The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-02
The Farm and Farmer.
BY WILLIAM r. SANRoRN -

The manager of the elevator at Cas-
tine, Ohio, remarks that a farmer
who doesn't like the present price of
oats, figures that it will now take 20
bushels of oats to buy a pair Of shoes.
The farmer is correct, and at 45c per
bushel he won't get very nifty pair
at that.
They have received but one car of
hard coal at Castine so far, but have
some soft coal in the bins. Farmers
have not been marketing grain since
! the last slump set in and it will take
some time to reconcile them to pres
ent lower prices. Most of them think
that another advance is due, and very
i shortly.
In the opinion Of the Liberty flour
mill folks, practically all corn in
Union county is safe from a light
frost, and the bulk of it is entirely out
Of danger. A little of the late planted
| is now at the silo stage and would be
| hurt by heavy frost at this time. The
| mill paid $3.50 for a little wheat on
| Friday but were only offering $215
on Saturday. They consider all grain
now too low and hope for some re-
| action to higher level.
I June Corn in Danger
Deu vi the Il6n Marin ele-
vator, says that no one is selling any
kind of grain, and are mostly amazed
at the sudden drop in prices. Had the
prices of two weeks ago been main
tanned there would still be fair re-
ceipts, as it is farmers are likely to
hold, 'as they all have money"
They have been lucky enough to get
! in 10 cars of hard coal at Glen Karn
this season, every pound of which has
been sold. some coming for it from
J almost as far north as Winchester
1t sold at SIS per ton. Coal Is hard
! to get, in fact it has been difficult to
| get any kind of soft coal of late, and
a recent car, costing $1115, and sold
for $12, was found two tons short
Some late corn is still in danger
from frost around Glen Karn. THE
drop in wheat will prevent many from
sowing intended acreage, now that the
fly-free date has come"
Has Volunteer Wheat.
Clark zimmerman, of Jacksonburg,
tells the county agent that he has a
field of volunteer wheat, which looks
as if regularly sown, and fears fly in.
festation. He was advised to work
this field till the volunteer crop is de.
stroyed and then to SOW. He says that
he has done a great deal of discing
but the wheat continued to grow.
Lack of hulling facilities to &c
aroand leaves a lot of clover seed still
unhulled in Harrison township. 1t is
also said that less wheat ha been, OF
will be sown this fall, on account oil
the recent slump in price. A number
; of men interviewed at the federation
meeting at Jacksonburg say they have
not near as many hogs on feed as they
had year ago. Corn has ripene6
well in that district and is practically
free from frost danger. A light frosr
, would benefit much of it,
i No Grain Offered.
. Earl Adamson, of the Lynn mill ant
elevator states that very little grair
is offered, but that trade was fair W
to the time the break set in. Farmer!
are inclined to hold everything, hop
! ing for higher market. They con
slider corn mostly out of danger, ex
cept some June planted fields Their
idea is, too, that grain had too much
of a break in the windup of the Sep
TENDER deliveries, and should be drag
, ging bottom.
Very Quiet at Straughn.
The manager of the elevator a
: Straugnn says that 1t is mighty quie
< and that farmers cannot understand
( the specula tive break. "They are no
inclined to sell bushel of anything
, and no one can blame them" sail
John Jackson. Some of our corn wa
: planted at various June dates an,
: most of this needs more sunshine t,
: properly mature, but little frost will
5 not hurt most of it. We are expectin;
couple of cars of soft coal in mex
) week. Anthracite has been hard t.
: get"