The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-27
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The price of No. 2 wheat in Rich
mond has been pegged at s1.10 for
several days, and this is about the rul-
ing price over a wide local radius.
In a report of a little cha. with
Arthur McMahan, thresherman of Gen.
terville. in Tuesdays issue the state
ment quoted: THAT l should have had
at least 5000 bushels, to have let me
out with a small profit" should have
read ia, 900 bushels
Center township farmers are billed
to meet at Centerville, on Monday
night. August 1, for the transaction of
routine business. The fall fertilizer
and winter coal problems are likely to
get some attention.
The Wayne County Live Stock as
ISOLATION will meet at the town hall In
Centerville on Wednesday evening,
July 81, with the view of closing up
matters in relation to the fall live
stock show Every farmer interested
is invited to be present. This is a
community affair of general interest.
Streams Out of Their Banks.
A phone report from Eldorado, O.,
at o'clock Tuesday afternoon was to
| the effect that Eve have now had all
| the rain needed" This town and
vicinity had a good rain on Monday
afternoon, which helped lot. But
Elmer kimmell told us that they had
down pour beginning at noon on
Tuesday, which lasted an hour or
more and that for twenty minutes OF
that time the water fell in sheets" He
said that the little streams were out
of their banks, and that the water
gates on his place had been washed
out. This storm apparently covered a
considerable section of Preble county
No Rain Near State Line.
| In trying to locate the western edge
of Mondays rain to the east of Wayne
county we called up Stephen Kuth
Mr. Kuth had a threshing outfit busy
on the place just then and although
There was a light sprinkle" it was not
enough TO stop machine operations, we
were told Nor did the rain storm
of Tuesday reach the Kuth place. We
understand that the Kuth wheat
threshed out a fair crop, comparative
,,ly speaking, but the acreage was
small.
Threshing Returns Light.
1 Theodore Crist, thresherman of Mil
of the wheat and oats output in the
Milton district to which his operation!
were confined He states that a II t.
II bushel average for wheat would b.
fair estimate, some of it running a
low as SO pounds, but considerabl,
more of it going Sc to 81. The to-
, yield in his rings as he recalled wa
17k bushels. AS to oats, these he sal
ran from as low as Is up to 20 bushel
per acre and the crops were mostl
light for lack of rain at the time of TIL
fill. He said that his rig was throug
for the season. Rain is needed TO
: corn and pastures.
Walter Petrey, of West Manchester
says that he still has a field crop o
two to finish, and later there will b
several barn jobs to thresh. He ais
!. has few crops of oats to take care o.
Both wheat and oats are running ligh
, no really good crops being threshe
: this season.
Report From EIdorado.
"The best crop threshed in my tw
rings averaged 1919 bushels" sal
. Elmer Kimmel, of Eldorado on Wee
!. nesday. Mr.. Kimmell said he was a
: through, including oats. except for
= few barn dressings to come alon
: later. He estimated the averag
! wheat yield in his area at IL bushel
and of oats not over 10 bushels pc
acre. The best field of oats ran onl
% bushels of light grain. Most of til
!, wheat was of fair milling quality, b
:, said. Mr. kimmell estimated that til
:, bulk of his wheat was already marke
!, ed, except for the holding of seed graf
i and the grain in the barns for late
: threshing
Record Wheat Receipts
= A Kansas City telegram relating
!. wheat receipts at Kansas City {
: Monday, 1888 cars. said that this W;
# the record in the history of that ma
q ket Farmers are selling wheat
4 pay off their loans" said the wir