The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-26
FLOUR FROM new
WHEAT TESTS OUT
WELL At MILLS
Elevators in County Overflow
ing-Lynn District Reports
Crop Slightly Short.
BY WILLIAM r. SANBoRN

BY WILLIAM r. sANsoRN
You should drop into a Wayne coun-
ty flour mill and ask the dusty miller
az to the quality of our wheat crop,
and regarding its content Of gluten, he
will tell you, as he told US, that the
wheat is rich in gluten and is making
choice flour.
1t Is dry and sound to begin with.
True, as was remarked at the Cham
pion Roller Mills, on Friday, it takes
more Sc pound wheat than it does So
or 62 pound wheat to make a barrel
of flour, but having taken out the
shr1veled berries, the quality remains
and the flour is all right. A test for
gluten was made at the Champion
mills on Friday. and we were shown
the very satisfactory results. This
test, Of course, Is a matter of every
day occurrence, with various wheats as
they come in at all large mills, at least
until the grade and class is ascer-
tanned
We have stated that there is a lot
of really good wheat coming to mar
ket, which Is, of course the simple
truth. There is also some which shows
blight. which hasn't Allied properly for
some reason, and we have noted that
here and there some long heads are
but half filed with grain. This oc-
ours in spots in every township.
While at the Champion mills on
Friday. they unloaded a wagon con-
tanning 60 pound wheat, of which they
have received considerable. They
stated, however, that their receipts,
80 far. have been largely Of Sc and
58 pound wheat. grown close to town,
and from two or three sides of 1t. A
56 pounds, 1t was said, and that is
true at all the elevators We have come
In touch with.
The Lynn district is noted for its
oats acreage, rather than of wheat, in
average years. This does not hold
good at this. time, for the oat acreage
was cut in favor of wheat. The crop,
however, is not holding up to its pro-
mise, so far as threshed, or at least
marketed. No record exceeding %
bushels or so pounds was obtained
at Lynn Friday, during our brief visit
to the town. John Duffy, Oscar Nc
Candless and John Orr are accredited
with bringing in a lot of the sixty
pound wheat, but Andrews and Har-
mons, Of the Lynn Elevator company,
had failed to learn the acreage har-
vested or the average number OF
bushels.
The capacity Of the elevator is 49,
600 and the receipts to date about
$4,000. The wheat is going to Balti-
more and Boston, as routed by the
Wheat Corporation, and is presumably
to be exported.
Jesse Birds farm, which is farmed
TIL Jc fnA wit
the biggest sale at the Lynn elevator,
Johnson's check covering 1900 bushels.
Wendell Cunningham marketed about
1000 bushels Of wheat which tested SO
pounds. Ira Johnson brought in $50
bushels Of similar grade.
Mr.. Andrews stated that all the good
wheat so far brought IN was of the
Pool red winter" variety, and that
they have some 900 bushels of the fin
est set away for seed AS but $4,000
bushels all told have yet been received
ct Lynn, there may be more flatter-
Ing story to tell later on.
Business Is Good.
Business Is very good at Lynn. The
Citizens Banking company reports an
increase in deposits and resources Of
$4,000. The J. B. Chenoweth Lum-
Der company reports business the
heaviest in ten years, with prospects
for considerable building this fall and
winter Very little credit is being
asked, they stated, as money is plenty
in both town and country
J. P. Showalter is building a fine
home, barn. garage, chicken houses,
etc, right in town.
Charles Mendenhall, of Economy, IS
another customer who is building an
entire new outfit on his farm at the
point" at the edge Of town. Ceeple
Thurston, living about three miles
west of Lynn. is also putting up an
entire new building plant on farm,
which has been subdivided. Every
building needed on such an acreage is
being provided in down-to-date style.
Car Shortage at Fountain City.
We were surprised on Friday at not
seeing a single grain wagon at the
Fountain City elevator, but the reason
was not far to seek. The elevator is
packed full to the roof and there were
no cars to be switched in at Friday
noon. So the phone stopped the haul
ing for the day. 1t was hoped that
some cars would be on track by Sat
urday morning, or at least for next
week This is certainly early in the
crop movement to run short on cars
but this is doubtless merely a local
condition.