The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-01
The Farm and
The Farmer
By William r. Sanborn

If you lived in Montana and raised
a whole lot of fine alfalfa you would
do as many farmers in that state are
doing-keep the hay at home. at least
all that couldn't be sold locally. And
this applies largely to the Black Hills
section in South Dakota.
Cause why, seq YOU
Because that hay isn't bringing the
cost of loading and freight and COM
mission charges at destination, that
is to say as far west as Minneapolis
and Missouri river points, just now:
not allowing the grower a copper cent
for the hay. Consider for a moment
the fact that alfalfa has been bringing
according TO supply and quality. from
SO to $50 per ton in Minneapolis. of
late; then consider that the lowest
freight rate from the most easterly
Montana point to Minneapolis is about
S11.50 per ton, and from western Mon
tana points the rate runs as high as
s18 per ton, over quite wide area.
The Black Hills country is in similar
fix at Kansas City. St. Joseph or Oma-
ha, and there you are, gentlemen;
there you are again
No need to inquire further why the
farmers out in the woody northwest are
lCtllhS SliolSc Iol. vi why " Z
have miles upon miles of idle freight
cars in the country. Not that these
cars are rusting on switches because
the reason that there are too many
commodities of which the same is
/ true.
Action on Curtis Bill.
The senate committee on banking
and currency has reported out the Cur
tbs bill. This bill will permit the
paying Of 51a per cent on farm mort
gage bonds but limits the interest
charge to the borrower to per cent,
which is the present rate.
The emergency tariff bill provides
duties on more than 80 products. also
compensatory duties on articles man.
ufactured from them. The bill en-
powers the government to enforce pen
alties to prevent the dumping of for
eign-made goods and continues the
wartime control of importations OF
dye stuffs.
Are 100 Per Cent Organized.
Among the 100 per cent organized
farm bureau states we note the names
OF Ohio. Indiana. and New Hampshire
entirely different commonwealth
We can imagine that twenty farmers
in each county of New Hampshire
could effectively organize that state
that is to say would form the nucle
of bureau activities and growth in the
rural districts OF that cotton-mill state
Mighty little farming, as farming is
understood in the west, is done il
New Hampshire. To be 100 per cen
organized means that there is at leas
one farm bureau group in every count!
in the state. Snph
however, have more than enough mem
bers to make up full list of count!
officers. with handful OF Just mem
bers" to act as privates in carryin:
on the work. 1t is a fact, however
that we know of no such slender farm
groups in this state. The county mem
bership rolls are usually substantial
and hundreds of dollars and mucl
time has been spent in many countie
in rolling up creditable membership
list. This is the usual meaning of
membership drive" engineered b,
salary and expense" solicitors an,
, leaders, assisted by local farmers VIII
donate their time and autos to tn
, campaign.
Checked Decline In Hogs.
The persistent decline in hogs whic
{ set in on Monday, May %, was halte
on Saturday May %, when the AVE
r rage" price for the day moved up t
$3.50, against 1855 on Saturday, Ma
J 81. This $3.50 price on last Saturda
compared with S1455 on the sam
date in 1920. This advance was col
tinued on Tuesday, at Chicago, whe
top of $500 was made on high
butchers, against a top of $7.S5 o
Saturday last.