The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-08
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

We confess to feeling of disappoint-
ment after reading the figures sent
out from Washington relating to the
loans made to farmers and stockmen
by the war finance corporation, to
date. 1t was not until August oath
that congress authorized the billion
dollar loan and in the two and one
half months intervening, $22,663,00O
has been loaned
That is a whole lot of money. you
say, and so it is. But consider that this
sum has been spread over nineteen
states. Also consider that The Equity
of st. Paul had SIS, 100000 of this sum
placed to its credit, 10 be drawn on as
needed and as security is provided in
the form of grain, on which the Equity
is permitted to make advances. This
lis to assist in holding or marketing
the grain.
Deducting this vast sum leaves less
than $8,000,000 so far loaned to other
interests, according to estimates up to
last Friday, and as reported to Wash
lngton. The report says: The eighty
two advances range from few thous-
and dollars up to one of S15,00O,O00 to
@ ~ OPC4lL1fe dSSOCldlIOu, cue.
A Credit is Set Up.
Washington explains that when
loans are made to co operative assoc
iations; "A credit is set up which
can be drawn against, as need arises
but when advances are made to banks
and financial institutions the cash loan
is made at once"
The satisfactory part of the whole
i- MIC nf T.
available and the finance corporation
is in position TO distribute these loans
as fast as called on to do so. Many
more millions are likely to be loaned
before the year ends.
Orderly Live Stock Marketing.
The orderly marketing committee of
the committee OF IS are all ready to
report their plan to the ratification
conference at Chicago. on Thursday,
Nov. 10. The chairman of this com
mittee, A. Sykes, of Ida Grove, Iowa,
is chairman Of the Corn Belt Meat
Producers association, and a well-in-
formed man in relation to this subject
In his opinion:
orderly marketing can best be
brought about through the co-opera-
tive selling agencies developed to such
point that they may direct the flow
of live stock TO the market.
las the plans for orderly marketing
develop it will be necessary to take in
to consideration not only the flow of
live stock to the market but also the
distribution of meat and by-products
in an orderly manner through the va
riOus channels of trade"
Regarding Picric Acid.
This nOuprfI11 pyn1OSivp
satisfactory in the clearance of stumpy
land and its cost is very reasonable.
AS surplus war material the only
charge for it is the actual cost of dry
ing, packing and freight. 1t is shipped
only in car lots and then distributed
by the local farm bureau, Grange or
Equity, etc. We were under the i'm
preston that the supply was pretty
vices just received state that there
are still more than 100000 pounds
available, at Sparta Wisconsin. and
at Fort Wingate, New Mexico That
quantity is ample to blow a state off
the map.
Essential to Layers.
The one most important fact for all
farm poultry keepers is that egg pro-
duCtiOn is determined directly by the
kind and amount of feed given and
that in order to insure heavy laying
the hens must be fed their grain reg
ularly and must have dry mash con-
available. Moreover this dry
mash must contain animal protein in
some such form as commercial meat
scrap or tankage if the birds are to
lay profitably, unless enough milk is
available to give the hens all the milk
they will drink every day.
The Boy Who Sticks.
Too much concern about the boy
who leaves the farm, and not enough
concern about the one who stays on,
and often unequipped, was
the theme of an address delivered by