The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23
BY William r. Sanborn

The drive for corn and cash for the
Near East Relief is under way to a
limited degree in Wayne county at
this time, pending the close of the
membership campaign. One thing at
a time has been the motto of the farm
bureau officials, wishing not only to
hold the membership intact, but to in
crease it, after which effective relief
work can more easily be done.
Perry township was early in the
field and while we are not yet advised
as to number of bushels donated, or
of the amount of cash so far provided,
we understand that the drive was
success. Work is now being done in
Clay township and a beginning has
been made in Washington Center
will begin its campaign after its meet
ing on January 2. and it is expected
that all the townships will be in action
for this great charity, early in the new
year. Mrs. A. w. Roach says that
wherever any solicitation has been
done the farmers seem eager to help,
and are impressed with the great need
of the famine stricken in Bible lands.
This was the tenor of early reports,
| she said
| Wayne's quota of corn according to
! state allotment is three carloads, but
! there is no limit set on this donation.
! AS much more as we can afford to
| give will be very acceptable.
Reported From Green's Fork.
! The manager of the Green's Fork
| elevator reports that he has taken in
some gift corn and had paid cash for
! it, the cash being turned over to the
| proper township representatives. He
said they were getting in some corn,
not a great deal, however, as farmers
haven't much corn to spare, and that
they were paying As cents for 40
pounds of a first class article. A little
wheat is coming in and they are pay
| ing S1.10 for No. 2.
Same Story From HacerstoWn.
Reports from the Hagerstown mill
is to the effect that donations of relief
corn have been paid for in cash. and
that the amount so far contributed has
not been large. 1t was stated, too,
that they were getting little corn
= but only enough to supply the retail
trade.
No gift corn has been rendered the
elevator at Fountain City thus far
and this is true of several other points
, The manager says they have been able
to buy some corn at 40 cents, and are
paying $1.10 for wheat. There is very
little doing in grain" said he, but oul
coal business is fair.
Charles Carpenter, of the Richmond
roller mill, said that wheat was still
. dribbling in and that they were pay
. ing S1.15, as for some time past. He
, reports flour trade quiet.
Look Out for Damaged Corn
, Will damaged corn, of which lndl
: ana has such a large per cent this
year, iniure cattle and hogs, or car
! it be safely fed? Which is the mos
= dangerous to feed-moldy or worm
eaten corn?
| Thoughtful farmers have been ask
. ing that question. Many have hest
. tated to feed any of it: they have pre-
= ferred to cast damaged corn aside anC
to do their feeding with the best gran
? on the place. One farmer tells us tina
he made a "woodpile" of a lot of th'
| worst of it. He said that Mrs. Farmel
= could cook as fine meal, and as quick
lily with the corn as with wood, an(
: she did. He was playing safe. He hat
. plenty of good corn, anyway, he said
He 0lQn want 10 De quoted DIS ldNoI
sing burning corn, ''leastways not il
Wayne county" but allowed that h
would burn all he needed if he weT'
| in the II to 20 cent per bushel belt
with the price of poor soft coal ''ul
in G. and anthracite higher than al
airship.
What Does Purdue Say?
!, Purdue has been making a study o
i this matter through experimental feed
I ing of different lots of both cattle an,
. hogs, and will still continue. The
= have found that damage due to eithe
= corn ear worm, or to the differen
: varieties of mold, is less harmful t
:. hogs than to cattle.
!. Corn damaged by ear worm is nc
' | particularly harmful to either cattle O
: hogs. Moldy corn is dangerous t
cattle. Some animals are very su!
4 ceptible, while others are APPARENT
; resistant TO its effects. Presence c
grass in the fields. so that the animal
q have some succulent feed, seems
!, act as a partial preventative"
o indications of injury due to mold