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station is a division of Purdue University and stands as one of the leading scientific agricultural institutions in America. - The activities of the station inclyde the conducting of experiment of importance to agriculture, in animal husbandry, poultry, botany, dairy husbandry, entomology, horticulture, soils and crops and veterinary science, iasuing bulletins and other publications giving the results of the eperimental work, answering inquiries through correspondence and otherwise, furnishing speakers for agricultural meetings and demonstrations, and the administration of several state inspection and control laws. Besides Purdue university there are many country high schools (Indiana schools are exceled nowhere in the world) are teaching scientific agriculture and all other schools are required by law to give a course in agriculture when requested to do so, regardless of the number of pupils. County agricultural advisers are established in more than seventy of the 92 counties who co-operate with Purdue and the United States Department of Agriculture. Churches of all denominations are con veniently located in all sections of the state and community centers are being organized everywhere. Also there is a splendid Farmers' association in
each county that Is amiiatea witn
state and national organizations to
rs a feed crop, and in 1919 amounted
1 to only 55,000 acres, the greater porj tion of which was grown in the north- , east section of the state. Potatoes are grown nearly altogether for home consumption, al
phas which is generally marketed in the immediate vicinity. No Trucking Center.
With the exception of small areas
though a few counties produce a Bur-I county with Indianapolis, the
geographical center for all, and per
haps the greatesh interurban and improved road centers in the country
Direct lines reach such large and
' in the northwest part of the state and ; nrornnpnt outside markets as Chicasa
contigious to the larger cities, there st LoUjg Cincinnati. Louisville, Toleare no well-defined trucking centers, do Buffalo, and all Eastern seaboard although cabbages, celery and onions i pointg.. are grown quite extensively in a few k counties where peat or muck lands 1 ., -'-
prevail to some extent. Mint crops are also grown quite extensively in a few of the counties along the northern
border, and amounts to approximately 40 per cent of the production in the United States, During the last few years this has been an exceptionally profitable crop. Tree fruits occupy a very important place in Indiana agriculture. The conditions in almost every county are suitable for the successful production of apples, peaches, plums and cherries. In the southern part may be found large areas of the best fruit lands in the United States. Fair-priced land, especially adapted to fruit, with unequalled transportation facilities, giving rapid and comporatively low freight rates to the largest, and best markets, and capable of producing a quality of fruit second to none. Live Stock Important. Indiana is the home of some of the fiuest herds of pure-bred cattlff in the world :vrd include among others, the Hereford. Shorthorn, Jerey, Guernsey ?nd Holstein breeds. Fine horses are also very abundant and include some of the most famous sires in America, l-'oth in heavy and driving horse
classes. Soma very fine sheep have i been produced. Swine breeding is a large and growing industry with no
rerticular breed a prime favorite.
Cattle feeding for market is a very
important phase of the live stock in-
lustry. The rough lands of southern
Indiana furnish most excellent oppor-
( unity to raise cattle which can be
hipped to the central and northern
parts of the state to be finished in the
j feed lots of the better corn producing counties. The high lands produce blue
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i Masonic Calendar
Wednesday, Feb. 18. Webb Lodge. No. 24, F. and A. M. Stated meeting. Clarence W. Foreman. W. M.
Friday, Feb. 20. King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Called convocation. Work in Royal Arch degree, beginning at 7 o'clock. Teams 4 and 5 will report promptly at the lodge room. Satruday, Feb. 21. Loyal Chapter, No. 49, O. E. S. Stated meeting.
Sunday, February 22: Topic Christian Principles In Industry, Mic. 6:8; Matt. 7: 12. Some Bible Hints Justice is good all around, good for the doers and good for the person who receives it (v.8). We Bhall not even begin to do justly by others until we "love mercy," for without mercy we are harsh (v.8 . The call for the application of the golden rule of business usually comes from below, from the people who suffer because it Is not applied (v.12). We can test the sincerity of our religion by the way in which we apply the golden rule to our fellows (v.12). Suggestive Thoughts No man has ever valued man as Christ did. When all men hold his views Industrial oppression will be no more. .The - spirit of Christ in industry would make it unnecessary for one man to try to get the better'of another man, for all woud have enough, man, for all would have enough, proved selfish, each man has worked for his own gain; what public ownership will mean remains to be seen. The thing that would revolutionize industry in a general tranformation of heart, universal conversion. Christianity stands for justice, mercy, love, service, looking not at your own, but others' welfare. It is obvious that such principles would change all society, and sooner or later these principles will prevail. A Few Illustrations. Would Christ sanction child' labor? in the United States in 1900 out of 9,500,000 boys and girls from 10 to 15 485,767 girls were breadwinners. These numbers are increasing. Where women are employed long hours the effect is seen in an Increase in the. death rate of babies; also, the number of juvenile delinquents, increase because the children are neglected. This condition violates the principle of mercy. Using tenement houses for the manufacture of goods is another antiChristian Evil. It means child labor and sweat-shops. Twelve states have laws against such use of tenement houses. The idle rich are a menace. Since God created man, each with a specia'. endowment, every man must do some useful work in order to develop his God-given faculties, and every man should have an oportunity to do so. To Think About
Hw should the principles of mutual service be applied to indusry? What are the duties of the specially
capable toward the less capable?
How can we better industrial con
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(National Crop Improvement Service. IN SPITE of the enormous war drain on horse flesh tbe number of horses In the United States in 1918 nnd 1919 hns been greater by more than half a million than the total for any other two years in our history. Their average value per head has been exceeded only five times since 1S67 and that In the last ten years. The croaking prophet has always predicted that the horse would vanish, but in spite of railroads, Intend waterways, the bicycle, tbe trolley car, the automobile and tbe tractor, the horse continues to flourish like a green bay tree. "The horse will always have his own work to do," says Mr. Frank Roaches, V. P. American Steel & Wire Company, "nnd he will not be replaced by tractors or machinery of any kind." The friends of the horse are organizing associations In many parts of the country, the main objects being : 1. To promote interest in and appreciation of the horse. 2. To encourage the breeding and use of more and better horses. 3. To bring about the construction of Improved highways adapted to the nse of horse-driven vehicles and
bridle paths for equestrians. - 4. To stimulate and support state and federal legislation that will help bring about these results. Any Individual or organization which Is Interested in learning the truth about the horse ami spreading it abroad, is eligible to membership. There are two very good reasons why the horse Is a necessity: First. In the country thoroughbred mares can earn a fine profit from their colts and in addition can do all of the farm work on the average farm. Second, even in the city where trucks are supposed to be more practical. It has been found that where frequent stops are necessary that horses caa do the work far more economically and more satisfactorily. There are many "institutions interested la this work Including, equestrian clubs, teamers nnd cartage exchanges, horseshoe manufacturers and horseshoers, Ivtplement men, horse dealers, saddlery associations, humane societies, grain exchanges, feed manufacturers, steel and wire interests, horse breeders veterinarians, feed dealers, agricultural colleges and farmers. The work has been enthusiastically begun and no doubt will dc much to maintain the horse In his proper sphere.
FARM CLUB TO MEET. OXFORD. O., Feb. 18. The February meeting of the Oxford "Farmers' club will be held Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stephenson. Harry L. Brown will speak on "How to Make High Priced Land Pay," and the raising of clover will be discussed by Robert M. Wilson, George W. Fudge, Benjamin II. Brown and R. J. Brown.
The Farm and The Farmer BY WILLIAM R. SANBORN
NOVEL LINES MARK THIS SPRING SUIT
POLICE JUSTICE QUITS PROHIBITION IS CAUSE (By Associated Press MINEOLA. N. Y., Feb. 18 Police Justice .George A. Little announced today that he had resigned because prohibition prevented him "from making a living. Since the ban went into effect last month his revenues from the office dwindled more than 30 percent, the Justice stated, while there had been not a single case of intoxication and only a few minor assault cases to be tried.
SHOOTS SELF AND BABE. PASSAIC, N. J.. Feb. 18. John Fromberger, an electrical contractor, shot his infant son and killed himself 15 minutes after his wife died of influenza at their home here. During her last hour he sat in silence at the bedside holding the child. When- she died he left the room, saying ho was going to put the baby to sleep. I lis mother-in-law later heard shots -and found the father dead with his little son beside him.
WOOD AND COX ON PROGRAM. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 18. MajorGeneral Wood, Republican, and Governor James Cox, Democrat, aspirants for the presidency, will appear as speakers on he same program here, Thursday night, at the annual banquet of the National Brick Manfuacturinf association. Announcement was made that General Wood has accepted cn invitation to speak.
CHURCH OF ST. GERVAIS RUINED BY BIG BERTHA, RESTORED (By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 19. Work of restoring the church of St. Gervais, which was struck by a "big Bertha" shell, on Good Friday, 1918, killing 54 persons, will commence March 1. The work will take from five to six months to complete. It is expected the restoration of the church will be finished by next October in time to celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of the consecration of the edifice, which occurred in 1420.
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FLOYD DIMETT The daylight ,
hour off in the evening, but who isj going to come and take our places.
J. S. BREMMER In answer to the1
statement of John Bushnell, in the j Feb. 14th issue in regard to the day-j
light saving law, there is no such
a thing as change of time. I want to J
Bay that I did not think there was a man in Wayne county with such a narrow view'of farming and farm life. I would ask, what would become of your beautiful and prosperous cities if the farmer would quit producing, only what was consumed on the farm. In that event cities would be as waste places of the earth. The time is not far distant when the cities will look up to the farmers and not down. There is no time but the time that God has fixed upon the earth that is sunrise and sunset. We must have the noble sons of the field to rule or else the world will come to a standstill. Leave
the time as it is and begin your work
an hour earlier and your day will close an hour earlier. The farmer and his
products teed the world, so the peo
ple of the cities should be willing to
show a little courtesy and be willing to co-operate with us on the time, to aid in the great production. FLOYD HAY WARD As farm la
borer in regard to the daylight sav
ing plan, I will say that farm hands are very few now and if daylight saving goes into effect they will be still fewer, which means less food raised, We can work in town and get the saving plan is a disadvantage to the
farmer in every respect. The man
who said he was in favor of the plan should come out and work on a farm. He would then change his mind. He works 8 hours per day while the farmer never thinks of working less than 16. If a farmer would only work 8 hours a day the city folks would starve. If the farmer would strike, the city folks would starve in one month's time. The farmer has nothing to do with the high prices. He takes what he can get and pays what they ask. W. CHARLES The farmers don't lose much daylight. If you hire a man to do a day's work, he i3 going by the sun in the morning and his
Many Offices Abolished ',2 in Legislative1 Action - ? By 'Xaeooiatod Press ' - WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.Abolishment of tbe nine sub-treasuries, the offices of IS state surveyors general and two assay offices. Is proposed In the legislative appropriation bill, reported today by the bouse appropriation committee. A reduction of $18,000,000 from department estimates for clerk hire and miscellaneous expenses was made, but the bill total of $104,000,000 Is one of the largest peace time legislative appropriations on record. Several unusual items, including $42,038,000 for the Internal revenue bureau for collecting taxes and enforcing the national prohibition; $11.324,000 for the war risk insurance bureau, and $5,000,000 for the decennial census, largely account for the high total.
94 Stock Holders Join Greens fork Co-Operative Co. Farmers of Clay township and vicinity organized the Farmers' Co-operative company, of Greensfork, at a meeting held Tuesday afternoon at Greensfork. The company is capitalized at $30.000 and has 94 stockholders. Directors are Clarence Harris, Charle3 Wilson, Walter Kitterman, Horace Hunt. William Lintner, W. T. Steers and Theodore Davis. A directors meeting will be held Thursday afternoon to elect officers and complete organization. It is the plan to conduct a general grain and feed business on a co-operative basis for the stockholders.
75 FARMERS ATTEND HUNTSVILLE MEETING Approximately 75 farmers attended the meeting of the township federation at Huntsville Tuesday. Ralph Test. Henry county agent, gave a talk at the meeting, and plans were made to co-operate with the Randolph county federation membership drive, In an effort to obtain a 100 percent membership. An interesting program was given.
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watch in the evening. I have no ob
jection to the city having the plan. PERRY R. HOOVER If the cities can arrange such a plan without interfering with the farmer, upon whom they must depend for food, then I don't care. For the farnjer the daylight saving plan is a nuince, in the harvest season, especially. When he is hiring help they want to quit by
the clock, but the farmer, in order to get his work done, must quit by the sun. We can not begin haymaking and threshing one hour earlier because of the dew and therefore must
work later in the evening.
MINISTER DONATES $1,000 TO PROMOTE COLLEGE BOXING
Government Will Protect
Property in Sugar Strike
(By Associated Press) SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Feb. IS
Jose E. Benedicto, acting governor.
has issued a proclamation asserting
that property would be protected and P'ace maintained throughout the pres-, ent strike of workers in the sugar; enne fields. He declared that recent j disorders and incendiary fires had ;
made the issuance of a proclamation
advisable
Labor Investigators Brady and Mc-i Andrew, returned from Santo Domingo I
on Sunday and were in conference I
with the acting governor and other of
ficials yes-terday. Although many employers have granted a minimum wage of $2.50 per day, large concerns still r fuse to consider agreements with laborers except on a basis of a settlement. It is estimated that between ') 000 and 50,000 laborers are idle and that probably several hundred thousand loss is being caused daily by the delay In harvest.
Rev. John A. Johnson. Rev John A. Johnson has startled New England by donating $1,000 to promote boxing at Dartmouth college. The sport, recently introduced at the college, is enjoying great popularity. Rev. Johnson has made various other gifts to Dartmouth, mostly for the promotion of sports. He is honorary president of the Outing Club, which his benefactions have done much to promote.
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