The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-24
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

They began cutting wheat at Reid
ston on Thursday, taking the fields
on the north side of the National
road first. Reidston has quite a
large wheat acreage this year, four or
five fields in all, each in sight of the
traveller going that way
The wheat in several fields between
Richmond and Centerville is now in I
shock, and other yellowing fields will
be cut within a week. Here and there !
the wheat headed short but often
shows considerable grain. In spots |
there is an average amount of straw. !
A drive as far west as Pershing on
Thursday, showed all kinds of pros
pective crops, these varying from
farm to farm
West of Centerville wheat promises
to average better than between Cen
terville and Richmond, but there are
spots along the way which are mighty
thin and some wheat that is weedy.
They began harvesting at the county
farm on Thursday morning. Indica-
lions are nothing to brag of, but the
test will come at the threshing The
stand is fairly heavy. Link Schroy has
i his wheat in shock. Eugene Long,
west of Jackson park. has large field
all cluttered with business-like shocks
and is likely to have considerable
grain. This may be said of several
| fields, but not of all by a long shot.
| There are some thin grassy fields
! just east of Heisers Station.
! Good Wheat Near PennviIIe.
| They have had plenty of rain around
! Pennville and on west 10 Pershing
and beyond. Some cornfields in the
Pennville area showed wet feet on
! Thursday, and all fields showed the eff
| fects OF recent rains. The cashier of
| the Jackson township bank at Perish
! ing. said that they had a fine rain last
| Saturday, some on Sunday evening,
: and quite a downpour on Tuesday.
! Business at the bank was said to be
good.
At the Farmers elevator at Perish
ing, it was said that no wheat had
been taken in lately, and mighty little
corn, the elevator being, in fact,
cleaned out They had car of an
thracite on track and a good assert
ment of soft coal. They were selling
Kentucky and West Virginia Goals at
IS to $3.50 and Pocahontas at $1,000,
and are in shape to supply coal for
threshing crews without delay.
The Growing Corn.
Every cornfield shows the beneficial
effects of recent rains, and in some
instances show almost amazing growth
in past 10 days, regardless of when
= planted There is some good corn
: along the National road west OF
Straughn, and the farther west the
. better, indicating more rain and earl
2 Ter than fell close around Richmond
But if you care to see corn chin high
go south to Milton and Connersville
along the pike. Just outside of Mil
ton along the river on bit of bottom
land, can be seen the first field o.
corn planted in that section this year
The corn is on the Martin Brown
place. now farmed by A. B. Hylton. l
! you pass that way stop and look at it
it will be worth while 1t is the tall
est corn seen in 80 mile trip. is clear
! and of sturdy growth But as mat
Y ter of fact, whether planted late o.
S early, corn is now showing vigorou!
growth and good color.
North of Milton, Clark Favcett ha
= two large fields of bearded" whea
l. which promise both straw and grain
= Thursdays drive was the number O
6 tractors seen pulling binders.
: South of Milton one runs into
!, Il mighty good corn country, but like tn
u balance of this section. wheat i
- spotted, but whole lot of it was pu
= in between Milton and Connersville
u last fall. Probably one-third of III
wheat in that district will be in shoe
by Saturday evening and the balanc
will all likely be cut the coming weel
i Have Large Wheat Acreage.
u The Ely brothers are large lanC
n owners along the Connersville an
l. Pennville pike. They have four c
r, five large fields of wheat on thei
d farms, none of which had been cut u
-e to Thursday evening, so far as obser'
ed. There is some thrifty lookin
t. corn on their places. A lot of it wi
r. go into the silos.
a Clyde Leverton lives on the roa
n, running southwest from Heiser
Station. Mr. Leverton has one so acr
Or and one 80 acre field in wheat, and h
w tackled the largest field on Thursda
It. He set the big field down as fart
rs mlddlin" proposition. Benton WHSLE
or a brother-in-laW. also has an adioinin
III field to follow in cutting, which is
d, the same class. A high wind damage
trees near the Leverton place durin
the storm on Tuesday afternoon, son
of them being blown down. but TO
tunately no roads were blocked
Il The Bank at Milton.
bo In a brief chat with C. V Pitma
~, cashier of the Washington Townsh
81 Bank at Milton, on Thursday, Mr.. p
-, man stated that the business of Il
~. bank was very gratifying, and W;
Va marked by continuous growth in d
-. posits. From S200SS.S3 on Janua
ar 81 they had grown to s42.119.49 {
N May p, at which time their asse
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