Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 40, 16 February 1922 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PxVLLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY, FEB. 16. 1922.

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The Farm and the Farmer By William R. Sanborn

A surprisingly large number of country elevators have been unable to buy 'corn for shipment this winter, that "ijelng true In most of the feeding districts. These elevators pay whatever price- they must" in order to get corn for their trade, and, of course, charge accordingly, but such trade is not fnancially important. As an offset 10 this loss of trade in corn is the fct that hogs are not fattened on corn nlone, neither are steers finished without other feeds. The local elevator J the natural feed supply point; also the fertilizer base, as a rule, and surely the handy and reliable place to get coal. And thus it turns out that the country elevator man, be he ever so homely, secures as many maals as a man

is entitled to, regardless of living in a corn country and still unable to handle corn in quantity. This reminds us of a remark made by a man who runs a farm and also a country elevator. 0n being asked which was his side line, he remarked: 'Well, that is pretty hard to tell. Some years I feel that the farm is merely a side line; again it appears that 1 hm running the farm to support the levator. But in any case it takes the whole shootin' match to keep things going, and more especially . so when Trices were on the downward slide." A Few Farmers Holding Wheat In a brief chat with the cashier of i lie bp.nk at Hollansburg we learned that the bank still has a few farmer patrons who have wheat in their bins. They have held on because they felt that wheat "could come back," and it bas. Mr. Fulkerson knows of no large f.uontity in 'any single holding in his district, but thinks several still have more or less wheat in their granaries. As to hogs, he thinks llie recent heavy marketings have left few salable hogs in the feed lots. He says there has been no talk of hog cholera in some weeks, but that early -last fall the disease hit several farmers north of Hollansburg with quite heavy losses in spots. His idea is that farmers will j'lit. in corn as usual, according to their rotations. Ho has not heard any t;ilk of cutting down the corn acreage.

The Lyonsville Elevator. ease can then be cured by the appli The Lyonsville elevator, owned in Hon of the "air treatment," and t

Connersville but. located out of town,

uation is now more favorable and many are getting back into the business as chance offers to get the hogs. Mr. Wise states that farmers and feeders have been asking for prices on car lots of corn recently, the upward trend of hog values being a stimulating factor. Two Early Hatches. It is so seldom that hens are inclined to set in mid-January, or that winter hatches are large and the chicks saved, that we are constrained to tell a story of a little back-yard flock, right here in town. Mrs. C. E. Bond, living at 114 Chestnut street, Richmond, tells us that she set two Buff Orpington hens in January, giving each hen 15 eggs to cover. On Feb. 5 these two industrious biddies were the proud mothers of 29 active, fluffy chicks, and now, 11 days later, 28 of them still survive. Mrs. Bond says that her dozen Orpingtons laid 137 eggs in January and that they got $4.14 for the eggs sold. She says, too,

that three years ago they held the record for the best pen of laying hens and that they expect their hens to make a good record in 1922. About Milk Fever Milk fever occurs only after calving and generally only in high producing cows, says an authority on dairy matters, who goes on to explain that: "It is the rule in heavy milkers, before and just after calving, that there is considerable congestion and swelling in the udder. These conditions usually disappear in a few days when the secretion of the milk is fully estab

lished. The writer states that unless the congestion is extremely severe noth

ing need be done before calving, except to see that the cow is not exposed to drafts. "After the calf is born it should be allowed to suck for the first four or five days, thus helping to reduce the inflammation. The udder should be massaged two or three times a day until the inflammation disappears. In such cases use camphorated oil. It sometimes happens in severe cases that the cow becomes paralyzed especially in the hind legs, becomes unconscious and falls down. The dis

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is one of the elevators that apparently;'

never ship corn, but very frequently bring it in. This will be true as to seed corn this season, as usual. The I

Lyonsville elevator is in the heart of a busy hog feeding section and feeders have the edge on price, putting up such competition as no buyer of corn on a shipping basis can meet. The best they can do is to pay the price and supply their local trade. They were bidding $1.28 for wheat, on Wednesday, was the report, but there was mighty little on s'ale, nor had there been at any time this year; only two car having been shipped out since Jan. 1. The Connersville district now seems to be free from hog cholera as farmers are making no complaint. There were some heavy losses early

lasr fall and several cleaned up and j

(tint leetilnir. as prices broke.

TURN HAIR DARK

WITH SAGE TEA

If Mixed With Sulphur It Darkens So Naturally Nobody Can Tell. The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray, streaked and faded hair is grandmother's recipe, and folks are again using it to keep their hair a good, even color, which is quite sensible, as we are living in an age when a youthful appearance is of the greatest advantage.

Nowadays, though, we don't have

use of a milk fever outfit, best used by the experienced veterinary. The udder is pumped full of air, to which some active disinfectant is added, and thu3 thoroughly cleansed. All milk vessels coming into contact with such milk also must be well disinfected. The Future Food Supply The National Fertilizer association has a soil improvement committee

which has been delving into the outlook for our future food supply. It! finds that the problem of feeding an increasing population from a limited acreage is one that we are shortly to be confronted with. The committee states that statistics of the current food supply shows that there is not enough food In the world to supply the normal consumption. It quotes Dr. Ball, of the department of agriculture, as stating that "the immediate restoration of full buying power would result in the almost immediate disappearance of surplusses." By way of confirming it3 anaylsis, the fertilizer men illustrate what is happening, as follows: "In the 50 years following the Civil war our cotton production increased five times .our wheat production four times, our corn production three times and our population only two and threequarter times. But, says Dr. Ball, the peak of agricultural production per capita of population was passed in 1S98. Agricultural production almost kept pace with population increase for some little time after that date, but in the last decade it has steadily and evermore rapidly fallen. What Does This Mean7 "What does this mean? It means that measured in dollars, the United States today is a food importing nation; that is, we import more sugars, tea, coffee, spices, nuts and tropical fruits that we export of wheat and meat. It is estimated that by the end of this century, our population will be over 220 million and lhat we will begin to import the staple foods in from 15 to 30 years from now." Admittedly the fertilizer men have furnished some food for thought, as

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none can deny the constant Increase in our population. They do not suggest where those staple foods are to come from, or why other nations should be more able to produce them than we ourselves. The answer is intensive cultivation, something that Europe learned long ago. WTe must keep up the fertility of our soil, as the increase in farm lands or tillable areas will not go on as in the past; there is less of such areas . to borrow for expansion now. The implication is that we shall need more fertilizer in the future and that its use will be much more general under the pressure of increasing population.

Eager stown High School to Give Box Sapper Feb. 18 , IIAGERSTOWN, Ind., Feb. 16. A j big box supper will be given Saturday, ; Feb. 18, in the Community hall at Ha-; gerstown by the high school. A prize I will be given to the most popular girl, j Every girl is asked to come and bring ; a box. The program is as follows: j Music, orchestra; music, orchestra; I announcements, Prof. Wissler; play,! "Spreading the News;" reading, Hilda!

Jones; piano duet. Freeda Bcnbow and Aline Hower; reading, Rudolph Kirby; piano solo, Winnogene LeaVelle.

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Registered RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 16, 1922

No. 35

Wayne County Short Course and Corn Show

Do you remember the show we had at the Coliseum last year, the time when all the farmers brought their grains and their wives brought all sorts of good things to eat? There were a great many other exhibits, too, and besides, there were good live talks by men and women who have spent years in extensive work. Well, we are having another show this year. The Wayne County Grain Growers in co-operation with the Richmond Business men are planning a "Bigger and Better Than Ever." All exhibits are to be in the Coliseum. Men and boys will show white and yellow corn, clover, soybeans, wheat and oats. Just think of what the ladies are to bring! Canned fruit, vegetables, pies, cookies, cakes, preserves, dough

nuts and candy. Of course there must needs be something of real interest to the ladies themselves. There will be bedsnreads, embroidry. nuilts, hand-painted china and clothing. There are to be two sections this year. One for the men at the Coliseum and the other for the ladies at the Brower Auto Sales rooms on South Seventh street. The program is a little different from last year. This is the age of theory whieh is practical. Instead of simply listening to a lecture on dairying, good dairy cows w-ill be on the floor and the noints brought out in the lecture will be shown on the cow. Every man should be sure that hi wife and dauerhters attend the ladies' section. They are going to make over last year's hats. We can congratulate ourselves but must needs be sorry for the milliners. Purdue is furnishins two men for the short course work: Mr. C. A. McCause will handle the work on dairying. Mr. R. S. Thomas will lecture on corn and legumes.

Turdue furnishes Miss Nell Flanningham, who is an expert on textiles. We have in our own cnmunitv a lady who has had a great deal of experience in extension work and in practical home cooking. If you don't believe it. just, look at Dick Morrow. Mrs. R. B. Morrow, National Road East is going to give our wives the best information to be had on fixing up fruits, vegetables and salads for us to eat. Remember the dates, Feb. 20 and 21. Let's all be there and boost.

NOTICE We receive daily at 10:30 a. m. the Western Union wire live stock markets. Anyone wishing this Information may have same by calling Phone 1679.

Guinea Chicks Thrive Best on Well Balanced Ration

Feeding Laying Hens By C. W. CARRICK, Purdue University, Experiment Station. Very few Indiana farm poultry flocks are properly fed throughout

the year. A ration of corn or other grains will not produce many eggs. It should be supplemented with mash containing animal protein to give profitable results. The Furdue experiment, station has for a number of years carried on experiments with various rations for laying hens. The results have shown very conclusively the value of a mash containine animal protein. Flocks of white Flymouth Rock pullets fed on grain products averaged only 45 eggs per year while pullets under similar conditions when given 10 percent meat scraps in their ration laid an average of 112 eggs per year.

Fowls which laid poorly as pul

lets on a ration without animal protein increased their production

about 75 eggs per hen the follow

ing year when fed skim milk m addition to the grain and mash ration. Farm hens "pick up" only a small

percentage of feed necessary for a

maximum egg production. vorms and bugs do not supply the need in

sufficient quantity The necessary

feeds must be supplied the year round to realize the greatest profit. A satisfactory ration used and recommended by Purdue is as follows: Grain Corn, 18 pounds; oats, 7 pounds; total, 25 pounds. Mash Bran, 5 pounds; shorts, 5 pounds; tankige, 3 pounds; total 13 pounds. If skim milk or buttermilk can be fed at the rate of a gallon daily

to 30 hens then tankage need not be supplied since this amount of milk furnishes the necessary amount of protein. The methods of feeding the Purdue ration are fully explained in Circular 101, which can be secured

from the Purdue experiment sta

tion for the asking.

Quineas are fed in much the same way as chickens, but they require less feed, as they are natural rangers and can be trusted to find enough seeds of weeds and grasses, buds, insects and green vegetation in the fields to supply much of their living. For the first 36 hours after hatching no feed is required, as the ,sustenance from the egg is sufficient to nourish them for this period. The first meal may consist of a little hard-boiled egg mixed with bread crumbs, or bread may be soaked in milk, squeezed partly dry, and fed in small bits. Clabbered milk also is very good, poul-, try specialists in the United States Department of Agriculture say. Three times a day is as often as they need to be fed, one feeding consisting of clabbered milk or the bread and egg or bread and milk mixture, and the other two of chick feed. If the coop is placed in a field or pasture where gTeen feed is available, the guinea chicks can secure this for thesmselves; otherwise, sprouted oats, dandelion leaves, lettuce, or onion tops cut fine should be furnished. Water, grit ,and fine oyster shell should be before them always. Bu the end of the first week the young guineas will be finding enough worms and insects to take the place of the egg or milk feed, so this may be eliminated and chick feed given morning and night. If clabbered milk is available, however, it can be continued with excellent success, since guineas are very fond of variety in their ration that it is conducive to

quic-K growin. as tne Diras grow older whole wheat, oats and cracked corn can be substituted gradually for the chick teed.

Soybeans to Give Manv Farmers a Legume Crop The acreage of legumes in Indi

ana is short. There will not be enough clover this next year to satisfy the amount nf Ippnnip havl

needed. Some clover mav winter! kill. -Soybeans are filling this place, says W. A. Ostrander of the soils and crops staff of Purdue university. Soybeans can be seeded for hay the fore part of May at the rate of one to one and one-half bushels per acre with a wheat drill, and on the average from two to four tons of hay can be cut the latter part of August, when the beans are half formed. This hay has a feeding value equal to alfalfa. The cost of seeding soybeans per acre this year will not be more than seeding clover per acre. This will give an opportunity to put some ground into a legume that will help to hold the nitrogen supply. Results of Purdue experimental work show that wheat planted on soybean stubble ground yields about one-fourth more than if sown following corn. All corn that is going to be hogeed-off should have soybeans planted with it at the rate of from one bushel on eight to fif

teen acres, or from one to two beans to the hill of corn, or about

12 to 18 inches apart in the row

Soybeans to supplement corn silage

are always good. Four oil mills are now contract

ing for soybean seed to press for oil. This will give soybeans a com

mercial value other than for seed

me coming season, ana one mav

expect the same number of bushels of soybeans per acre as wheat on the same type of ground, and if seeded with a wheat drill will cost no more per acre to produce, and could afford to be sold near the price of wheat. Soybeans this year will command the attention of every business farmer in Indiana.

Breeding Ducks Should Be Pick of the Flock

Hens Need Protein From Animal Sources for Eggs Those who have not learned by experience are apt to conclude, using the "pigs is pigs" reasoning.

that protein is protein whether it

grows inside a hide or upon a plant. But not all rroteins are alike and

they do not produce like results when taken into the hen's body. In

a general way, animal proteins and

vegetable proteins are alike in that)

both are nitrogenous, but when the

hen begins to make them into eggs

she finds there are important differences that can not be overcome. But she must have animal proteins in some amount, no matter how much of the other kind is available. High-vegetable-protein feeds can replace some of the meat feed to advantage, but not more than onefourth to one-half of it. Tests made by the United States Department of Agrisulture show that of the high vegetable-protein feeds cotton seed meal is the best

for egg production. Peanut meal conies next, followed by soybean meal and velvet-bean meal. In making up a mash not more than one-tenth of it should be cotton seed meal, as the use of more cuts down the egg yield materially and may affect the quality of the eggs, producting spots and blotches on the yolks which make them look bad. Other vegetable-protein feeds that may be used to advantage are gluten and linseed meal.

Ducks are usually mated in flocks of about CO females with 5 or 6 males, as the drakes do not fight one another. The number of males may be reduced to one for every 7 females about the first of March, and again changed a month later to one m;fle for 8 to 10 females. Active, healthy females of medium size should be used for " breeding; that, is, weighing about 8 pounds when mature. Only mature birds should be used as breeders. Select ducks with short necks, medium long bodies, flat backs, and of good depth to the keel bones. Watery eyes usually are a sign of weaknes in ducks. The drake is coarser and more masculine in appearance than the duck, and has a' distinct curl in his tail feathers. Ducks should be sold, usually, after they are 2 years old. although, tho best breeders or layers may be kept, over their third year, say poultry specialists in the United States Department of Agriculture.

In handling ducks pick them up by their necks, as their leps are very easily broken. Ducks lay their eggs early in the niorninsr, and should be confined to the house or pen until 9:30 or 10 o'clock in the morning. If allowed to roam early in the morning they may lay in a pond or stream and the eggs may be lost.

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PUT POULTRY YARD TO WORK Figure on seeding down any poultry yards or runs not in permanent sod. Rye, winter oats and winter wheat are good crops for poultry yards.

The best of CLOVER HAY Just received a carload of baled Little Red Clover Hay O. G. WH ELAN

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