The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-02
A short time ago a feeder could buy

corn from MS nelSnDOTS dl oU " % |
cents a bushel In fact, whole lot
of corn changed hands at so cents. We
know of no farmer in Wayne COUNTY
who would sell his grandmother corn !
at that price just now, not even the |
| farmers who let go of few loads to |
| the elevators around half dollar, to
! get little tobacco money.
! The cause is not far to seek. The
| first reason is an advance of about So
per hundred on hogs. The next is the !
| condition of the growing corn IN TINS
section of Indiana. Feeders who have
| been picking up pigs are getting an
xious about corn. Taking it as .
whole there is still considerable old
| corn in this section. 1t has been
| held for better prices or for farm reed
! ing operations. There is lot OF OLD
| corn in the Milton district, we are
told, it being said that one farmer not
| far from that town has upwards OF
1000 bushels in his cribs. And there
are other spots, of course, where far11-
ers are pretty well supplied.
Expects a Fair Crop.
| Arthur Collins said on Tuesday that
| so far as could be determined chinch
bugs had done no damage on his
place. He admitted finding them Ill
| his corn fields and garden but thought
| his corn too far along now to be IN
i jured. The Collins neighborhood mas
had three fair rains within ten days,
and much of the corn in that district
has withstood the drouth, coming out
in good shape He is now figuring on
at least an average crop. The Collins
home lies a mile due east of Fountain
CITY and is within the radius favored
with more rain than most wayne
farms were blessed with in June and
/ Julv. A lot of thrifty red hogs were
noted on the Collins farm, an 1ndlca-
ton that this young farmer has a
market for his corn in his own tee1
lots.
The Farmers Tomatoes
1--WE have right smart of tomatoes
in our big garden, more than we cal
culate to eat and can" said the farm
er, as he dropped into chair in this
) office. You're a lucky man." was
tour rejoinder. How do you figure that
out?" asked the old man. DO you
suppose l can get 80 cents pound
for them, sech as wife and me seen
, them priced in the papers. II you DO
you are off on the wrong foot
, Have you tried to sell some to-
mdtOeS? we asked.
You bet your boots, we have. And
, say. How much do you think | got
for them Six cents pound and not
7 mite more. They was nice and
round and Just ripe enough to keep a
!. few days in any cool place. They're
II as good or better than town folks
! pay 80 cents for, as the papers tell
it, or | miss my guess. They wasn't
picked green and shipped hundreds
!. of miles. either"
3 A 10 to II Bushel Average
: One threshing outfit in New Gar
5 den township reports that most of its
wheat averaged from 10 to II bushels
per acre, with now and then one OF
Is bushels. C. H. Knoll, a member OF
the ring spoken of, threshed one field
: giving a % bushel yield, this being
the top for the township, so far as
!, we are yet advised. This was a large
: ring, with a farmer-owned rig, and
! the manager says that very few oats
: fields ran as high as 20 bushels.
: number of farmers marketed both
= wheat and oats at the Fountain City
elevator, direct from the machine.
Every Shower Helps
1--WE haven't had as much rain in
Boston township as has been reported
from some other sections" said Jesse
z Druley on Monday evening. A light
u rain was falling at that hour in Rich.
t mond and he expressed the hope that
n it would prove to be a general. old
: fashioned rain, which is so badly
s needed He said that the showers
which fell last week helped corn but
$ a real rain was needed down his way
= to insure a fair crop, and that late
e planted corn would be cut short with
out it. Mr.. Druley said that he hae
disposed of most of his fat hogs bu
had a goodly bunch of spring pigs
:! coming along.
n No Second Crop Glover.
With reference to pastures anC
h. second crop clover Mr.. Druley stated
:. that he knew of no green pastures
: nor of any prospects for second crop:
: of clover anywhere in this section
~ This MEANS" said he, that we shall
: have to import our clover seed from
- some more fortunate locality"
- Has 300 Head on Feed.
= Harold Jordan, progressive youn:
~ farmer who is farming the F. NJ
=, =, Boren place in New Garden township
y this year, seems to be in the no,
business right" having around 90
head on feed, also a lot of spring pig
to come along later. Mr. Jordan il
backing his faith in the great Amer
Y lean hog by the purchase of consider
ID able corn just now. He has quite
b. large acreage of corn in and will hav,
mighty good use for all he may harper
u to raise this dry year. His corn il
Id reported as making a good showing
"a so far.
" Hogs at the State Fair.
The showing of hogs at the stat,
IL fair this year is expected to be TIN
Of largest ever made in Indiana. 1t woul,
IL be hopeless to try to hold prize con
It, tests in each breed each day, so MI
Is Phillips has set aside a day for eacl
I'd breed. With the pig clubs disposed o