The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-06
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

! Reports from country elevators are
/ TO the effect that recent wintry days
have stimulated their coal trade in
degree, but that the buying is not al
ways urgent. One man said on Mon
day afternoon that he expected Tues
/ day would show an increasing demand
/ for fuel and that his Monday sales had
been larger than ordinary.
The fact that farmers are inclined
to hold corn and await developments
is clearly evident. The impression
prevails that prices will be higher lat
err" said one elevator man, also the
war finance corporations plan of
loaning on corn, or other grain, inter
ests a number of our farmers. They
want TO see how it will all pan out
and what the general effect may be"
What are you paying for new
corn" was the question put TO the
manager of the Green's Fork elevator.
Not a cent" was the reply. We
can't buy corn for love or money, but
just the same we are bidding 40 cents
for new corn, but there are no sellers"
A Ten-to-one Proposition.
And that comes pretty near to be
ing the general status of the corn
trade in this district, with a few eX-
ceptions where small lots have been
marketed for local consumption One
elevator manager told US Tuesday
, morning that it is his opinion that
right now there are 10 men willing to
buy corn where there is one willing 10
sell
Buying Wheat at Green's Fork
We want to ship a car of wheat
this week, and have made a good start
on it We are paying $115 and took
in about 500 bushels on Monday
This was the report from Green's Fork
As to sales of coal the elevatormaI
said they had been handling consid
cradle coal of late. and had sold ar
/, entire car one day last week, also that
/. the coal trade was quite active or
e Monday and Tuesday.
d Quiet at EIdorado
i According to A. Y. Mcclure. of Edo
;, RADIO. the wheat crop is pretty wei
[ sold in his district. He believes thai
e less than IS per cent is now on the
farms and very little of this is now
e coming to market, just a load or Sc
h now and then, said he. They were
I bidding $1.13 for No wheat, As cent!
n per bushel for old corn and so cent!
Il per 100 pounds for new corn at Edo
= RADIO elevators on Tuesday morning
l. Very little coal is moving at Edo
RADIO" said Mr.. Mcclure. although
the cold snap is stimulating trade
S trifle. AS a matter of fact many O
e our customers bought coal early. AM
= I can't see that they have lost mucl
L by it. and they have the satisfaction
o of knowing they are supplied which
e is worth something"
? Offering 80 Cents at Milton
+ We Judge from a chat with the Mi
y ton Grain company folks, at Milton
that the farmers in the vicinity 0
II their three buying stations are conten
. to hold their wheat and corn for high
er prices I'VE haven't taken in
- load of wheat at Milton in weeks,
was the report, nor are our farmer
" in a mood to sell corn. which is nov
II worth 80 to 80 cents, for new. at on
=, stations. Our coal trade is picking u
u a little"
- The mill at Lynn reports trade 4
; -four very quiet al this time The
also say that bid OF 40 cents pc
= bushel for new corn doesn't seem t
- move It. except in a very small way
- Wheat is worth SIP at the Lynn elt
~ vator today.
Corn for Bible Lands
a The drive for a donation of at leas
~ 200 carloads of corn by the farmers c
- Indiana for the Near East relief ha
-, begun in earnest. The farmers {
y Shelby county are likely tc contribut
= more than their quota, Judging frol
the record gift made by Union tow
81 ship. which has given 1000 bushel!
y thus leading all single township Offe
~ ings so far reported. AS an evidenC
- Of the whole-hearted manner in whic
-, the growers responded. Jerry Wheele
- township chairman. said that Of a
those he solicited but four refused t
give. The railroads have already b
gun to move the gift corn to mills fc
conversion into -four, meal and grit
1t is hoped by the relief organizatio
- that thousands of the destitute
-, Bible lands will be eating corn cake
~ and bread made from Indiana corn.
~ midwinter.
Anxious to Loan Money.
As a result of the war finance CO..
~ ference at Chicago. it was decide
~ that if our financial institutions T
- fuse or fail to finance the farmer, u
~ der the plans of the war finance co