The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-30
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The facilitating effect of "a degrees
in the shade, after a long, dry spell,
can best be realized from city desk
by calling up the farmers, country
bankers, rural merchants, etc. The
replies come from weak, listless voices.
There is a sense OF depression mani
fest in the tone and conversation
Courtesy, of course, but no snap, no
optimistic ring-just conversation.
But along in the night the farmer
is awakened by the patter of rain on
the roof. a pattering which becomes
a drumming of big drops which cools
the air and refreshes the earth. The
farmer is out early with slicker and
rubber boots The dry spell is broken,
there is mud instead of dust in farm
yard and fields The whole scene is
changed The rain has produced
grand transformation, not merely OF
the landscape but also in thought and
action. It's effect is everywhere ap-
parent, in both town and country. Sit
down at your desk and call up your
country friends on such a morning.
They will have something worth while
over singing wires.
Mr.. Ryan's Philosophy
mot all the rain we needed. but
enough to do corn lot of good said
Tom Ryan, Wayne township farmer.
on Friday morning. Mr.. Ryan was
early in town. He said that it began
to drizzle about 4:30 out his way, ant
later gave good imitation of a real
rain for short time. at helped lot
and maybe there is plenty more where
that came FROM" said Mr.. Ryan. We
believe Mr.. Ryan to be a man of faith
as well as action. He believes, ne
said, in a great oyer-ruling Providence.
Regardless of what we may raise
here at home, or what crops may be
failures here or there, this country
will have food in plenty and some to
spare There is no real cause to
worry. Let's make the best of things
as we find them as we jog along
That is Mr. Ryan's philosophy and
we take pleasure in recommending it
to all who may read these lines.
Ohio Has $40 Oranges
L. J. Taber, master of the Ohio
state Grange, reports $40 oranges and
10000 patrons on July 1. In his ref
erence to the observance of Flag day
this year, Mr. Taber said:
Flag Day is an ideal time for the
farmers to again rededicate them
selves to the cause of orderly govern
ment and human progress. Price de-
clines, destroyed markets and unfair
busiess conditions have left the far
mer discouraged but not disheartened.
He seeks to improve his condition, but
will do it by the methods prescribed
by the fathers, and thus maintain or
DERBY liberty under the law"
When Wheat Brought 40 Cents
The following news may seem a bit
belated. 1t could in fact just as well
have been printed on Monday, or back
in the year 1900 for that matter. Well,
anyway, an Ohio country editor tells
his readers that: "The average price
of wheat in Ohio in 1925 was 40 cents,
of corn % cents and of oats, Is cents.
Butter sold for eight cents per pound
and bacon brought 6A cents" Were
those the good old days? They were
| not.
Their Threshing Season Over
The Morgan and Cregier threshing
outfit in Center township had busy
extra yields. either of wheat, rye or
: oats. 1--WE threshed some pretty good
milling wheat but in no case was the
production very large is the report
Here and there oats came out heav-
| Ter and better than expected but in
| the main oats ran light" This state
ment is on a par with reports from.
most of the rigs operating in Wayne
| county.
| Old-Fashioned Wool Coveriets
Fleeces consigned by the Virginia
| farm bureau to a leased mill in the
| Blue Ridge mountains are netting far
| mers from 80 to As cents per pound
| The wool is being made into old-fasb-
Toned Colonial coverlets, from a pat
| tern now more than 100 years old and
! known as the double bow knot or