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VOL. LXVI
INDIANAPOLIS, JAN. 7, 1011.
NO. 1
Written   for th. Indian.  Karm.r:
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Hy J.   II.   I i
Wi' ur.- f4nui nf ffgun■:■■.     Tii4\- never
^^Hfy.      < mi- make tin in
^H| Imt tin' deception
^Hff    l.\    tin-   e\p. rt    mathematician.       It
la  iml   sn   with   words.         i am   "Jug-
^B" tin in     tn iniain    anything    anil  if
i^klght at II   In !•' other  words
to iii-ii'iiii  himself.     Thar*  in a
^Hal of this going un just   now.
Ir  mn'   hitii   to   l.i'liiv •■   i-\ • n th.i
^kera ur ruuls he woulil  naturally con-
Huili   that  those  win- tin-  happiest   tuul
^■OSt   prosperous   times   tin'   wurlil   e\.i
MW.      Hut unfortunate!]  tlgures will iml
Htt<taiii thaaa claims.
aat    llllli S    1 )ili'    starved    he-
rai a iiu-k of < ropa     iii modern
Ha.l.    :n .■   to.1
^^■is        In     « lilc.-i        .iml     Ni-w      York
Iha aro   snl. atring   from    hunger.
^He world Is claim.tine for ilu .1 j.i r liv-
Hw  anal   yi't.   in   mockery,   u.-   am-   tolal
thi 1 •   an •• 1 lor 1 omplaiint.
Tin  writer 1ms alwnys Don taa dad thai
ihe lolUad   liy
^Bir friends to  believe everything  tiny
raaal.       Some    time   ago    in    thaaa   col-
11 ;   that   there   were
j^pttial farm* In Indiana:  that
^H   cult i v ai tail    laml    was    steaaltly       1I1 -
. ■ • that   sinaill   farms  wera
swallowed up in big estates hy the rich;
that   the   mortgage   inaleliteilni-HS  uf   the
stai'   v..    one-seventh uf the vnlue of
thp   real   estate,  and   Increasing.
At   that  time  we  did   not  know   that
(he  itaavi rnment would come ti. uair ile-
^^p»t'—hut it  ha.i  ilone  nu.      According
tp  tlae  liflDWW of   1910.  there are   T.I •"• *i
less    (.arms   than    tin re   wire   In    1900.
\\hi   h means that all the new ones and
old     ones hav*     heen merged In
"•fi^^pl
ia been a decrease ln farm
a^r of cultivated lands or 366,000
-, while there should have heen an
• nse of several tlmea that number
in  thi   past ten  years.
There are In the Htate 914,741 farms.
1 if this number  148,001  are farme.l   l.\
• rs part owners and tenants; 64,451
aarp     ri-nted   to     tenants for     shnt
^^P>;   3,289  are  run   by  managers  for
m<>i:i V   lords:   121,000  are  occupied   by
the   owners,   and   of   these   81.812   are
free  frum debt, whllo 6fi.783 are mort-
B|d for over 186-milllon dollars.
Here   is  where   some   juggling comes
|H Tho authorities fearing that this
^Hirful  acknowledgement of an  Indebt-
^Hfiess of this kind would startle men to
^■nking, have evaded the truth by glv-
^B the "exemiited" mortgage Iml'
tt^r* Instead of the full Indebtedness.
• conversant with the laws of
Htrmptlon knows that not over 35 per
■rnt Is exempted, and lf the exempted
Hidehtpilncss Is 52 million dollars, the
■pal approximate Is ISO million dollars,
■tne asks In amazement why are the
■exemptions" only about 35 per cent of
gilie  real.
It   is well known that In assessments
■or taxation valuations of real esla-
Bnade on a low basis.     Land Worth $100
_i» r acre is assess* al .1 $".'. to $4Q.
If it were assessed at its real value
■hen the exemptions should cover tho
Botal indebtedness. Otherwise not.
wTake the Statf of Iowa, as given in the
She lias loel in pnpu-
jlatlon. as well as in all Ihe things
lot Indiana.     Why have her people )• ft
tin Ir farms in mi fertile s atsti
These  iti ms  maj   s. , in   irrelevant     to
im tn  latereets.      Bul  Um *   si ■  pi
and In pl>OS,      \\V until to know   where
•re stand.      If possible W4' want to shun
bankruptcy ol our ratm landa and theii
owners    Hut unless wa are viagilaal
• aiutiuus.  the, si 1 in ut   uiii • n
with Its destructive colls.
FARMERS'   1 Itlsii   mi  \ 1    SI PPM
Kaiitum Indiana Ftnnur:
lu a recent  Parmer I notload a plan
for farmer's  fresh   meat   that   la
Attol      Illl'     lllSl     \4 a   a
upon to settle up ;tho*  thai bad for-
paid
for  1 at   :a   to ace agreed   upon
a in n  iii,-  ring   »:is rtarted.     Pauallj
tiie  hist   in .t   smis  butchered  the  last
week in Beptember or Brsl week In Oe
tober, thus running the ring up ta boa*
killing nun-
'I'h. 1.     was   tailk    uf   fUrnlBhlaag   aa
tonally,   instead   or  beef,   bul   tor
■ oi   il    Mas   llul   iluli.'.      BhOUld
uu- in. 1 become tlr me, 1 week oould
lie Skl|i|icil.
Farm Hoys' Fair,  Wayne Townahlp,   llaiiiii]t.,n  Co.,   [Bd.
thing like our neighborhood has. hut  I
think ours is  better,  is some  v
.Sixteen  was the usual   numhi-r,  with
■tonally  two   families   taking     one-
• nth,  or  share,   between   them.     It
waa called a I   cf ring.
Ench memhi r furnished a young beef
which was killed, dressed and cut Into
shares at the residence of tha owner.
the week each was to kill being settled
on beforehand by drawing slips uf
paper, numbered from une tu si-'
tin- numlier drawn being the week that
one was to furnish the beef.
'ine man was selected to keep accounts, weights of each lo ■ f. ami to
help butcher and divide the shares, he
received one dollar frum each member,
the hide and tallow belonging to th.
man   that   furnished   the
Tn the course of the sixteen weeks
each member received a beef; If yuur
share the first week was neck, the next
It  would  I e J.lining the neck,
and su nn  alaawn one side, and   back  „r\
the other side.
The one furnishing tb.p beef delivered
the shar. It .(  the members,  the
shares being labeled  with  the name of
the  one  to whom  they  were  to  gl
• f was cut  up
As each   member   Is   honor   bound   to
furnish a lieef. It Is a flne way of getting
• st of beef at C4ist. for the al]
There waa one man that furnished a
poor beef, but he felt as if he were
a»ent to Coventry, so didn't want in the
ring another year.
1 m I. BROOD  \M11M. hi 1 -
The honey bee prodaoss annually a
orop of honey trained at about $2<i.o<io.-
iiiul.  atul there are \ast  opportunity
increasing this  output.      'I'll.
lous  handle.ip   to   bee-keeping   in   this
country is the (set that there sre two
contagions diseases among Iw-es .the
American and Bill open II foul brood,
which attach and ihstmy the colonies.
It ia estimated that these dlseasea are
causing a loss to the bee keepers of tin
1'niteal   BtaSSS     Of  at     least     fl.OOO.ntMi
Unfortunately theae diseases
.are most eommon in California, Colorado, Illinois. Indiana, tows and I few
other States where bee keeping ll BtOSl
profitable.
Bath of tlnse diseases attack tin
•/eloping  brood,  and   as the  adult
die from  Old  age and nther causes, the
colony becomes depleted alnce th. n
nut    enough    young    lues   emerging    to
UP the numbers.      When the eel-
becomes   weak,    bees   frum    other
colonies enter to rob the honey and  the
Infection is spf
Many bee keepers nre unaware of
any such disease In their hives, and often attribute a wenk blve to other
sources. The comb affected looks
mueh like n comb tilled with honey it-
that it has a darker color probably, and the cells are somewhat depressed I'pon puncturing them a foul
smelling substance eome. oot. Several
Stati-s. Including Indiana, have passed
laws providing for the inspection of
apiaries for diseases, and the bee keepers In  other  States are asking for the
lit..le, lioli.    SO   tbait    a ail'.'ieS*   Or   lg-
iioiaini bee Ki. pels iain be presented
Hum andangsrtag tinir aeighl
Tiie Department of Agrieulturs is help-
In this WOrk and bane |.u l.lislie.l
a bulletin on lbe laaitllle alial I r. ail llle la 1
ol   Una-.    ,i a. la   « ill   l.e  mull   oil
iei|u. a.,.   keeper ihmild Isai n
to    r. I Bd    ll . :it    tin M    inai ll
ami be on the lookout for them.
Mini:   l ROM   \KK \w w
Killtur. Indian* Farm.r:
Having   just   returned   from   a   nine
w.eK ta    this    Ideaiutltiil    sunn.,
clime    I    fell    like    tolling   others   of   Uie
numerous adv.. - re:      i-'ii
a iiniaai..: the mercury rsrelj ^..as below
it  degreea above zero.      I   bave  never
io   zero,   thought    I   am   told
t ii.is b. en thai low twice ilnoe  I
iiimer it rarely «eis above *-, bul
i   laa,.   seen   ii   ait   18   degreea  on   two
i went there iim-
.mi no cyclonee, no hot winds, 54
Inchea  ol   rainfall,   well  distributed,  a
a i • laj aoll snd clay subsoil: we need
nol    snil. i    from      drouth. \\'.       •
1 lain;;     aaalaapteal     lo     the     letup.
ite, ami aome things of a qnallty
lor to the same article raised  In
aa melons,   strawberries,
sweet and  Irish potatoes, sorgum syrup
.Mr.   \Vm.   Qilespie   oi   New   Point,   lnd..
..nne borne with me. and wais surpriseal
ail   the lane ijuullty of uur potatoes, but
the    berry   and    fruit    business   Is   most
t. iiiuiii native   as   ye(.   where  sufficiently
developed.     As an  iitrims ease a Mr.
Barneet  ol  IfcRae,  three miles north
netted $1,400 on three acres
The   general   profit,
eer  Is $200 to  $250  per acre, and
this  on   land   selling at   120   to  $40  per
aaa ri-,   mar  town,   down   to   $10   farther
out
VJ, bft Shelhyvilh •, Indiana, Tuesday,
December i.th. the weather was quite
cold, snow on the ground and a eold
wind blowing. The snow continued as
far south as New 1'ort. Ark., but it
all gone at Poobo, bait unite cool, bul
the morning of the sth was bright, and
tin ii have had nioe and warm
line weather for finishing cotton picking.
Long life to the  Farmer and  Its editors. D.   F.   Bager.
CTA^
VARlCTiRfl in  vi-rrt ii.
Editor.  Indlsns   Farmer:
What distinction is there bOtsreen
hairy vetch, winter vetch and spring
Mta h ' Oan all four varieties be grown
sueci'ssfully on same kind of soil, all
oth't' conditions being equal? What
kind of soil is best suited for best rS-
sults? Can spring vetcb be sown In
(all   and   Winter   vetch   In   spring?
Vanderburg Co. A. H
Answer: Spring and sand vetch are
the same. This varl • should be sown
In the spring or early summer, and
does not survive the winter. Hairy and
Winter vetch are the same. It does
"better on poor soil than the other species, and Is so hardy that It withstands
Id of winter. T Is variety may
wn In the spring the same as the
spring vetch, but when planted in the
fall In well prepared ground will begin
growing much earlier In the spring.
A good sandy loam is the best soil for
vetch, but the main value of this crop
lies In Its soil Improving properties. Especially Is winter vetch valuable as a
cover crop, and for the Improvement of
poor sandy or gravelly soils.