The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-13
Is BUSHELS To
ACRE IN wheat
YIELD FOR FARM
William Dorgan Gets Good
Yield From S. Acres-Nol-
ans Fork Crop Poor.
By WILLIAM r. sANaoRN-

A fifty-five acre field Of wheat which
threshes out 25 bushels OF choice
grain per acre, Is entitled to honor.
able mention In Wayne county thresh-
ing annals for 1919
William Dorgan, living on the Tom
Commit farm, southwest of White.
water, broke all records for the VIII.
liam T. Bond threshing outfit this
year, s above. Bond lives at Foun-
tain City and has furnished a COM
plete record Of acreage and bushels
to date. covering sixteen days thresh-
Ing for two separate rings" He
says that while some small fields ex-
ceeded 25 bushels no single field of
anywhere near SIS acres averaged quite
SO high as the Dorgan crop in his
threshing this season; and best of
all. this wheat was of fine quality"
Including the Dorgan run, total Of
672 acres, owned by q farmers and
producing 1877 bushels, were
threshed. This makes an average of
10 bushels per acre, a large percent
age of which was good milling wheat,
although there was some light wheat
In spots Owing to Overlooking eleva-
tors Mr. Dorgan was unable to market
all his wheat from the thresher and
that half of his crop remains to be
sold for seed, because Of its quality.
Several Of Dorgan's neighbors have al
ready purchased a lot of it for seed
ing.
Oats Run IS to SO Bushels.
A few Of the farmers belonging to
the Bond threshing rings will thresh
from stack or in their barns later
Just now he is threshing oats, and re-
ports runs of from 25 to so bushels
per acre, the average being around 80
bushels and the quality fair.
The following farmers comprised
the rings and garnered wheat as fol
lows: J. P. Parish. $50 bushels; Will
Thorntown, 524 VIM. Brooks, 422;
Geo. showalter, 524 Atwood Pitts
PAS; Howard Reynolds, 200; Emery
Lewis. 22s; Clarence Bowen, 362;
Lester Wright, 453; John McMann
1C9; Clarence Pentland, 290; Arch
knight, 400; Frank Longfellow, 500;
Chas. Buroker. GIT; Floyd Brown
4S6; ]. ]. Murphy, 260; Ben Parshall
1852; L. L Hinshaw, SO7; Donald
Baines. 35S; Dan Boyer, 1914; Geo
Rothermel, AS; August Kuhn. 1888;
Chas. Knoll, 435; Carey Radford, ESQ
Fred Brown, $50, and Will Dorgan
1875 bushels.
Nolansfork Yield Poor.
William H. Dynes, Of Centerville
who has done considerable threshins
in the Nolan's Fork district, says tina,
the yields were disappointing, and thai
he recalls but one instance in which
the crop averaged % bushels to the
acre, while a lot ran as low as /;
bushels
Owing to the fact that the straw
was very heavy and the yields light
he claims that threshers made les:
money at ten cents this year than a
! eight cents per bushel last season
He paid his men S. per day. and al
! supplies cost more.
The wear and tear comes from
running the straw through" sale
Dynes, land if the wheat isn't there
1t doesn't measure out in the run L
pay for the extra time in threshins
out the heavy straw"
Dynes said that so far as he knew
every Wayne county thresher carried
compensation insurance, principal,
in the State Brotherhood of the thresh
ing fraternity. Many threshers were
arrested and fined in this state las
year for not carrying insurance t
cover possible accident to employees.
Still Short Of Cars.
The fact that cars are still unob
tainable in sufficient quantity to han
die the crop is hampering the nor
NAL movement of wheat, and much O
it is being sacked or stored in tempo
rary bins, to more convenien
season.
The Richmond elevators are full ant
this is also true as to local storage II
outside towns. Until a few days agt
it was not necessary to obtain a per
NIT to ship wheat to Cincinnati, bu
it is today. In fact, no buyer can shiI
wheat to any point without a govern
ment permit, even If there is plent.
of cars in which to load.
Charles Carpenter Of the Richmond
Roller Mills. reported a single ca
loaded out on Tuesday. a full elevator
and $4,000 bushels Of wheat in tn,