The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-08
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn


A farmer who has been holding the
chinch bug line bravely for several
days, on two Center township farms,
says that a small remnant have
crossed it, at one point, that they are
climbing the corn and taking note OF
the size of the field. These are barely
getting started, are all in small
radius and he was in town to get
little black leaf 40 and small hand
sprayer, with which to knock them
off their perches. We told Mr.. Poland
that he was probably on the right
track, and that the mixture that Pur-
due has been recommending would do
the work
The story of the fight on the bugs
has been told in this paper from day
to day, with the various 'prescrip-
tons" for treatment, ETC., all duly set
forth. Moreover, the circular letter
mailed out from the office of the coun-
ty agent gave all available information
and advice for the war on this pest.
This letter, with printed matter, was
sent to 1000 farm bureau members, by
Mr.. Fred Tilton, who has been active
IN county agents work during Mr..
Dolans absence. The county agent
will be on the job on Monday, July
18th, after returning from his wedding
trip. He will be warmly welcomed.
and this without any reference to
weather conditions.
Are Simply Ornamental.
! We are beginning to wonder about
sheep. Who is going to pay freight
or truckage on them so that city folks
can eat mutton. Just think of it. In
dianapolis quoted common to medium
sheep at so cents to 81 per hundred
weight on Thursday, and good to
choice light sheep" at only 81 to So
per hundred pounds. Isn't that the
limit? Isn't that actually giving them
away? 1t surely is.
If you are fond of seeing a lot of
'woolies" roaming over the place, eat.
ing the grass and killing off the weeds,
we'll and good. AS an ornamental
landscape proposition sheep may have
a place in the scheme of farming, but
as profitable producers of mutton and
wool, sheep are back numbers. Spring
lambs are down to IS to SO for the
very best and you can still get around
IS for choice yearlings.
Paying S1.o5 at Glen karn.
I'VE have taken in very little wheat
as yet" said Ben Richards, of the
Glen Karn elevator, land are paying
$1.05 for No. 2, against s1.02 on Wed
nesday. Our wheat is testing mostly
from 81 to SO pounds, so far" Mr.
Richards said that at least one croI
of oats would be harvested on FRIDAY
and that it was about time for an
other rain on corn. There has been ;
little more rain in the Glen Karn anC
: williamsburg section than at some
other points near Richmond. Mr.
! Richards said he considered s105 /;
! bit high for wheat, but was managin:
to pay it anyway, although this wa
little out of line with prices paid 70
spot grain at market centers.
Eldorado, the High Spot
:, They seem to be paying NOR
J.. money for wheat at the EldoradC
! Ohio, elevators than at any othe
point in the Richmond district, at thi
writing. E. V. Mcclure, elevatormar
tells US that he has taken in 100
? bushels of wheat, so far, and has VI
wards of 10000 bushels more pul
chased for July delivery. What
> he paying? Well, he reports s110 TO
, So pound wheat or better. Mr. NJ
Clure says he made sales contract
some time ago, when wheat wa
. bringing much more money than
:. can be sold for today, and that farm
. ers are reaping the benefit. His ide
is that wheat is running around !
bushels at Eldorado, is in good cond
', ton, mostly running from So to a
> high as 81 pounds. in some instances
Corn soon will suffer. if no rain al
. pears, and is beginning tosshow tina
. it is getting thirsty. Now and thel
. said Mr.. Mcclure a wheat field wi
Il show about 20 bushel yield, but sue
! fields are few.
- Reported From Hagerstown
. 1--WE have but one threshing ring
{ this district" is the report from tn
elevator at Hagerstown," and whes
has hardly begun to come in. Farm
ers have been mighty busy, are still
i" and the oats harvest is at hand On
farmer will cut his oats this afternoon
we are told, and others soon will 70
low. From the demand for coal frol
threshers right now we expect thresI
y ing to be pretty general next weel
d if weather permits. Farmers are cor
h planning that corn needs rain. o.
r price on wheat today is 81 for No. 2
+. Wheat S1.o5 at Milton
The manager of the Milton Grai
m company said on Thursday evenir
. that wheat was rolling in at all thrt
i of their stations and that they ha
a. been paying s1.05 all day. I'VE CO
sidSr this little more than the pre-
ent market warrants" said he, "b
are paying it regardless" Asked
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