The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-14
By WILLIAM r. sANeoRN.

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The Seed Reporting Service at
Washington has found that We have
an ample supply of vegetable seeds
seeds was lifted on January /. No
export license will now be needed
for shipment to any Of the allied
countries.
Restrictions as to imports Of seed
have also been modified. In allotment
of cargo space preference will be Civ
en- to sugar beet, hairy vetch, grass,
clover, millet, lucerne, hemp and al
falfa seed Seed corn of all varieties
may be exported to Canada on permits.
The culture of soy beans is new
experiment in this vicinity, the first
ever harvested for seed being sown
in this section in 1918. The local
supply is limited. Glover seed is also
scarce, one dealer reporting only En-
glish clover for sale at this time.
Farmers are warned to buy only clean
and tested seed: it will cost less. be
more satisfactory and produce the best
crops for the least outlay per acre
sown.
AS to seed corn, prices will vary ma
terially, depending on local needs and
conditions. Wayne county raised its
premium crop last year and should be
self sufficient as to needs for spring
planting, but OF that there is no GER
tainty. The crop matured perfectly,
,, as rule.
High Cost Of Feeds.
With reference to the present high
cost and climbing tendency of all
feeds, o. G. Whelan stated today
that all mill feeds are now worth SIS
to $50 per ton, some Of them having
advanced better than $40 per ton since
December 21st He claims that Wayne
county farmers are lucky in being able
to buy right now at lower prices than
will replace present stocks. presum-
ably because feeds on hand were con.
tracted for before the latest advances.
The fact that one can buy corn
table products cheaper than he can
buy hominy feed for hogs is worth
especial consideration. We fail to re-
call like condition. The fact that
people tired of corn meal and corn
-four as substitutes. and that the de-
mand fell off instantly the ban on
use of patent -four was removed, ex-
plains the situation. Millers wish to
increase the sales of meal and corn
flour to the advantage Of the by-pro-
ducts, hence a stimulatingly low price
on these, by comparison. Hominy
feed will be out of market in sixty
days, is the prediction, and it is hard
to get right now, in the face Of ad-
vancing prices.
Oil Meal Out Of Sight. ~
Oil meal is selling at So per ton,
for SO per cent and Schumacher feed
at $55 in car lots, or $50 in retail
way. at this writing. What these will
bring tomorrow may be another story.
Hominy feed is worth about $40 per
ton sacked. There are no brewers
grains to fill in with, for no breweries
are in action. There is still little
germ meal to be had and doubtless
some will be imported. There are
grain callers here who anticipate 81
corn in the near future-but Of course
the man who differs with them may
be right. 1t is all a guess. Tankage
is quoted locally at 500 per ton for
so per cent grade. Cotton seed meal,
SO to S8 per cent protein, seems to be
the cheapest article in the feed list
at the moment, at $67 per ton for sup
ply on hand. Bran is worth $57 and
middlings $50 per ton, locally. Prices
may vary a shade either way, Of
CouIse, depending on STOCKS dealers
have on hand and when and how
bought, but in the main prices quoted
here will doubtless hold good
Scarcity Of Mich Cows Predicted.
A farmer informs the Palladium that
there is no money in keeping cows at
present prices of feeds and butterfat,
the latter at Is cents per pound, say
Consumers will wonder at this state
ment, perhaps. He says that the cost
Of labor and feed. the time and care
required and the everlasting work
dairy herd entails, entities dairyman
to more money for milk products. This
will lead to falling off in the number
Of cows kept and in output of milk,
in his view.
Possibly he is right. Again, as noted
in relation to probable future prices
for corn, he may not be a good euesser