The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-20
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Our farmers will have observed
that in the late downward trend OF
prices for wheat, corn and oats, our
local buying prices have held steady.
Each of these grains have been selling
at unchanged figures for quite long
time.
Bowen Brothers, at Crete, Ind, have
just completed a 36x40 building Tor
the handling of feed, seeds, ETC., and
have installed both corn shelter ana
feed grinder for the benefit Of their
farm trade.
Eggs are dearer in Richmond, owing
to scarcity of fresh receipts from
farm flocks. Local merchants advan-
ced their buying price to so cents per
dozen, on Wednesday, the highest
figure in many months.
To Let the Bill Ride
President Griffin, of the Chicago
Board of Trade, says that there IS
no basis for the rumor that the board
was preparing to attack the constitu-
tionality of the Capper-Tincher bill.
He said that such procedure would
be against the best interests OF the
exchange
The Best and Only
An old farmers daughter-in-lav, llV-
ing in town, was intent on buying a
family dishwashing machine, if one
of suitable size could be purchased.
On discussing this idea with the old
man he remarked: 81 kin remember
the time when the best and only dish
washing machine I knowed anything
oh he Of Ell
An we had mighty nice clean dishes
at that, Marjorie" she changed the
subject.
The Lowest Of the Year
When strike news and other I'M
/ favorable influence dropped the bot
| tom out of the market on Tuesday,
wheat struck the low of the year, also
| in several years. At the low OF S1.O5
| for December and $1,000 for May
both were off 10 cents from Monday S
i high spot. Regardless of future con
ditions there is now an excess of sup
! plies, compared with cash demand
! Winnipeg, the principal speculative
! Canadian point, has been receiving
! tremendous amounts of wheat, SO much
| so that its former high premiums have
| been lost and that market is now
| about on a parity with Chicago, on
! spring wheat.
| Bad as was the break In grains on
| Tuesday, more followed on Wednes
! day, when December wheat touched
! s103A and May a flat s108 at the
low. In ordinary circumstances
quick rebound from Tuesdays 10 cent
break could have been counted on fol
Wednesday morning. The late break
in corn and oats is trifling, compared
with wheat.
A Pessimistic Governor.
| Governor n. E. Kendall, of Iowa, ad
dressed conference of governors and
industrial commissioners from -four
middle-western states at Des MoineS
on Tuesday. The conference was
called to devise measures for the re
lief of farmers and the consideration
of the unemployment problems of tho
people of that territory. The governo!
was most pessimistic, and said, il
part:
ut is common knowledge that dur
ing the years 1920 and 1921 the farm
ers of the Mississippi valley have
prosecuted their enterprise at a sub
stantial loss, and the consequence ha,
been that everywhere in the grar
i belt, agriculture is paralyzed, business
is stagnant and idleness general. al
fare agreed that something must b.
done without delay to relieve a situa
ton that prefigures bankruptcy, bu
nobody has evolved a concrete pro
gram through which relief can be OBJ
tanned Immediately"
One-Fourth Were SIackers.
Complete returns have been receiv
ed as to the culling demonstration.
made in 20 Ohio counties during the
summer. These show that these were
held on 2.34S farms, were witnessed
by nearly $4,000 persons, and tina
about 100000 hens were involved. Ac
cording to the returns: can even 2.
per cent of the hens culled were sold
at large cash return, and a grea
saving in feeding costs Of the flocks.