The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-13
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

A man having 1000 bushels OF OLD
and new corn in his cribs ana VINO
isn't offering any of it for sale, must
have faith in corn. the more partleu-
larly so when he isn't feeding either
hogs or cattle In fact A. w. SWAIN,
of Economy, who dropped IN on Us Oh
Monday. said he had not fed hogs IN
several years, but had made IL RUE
to raise about 100 acres OF corn an
nually for market. He is wiling, ne
said to let the other fellow do the
feeding, and many feeders up MS way
have come to him for grain year after
year Mr.. Swain says he sun mas
about 400 bushels to gather but was
letting younger men finish the Jop.
Another Of Mr.. SWANS ideas is to
raise no wheat, at least not next year
We understand, further, that he hasn't
been growing wheat of late, as ne sala
that oats, clover and corn made up his
rotation. His corn is the old south-
ern calico" variety which he has
been growing for several years. HE
states that it has heavy, stubby roots
and resists drouth better than any va
riety grown in this section, so far as
he is aware.
Raises Glover Seed.
There is too little in growing
wheat" said Mr.. Swain" at least 1t IS
| too low, and at any rate | have found
| clover seed a more profitable crop.
One year l averaged seven bushels OF
seed to the acre and sold my crop at
| $40 per bushel, or at the rate OF sl4O
per acre. Mr.. and Mrs. Swain are in
+: CO, h,-;a -ta TThiln Mrs
Swain is under the care of a physician
| 1t is MI SWANS opinion that as corn
| and hogs are not on a parity IN the
country that corn is due for higher
prices, as he does not believe that hogs
are to sell at lower levels this win
ter. There is a shortage OF hogs,
said he land this will be more appar
ent later on
Directory Announced
/ John G. Brown, of Monon, president
of the Indiana state farm bureau, has
been appointed a member of the frs
directory of the National Live Stocf
Producers association. The appoint
ment was made by the executive com
mittee of the American farm bureau
to carry out the work planned by the
committee of Is, which spent nearly
a year in framing up the plan
The committee of nine members
represents nine states. Ohio is rep
resented by Harry G. Beale of Mt
Sterling; Illinois by c. A. Ewing, o
Decatur, and Iowa by E. H. Cunning
ham of Des Moines. Other states
having members in the directory are
West Virginia, Kansas, Colorado
Idaho and Texas. The American farm
bureau has authorized an apprOpria
ton to begin the active work of thu
directory and will furnish office spac,
to facilitate the preliminary work.
Alfalfa Seed Growers Exchange.
They are growing so much alfalf;
seed in South Dakota that it has beel
) deemed wise to organize an alfalfi
seed growers exchange. This ha
been done in cooperative way ant
the new exchange is quoting aIfalf
seed in carlots and in smaller lots t.
the heads of state farm bureaus an
marketing committees in variou
states.
National Club Organization.
1t is reported from farm bureau
headquarters at Chicago that a tenta
tive national organization of boys an,
girls clubs was effected during tn
holding of the International, by tn
most representative body of club mem
bers ever assembled Twenty-si
states were represented, II of whicl
elected delegates, who in turn nom
mated and elected officers Helen s
Noxon, of North Dakota, was electe
secretarytreasurer
Planning to Double Membership.
The department of organization 0
the American farm bureau is plar
ming to double farm bureau member
ship by Jan. l, 1924. Charles E. Cur
nells, manager of the department
says it can be done
Sixty Thousand Hogs.
1t was somewhat surprising to not
the receipt of 10000 hogs at Chfcag
on Monday, in view of the packins
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