The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-07
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The members of the Washington
township farm federation will meet at
Milton on Wednesday evening, and
will be addressed by E. F. Murphy, the
new county agent, who will give an
outline of the intended scope of his
work in. the upbuilding of Wayne
county's agricultural interests.
Mr.. Murphy will ask his audience
how he can best serve them, individ
ually and collectively, and as to their
needs and wishes in regard to his
services. Federation meetings are
said to be we'll attended at Milton, and
to be always interesting, and large
attendance is anticipated All farm
ers are invited.
Clifford Keene. president of the
New Garden farm federation, reports
membership of between 60 and
TO- He says that many Of the mem
bers are at work on the cooperative
elevator proposition just now and that
as soon as that is closed up there will
be called meeting at which the work
ing committee will report.
With reference TO the loss of early
pigs he said it was quite severe, many
farmers losing the bulk of the Febru-
airy farrowings. AS to wheat in New
Garden township he reports that the
wheat sown from September 2Sth on,
promises crops worth saving but for
that sown earlier the outlook is very
dubious. He has about 20 acres that
looks fairly good, but has plowed up
3 acres of the early SOWn and seeded
the land to oats.
Some Good Wheat in Webster.
we are not doing much in farm
federation work just now" said presi-
cent A L. Baldwin. of Webster town.
ship. Our next regular meeting is set
for June and Of these we have four a
year, with special meetings as desired,
at the call Of the chair" Webster
township has an enrolment Of so men,
bers at this time and a drive is
planned after the rush of farm work is
over, or If not after harvest, then the
canvass will be pushed next fall,
Mr.. Baldwin reports quite heavy
losses of February pigs but says most
of the March farrowings survive and
that there has been little if any loss OF
spring lambs.
There are but few flocks Of sheep
in the township now. as a number Of
fiocks were ruined by dogs last fall"
as Mr. Baldwin states. Much Of the
late sown wheat in the township will
probably be harvested but the land
sown to wheat early will be devoted to
oats or corn, the fly having killed the
most of it.
Family Homestead Since 1914.
The Gaar Eliason farm Of 220 acres,
in Center township, has been in the
family for 106 years. The place was
originally settled by Gaar's GRANDPA
Their, Joshua Eliason, in 1914, and his
father, Thomas c. Eliason, now in his
SD year, was born on the place in
/ 1886 This interesting statement was
made by Gaar Eliason on Wednesday,
who also said that his grandfather
secured all the land SO long known
as the Eliason tract from the govern
! ment, when Wayne county was in the
wilderness.
The Eliasons came here from North
! Carolina in 1914. There was a large
family of children and as these mar.
ried and settled down an additional
eighty or quarter section was pur-
chased, until the "Eliason settlement
covered a lot of land.
Mr.. Eliason says that: after being
in the family for more than 100 years
they had recently decided that the old
home farm was entitled to a name, to
| distinguish it from the Eliason lands
which have been sold, and so we have