The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-15

Ninety bushels of Calico" corn to
the acre is the record made by farm
er living on route 1 out of Campbells-
town. This farmer, n. E. Anderson, is
a Kentuckian. tins being his first year
at farming in this section. The calico
corn has red and white grains and was
so new to his farm neighbors that they
advised him to stick to the yellow
variety, as they doubted that his calico
seed would suit this section and most
likely prove failure.
Mr. Campbell states that he took a
chance on two acres, regardless; that
it produced 80 bushels to the acre and
was freer of rot and earwOrm damage
than was his yellow Ohio Seed crop,
moreover it was free from nubblns. A
man who saw the calico corn in the
crib tells us that it was as fine corn as
he has seen anywhere this season.
Will Meet in Richmond.
For the first time todate the country
agents will hold their monthly confer
ence in Richmond. The meeting will
be held in the county agents office in
the court house, where a whole lot OF
experiences will be ''swapped" for the
good of the order. The meeting Will
be held next Friday, the 18th.
Perry to Hold Farmfest.
The farm bureau folks of Perry
township have postponed their meet
! ing from the advertised date until
Monday evening, Nov. q. An oyster
supper is planned for at Economy, the
! capital city of the township, and the
/ occasion is to be a community farm
| fest" Each member is at liberty to
invite his friends and their families to
| be present The speaker of the even
| ing was formerly a professor living IN
Illinois, but now a resident Of Deca-
tur county, Indiana.
State Annual Meeting.
| The Indiana farm bureaus third an
nual meeting opens at the Masonic
! temple, indianapolis, Tuesday morn
! ing. Nov. IS. at 10 o'clock, with Presl-
dent Brown in the chair There will
be three sessions on Tuesday and two
On Wednesday, every one OF them
crammed full of matters of interest to
the Indiana farmer. so much so. in
deed, that the hall should overflow
with farm visitors. The hall is fairly
large, also centrally located.
i Farm Bureau ay at Big Show.
Wednesday, Nov. 80. has been
named as Farm Bureau day at the
Chicago International Live Stock
show. SO many farmers will be pres
ent every hour from opening TO clos
ing of the show that it is doubtful that
a visitor will note the difference in
the class of attendance, except as EN-
phasized by posters and programs. II
is a farmers show from start to fin
ish.
His Fertilizer Freight Bills
o. M. Thompson, implement man al
EIdorado, Ohio. was discussing freight
costs on Monday, when he produced
bill for freight on two cars of fertilizer
bought in Atlanta, Ga, last Septem
Der Each car contained 25 tons o
fertilizer in sacks and the freight bill
was $4496 so on the so tons.
Inasmuch as he sold this fertilizer
at $2136 per ton one can readily SCI
: how greatly the freight bill figured il
the cost. Mr.. Thompson said he haC
handled seven cars of this grade from
, Atlanta, last fall. and one of abou
same quality fro mColumbus, Georgia
A Notable Member.
The latest notable accession to farm
bureau membership is John c. Coo
idge, father of the viCe-president o
i our we'll known country. Mr.. Coolidg
lives at Plymouth, Vermont, and hi
card was issued by the Windsor cOun
ty farm bureau. Having a son oil
enough to be vice-president. and livinj
in town, it is presumed that the new
member is on the retired farmer list.
, Loans on Crbbed Corn.
;. The American farm bureau has beel
: investigating the practicability of stol
: ing surplus corn land financing it 70
= three years through the machinery o
8 the war finance corporation" says Nj
,. Bill, publicity man for the bureau
Most of Us can remember when cor
! was cribbed for miles along the raj