The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-16
By WILLIAM r. sANBoRN

BY WILLIAM r. SANBoRN
Recent rains. some of which were
quite general over Wayne county, and
numerous showers which have spotted
| the landscape. have delayed threshing,
and this work has but fairly begun.
There Is one large threshing ring, east
| Of Fountain City and along the Arba
pike, for instance, for which not
single acre has yet been threshed.
| Curtis McMahan, who will do this
threshing, hopes to get started early
next week.
But enough threshing has been done
| in different parts Of the county to
! show that the wheat crop is far from
realizing expectations, although there
| is much good wheat and many fair
yields will be recorded. The promise
was so brilliant and the straw so heavy
that the average field looked like 80
bushels or better" that it is a disap-
pointment to harvest but IS to 20
bushels where SO much more was
expected.
Will Bond, of Fountain City. who
has been threshing for three days, re-
ports the following results. The far
mers in the Fountain City vicinity
whose wheat has been threshed are:
Emery Lewis, Clarence Boren, Lester
Wright, John McMinn, Arch Knight,
and Frank Longfellow. Mr.. Bond
states that these six had about 1874
acres Of wheat and that 2,340 bushels
we're garnered; little over II bushels
per acre. Bond reports that he has
at least two weeks threshing ahead
and that some of the wheat looks
mighty good and will far exceed this
average.
Pests Work In Crop.
All sorts of pests have been work
ing in wheat, to hear the farmer tell
it. There was some blight, joint
worms, minute green worms which
attacked the grain in the milk and
caused it to shrivel. and many other
destroyers. But there Is lot of good
grain at that, and straw in thousands
of tons. And therein lies the disap.
pointment; the straw indicated a won
derful harvest.
Will Lewis, Of Williamsburg, says
that but little has been thrasheo
around that town, and that the result
has been most unsatisfactory to mum
Der of growers, in one or two in
stances running as low as II to l:
bushels. and up to IS. Mr.. Lewis
claims that there is undoubtedly som,
very good wheat in his section ant
that the few crops threshed are no
| to be taken as a criterion for tn,
whole acreage.
y Ralph Druly, living east of Kitchell
said some of the farmers down hi
4 way had harvested over q bushels O
\ good wheat, So pounds and up, an.
= named William Mass and George Ga
= vim as being among those that foI
. tunate. Not all in that vicinity viii
i, reach that average, though some ar
if expected to do much better.
!; There was enough straw to ind
J. cate 80 bushels down our way" sal
e Druly, and we were very sanguin
!. of extra large yields for some acre
v. ages. Not great deal of threshin
!. has yet been done. owing to rains
IT The Curtis Mcmahon threshing ou
Y, fit reports a IA acre field owned b
John Coltraine, as running 231
e bushels of choice, plump grain. Co
;e traine lives in the Fountain City dis
b trict.
Averages IS Bushels
Considerabl thresning has bee
done between Richmond and Cente
vile and along the National roa|
+ Arthur Curme reports yield Of 6S
bushels on so acres, little over 2
bushels to the acre, while Harmo
- Woke reports an average OF
~ bushels on two fields totaling 3S acre
- facing the National road. John Hav
~ ley, living southwest of town report
:, an average of 20 bushels. Fran
y Jones reports that on his newly pu
y chased farm north of Bethel, hi
" wheat made 20 bushels which, b.
~ ~ cause 1t was so thinly sown, was
v pleasant surprise. Mr.. Jones report
that Roscoe Coughlin, with about 1C
~ acres to thresh, had reported %
.. bushels from the machine.
Is Record Of % Bushels.
- While claims of 80 bushels an acr
=. have been made, we have not so fa
g verified any such reports, thong
-. doubtless such record will be pro-
>. ably exceeded when all returns are Il
- Horace Hunt, near Webster, holds til
record so far as we know at this wri
ing, his field testing sixty pounds an
- running % bushels.
Three Charles figure in some GOO
reports. Charles Papaw and Charlie
) Mikesell, living north Of Whitewate
4. report "a bushels testing so pound
n. on quite large acreage, while Charlie
~ Stigleman, of Boston township, r
-. ports a little better than Fl bushe
O. stretch OF road that Is not OF II
h, oei = wheas; ~ loohs as r ann
IN township will exceed 20-bushel ave
q age, for none has been reported ru
~. ming under that figure, out of at lea
~ a dozen returns from the machines
Charles Carpenter, of the Richmor
Roller Mills, informed the writer t
day that fully so per cent of the whe:
so far received, around 10000 bushel
say, has tested Number 1 and 2, wi
ar some Number and a fraction of IL
re total running lower. This refiec
he conditions at the Champion Roll
e. Mills also, where a considerable pc
re tion Of the wheat received has gra
re ed 1 and 2.
es- w. L. McGaw, living south on Il
al Liberty pike, has cause for feeling di