The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-06
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

You see, friends, it was this way.
Pierre Helms, of Center township, at
tended the W. B. Barton and Son sale
on Tuesday and thereby accumulated
one large, vigorous mule. He was
bound to have that one particular
mule, the same being a match for one
he already owned In order that there
may be no hard feelings, nor any in
timation that brother Helms took any
undue advantage of circumstances to
get that mule at a price below par, we
are here to state that said mule cost
brother Helms S207 80 The statement
that the mule was toted home at
cost of but $27.50 was an error in
printing.
And that's that, fellow farmers.
Our genial friend Armour, who is
running a few packing plants in the
U. S A. and two or three more in
South America, informs official Wash
ington, in connection with the un-
employment conference. that the high
est priced cuts of meat are still in
greatest demand The Institute of
American Meat Packers endorses that
statement, and further says:
Though Millions Are Idle.
With nearly 100000 industrial
! workers reported idle by the national
employment conference it naturally
would be expected that the so-called
choice meats would be less in demand,
and that considerable share of the
consuming public would turn to those
! cuts which are available at very much
! lower prices, but with the single excep-
| ton of fore-quarter cuts of beef there
| has been no change in consumers buy
! ing preferences. Throughout the month
! Of September the beef from more
costly cattle was il better demand
than the less expensive grades, and
the relatively higher priced pork cuts
are more eagerly sought than those
selling at lower figures"
| This statement may be accepted as
/ further testimony to the effect that
| there are still millions Of people in
this country whose heads are yet
above water, and who are by no means
broke.
| Petersburg Corn Show.
A new organization at Petersburg is
to put on a corn show on Saturday
Oct. %. Judging will be in accordance
with the rules of the Indiana Corn
Growers association.
The price of milk has been reduced
at Muncie, effective on milk tickets as
of last Monday, and in general effect
TO cash buyers, dating from Wednes
day morning The new price is II
cents per quart, a cut of cents, anG
pints are now 6 cents.
These are said to be pre-war prices
and all dealers are selling on the same
basis. The reduced cost of feed stuffs
and lower prices for COWS, are giver
as the reasons for the cut in price.
! Hog Cholera Ban Lifted.
Tht ban on the Lafayette stool
yards, on account of hog cholera, wa:
lifted on Wednesday, and feeder pig.
which have not been accepted at the
yards for more than a week. are beins
permitted to go through
State veterinarian Julien says tina
! the state rule against letting feede
pigs go through public yard withou
immunizing them is to be strictly en-
forced throughout Indiana. He furthe
states that he expects the prevalence,
; of cholera to decline and that the out
breaks of this dread disease will b,
, fewer and less virulent He thinks tn,
peak of the trouble will be passed b,
the middle of the month.
kokomo special says that Count,
Agent Calvin recently warned farmer
OF several cases of hog cholera in tn,
southern end of the county.
Averaged $35 Per Head.
9 At a public sale at Daleville, nea
! Anderson, last Monday, ]. T. Crome
and Son sold 81 head of Duroc Jer
a seys at $50 per head. This is a bette