The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-23
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Three different chats with three
elevator men on Monday evening de-
veloped the fact that there was
difference of 10 cents per bushel in
their range of prices. One man quoted
number two wheat at 81; the second
man said s105. and the third said: we
took in a little wheat today and paid
s1.10 for it"
The low spot was the Farmers
Equity Elevator at New Paris. John
W. Noakes, the manager, was not
present to answer our call, but the
man who did reply gave US 81 as their
bid price on the day. A few miles
farther east at New Madison, F. ]. Roy
er. manager of the elevator at that
point, stated that they had bought
wheat on Monday at S11o. The Farm
ers' National Grain company, with
elevators at Boston, Kitchell, and
Fountain City, and now operating the
elevator of the Champion Flour Mill
in Richmond, admitting cutting their
bid price to S1.05 at the five points
where they are now operating, in this
section.
Present low prices are not likely to
draw grain out of store. Men who
stored their wheat when much better
prices ruled will hardly consider this
good time to sell. Many of the
, largest grain handlers in the country
agree with them in this opinion. In
! fact there is an important element talk
/ ing much higher prices long before the
next wheat crop is in sight.
Coal Business Slow.
| New Madison reports the finest
prospect for a banner corn crop in a
long time, if frost holds off. The
elevator at that point supplies the bulk
of the coal for the town and country
side but say that orders for fall and
winter coal are not yet being placed
except in limited way
| Oldest Farm Bureau Member.
| Ohio is now claiming the honor of
enrolling the oldest member of the
farm bureau in America. This vener
able old man is c. T. Templeton, OF
Lawrence county, who was 100 years
old on June II, 1921. He has both a
son and a grandson, who are members
Of the same county bureau.
Hundred Bushel Corn Soil.
Samples of the soil in all Ohio farm
fields on which 100 bushels of corr
per acre were grown in 1920 will be
collected by the Ohio state university
this fall. The soil will be analysed tc
see in what it differs from ordinary
farm soils in the different vicinities
and to learn if these soils have certain
characteristics the other soils lack
Ben Puterbaugh and A. Noggle, two
Darke county farmers, were recently
visited by Robert Dustman, soils spec
ialist, who took samples from theil
100-bushel fields
Club Live Stock at GreenviIIe.
! Darke county is presenting the re
suits of its greatest year in schoo
Ichildren's club work at the Greenville
fair this week. There are 90 calves
IS Poland China hogs, sc pigs in ths
fat pig contest: % pigs in the Chester
White exhibit; also IS Durocs and 10.
Spotted Poland Hogs in the variou:
show rings. In brief about 200 boys
and girls are making an exhibit of 33.
pigs and % calves, quite a stock show
in itself. The club leaders and the
county agent are alone aware of tht
amount of work this showing stand!
for.
The Committee of II.
The president of the American Farm
Bureau has now appointed commit
tee of eleven to be known as tn,
National Dairy Marketing Committee
Each member of this new committe,
is practical and important man in hi
lime, many being officials of the var