The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-18
RAINS DOING GOOD
OR NOT? FARMERS
BELIEVE THEY ARE
By WILLIAM r. sANeoRN.

Have we had too much rain this
spring? The question is answered
variously by different men. 1t depends
largely on the point of view, what the
farmer has in the ground and how far
advanced he is with his planting Men
who have a large acreage of corn to
go in, and especially where the ground
has not been broken, are growing res
tive, but taken from every angle, the
concensus of opinion is that we have
needed these rains to soak the soil,
and that it is a certainty that wheat,
oats, clover and all pastures have
been greatly benefited. With the
sunshine and high temperatures the
stuff will actually jump out of the
ground" as one farmer sees it.
All Right at Liberty.
Sharles D. Johnson, cashier of the
Union National bank at Liberty, is
very optimistic on the weather. mo
one has lost courage down this way,
he says, on account Of little extra
rainfall. 1t certainly has benefited
wheat, oats, clover and pastures in
general True, our farmers are some
what delayed in corn planting, but
one-third of the corn is already in"
AT the worst late spring usually
means a late fall and we haven't be
gun to worry obout corn as yet.
think there is ample time for a ban
ner crop. Wheat, oats and grass are
already showing the benefit of these
late rains"
A Voice From Dublin.
In reply to the question, ARE the
farmers complaining of too much
rain?" R. S. Hiatt, cashier of the
bank at Dublin said: We'll, to tell
the truth, some of them are grumbling
| a little, especially those who want to
finish corn planting, and particularly
those who haven't all corn ground
| Hlowed, these being in the minority"
"a few got into their corn ground
J early; others had other work to do
first and these are now in a hurry
to get done with corn. We haven't
had rain enough to hurt; in fact every
drop has benefited pastures, newly
! soWn clover, wheat and oats. All of
these are improving from day to day"
Winchester Well Wetted Down
Farmers are complaining Of too
much rain" according to Harry Smith,
cashier of the Randolph county bank
at Winchester. "All farm work has
been delayed more or less by rains all
spring. We had a heavy rain here
Monday, some during the night and a
| little more this morning. This has put
! back corn planting for perhaps a
week. Farmers have utilized every
minute of sunshine but are late with
their work, regardless"
yes, wheat, oats and all grasses
! have been benefited. No serious
harm has been done by too much
water but all are anxious now to get
spring planting out of the way, though
there is still all the time needed tc
raise good corn crop"
Conditions Around Williamsburg
The First National bank folks al
, Williamsburg say: These rains are
beneficial. They have done an i'm
mense amount of good Wheat, oats
and grass all show it. True, some
men are complaining that they want q
few days of sunshine to finish corr
planting, but for that there is still
time"
Corn planting had just. we'll start
ed when Mondays rain began. Mos
of the ground is ready and a part OF
the crop is now in, but only a little o.
it. If this rain is followed by some
bright warm weather, there will be nc
cause for farmers to complain of late
ness of season. Most of them look a
it that way
Cambridge City Rain Report.
The officials of the Wayne Trust
company at Cambridge City say thai
no farmers have thus far complained
of the rain doubling up their work
that is to say none have told of having
corn ground ready that has been rain
beaten and had to be worked over the
second time. 1t is their opinion that
no rain damage has occurred. except
that corn planting has been delayed
John Hazelrigg, manager of the Cam
| bridge City elevator, says that the
rains "Have wonderfully benefited
pastures, clover. wheat and oats
There can be no doubt of that At the