The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-29
The Farm and Farmer

hight now they are paying $3.50
per hundred weight for corn, which is
about 81 cents per bushel, at New
Madison, and were bidding S2.15 for
wheat on Tuesday and As cents for
oats. One load of wheat came in last
Saturday for which they paid $500.
Elevator folks tell us that while
there is still corn in the lowlands
that would be hurt by frost, much Of
their corn is out of danger, and that
some whose corn ripened early are
now shocking it. Silo filling crews
have been very busy and this work is
now pretty well along.
1t is said that most of the tobacco
is now hanging, but that some were
in such a hurry to be sure to escape
frost, that they cut it little too green.
Several inquiries came in to this
department Tuesday evening, asking
as to the danger of frost during the
night, some Of these from folks who
still have green vegetables in their
gardens, particularly third crop sweet
corn. The heavy rain on Monday,
followed by the chilly atmosphere of
Tuesday morning, had a rather dis
quieting effect.
Rush and Fayette Corn Late
A young man whose father farms
| along the Rush and Fayette county
| line said on Tuesday "a lot of farmers
are scared over that way because their
corn is still green, and shows little
sign of ripening They have never
had such an experience. l looked over
many fields on my trip and examined
lot of corn last Sunday, which was
still in the milk. They must have
! planted late maturing seed, or else
| pla 1afa in tho AT
any rate farmers are hoping that frost
will stay off for another two or three
weeks"
Corn Safe at Greensboro
| Wade Kennedy, of the Greensboro
elevator, is optimistic as to the frost
free condition Of nearly all the corn in
his section. "The past two weeks of
fine weather worked wonders in our
corn fields" said he, "and l believe it
! is nearly all out of the way of an or
binary frost We haven't bought any
wheat since we were able to pay $40
and no one seems inclined to sell at
present prices. Farmers have been
rushing silo filling and are now pretty
well through"
Mr. Kennedy says the fact that the
farmers lost their old seed varieties in
1917 was a misfortune and largely &C
counts for the lateness of much of the
corn crop in this section of Indiana.
! The old seed was acclimated while a
whole lot Of the seed since sown is
not. Asked with reference to the
wool which was pooled he said he was
told at the last report that it had not
all been assorted, and that there was
no market worth while on which to
offer it.
Tuesdays Poultry CuIling.
Considerable interest was shown in
the poultry culling exhibits on Tues
day, more than 100 being in attendance
at the meetings. Nor were they pres
ent from idle curiosity, as the results
showed, but because they wanted to
learn how to pick the drones from
their f1ocks of layers. A few Rich
mond parties phoned the writer asking
Just where and at what hours the cul-
ling was to be done, so as to not miss
seeing the work.
The morning was given over to E.
4. Kinsinger flock, north of Pershing,
and the afternoon to Andrew KerberS
birds, south of Milton. The demon
stration was made by Prof. Carrick, of
Purdue, and vas witnessed by County
Agent Dolan, and by Forest Campbell
the new county agent at Liberty Many
we'll up in this work and all present
were given an opportunity to pick
their chicken and give judgment on it,
before passing it to Prof. Carrick, who
either confirmed or ruled against
them, explaining just why.
Treated Seed Wheat.
J. L. Dolan, Wayne county agent,
gave the hot water treatment to ten or
twelve bushels of seed wheat at the
Clark Grow farm, six miles south on
the Liberty pike, on Monday. This
wheat will be sown exclusively for
seed purposes and the crop will be
kept for 1921 planting. A number Of
Mr.. Crows neighbors were present to
see the process.
"In the first place" said MI Dolan,
"the wheat is soaked in cold water for
5 hours. 1t is then immersed in water
at 12O degrees for one minute, then
taken out and plunged into water at
129 degrees for ten minutes. 1t is
very important that these temper
atures are right and reliable Their
mometers must be used. Temperatures
that were too low would not kill the
disease germ and too high temper
atures would cook the grain, so far as
its growth is concerned
Will Meet at Jacksonburg.
The farmers of Harrison township
are to meet at Jacksonburg on Thurs
day night, at which time the county
agent will address them. All farmers,
whether members of the farm fedora
ton or not. are cordially invited, to-
lgether with their families. An inter
esting meeting is promised.
| Live Stock Statistics.
A batch of live stock statistical
blanks has been received, and 1900
will be mailed to farmers within the
next few days. These report blanks
are very simply framed and are de-
signed to give farm federation head
quarters at Indianapolis the exact
status of live stock affairs. as near as
may be. The county agent requests
that these blanks be filled out promptly
and mailed back to indianapolis. No
postage is required and the work is
important to the live stock mark otin e