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fiX; fclcXv fer'cr**' tl jl. •_»»• Yl\ \m \*sT'Z*>&& ^"■-iS m* J*J '•■#. 2%^ **?-■ J»< Wl j>.^r ^ WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE FARM, HOME, AND GARDEN. iVoi. VIII. INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1873. No. 12. FORMERLY NORTH-WESTERN FARMKR. OSW AgBICtTLTOBAL PAPEB TO INDIANA. Devotes a Department to the Interests of the Order of tbe Patron* of Husbandry. ORGAN OF INDIANA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, Endorsed by Indiana Horticultural Society, Indiana' Short Horn Breeders' Convention, and many County and District Societies. J. 0. KINGSBUBY tc BBO., PuMishers- OFFICE: NO. 4 JOURNAL BUILDING, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. SuMcmimoN Tkrms.-^S per year; to clubs of four or more, $1.75 each. AttTBartstNa Tkbms.—Ordinary p-,ges; 15 cents per line, oooparetl meaeure, firat insertion ; extra charge lor special location; Special Notices, 20 centa. . [For the Indiana Farmer. CK0P3 AND PRICES. We recently had a discussion in our grange on the subject of selling hogs at three cents a pound There was a strong feeling developed ■gainst selling at snch figures. One of our members bas been in the habit of buying the hogs of the neighborhood. He stated that three cents was all the market at that time would justify him in paying. He is feeding » large number of bogs, and said it was his intention to salt his hogs at home before he would sell at snch ruinous figures; he believed there would be money in the operation. There will no doubt be a demand for all the pork in the country, at fair prices, and whoever has possession of it whep the time comes for it to go into the hands of consumers, will teap the profit! ' Why may not the farmers realize this as well as the large packers and bankers? True, somo of tbe farmers may have to defer the payment of somo debts a little longer, bot why should not this be done rather than sacrifice nil the profits of the farm for a year? National banks that are realizing from twenty-five to forty per cent on all their stocks, can and do suspend payment just then tbey can matte or save a large amount hy so doing. There will doubtless be much lost by feeding too long this winter, in the hope that prices will get better. It does not f*J to feed hogs in very cold weather. An etperiment was tried at Duncan Falls, Ohio, to test this matter. The hogs and corn weie both carefully weighed. Counting p„rk at four cents, the experiment gave the following results: Firat week in October, corn brought 80 cts per bushel Weather warm. First week In Nor. corn bronght.... Ci eta per bnsliel Third week io Not. corn bronght.... 40 cts per busbel Fonrth week in Nor. corn brought. 25 cts per l.ushel All throngh Pec.corn brought 2.*> cts per bushel First half of Jan. corn brought A cts per bushel Hecoud half of Jan. corn brought.... 0 cti per bnshel The weather was fine and warm during the first wftk of feeding, but gradually got colder during the month of November, and continued much the samo through December, and then ran down to zero, and below during the last part of the experiment. These bogs were in a good, covered pen with plank floor. This experiment shows tbat unless a man bas twenty-five cent corn to feed, and does not value bis labor at anything, he should not feed beyond the setting in of cold weather. But may not the farmer get enough better prices by waiting a month or six weeks to make up all this loss in feeding? I think not. True, the present are "panic prices," and this panio ought not to continue another day; but it will, for it has been largely made and is almost entirely upheld in the interests of speculators, and will continue, if it be possible, till tbe wheat and hog crops are secured to these speculators. Then, no doubt, '"confidence" will be restored, and business will flow on in its wonted channels. Of all schemes for robbing farmers of their crops, that of creating a "corner," or locking up thc currency of the country just at the time when the crops are thrown onto the market, is the most diabolical. "One of. the best ways of making the times better, and thwarting the designs of those who are trying to secure the crops at less than cos-t, ia for farmers to hold oh to every pound of pork and bushel of wheat po-sible, till the currency is let loose upon the country. There teems to be no just cause for a depression of prices of prodnce. There is a larger quantity of money in the country in the hands of tbe people than for several years, and gold is coming to us in large quantities from Europe every week. There is a larger demand for wheat from tbis country to supply the European markets than for many years past. There will be, perhaps, the usual demand for pork, with a falling off in the supply. The corn crop for the whole country is estimated at twenty-two per cent less tban last year, making an actual reduction of more than 250,- 000,000 bushels. This can not but result in a reduc.ion of the bog crop. So tbat instead of a reduction in the price of either hogs or wheat, the factors of demand "and supply which control price eoem to indicate an ad- . vance. When the farmer keeps out of debt, and holds for a fair price, ho is master of the situation, and can bring the world to his terms. L. J. TiiurLi.v. The Pin Machine.—This machine is one of the closest approaches tbat mechanics have made to the dexterity of the human hand. It is about tbe height and size of a lady's sewing machine, only much stronger. On the . side at the back a light belt descends from a long shaft in tho ceiling that drives all machines, ranged in rows on tho floor. On the '■ leftside of tbe machine hangs on a peg a * reel of wire that has been straightened bj',' running through a compound system of small - rollers. The wire descends, and the end enters the machine. This is the food consumed by this voracious little dwarf. He puts it in and bites it off by inches incessantly —one hundred and forty bites to tbe minute. Just as he seizes each bite, a little hammer, with a concave face hits the end of the wire three times, "upsets'' it to a head, while he grips it to a counter sunk hole between his teeth. With an outward thrust with bis tongue he then lays the pin sideways in a little grove acrosB the rim of a small wheel that slowly revolves. By the external pressure of a stationary hoop these pins roll in their places as thcy are carried under two series of small files three in each. These files grow finer toward the end of tbe series. They lie at a alight inclination on the pins, and a series of cams, levers and springs are made to play like lightening. Thus tbe pins are dropped in a little shower in a box. Twenty-eight pounds are a day's work for one of these jerking little automatons. The machines reject crooked pins, the slightest irregularity in any one of them being de» tected.—Ex. Vi. Tbe annual cossumption of coffee, per head, in various parts of the world, is as follows: England, 1} pounds to each person ; France, 2|; Germany, 4; Denmark, 5J; Switzerland, C; Belgium, 8._; Holland, 10J; United States, 7. But in California, which appears to '■ beat ajl creation " in this, at in so many other things, it amounts to 16 3-5 pounds, or excluding Chinese and Indians, who do not drink coffee, to 20} pounda.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1873, v. 08, no. 12 (Nov. 22) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0812 |
Date of Original | 1873 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 2011-02-17 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | fiX; fclcXv fer'cr**' tl jl. •_»»• Yl\ \m \*sT'Z*>&& ^"■-iS m* J*J '•■#. 2%^ **?-■ J»< Wl j>.^r ^ WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE FARM, HOME, AND GARDEN. iVoi. VIII. INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1873. No. 12. FORMERLY NORTH-WESTERN FARMKR. OSW AgBICtTLTOBAL PAPEB TO INDIANA. Devotes a Department to the Interests of the Order of tbe Patron* of Husbandry. ORGAN OF INDIANA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, Endorsed by Indiana Horticultural Society, Indiana' Short Horn Breeders' Convention, and many County and District Societies. J. 0. KINGSBUBY tc BBO., PuMishers- OFFICE: NO. 4 JOURNAL BUILDING, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. SuMcmimoN Tkrms.-^S per year; to clubs of four or more, $1.75 each. AttTBartstNa Tkbms.—Ordinary p-,ges; 15 cents per line, oooparetl meaeure, firat insertion ; extra charge lor special location; Special Notices, 20 centa. . [For the Indiana Farmer. CK0P3 AND PRICES. We recently had a discussion in our grange on the subject of selling hogs at three cents a pound There was a strong feeling developed ■gainst selling at snch figures. One of our members bas been in the habit of buying the hogs of the neighborhood. He stated that three cents was all the market at that time would justify him in paying. He is feeding » large number of bogs, and said it was his intention to salt his hogs at home before he would sell at snch ruinous figures; he believed there would be money in the operation. There will no doubt be a demand for all the pork in the country, at fair prices, and whoever has possession of it whep the time comes for it to go into the hands of consumers, will teap the profit! ' Why may not the farmers realize this as well as the large packers and bankers? True, somo of tbe farmers may have to defer the payment of somo debts a little longer, bot why should not this be done rather than sacrifice nil the profits of the farm for a year? National banks that are realizing from twenty-five to forty per cent on all their stocks, can and do suspend payment just then tbey can matte or save a large amount hy so doing. There will doubtless be much lost by feeding too long this winter, in the hope that prices will get better. It does not f*J to feed hogs in very cold weather. An etperiment was tried at Duncan Falls, Ohio, to test this matter. The hogs and corn weie both carefully weighed. Counting p„rk at four cents, the experiment gave the following results: Firat week in October, corn brought 80 cts per bushel Weather warm. First week In Nor. corn bronght.... Ci eta per bnsliel Third week io Not. corn bronght.... 40 cts per busbel Fonrth week in Nor. corn brought. 25 cts per l.ushel All throngh Pec.corn brought 2.*> cts per bushel First half of Jan. corn brought A cts per bushel Hecoud half of Jan. corn brought.... 0 cti per bnshel The weather was fine and warm during the first wftk of feeding, but gradually got colder during the month of November, and continued much the samo through December, and then ran down to zero, and below during the last part of the experiment. These bogs were in a good, covered pen with plank floor. This experiment shows tbat unless a man bas twenty-five cent corn to feed, and does not value bis labor at anything, he should not feed beyond the setting in of cold weather. But may not the farmer get enough better prices by waiting a month or six weeks to make up all this loss in feeding? I think not. True, the present are "panic prices," and this panio ought not to continue another day; but it will, for it has been largely made and is almost entirely upheld in the interests of speculators, and will continue, if it be possible, till tbe wheat and hog crops are secured to these speculators. Then, no doubt, '"confidence" will be restored, and business will flow on in its wonted channels. Of all schemes for robbing farmers of their crops, that of creating a "corner," or locking up thc currency of the country just at the time when the crops are thrown onto the market, is the most diabolical. "One of. the best ways of making the times better, and thwarting the designs of those who are trying to secure the crops at less than cos-t, ia for farmers to hold oh to every pound of pork and bushel of wheat po-sible, till the currency is let loose upon the country. There teems to be no just cause for a depression of prices of prodnce. There is a larger quantity of money in the country in the hands of tbe people than for several years, and gold is coming to us in large quantities from Europe every week. There is a larger demand for wheat from tbis country to supply the European markets than for many years past. There will be, perhaps, the usual demand for pork, with a falling off in the supply. The corn crop for the whole country is estimated at twenty-two per cent less tban last year, making an actual reduction of more than 250,- 000,000 bushels. This can not but result in a reduc.ion of the bog crop. So tbat instead of a reduction in the price of either hogs or wheat, the factors of demand "and supply which control price eoem to indicate an ad- . vance. When the farmer keeps out of debt, and holds for a fair price, ho is master of the situation, and can bring the world to his terms. L. J. TiiurLi.v. The Pin Machine.—This machine is one of the closest approaches tbat mechanics have made to the dexterity of the human hand. It is about tbe height and size of a lady's sewing machine, only much stronger. On the . side at the back a light belt descends from a long shaft in tho ceiling that drives all machines, ranged in rows on tho floor. On the '■ leftside of tbe machine hangs on a peg a * reel of wire that has been straightened bj',' running through a compound system of small - rollers. The wire descends, and the end enters the machine. This is the food consumed by this voracious little dwarf. He puts it in and bites it off by inches incessantly —one hundred and forty bites to tbe minute. Just as he seizes each bite, a little hammer, with a concave face hits the end of the wire three times, "upsets'' it to a head, while he grips it to a counter sunk hole between his teeth. With an outward thrust with bis tongue he then lays the pin sideways in a little grove acrosB the rim of a small wheel that slowly revolves. By the external pressure of a stationary hoop these pins roll in their places as thcy are carried under two series of small files three in each. These files grow finer toward the end of tbe series. They lie at a alight inclination on the pins, and a series of cams, levers and springs are made to play like lightening. Thus tbe pins are dropped in a little shower in a box. Twenty-eight pounds are a day's work for one of these jerking little automatons. The machines reject crooked pins, the slightest irregularity in any one of them being de» tected.—Ex. Vi. Tbe annual cossumption of coffee, per head, in various parts of the world, is as follows: England, 1} pounds to each person ; France, 2|; Germany, 4; Denmark, 5J; Switzerland, C; Belgium, 8._; Holland, 10J; United States, 7. But in California, which appears to '■ beat ajl creation " in this, at in so many other things, it amounts to 16 3-5 pounds, or excluding Chinese and Indians, who do not drink coffee, to 20} pounda. |
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