The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-09
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Dealers in farm implements tell US
that indications favor the sowing OF
the usual wheat acreage this fall; also
that as much fertilizer will be used as
in average years, and that the regular
dealers will sell the bulk of 1T.
And the reason for this is clearly
apparent. The co-operatives, with
their marketing committees IN the
various states, have no means OF ex-
tending credits. We remember the
action of the Indiana state marketing
committee, for example, and OF the
| letters sent out from headquarters, IN
| sisting that with an order for every
car of fertilizer must come bank
draft. or a letter of credit from bank,
insuring us immediate payment on ar
rival of the car"
/ This naturally squeezed many farm
ers last fall, and with present low
prices for all grains, cheap hogs, and
with cattle on an almost donation
basis for the common kinds, it is still
harder to finance fertilizer, or any
| thing else. this fall. The result IS
| that much of the business handled
| through the marketing committee last
season. has reverted once more to the
dealers and agents. This does not
mean that our farm elevators are not
/ doing some fertilizer business, for they
are.
One Dealers Sells SO Carloads.
One Richmond implement man who
handles a popular line of fertillZers
said on Friday, that he had sold 81
! cars so far this summer, that y cars
had been delivered with most OF the
others on the way, and orders belne
hooked daily. He cited one case
where he had sold a single car las1
fall and has already sold six cars tc
the same little community this year
He also said that Williamsburg ha6
purchased Is cars of fertilizer this veal
against 6 or cars at the most in the
i fall of 1920. 1t VS. his opinion ina
he had sold at least so percent of thu
Williamsburg supply of fertilizer 10
1921, that other Richmond men NAT
sold a share, and that the federatlol
folks will furnish two, or posslol.
: three cars, of the total.
Fertilizer Prices Reduced.
In a discussion of prices and com
: parison of costs one year ago TIL:
week. this dealer said: MY books
show that we got s42 per ton last fall
while today l am booking orders
$50 per ton. All fertilizers are lowe
than they were Il months ago, o
course, but l am speaking only for tn
brand we handle, as to exact price.
Will kll.Fili Silos.
A little earlier in the season Their
was some doubt as to the number o
: silos that would be filed this fall, o
: rather as to the number that woul'
not be filed, principally because o
. fewer cattle to be fed in the Richmond
radius, so many having cleaned u
their herds and taken their losses.
!, We recall two different elevator mer
one in the southern, the other in tn
northern district of Wayne, who flgul
ed three weeks ago that possibly one
third of the silos in their section
would not be filled this fall. Thes
predictions are not holding good, 70
it seems as if every silo will be filled
!, as usual In our phone calls to farm
;. ers we have yet to locate a single sill
owner who intends to leave it empt
this fall Silo filling is now tn
"chore" of the day.
Bought Six SiIos.
} It is a fact, however, that very fey
new silos have been erected in Wayn
this year. Conditions have d1scoul
,aged that sort of an investment, bu
; these conditions are rapidly changin
! and we shall be able to make a diffel
Y ent report next year, no doubt. In
little talk with Frank Jones, the latte
; stated that he had bought six silos thi
summer, from men who were retirin
> or quitting feeding. He said, moreove
: that he had instant demand for thes
u silos, which were taken down and n
L erected on other farms. He said, tot
that he could have sold a half doze
! more silos, had they been available
7, q know of but one silo in this count
= which will not be filed this fall" sal
Mr.. Jones The owner is living
! Richmond and is offering his farm fC
II sale, which explains the empty silo
thir case said he.
;" Some 6o-Bushel Corn.
F. H. Gross, a young Franklin tow,
ship farmer, says that he has 40 acre