The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-21

September has been an ideal month
for the ripening of even the very lat
est corn. And that some fields need
ed September showers and sunshine
is still apparent, in places. We know
of one Center township farmer who
has all his early planted corn in shock
and still has two fields of late planted
corn, one of which an investigation on
Sunday showed to be still lin the
milk" 1t was so dry that one of these
fields did not show through until four
weeks after planting. This field will
be cut for the silo during the coming
week
w B. Barton. who disposed of his
PAT acre farm near Whitewater some
months ago and thus came into pos
session of the elevator and subsidiary
buildings at Ridgeville. was at the old
home farm on Tuesday. where his son
Kenneth still resides Barton and Son
are to have a sale of their registered
Aberdeen Angus cattle. registered
Percherons, etc, early in October The
fact that |. J. Mills and Son, former
owners of the Ridgeville properly.
have decided to take possession early
in November. instead of the coming
March, also makes a general farm
sale necessary at this time.
Business Has Been Fair
Mr.. Barton states that his grain and
! coal business has been all that. could
have been expected this season, the
wheat crop running as good in the
1 Ridgeville neighborhood as in any dis
| trict in this section of Indiana. His
| son Kenneth's plans for the coming
winter have not yet been made.
New Members by Townships.
! The state farm bureau solicitors
who have completed their work in
| Preble county, did good job while al
| it. A new enrolment of 275 members
brought the total up TO 1,242 County
Agent Turner gives the result of tho
canvas by townships as follows:
Dixon. ID; Jefferson. 80; Lanier, 3St
] Washington, So: Somers, %; Israel
| IS; Gratis, 81; Twin, 80; Monroe, 25i
/ Jackson, Is; Harrison, 0; Casper, II.
The solicitors worked under thu
| direction of the township chairmen
and also received help from interested
! farmers as occasion offered
Miami Valley Milk Farmers.
/ The milk producers of a number o
Miami valley counties met in Dayton
recently to plan some sort Of an or
ganization through which to marke
their product. The merits of the differ
ent forms of such associations wa
discussed, and it was decided that TIL
debt limitation should be $25,00 an,
that the membership fee be fixed a
$50. Papers of incorporation wer
signed and a board of trustees appoint
ed, said board to meet at he farr
bureau headquarters at Dayton, o.
Friday. September %. The trustee
are empowered to market the milk il
any manner they may see fit, eXcep
that they are not to go into the di:
tributing business at this time
Lard and Heavy Hogs.
The demand for lard always affect
/, the demand for heavy or lard typ
hogs. 1t explains why the differenc
in price of heavies and lights com
, closer together when lard is movin
, freely into consumption, and in expol
, channels. Government inspections {
, packing plants in July showed an on
! put of 131 ,511 900 pounds. The Angus
lard inspection reports have not W
: been given out.
, Some Seed Wheat Left.
The car of seed wheat ordered f.
Preble county has been sold and di
tributed, with the exception of abo,
: IS bushels of Trumbell wheat, whic