The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-07
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Charles Weadick announces that /
Webster township farmers who have
rebates due on their fertilizer pay
ments will receive checks at the farm |
bureau meeting to be held at the Web |
ster township school buildings on
Thursday evening, September S. Re
CARELESS of this being silo filling time
the officials hope for a large attend.
ance on Thursday night Farmers
are invited to be present, whether
they have rebate checks coming, or
otherwise. Come out and meet the
boys, anyway says Mr.. Weadick.
He also says that he has dandy
crop of tobacco on his four-acre plot,
and has about two-thirds of it cut
and in the drying shed. Corn is look
ing much better in the Webster sec
ton than could have been hoped for
during the dry spell and is rapidly be
coming safe from frost
The manager of the Milton Grain
| company says that there are a num-
| Der of silos being filled around Milton
and Bentonville and that most own
ers of silos are likely to fill them as
usual, although there will be compare
| lively fewer head of live stock to
/
says that he personally knows of no
new silos added during the summer.
The demand for coal is small said
| he, although we are of the opinion
that this is the time to lay in sup
plies. 1t would have been still bet
ter for the farmers if they had placed
| their orders few weeks earlier.
AS a matter of fact, country eleva-
tor men are not looking for cheaper
coal at the mines, nor for any lmme-
date reduction in freight rates. With
an increasing demand and the pres
sure for cold weather deliveries,
neither mine owners nor railroads are
likely to reduce prices.
Ohio Has 100000 Members.
A letter received from the American
farm bureau headquarters at Chicago,
on Tuesday, states that: Every
county in Ohio has a farm bureau or
eanized on a $40 membership basis
The Ohio farm bureau federation now
has total of nearly 100000 mem
bers."
AS that means a payment in dues or
a million dollars annually, and as the
subscriptions have mostly been taken
for three years, it is evident that the
Ohio farmers have no intention OF
going out of business, regardless of
low prices. This million dollars an
nually means a much greater outlay
now, than ii would have at the time
of peak prices.
, But that isn't all of the story. Hot
campaigns for members are being
pushed nearly all the time. Preble
county recently added about 200 mem
. bers and is now paying more than
$4,000 per year into the farm bureau
state and local pools. This gives the
various officials ample funds for the
work of the county organization, both
educational and otherwise. We are
only paying s. per year in Indiana in
dues, 81 of which go to the state head
quarters for state-broad purposes.
Still Another Committee.
The Natinoal fruit marketing confer
ence recently authorized the president
of the American farm bureau to ap
point committee of q members, tc
be as truly representative as possible
of the various fruit growers organiza
tons This committee has now beer
selected and the name of Prof Laurenz
Greene, of Lafayette, Ind. is found in
the list. w. F. Farnsworth, of Water
: vile, Ohio. and c. +. burst, of Chicago
: are also among the selections named
: In our opinion the fruit marketing
committees have larger job, and one
=. covering a much wider territory. thar
have the grain committee of seven
teen. The conservation of fruits, anC
the widest distribution OH an equablt
a basis so as to prevent both gluts anC
. famine spots will require a lot of SOUND
. | common sense and executive skill, thi