Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 93, Number 5, 5 January 1923 — Page 12
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND,. FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1923.
.The Farm and the Fanner By William R. Sanborn
TOO MANY POTATOES , In telling his monthly story of High I Farming at Elmwood, Farmer Webbj relates that he raised too many pota-i toes last year and at the time of writiiiR was at a loss to know what to do with them. He says that the question of disposing of the crop Is very annoying. "We had a good crop, like most other farmers." he says, "and what are we going to do with it, with prices where they are, I am at a loss to know. ."We have a good outside root cellar, and can store most of the crop all winter, but I see no likelihood that prices will be any better in the spring. We eat all we can, and feed a certain p. mount to the stock, but the rest are on our hands, and seem likely to stay there. I am almost sorry I ever dug them; if I had left them in the ground they would have supplied some humus, at all events, and we would have been saved a lot of hard work. Can any of your readers suggest any good use for unsalable spuds?" . The question asked by Farmer Webb of the editor of the Farm Journal Is being asked in many potato regions where potatoes are the main crop. It Isn't likely that our home farmers have any great surplus to dispose of, ;but there are spots in the northwest and in Wisconsin where the disposal of the balance of the crop at paying prices is a very grave question. This is a burning question. In parts of Idaho, where the cost of digging and sacking is high and the freight rates to the east out of all reason, as compared with prices realized in car lots. Besides the east is fairly well supplied
with local stock, 1922 having been "a potato year." The organization of five new county live stock shipping associations brings the number of organizations of this type in Ohio up to 61, according to a recent statement of the live stock marketing department of the Ohio farm bureau. Cigar Leaf Meeting. Representatives from, the seven cigar leaf tobacco counties of Ohio met at Dayton at the end of the year to perfect a temporary organization of the Miami Valley Growers' association. This is the first step toward erecting marketing machinery, in line with that used by the Kentucky growers of Burley tobacco, and which has been such a great success. "The present unsatisfactory system of selling cigar leaf shows the need for a sales association of pooled tobacco," said one of the backers of the new movement. "The farm bureau has promised the growers complete support, and this insures success. The project will be taken up by the farm bureau in each county and township in the district." The three fundamental rules upon which the organization will rest, are: First A five-year contract.
Second The contract to be binding,
(the same a3 the Kentucky Burley Pool
contracts that have been sustained by
the courts).
Third The organization is not to
start operating until two-thirds or
three-fourths of the acerage has been signed up, thus, giving the association
a sufficient volume of business. "Darke county growers are partic
ularly interested as Darke county last
year, raised more tobacco than any
(Other ounty in the state," says a Greenville man. i J. A. McGuire, manager of the Min
nesota Co-operative Creamery association, announces the opening of a sup
ply house at St. Paul, and says that the new jobbing house has a Show to do a $1,000,000 business annually. He
cites the fact that creameries in the association buy fully that amount of supplies annually. He says that he is sure the new venture will save mem
ber creameries 20 per cent, and prob
ably more, on their purchases. He figures that if the supply house "han
dles all the business of the member creameries, which it should, the saving will be around $200,000 per year. As farmers are the owners of the creameries the sum saved will be divided according to their purchases." Raising Turkeys The ladies in our farm homes who have now and then been addicted to raising a- few turkeys will appreciate what Mrs. Sarah A. Weaver, an Iowa woman, says anent this subject. Mrs. Weaver seems to have had success with her turkeys, particularly since she adopted the following plan. She says : "I have tried every way I have ever read about how to raise and fatten turkeys, and the most satisfactory way I find is to let the turkeys do it themselves. "When I set the turkeys in the spring I dust them well with sodium flouride, and when they hatch I dust the hens again and the poults. From then on I let the old turkeys raise them. I have never fed them since they were hatched, and my greatest loss has been from automobiles and hawks. "All summer, until fall, they feed in the pastures and meadows and roost in the hedges. After frost when the insects are gone they come home for grain, and roost in some pine trees near the house. They have all the
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The youngest and probably the only girl now drawing a comic strip for a number of newspapers throughout the country, Miss Marion Farley, nineteen, of New York, declares she hasn't enough to do so has gotten a job as a clothing mannikin and is doing dress designing on th side. Miss Farley evidently doesn't believe in idleness.
corn they want and have access to an alfalfa field nearby which they visit frequently. "I don't believe any one has a finer bunch of Mammoth Bronze turkeys than I have. What I don't sell for breeders I dress and ship at Christmas time, and I always get fancy
dressed poultry price, which is never less than 50 cents." Here Is a case of letting nature take its course with the domestic flock, as with the wild birds, at least until the birds are pretty well matured along in the fall. It will be noted that they roost in the open at all seasons. Flax With Wheat For more than 10 years the farmers of Goodhue county, Minn., have grown flax and wheat as a mixed crop. This is so out of line with ordinary procedure that investigators from the department of agriculture recently visited that county to learn
of the results of such cropping. Farmers who grow this mixture claim that they generally get as much flax per acre as when it is sown straight, and whatever wheat is secured is an extra profit The crop is easily handled with a binder and the grain is separated without trouble by a simple machine operation. A new bulletin telling the effect of feeds on milk flavors, and dealing mostly with silage, advises the feeding of silage only after milking, and says that no undesirable flavor is given the milk when- silage is fed in that way. The authors say, too, that the amount of silage fed is not an important factor in the flavor of the milk. The bulletin is No. 1095 and is free to those who address the department of agriculture at Washington. Parke Elected Secretary The livestock producers' association has a new secretary, Henry M. Parke, of Genoa, 111. He succeeds E. H. Cunningham, of Iowa, who recentlv
resigned because of his election to the presidency of the U. S. Grain Growers. Inc.. whose affairs he is trying to straighten out. Mr. Cunningham retains a directorship in the producers.
The new secretary has been a prom
inent cattle feeder in Illinois for several years, and was at one time assist
ant secretary of agriculture in that state. , A number of new directors have recently been named to represent terminals and these inclne E. C. Iiasater, for Fort Worth, Tex.; George
Wilson, for Perio, 111.; E. A. Beamer of, Michigan, for Buffalo, and 11 C. Madole, of South Dakota, lor Sioux City, j la. The directors have now authorized the opening of a sales office at Cincin-! nati. j Wealthy and thrifty farmers are hereby advised that although there is
no glut of strawberries in Richmond, they can be bought at 75c to $1 per, quart box on Main street. There seems
to be enough of them to supply the demand but we note that the demand for berries' for canning is mighty quiet
just now. Looks as if the old law of
supply and demand is right on the job in regard to winter grown strawberries. Heavy Farm Losses. An insight into the losses of Iowa farmers back in 1921 is shown by the experiences of 14 Ringlod county farmers, as attested by the county farm bureau and the state extension service. The 14 records showed an average loss per farm of $1,478.39. In arriving at this figure three and one-half percent interest was charged on the equity in the hand and five percent on working capital. The operator was allowed a wage of $40 per month and a small amount, possibly $100, for the labor done by other members of the family during the year. The 14 farms averaged 256 acres, of which 136 were in crops. Twenty months of man labor was the average lequired on each of these farms. This is at the rate of 80 acres per man and "IV2 acres per horse, compared with a state average of 65 crop acres per man and 16 per horse.
The average crop yields on the
farms were: Com, 42 bushels; oats. 25 bushels; wheat, 19 bushels; hay, 1.3 tons per acre. Much of the grain was fed to live stock and 60 percent of the
total receipts from the farms was from the sale of live stock and live stock products. That live stock farming had an advantage over erain tannine is
shown by the fact that the seven farms . with the largest amount of live stock -per acre had an average loss of $1,320, while the seven farms with the smallest number of live stock Ipst an average of $1,680. Obviously, the smallest farms in the study suffered the least losses. The only farm in the club which paid all business expenses was the smallest
one of only 6.o acres. The heaviest
loss among the records was $4,052 on a farm of 440 acres. On the average the 14 farms lacked $20 of paying any interest whatever on the investment. The six farms which secured any return at all varied from ones-tenth of one percent to 7.3 percent. The remaining eight farms lacked an average of $574 of securing wages for their labor in addition to receiving no interest on their money invested.
Mrs. Margaret C. Montville, of Kan sas City, has received a patent oc an improved foot rest to be used in shoe shining parlors.
REMEDY
FOR THE RELIEF OF - - Coughs. Colds. Croup WHOOPING COUCH. HOARSENESS BRONCHITIS -SOLD EVERYWHERE-
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Winners In PALLADIUM Carriers9 Contest
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Awarded to Carriers having the greatest percentage of increase on their routes and for sen ice rendered subscribers, from Nov. 2 to Dec. 31, 1922. All Palladium Carriers in Richmond and surrounding towns participated in the contest. All awards made on basis of Carriers average.
CLASS No. 1
For the greatest weekly percentage of increase in their routes. This applies to carriers who are able to build up their routes.
THE WINNERS
First Prize 3100.00 Ralph Albertson, Green's Fork, Ind. Second Prize . .. 75.00 Neil Logue, 334 S. W. 3rd St., City Third Prize 50.00 Wilbur Pond, 212 S. 7th St., City :
Fourth Prize
Next Five, each
25.00-
10.00
-Donald Parker, N. 22nd St., City Hollace Hoover, Hagerstown, Ind. Herbert Hodson, Cambridge City, Ind. Kenneth Hiatt, 32 N. 19th St., City Fay Cox, 431 Lincoln St., City Franklin Griffin, Dublin, Ind. 1
Avg. Pet. 140.51 -.111.65 110.14 109.46 107.18 106.96 106.26 .. . ... ..106.03 105.87
CLASS No. 2 For the carrier who maintains the largest delivery for the number of homes on his route. This covers carriers who serve almost all homes on their routes. First Prize 50.00 Daniel Weaver, 327 N. 18th St., City Second Prize 35.00 Everett Lemon, National Road East Third Prize 15.00 Spencer Morrow, Mt. Auburn, P. 0. Camb. City, Ind. CLASS No. 3 For the four earners who show thrf best service rating. This applies to service. Two points are deducted for misses, two points for collections, and two points for bad conduct. To Each of 4 Carriers $25 In the awarding of the prizes in Class 3 it was gratifying to know that 23 out of the 63 contestants were prize winners. Consequently it is impossible to award the $25.00 prizes to any particular four. In fairness to all the manner in which the four prizes in Class Three will be awarded is as follows: The total of thefour prizes, amounting to $100.00, will be equally divided among the 23 carriers having 100 per cent service rating. These names can be found by referring to the Service Rating Column published in table to the right.
The Standing of the Carriers at End of Contest Follows:
CARRIER, CITY OF RICHMOND
Oct. 28 Number of Subscribers
Av'ge Number Subscribers for Contest
Percentage
Service Rating
Arthur Ayers, 251 Richmond Ave Lester Baldwin. 906 N. H St Dallas Cook, 461 Linden Ave Colon Coons, S. 20th St Clifford Caine, 300 S. W. 2nd St Fay Cox, 431 Lincoln St Louis Carroll, 500 S. 1 3 th St Burdette Dorsey, 400 S. 8th St George Dietrich. 515 S. 1 0th St Howard Fulle, 515 S. 1 1 th St Fredrick Frauman. National Road East. . Floyd Hockett. 300 N. 18th St Charles Hodskin, 324.N. 19th St Harry Hawkins, 1 01 5 N. H St Clarence Hawkins. 1015 N. H St Joseph Hale, Henley Road Kenneth Hiatt, 32 N. 19th St. . Roy Hawekotte, 57 S. 1 7th St Fred Kuhlenbeck, Bridge Ave Kenton Kimm. 509 S. 10th St Paul Kauper, 631 S. J St Neil Logue, 334 S. V. 3rd St Everett Lemon, National Road East. . . . Ralph Lamott, 1 1 3 S. W. 1 1 th St Maurice Murray, 420 Lincoln St Luther Marling, 731 S. 7th St Maurice Mentendiek. 404 S. 7th St Robert Faucett, 1021 No. H St '. Paul Nicholas Herman Pilgrim. 817 S. 1 1 th St Donald Parker. N. 22nd St Wilbur Pond, 212 S. 7th St Paul Runnels. 225 N. 5th St Russell Robbins, 837 S. 1 1th St Howard Roach. 54 S. 1 6th St Mark Roser, 213 S. 7th St Kenneth Rothert, 59 Liberty Ave Russell Rottinghaus. 1008 S. J St William Silliman, Hunt St Ralph Smith, S. 13 th and I Ss Paul Silliman. Hunt St Howard Snyder. 1 1 5 S. 1 5 th St George Toler, 200 S. 15th St Eugene Wickett, 430 NaSonal Road West Daniel Weaver. 327 N. 1 8th St Lewis Wiley, 315 N. 18th St Clarence Wessell. 1 16 S. 4th St Fred Warner, 505 N. 18th St Total
CARRIERS IN SURROUNDING TOWNS
Byron Nixon, Centerville, Ind O. W. Huddleston, Cambridge City, Ind Herman Knauf, Cambridge City, Ind. . . Herbert Hodson, Cambridge City, Ind . . Franklin Griffin, Dublin Ind Millard Warner, Eaton, Ohio Edgar Spencer. Eldorado, Ohio Willard Hatfield, Fountain City, Ind . . . Ralph Albertson, Green's Fork, Ind . . . Hollace Hoover, Hagerstown, Ind Spencer Morrow, Mt. Auburn, P. O. Cambridge City, Ind Paul Hutchinson Milton, Ind Lawrence Coblentz, New Paris, Ohio . . . Audrea Richardson, Pershing. Ind Fred Leas West Manchester, Ohio Total
150 151 100.70 96 166 169 102.43 98 103 108 105.78 98 21 1 212 100.54 80 159 160 100.91 100 134 142 106.03 100 94 98 104.60 100 105 103, 98.60 86 136 137 101.14 84 133 130 97.86 94 174 176 101.40 100 86 86 100.45 98 101 '105 104.11 98 74 77 104.12 100 114 111 98.16 98 136 138 101.84 86 96 102 106.26 100 174 177 102.14 92 75 76 101.65 80 116 117 101.28 88 148 148 100.10 100 95 106 111.65 94 47 47 100.78 100 163 157 96.51 82 126 127 101.20 84 138 142 102.94 98 134 139 104.38 90 151 150 99.64 100 147 146 99.59 100 81 82 101.79 96 110 120 109.46 98 85 93 110.14 98 1 18 120 102.32 96 189 199 105.66 88 172 179 104.33 84 149 151 101.83 88 143 145 101.74 80 87 88 101.83 100 132 128 97.56 92 86 84 98.53 100 146 147 100.95 100 133 133 100.57 80 97 95 98.93 96 151 153 101.47 92 202 213 105.68 94 149 142 95.88 ' 86 162 165 102.45 92 198 199 100.68 82 6277 6373 Oct. 23 Av'ge Number " Number of of Subscribers Percentage Service Subscribers for Contest Rating 154 157 102.35 92 65 64 99.48 100 ' 84 87 103.86 100 119 127 106.96 100 95 100 105.87 100 190 155 81.81 96 37 34 94.49 100 21 19 90.48 100 29 40 140.51 100 105 1 12 107.18 98 26 24 93.81 100 79 77 98.28 100 140 140 100.00 96 58 50 87.47 100 20 20 100.00. 98 1222 U06
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