The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-31

The amount of damage done to corn
by second brood chinch bugs cannot be
estimated at this time There are
bugs in many corn field of which the
farmer is not yet aware. This was the
case with couple of Center township
farmers who, up to last Saturday, had
given little thought to possible chlnch
! bug damage, having escaped with but
light infestation and no noticeable
damage last spring.
An inspection of one large field last
| Sunday showed some corn stalks
| literally black with bugs around the
! lower leaves. At the same time other
nearby stalks showed no traces of in
| festation The true test of the damage
from sucking the sap from the stalks
will come at the time of husking. 1t
is felt, however, that the second brood
found the corn so husky and fibrous
that no essential damage could then
be done. Let us hope that this has
! generally proven true.
No Complaint at kitcheIl.
A phone call TO the manager Of the
elevator at Kitchell on Wednesday
morning ELECTED the reply that no
farmers doing business at that point
had made any complaint as to chinch
bug damage to corn, since early in the
summer. No particular damage was
reported at that time, although some
wheat fields showed the effects of in
festation at harvest time. Asked as to
fall blowing the elevator man said that
he believed that it had been mostly
; done, as most of the wheat is to be
!, planted in corn, after the "fy-free'
date. No wheat has come in at Kitchel
in the past few days, and farmers are
holding corn for better prices, and fol
l feeding.
From Fountain City.
H. NJ. Hockett, of Fountain City, re
ports taking in a little wheat on Tues
; day, for which s1.07 was paid. H,
3 stated that feeders are bidding 63 o
4 GA cents for corn against So and s.
: cents in Cincinnati, and this preclude,
i his buying and shipping. Mr.. Hocket
stated that the chinch bug infestatiol
was not bad up his way, and that farm
ers had expressed no anxiety as t
the outcome of standing corn. H
= reported that considerable fall pillow
! ing was done after the last good rain
Their Silos are Filled.
The first man to fill a silo in Wayn
v county. this season, is Joseph King
e of Center township, with Porter Pix
p running not very close second. Nj
d King filled his silo on WEDNESDAY
I August "a. Mr.. Pike did the same 10
on Tuesday, August 80. This is GU
d record on silo filling at this writing
# and If we are wrong we shall be gla
$ to hear from those we may have ovel
= looked.
AGEQ6 n hue
70 Porter Pike put into his silo. he state
: that he hadn't noticed any bugs, no
O. had any who helped on the Job spoke
of the bugs. He thought possibly hi
\ corn was so poor that it was no tenn
II tation to bugs anyway" We trow no
r. for Porter had some pretty good lool
ing corn when we last saw it.
% indianapolis Wood Prices.
ar OF course you have no wool to sci
for practically all Wayne and Prebl
county f1eeces have been sold c
pooled. This goes, in fact, for all tn
wool in this entire district. But whs
We started to talk about is the pric
y of wool at Indianapolis, as quoted b
lie the Daily News. Here you are fello
N sheepmen, here you are: "Indianapol
a wool dealers are bidding Is cents fl
o. No. 1 and 10 cents for rejected
III Uncle Sam to Sell Wool.
lie Uncle Sam still has a lot of VOC
mostly foreign, and will put up abo,
i'll 100000 pounds at Boston on Thur
lie day, September s. The lot will CO..
IN sist of about 1000 900 pounds of pulle
il wool, about 100000 pounds of Sout
a. American combing wool, more tina
100000 pounds of South America
lcarding wool, $4,000 pounds of we
0lcoast wool and 100000 pounds
secured wool
Heaviest Wheat Exports.
> This closing day of August will 81
he more wheat exported from the Unite
er States than in any single month in o,
at export history. The actual clearanc,
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