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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-29
The Farm and the Farmer
By William r. Sanborn

That the various live stock COM
mission houses in all parts of the
country will object to the farmers CO.
operative sales concerns locating at
the yards and dividing whatever bust
ness there is to be done, is but nat
urdl. 1t is human nature to fight in
reference which reduces opportunity
and income, the latter being inevitable
/ if farmers market their stock indie
pendently, regardless of the savings
made, or the greater expense entailed.
| The latter isn't matter which con-
Germs the commission firms; it is the
| loss Of business which frets them,
| business which has been built up by
| years of conscientious effort, it may
| be, and at a considerable cost.
! In view OF these conditions suppose
we repeat some of the arguments ad-
yanced by the old-line commission
firms, as voiced in their new official
organ, Current Live Stock Events, es-
! tablished in September, 1921. This
little monthly reviews trade condi-
tions, the live stock supply, the chang
ing markets, the foreign trade in
meats, etc. 1t is published by the
| Chicago Live Stock Exchange and is
/ representative of the entire trade.
! Commission Man is Candid.
For the information of our farm
readers, so that they may know what
the Opposition" is saying about co
! operative live stock marketing. we
/ quote as follows. Under the headline
THE Commission Man is Candid
the editor says:
"Candor is the policy of the com
mission man and always has been. He
/ knows the psychology of the people
in the country he does business with
enabling him to realize that anything
but candor would be speedily detect
ed. In most instances he is country
born and country-raised.
There are no secrets in connection
with the live stock commission bust
ness or the processes of the market
Much misrepresentation has been in
dulged in. chiefly by men anxious t
supplant the present system by one OF
which they may fatten in the capacit!
= of presidents. directors, managers o.
in minor capacities. These men pro
TESS with suspicious vehemence tina
they are the only simon-pure friends
of the producer, while the commission
man places his relations with his Gus
toners on a logical basis of reasonable
remuneration for honest service, ey
perience and capability. Which of tn,
two is more deserving of credence?
About Patronage Dividends
The above paragraph is from tn,
November issue. The following will
!, reference to commission charges i
taken from the December number o
Current Live Stock Events:
Promoters of cooperative commits
, sion houses announce an intention Il
! . charge regular commissions. Why
If they are able to do business at les
cost why collect the excess?
is not the determination to collec
regular rates a practical admission
!, that the sO-called cooperative promot
= crS lack confidence in their schem
and have decided to keep on the SAT
side?
1T is not also highly probable tina
they contemplate overhead expense
that will absorb the full charge, mai
ing patronage dividends improbable
| The reader will observe that tn
+ editor makes no fight on the market
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WILLIAMSBURG Ind. Dec. %
A capacity of SO hogs a day, with each
one handled separately and all meat.
Sausages, and lard recorded so that it
goes back to the owner of the hog
from which it was made, are the
boasts of the largest custom killing
plant in Wayne county, operated at
Williamsburg under the management
of Grant Watkins. Established for
five years in this work exclusively,
and with several improvements during
the last two years, Mr.. Watkins bust
ness, while thoroughly efficient, does
not sacrifice cleanliness to the pres
sure of work, but turns out a product
which thoroughly satisfies its custom
ers, in surroundings. and with equip
ment which the workers would at no
time be ashamed to submit to the crit
ical inspection of the housewives OF
the town.
Hogs, and occasionally sheep and
calves, are killed for farmers of the
neighborhood, at a charge this year
of IS cents hundred for pork, which
! is the principal product. Every cal
cass is tagged. and heart, liver, saus-
age and lard are tagged with the own
er's name, also enabling any farmer
to bring in a pig one day and take
away the meat from the same animal
the next day. The system of record
ing is complete, eliminating any pcs
sibility of mix-ups. The owners name,
with the number of hogs, their pen
number. the order in which they are
handled. and their weight, are noted,
! thus providing two checks on the iden
! titv of the carcasSes, and if any spe-
! cial method of cutting the meat is
! to be followed, that also is noted on
| the record.
| Four Main Divisions
! Roughly speaking, The plant is di
vided into four main divisions, one fo1
! holding the live animals and for kill
| ing, the second for scalding and clean
| ing the whole carcass, the third fol-
: butchering and the fourth for finishing
mixing sausage, rendering lard anC
cutting up the meat.
/ The workers in each division stay
at the one task, following the principle
of division of labor and also prevent
ing, by elimination communication be
tween the rooms ans- DIRT fro mthe ear
lier operations being carried into the
finishing rooms.
Hogs are received the day before
killing. and held in d large room which
may be divided by number of NOV
able partitions into a series of pens
A chute leads up from here to The
killing platform.
! Dropped Into Vat
After being killed. hogs ara dropped
into the scalding vat just below. whicl
is furnished with hot water and viii
live steam from a small boiler in an
other room. After scalding, the car
cass is rolled out on a table. Wher
two men are constantly busy scrapins
From this table the carcass is swun
on a travelling pulley on an endles
track, which carries it through til
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Markets
GRAIN PRICES
Furnished by &. w. WAGNER & CO
212 Union National Bank
Building

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Wheat opened
lower on weak Liverpool cables and
the 1921 final report than really on
small primary receipts, reports of Rus
STA requiring five million bushels seed
wheat and probably 10 million other
wheat. guess of a small United States
January first export, wheat surplus of
b, 100000 bushels and bull talk OF a
Door winter wheat report. at Ills r.
M, Germany has bought two million
bushels Argentine wheat; Russian re
lief took 100000 bushels corn yes
terday. Corn visible should gain a
million bushels this week. Liverpool
wheat closed III to q cents lower.
Southwest says farmers holding oil
wheat sales until new rates. Primary
wheat receipts today very light. Lo-
calls have shown belief in bull side
of wheat. If the lis report is liberal.
II may give us another dip after this
bulge
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so HOGS PER DAY, EACH HANDLED SEPARATELY
CAPACITY OF WILLIAMSBURG SLAUGHTER HOUSE

cleaning and cutting rooms. After be-
ing swung up, the carcass is carefully
scraped and washed before going into
the cutting room.
In this division, two men are kept
busy opening the carcasses and split
ting them. Leaf lard surrounding the
kidneys is torn loose also so that IL
may be removed easily after cooling,
while all parts that are to be saved
are tagged with the name of the own
er. A label is also put on the carcass
which is then pushed aside on the
track to cool and wait further cutting
the next day.
Handled Separately.
In rendering lard and in making
sausage. a similar method is used,
with each mans meat handled separ-
ately from start to finish. AS the lard
is cut up and put into the kettles the
owners name is written on a tag and
slipped into a clip on the side of the
lard press, one clip being provided for
each of the two kettles. The lard, aft
er being rendered, is pressed out, run
! into cans, and set aside with the tag
for the owners. Sausage also is mixed
for each man separately.
Equipment for the plant includes an
engine for driving the sausage grind
err, lard cutter and the pump with
which water is pumped into the over
head tank. Water is piped from this
tank 10 the boiler as well as to the
killing platform and washing room
where it is used literally.
Fills Defenite Need.
That the plant fills a definite need
! is proven by its regular customers
and the average OF S5 to 40 hogs every
/ killing day during the season. During
one day last winter, so hogs were
! killed without any unusual effort or
! working overtime. A visitor timing
! the operations on that day found that
! a hog could be turned off the scraping
table beside the scalding vat every
three minutes. Usual working hours
are from 1880 or s o'clock to 5 in the
afternoon. Electric light is furnished
! from a nearby garage with an indi-
! vidual plant however, so that night
work can be done if necessary. The
town of Williamsburg not being sup
piled with electricity.
Uses Own Formula.
The sausage is prepared by Mr.
Watkins himself according to his own
formula and he has a number of reg
uldT customers even as Idr as rem
isylvania and New York.
Those who work in the plant take as
much interest in its operation as Mr.
Watkins himself. and he owes several
valuable suggestions TO lem. James
Thompson. one of the cutters first
suggested cutting the strips of lard ir
V-shaped trough which speeded the
work up by three times as fast as be
e. T. on
nedy, now in Richmond, adapted {
power machine for cutting it. which
is used at present. The force con
ssts of six men, including Mr.. Wat
kins himself and they are able to han
die all work on killing days, while only
two or three are needed on other day!
for cutting up, rendering lard, anC
!, mixing sausage.
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ing plan of the farm bureau. He says
nothing about barring from the yards
representatives of farm organizations.
He simply implies that present rates
are fair and doubts that the saving in
commissions will benefit the farmers.
But the commission men are fight
ing the new law relating to the regu-
lation of the business done at all large
stock yards. They have asked for a
federal restraining order, preventing
the enforcement of this law. Three
federal judges in session at Chicago,
refused their appeal. AS a result the
commission men will Immediately file
a schedule of commissions, etc, or
face trial. Had a restraining order
been granted it would have been eff
fective in all markets.
Farm Business at indianapolis
No cooperative office has thus far
been opened at Indianapolis The rep
resentative of the state farm bureau
at Indianapolis expressly asks that
shippers consign live stock to such
commission houses as they may favor
I'm care of P. C. Ohler" Mr. Ohler
will then have the opportunity to look
after such shipments. note the condi
| fed and properly cared for. etc. He re
ceives very tidy salary for his ser
! vices, a large part of which. we are
/ led to believe, is returned to the farm
| bureau in the form of a split commits
! sion, or rebate on the business sc
| handled
! Two Hefers Bring S275
! Everett Hunt, of Franklin township
! maintains that, regardless of genera
market conditions, it still pays to raise
/ pure-bred cattle. He cites as an ex
ample his sale of pair of two-year-old
Polled Durham heifers on Tuesday. t.
! Charles Manche. of Greenfield, Ind.
for total of s275. These animals are
! registered, and were sold for breedins
! purposes. Mr. Hunt says they were il
fine condition and that net of S137 81
! per head was a satisfactory price Il
81; Everett Hunt and Son" The JUNO
member of the firm is studying t,
! become real farmer, at Purdue.
! Live Stock Range Higher.
! The old fashioned law of suppl,
and demand has been in action at al
live stock markets during holiday
week. Small receipts and large OF
ders on shipping account at western
points have proven a bull argumen
/ all this week At Chicago. eastern
shippers took $4,000 hogs on Tuesda,
and forced the price to an $S25 tol
on pigs. Indianapolis made an $50
top with $500 hogs in the pens OF
Tuesday, but the top jumped to S,
on receipt of 800 head on Wednes
day.
Chicago hogs advanced 10 to Q
cents again on Wednesday. when
top of SS25 on light butchers an,
$3.50 on pigs was reached. The gen
eral average price of hogs, at Chi
cago this week is the highest sine,
Nov. ), or in more than seven weeks
In the meantime there is plenty o
= grain in store, with larger than ord
, nary daily receipts. and the market !
. apathetic. The Spectator usually in
dulges his social tendencies over tn
holiday season, and the grain trad
; is quiet in consequence. Cash grail
: handlers are looking after their cor
signments, but there is little specu
: lation, nor should there be for a
: lnnl.t 1I-nnlc
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BRINGING
UP
FATHER
BY
McMANUS
REG. u. 8
Pat Off"
Reg. u. 8
Pat Off"

and packers, $7.S5; heavy Workers
s7.S5: light Workers, $685. choice
to sows, s5G6; common to fair, 500
$50; stays. $4@5; pigs, s7.504S.
Cattle-Receipts, 10 cars; good TO
fair butchers, $4,000; choice lat
heifers, S505.5O; good to fair heifers'
S4@5; choice fat cows. S3.5OQ4.2o;
fair to good COWS, s3Q3.50; bologna
cows, $1.50@2.5O; bologna bulls, $500
"a; butcher bulls, S404.5O; calves
$769.
Sheep-Market, steady; $2qS.
Lambs-7m9.
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PRODUCE MARKET


INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29.-Butter-
Fresh prints, 41@44c; packing stock,
15020c
Eggs-43d47c.
Fowls-41a lbs. and up, 23c; under
AZ lbs. 16@22c; springers, 1S@2Oc;
leghorns, 1962Oc: ROSTERS, 1O612c;
stays. 13c: old toms, 3O033c; young
toms. 35045c; capons, 3S@40c; young
hens. 35045c; ducks, 4 lbs. and up
16623c; squads, II lbs. to the dozen
Sc; geese, 10 lbs. up, 14@1Sc; rabbits
dozen, $2O0@25O; young guineas, IS
a dozen; old guineas, s. dozen.
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EAST BUFFALO, Dec. 29.-Cattle-
Receipts, so; steady. Calves-Receipts
$50; slow; 81 lower; SOFA Hogs
Receipts. 5000; 81 to $1.25 lower:
heavy, $8256S.50; mixed, SS.506S.75;
Workers, 80; light ditto and pigs, 1926
1850; roughs, S606.25; stays, $40
$50 Sheep and Lambs-Receipts
2,4OO: lambs. Csc lower; lambs, $5G
1925; yearlings, $5n10; others un
changed
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nv Associated Press)

CHICAGO. Dec. 9-Butter-Mar
ket, unsettled; creamery, extras, 4Oc
Eggs-Receipts, 5,S6S cases; market
lower; lowest, $36@3Sc; firsts, 4115c
Live poultry-Market, lower; fowls
16625c; springs, 2319c; roosters, Ice;
turkeys, Acc. Potatoes-Firm; re
ceipts, 81 cars; total United States
shipments 1857; northern whites sack
ed, $202.20 cwt.; Red Rivers sacked
S1S061.S5 cwt.; Idaho russets, sacked
$40 cwt.; Minnesota, 81 cwt.
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VIM. ]. Schwedes to Harry D. Bond,
81. PIT. n. w. 10-16-12.
Harry D Bond to VIM. ]. SChwedes
ct al, 81, PIT. n. w. 10-16-12
Jasper r. Sparks to Frank Teetor
and Mabel. $1,1OO, lots rs, block IS,
HageTstoWn.
Joe LAWYER to Laura J. Shannon, 81,
lot 271, Z. Starts Add, city.
Dickerson Trust Co. to George NJ.
Printz and Julia, $4,000, lot 291,
ReeNestOn.
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HOURS ONLY BETWEEN
HOLD-UP AND PRISON GATES

HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 29.-Lucius
benson of Chicago last night held up
a saloon, and after robbing it went TO
bed whence detectives pulled him out
an hour later. This morning he was
arraigned in police cort, bound over
to the criminal court at Crown Point,
taken there, pleaded guilty, was SEN
fenced to 10 years and was on his way
to prison before noon.
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(Rv Associated Pressl

PITTSBURG, Pa. Dec. 29.-Hogs-
Receipts. $500; market, lower; heav-
les, $8.50d SIS; heavy Workers, 1925
1850; light Workers, 1925 1850; pigs,
S8.25d9.50. Sheep and Lambs - Re
ceipts. 1900; market, steady; top
sheep, $3.50; top lambs. $1225. Calves
Receipts, 225; market, higher; top,
S12.5O.
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(Rv Associated Pressl

CINCINNATI, Dec. 29-Wheat-No.
2. s125@126; No. 3 red, s1.21h q
1851: other grades as to quality
STOOLS. Corn-No. 2 white, $40
5Sc; No. white, 50@51c; No. 4 white,
Az 14S1hc. Corn-No. yellow, %
653c; No. 8 yellow, 50d sic; NO. 4
yellow, 4S1a 6491ac. Corn No. 2
mixed. 5O651c. Oats. higher, 500
41c; rye. steady, S46S5c: hay, steady
S.5O620.00.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 29,-Wheat-No. )
red. s1141a; No. 1 hard. s1.1512.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, 49G49h; No
2 yellow. 4916.
Oats-No. 2 white, 3714 939A; No
white. 341a d35&.
Pork-Nominal
Lard-s8.67.
Ribs-$750d8.50
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RICHMOND MARKETS
Furnished by WheIan)
BUYING

BUYING
Oats, 32c: rye, 75c; new corn As;
straw, SO per ton.
SELLING
Oil meal, per ton, $500; per hun
dred weight, S2.75. Tankage, so per
cent, $500 per ton; per cwt., S2S5
Bran, per ton, $4,000; per cwt, $3.50
Barrel salt, 1925. Standard mid
dlings, $4,000 per ton; $1.75 per cwt
Cotton seed meal, per tone, $500, pei
cwt., S2.65.
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TOLEDO. O., Dec. 29.-Cloverseed-
Prime cash. s14oO: Jan, $13.4o; Feb.
s19.4o: March, 1890; Dec, s14.0O.
Alsike-Prime cash, S11.40; Feb.
s11 so; March. s11.50; Dec. s114o.
Timothy-Prime cash, $3.1212; Jan.
s312b: Feb, $500; March, 1925
Dec. S3.1215
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Farm Sale Calendar
Tuesday, Jan. 8

Henry Toschlog & Son, on what is
known as the William Lewis farm.
one-half mile east TO Williamsburg and
81 miles west of Fountain City, gen.
eral farm sale at 10 o'clock
Thursday, Jan. 10.
James Shank, ! mile south on
Wernle Home and 5 miles southeast
of Richmond on Boston pike. Closing
out sale.
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Try Associated Pressl

CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.-Butter Fat
While milk creamery, extra acc.
Eggs--Prime firsts As, firsts Al, Sec
onds, soc.
Poultry-Frys csc; springers Ice;
hens 1923: turkeys, CSC.
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INDIANAPOLIS HAY

CRv Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 30. - Hay
STEADY: No. | timothy, s17.5061S; No,
. timothy. S17d17.50; No. / clover,
5000.
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1t requires more than century for
cedar tree to grow large enough to
yield a thirty-foot telephone pole. The
eucalyptus tree will attain a larger
growth in thirty years and its wood IS
quite as durable.
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EGGS

(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 29-Eggs - I'm
settled; receipts, 22,270 cases; fresh
gathered extra first, 49G50c; fresh
gathered firsts, 4504Sc.
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DAYTON MARKET
Corrected by Mclean & Company,
Dayton, o., Bell Phone, East %.
Home Phone, 1925.

DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 29-Hogs-Re-
CENTS, four cars; market, good to sc
lower; choice heavies, s7.S5; butchers
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PROQuCE RuYING

Steady; No timothy, SIS; clover
SIG; heavy mixed, $14015.
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LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
LOCAL HAY MaRkE-

Richmond flour mills are paying
S1.15 for No. wheat
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RITTER FAT PRICES

The wholesale price of creamery
buffers is 43c a pound.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-29

approximately 1000 American sol
diers on the Rhine in Germany, will be
sent home before Christmas
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REALTY TRANSFERS

Butter fat delivered at Western Ohio
Creamery, 44c; station prices, 3Sc.
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Lang S g.. " y. Las ussE named
premier of China, succeeding Chin
Yun-Feng, WIN recently resigned
with his entire cabinet. The ap-
pointment is in line with the new
liberal policy of the government
and the new premier is expected to
form a cabinet embracing all fac
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BUTTER QUOTATIONS

Country butter, SOC h.; eggs, 4oc;
dozen; chickens, 18c h.; fries, 1Sc.
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RANGE OF FUTURES
Furnished by E. w. WAGNER & CO
212 Union National Bank
BuiIdjnd

CHICAGO, Dec 90. - Following Is
the range of futures on Chicago Board
of Trade today:
Clos
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LIVE STOCK PRICES
1nv Assnciated Pressl

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 29,-Hogs-.R.e1.-
.oints 500: lower. Csttle-Receipts,
700. higher Calves-ReceIp pts 4VV
higher. Sheep--Receipts, 700. uhchahS
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Harry d. Bond to VIM. ]. Schwedes
81, PIT. y. W. 10-16-12.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-21
MEAT CAUSE Of
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts 10 Flush Kidneys II Back
Hurts or Bladder BOthers

II YOU must have Your meat every
day. eat 1t, but flush your kidneys
with salts occasionally, says n noted
authority who tells us that meat forms
uric acid which almost paralyzcs
the kidneys in thcir efforts to expel
i from the blood. They become slug
gish and weaken, then you suffer with
dull misery in the kidney region
sharp pains in the back or sick
headaches, dizziness, your stomach
SCurs, tongue is coated and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine gets cloudy full
of sediment, the channels often get
sore and irritated, o5oliging YOU TO
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
TO neltralize these irritating acids
TO cleanse the kidneys and flush off
the body's ulinous waste ges four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phIr-
macy here, take n tablesp p-ontul in "a
/ glass ol water before breakfast for
n few days and your kidneys will then
act fine This famous salts is made
from he acids of grapes and lemon
juice combined with lithia and has
been used for generations TO flush
and stimulate slug sish kidneys. also
to neutralize the acids in urine, so 1t
TO longer rritates, thus ending blad.
der weakness.
! Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure. and makes a delightful efferves-
cent lithia water drink.-Adv.