The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-19
hen YARDS in
PERRY ARE FULL
OF FINE STOCK
Nate Lists Farmers Wives
Who Have Big Crops of
Poultry.
BY NATE EDWARDS

ECONOMY, Ind, Oct. 10 There
are several big poultry raisers in good
old Perry township and It would not
do to leave the farmers wives out in
these specials and here are their
names and the number of hens and
pullets they have reserved for egg
production the next year: Mrs. W. E..
Oler, 400; Mrs Harry Cain. 200; Mrs.
Paul Oler, 300; Mrs. o. L. Hiatt, 100;
Mrs Emma Clark, 100; Miss Grace
Garrison. 100: Mrs. c. Oler, 100; Mrs.
Tom Cain, 200; Mrs. VIII Conarroe,
200; Mrs. Ollie Murphy, 800: Miss
Dora PIERCE, 100; Mrs. Edna Replogle.
800; Mrs. Marsh Lindsey, 400; Mrs.
Ulysses Manning, 200; Mrs. Allie
Weyl, 200; Mrs. John Franklin, 200;
Mrs Harry Marshall, 200; Mrs. Gus
Weyl, 100; Mrs. Albert Weldy, 200:
Mrs. c. D. Hunnicutt, 200; Mrs. II.
oler, 200; Mrs. Louis Oler, 100; with
many more that have focks ranging
from 25 to rs. It will be seen by the
above figures that Economy will not
be looking for an egg famine this
year. While Miss Pearl Garrison,
Montpelier, was visiting here last
week, on one trip from Economy east
of town she found five four-leaf clover
leaves. Mrs Emma Clark is salts
fed that there is big money in poul-
try. By the last of this week she will
have sold 5000 worth of eggs and
young fries In the last twelve months
=. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cain spent
Wednesday afternoon in the City
Beautiful, Richmond Wednesday
afternoon two Richmond men dropped
in to have friendly chat with Nate
Edwards. They we're A. ]. Korthaus
and Kent Lemen. War news was
discussed without stint. -. Miss Ida
Lamb was out of the post office We'd
nesday and Miss Blanche Fenimore
worked In her place. f. George Barn
ard filed his silo Wednesday after
noon. He was the last man In this
part Of Indiana to do SO. AT the
country home of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Cain, south of Economy, a surprise
was given their daughter. Gertie, by
the L. U. B. church c. e. society,
Sugar Grove, Tuesday night 1t was
one Of the largest social events Of the
season. There were sixty-five people
in the bunch of surprisers with hearts
brimful of JOY and armloads Of good
wishes for the surprised one. Music,
recitations, games and buns and
pumpkin pie eating finished up the
evenings social. -. Bud Ladd, negro,
who resides near Losantville, was re
membered with surprise on his
birthday anniversary. :. A whole lit
ney load of E. H. s. pupils made
raid on Tom Gains cornf1eld Wednes-
day afternoon to pick seed corn.
There has been enough corn selected
and graded to plant Perry township
twice over the past few days =. VIII
Conarroe, the chicken man, hauled
two loads Of poultry to Greensboro
this Thursday and Friday, paying 10
and 20 cents pound. 1t is said that
history repeats itself about every
twenty years. Some twenty years
ago several farmers had their fodder
with the corn on, cut into short pieces
with big power cutting box and the
old method is going to be tried again
this fall by a few up to date farmers
-. Miss Vergie Stanley and Miss
VenBerlen, who visited Mrs. Howard
Stanley a few days the first of the
week, have returned to their homes
at Richmond. Lon and Nate Ed
wards have been patching the last
several days, and Wednesday evening,
Mr.. and Mra AL Barbar dropped in
with big basket of the best lunch,
which was made up Of peach and Gus
tard pie, apple sauce, cottage cheese,
peaches, apples and rose cake It
pays to batch when remembered with
such an outlay of eats. :. lard Den
ney and Ora Johnson have just finish
ed a log cutting contract for timber
men. They finished Wednesday,