The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-17
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Farmers who have planted good
strains of corn can now go out into
their fields and select seed for next
year This is the month TO pick seed
corn ears, and it can be much better
done while the corn is standing. Many
make it a rule to select seed corn as
they shuck it. carrying box in the
wagon for holding the favored ears.
There is usually a scramble for seed
corn every spring, which any farmer
can avoid by doing this chore in the
fall, if he is satisfied with the variety
and yield of the corn he is producing.
A E Billman, who recently had a
sale on his farm near Eldorado, in
Preble county, has settled in Hollans-
burg. Mr. Billman was formerly in
the hardware business at Eldorado and
remembering that a man can get rich
quicker in this business than in most
others, has gone back into his old
line He purchased the business of the
Wolf Hardware company at Hollans-
burg early this month and took pos
session on Monday, September u.
Farmers Auto and Good Roads.
After conceding that the farmer has
legitimate right to own a car, and
as great a need for its use as anyone
else, The Chicago Tribune says, anent
the cost of upkeep:
with 2,146,512 automobiles on the
farms of the country, figuring S494
per car for gasoline, tires, repairs, oil,
interest, depreciation and insurance,
| the total cost of upkeep was $1,000
376,92S. or within approximately $751;
000,0 of the value of the total wheat
crop.
| while the value of wheat has gone
! down, the cost of maintenance of the
cars has not been correspondingly re-
duced. This is one of the farmers
legitimate complaints. How can this
difficulty be overcome? One method is
! by road improvement.
Smooth, substantial paved roads
will reduce every item in the cost of
car maintenance with the possible ex-
+. ception of interest and insurance Ger
tainly it would greatly reduce the wear
1 and tear and consequently the cost of
i tires, the annual repair bill, the
depreciation write-off, the consumption
, of gasoline per mile, and even the con-
sumption of oil
| Good Roads Argument.
''One way, therefore, in which the
| farmer can help to equalize the cost
of maintaining an automobile with the
greatly deprecated purchasing power
of his products is to use his influence
in the development of good roads.
/ They will not only be a luxury in the
use of his car, but an asset in its up
keep and a contributing factor in his
general prosperity
/ London Wool Sale Prices.
Tho mid or1ohar uyool onc4;on
closed on Wednesday, with competition
we'll maintained. On the whole, Ger
many purchased sparingly throughout
the series, France and the home trade
being the chief operators. Final prices
Of low, greasy crossbreeds and medium
slipss were per cent above July level.
while other medium lines often priced
! Is per cent higher. Shafty merinos
were Is to 20 per cent above July.
| Packers Have Open Shop.
The government is no longer a
party to arranging working conditions
for packing house employees. The AL
4 schiller agreement expired on Thurs
day, and the four largest packers at
Chicago returned to pre-war open
shop condition on Friday morning. AS
a matter of fact these plants have al
ways had more non-union than union
men on their payrolls in various cities
Mr. Armour says, I'VE have not dealt
with union agents because we have
thought they did not represent the ma
jority of our employees" 1t is an
nounced that no wage cut will be
made at present. Disputes will be set
tied b ythe packers under a newly
devised representative system.
The Hessian Fly.
There are two main broods of the
Hessian fly. The fall brood appears