The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-01
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The manager of the elevator at
New Madison reports having heard OF
recent cholera in but two herds Of
hogs. He remarked that a few OF
them had died from medicine mean
ing that the vaccination was done Il
bit too late The scare started farm
ers to immuning their porkers, and it
seems that the disease was promptly
checked"
New Madison seems to be the high
spot on wheat on the surrounding
map. The elevator at that point was
taking in wheat at S1.23 on Friday,
and was at the same time paying 40
cents for corn. The manager said that
little grain was coming in every day.
Coal trade continues SLOW" he said.
Very little grain moving this week,
is the news from Straughn, but we
shipped a car of wheat and another
of corn, last Saturday" said the ele-
vator man. "As to wheat sowing, there
will be less of it than last year. Farm
ers are not in love with present price,
and there is the danger from the fly
to think about. We have sold nearly
five cars of coal lately, and have q
fair stock Have heard of no sick
hogs nearer than eight or nine miles
south, but do not know as to losses
of hogs down that way"
The Report From Lynn.
In a brief chat with the manager
of the Lynn elevator we learned that
farmers had complained of some chol-
era in their hog lots a week or more
ago, and that there were some losses
but not thought to have been serious
This cholera talk seems to have died
! down" said the elevator man, and
guess the worst is over, if it ever was
bad. The talk at Lynn is for about
| a rs per cent wheat acreage to go IT
this fall, chinch bugs, flies and low
price all being against putting il
wheat AS one Randolph county farm
er said the other day: Sowing whea
! is a habit; you can't break it; as {
fact l wouldn't feel right without {
little wheat in, even If | knew
shouldn't break even on it"
: while coal is moving to the farms
and into town homes, a little more
! freely Just now, our trade isn't yet VI
to the average for the season, is th'
report from a number of countr.
elevators, while others are telling o
a more normal business during pas
two weeks.
Planning to Keep Warm.
Manager Adams of the elevator a
Hagerstown said on Saturday, I'VE ar
not yet having a rush of coal orders
but have handled three cars in flv
days" He said prices had been sliding
down on wheat. They had paid Sill
last week; got down to $1.15 on Wee
nesday and are now paying but 81;
No new corn was offered as yet, an
but very little old corn crossing tn
scales these days, is the way he size
it up. No sick hogs had been reporte
by any farmer visiting the plant.
Various Hog Reports.
The elevator folks at Williamsbur
said on Friday that whatever loss ha
resulted from hog cholera was eviden
ly very small. A lot of vaccinatio
was done as quickly as the DANCE
was discovered.
The report from Crete was that
was understood that there had bee
some sickness in the pens, with los
of hogs, here and there, but not i
serious numbers. The loss was tn
heaviest around Spartansburg," wa
the report. In fact it was said no hog
were lost in the immediate vicinity {
Crete, as our informant stated, or {
, least that he had learned of.
, The scare seems subsiding, mostl
because of preventative measure
Sporadic cases have been reporte
from six of Wayne county township
= covering past two weeks.
/ From as far north as Wisconsi