The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-11-16
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The longest drawnout chore on the
corn belt is that of shredding. There
is a whole lot of it now being done i'll
this section and it seems that every
rig is still in action Shredding is 4
neighborhood operation in which all
the ring take a hand. The attendance
at farm sales on fine fall days has
been affected by this passion for
shredding, also the men who prefer
husking load or two of corn to al
tending a sale have been noticeable
for their absence.
1t is expected that 500 boys and
girls of pig and calf club fame, all be
ing prize winners, will be favored by
reception given in their honor at
farm bureau headquarters in Chicago.
on Tuesday afternoon, November Z9
That evening they will be given :
free show in a Chicago theatre, where
Spring Valley" and The Homestead,
two farm pictures, will be shown. The
farm bureau now has a film service
and these are the two original farm
scene pictures so far produced.
Interest Rates Lowered
The war finance corporation has re
duced its rate to banks to 51a per
cent on loans carrying a renewal priv
iIege and to per cent on six months
loans without the privilege of renewal
These reductions" says Herbert
Hoover, mean that business recovery
is on the way"
The Chicago federal reserve bank
has cut its rediscount rate to 5 per
cent, while New York, Boston and
Philadelphia are down TO Az per cent
on rediscounts.
The Poultry Census
If we accept the 1920 poultry census
figures as correct the total value OF
the chickens on our farms at the date
of the census was $349, 9,50s,867, against
$140,193129 in 1910. If the census
enumerators found all those chickens
we may be sure that there were a few
millions which they did not discover
which may be counted in for good
measure.
But taking the census figures at
their face value, remember that they
only include farm f1ocks, and that back
! lot chickens. of which there are in
dustrious millions, are not listed. The
number of these cannot even be guess
ed at. Chickens are everywhere out
side the large cities, in fact there are
often many more chickens in one
small country village than there are
people in the township.
High Prices for Hens
In comparing the value of our chick
ems in 1920 with the valuation given
for 1910 we must not forget the high
average price of all poultry one yeaI
ago, as compared with 1910. Plenty
of hens sold around 81 at farm sales
in Wayne county last year, anything
that wore feathers and was big enough
to be visible, brought 81 at a chicken
sale during the high time And we
all remember when eggs were only foI
the profiteers, so high their cost.
Greatest Poultry States
The census shows Iowa to be the
first poultry state with 27,746,510
chickens; Illinois ranks next with
25,120,643. Chickens bring more
money in Illinois, being closer to the
large markets. Illinois is first in
geese with 1875, 500; Missouri is second
and Arkansas ranks third Texas
leads in turkey production with ATS,
600 while Iowa ranks first in ducks
with 235,000. Pennsylvania is the
champion pigeon state with 100000
Chicago Live Stock
When hogs took an average drop of
30 cents on Monday at Chicago an
other new low point was established,
comparing with the low in December
1915, in which month the average
price worked down to $613. Cattle
ruled very uneven, and the receipts.