The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-22
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The farmer was away off in the
field when the phone rang, and the
lady of the manor responded. is Mr.,
so-and-So at homer" was our question.
Hes on the place, yes; but he's away
/ out in the corn"
! Then Mrs. Farmer in the most cheer
/ full tone imaginable said, in answer TO
our inquiry. We've had two just
/ lovely rains"
Just lovely rains" Doesn't that ex-
/ press it? 1t does, gentlemen, it does.
The western farmer will be inter
ested in noting how the eastern whole
! sale prices of meats compare with
what he receives for his live stock
Quoting from the government Weekly
/ Marketgram. and covering current
prices on meats on Friday. June IL,
we find that:
The trend of eastern wholesale
fresh meat prices was downward dur
ing the past week. Beef 81 lower,
veal, mutton and pork loins, steady to
81 lower. Lamb was the weakest spot
on the market; declines ranging IS to
S6 per 100 lbs. June 18th prices good
grade meats: Beck S14.50 to $3.50;
veal, s16 to SIS; lamb. $50 to $23;
mutton, SO to SIS; light pork loins,
SO to $23; heavy loins, SIS to SIS"
One Farmers Problem
Not being sure of our ground we are
asking your opinion. You see it's
this way This is a question a War
rem county farmer asked R. a. Camp
bell, of Richmond. a few days ago. Mr..
Campbell was pirouting around the
country, reducing the gasoline supply
T0la g
ures of country life, how the crops
were faring and discovering how in
the world farmers manage to keep
busy while things are growing.
Mr.. Campbell isn't exactly strang
er to farm life. He admits that man
who is farming for results can find a
little something to do almost every
day He also has on occasion owned
few country elevators and now
whenever he passes one, is inclined to
stop and chat bit, does time permit
In crossing Warren county farmer
was discovered in the heart of a corn
field, raising a cloud of dust. II was
tidy looking place. A pleasant, well
shaded home adorned the scene. The
= painting motor slowed down under the
! shade of d roadside tree, S the farm
2 er neared the fence. After few pre-
= liminaries relating to the. League o.
f Nations or some other vital topic the
/ question of the hour came up, one
S that many farmers everywhere are
= asking.
2 Who Owns the Farm
In due course the farmer was asked
e if he owned the farm?
f Well. stranger" said the farmer
j that question should be easy to an
. swer. but somehow it isn't. My wifi
: says we do own it, but l doubt it
q whole lot
e Did you buy the place." quot
Campbell
IL Il sure thought l did. l even pait
k $4,000 cash to clinch possession, blu
5 that's no sign l am the owner Sc
/. that big house over yonder.? Well, tn
). man who lives there sold me thi
$ place. Got my $4,000 out'n the ban.
and still has it, fairs l know. On to
e of that he has a mortgage for Sl4
J. 600, DRAWN purity good interest"
# Last fall paid $3.50 fer seed whea
/ and $500 for fertilizer. My whea
amt much to brag about, and mayb
I'll get a dollar a bushel for it, or
mite more. Time l pay for harves
help, feed and pay the threshing crew
9 etcetera. where do I come out? How
much money do I get out of the GRO
y for time and labor? Mighty little. An
/ it amt mine at that. it belongs to tn
e wise old grayhead in the big house
L, He know'd when it was time TO sci
u Lots more old-timers like him aroun
S here, stranger. They got the cash W
N younger men had, and likewise the
X got the mortgages. Many of US bougt
k at the top OF the boom; l old. Their
was the days when wheat was dea
y and corn brought real money. Hog
h. and cattle was high, too, and ever.
10 thing was lovely.
ID This is why don't know where II
" at, nor where I may finally land. b
y. as to this being my farm, l doubt