The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-16
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

]. C. Kline, former Wayne county
agricultural agent, is now farm advisor
for Boone county. Illinois, with head
quarters at Belvidere, Mr.. Kline favors
US with the August number of the
Boone County Farm Bureau News, a
neat little publication which contains
a whole lot of general home mercantile
advertising, also interesting farm
gossip. In future this little paper will
be issued twice-monthly.
The national wool committee Of the
farm bureau recently met at Chicago
to formulate plans to make deter
mined fight for adequate protection in
the tariff measure now before con-
gress. 1t was said at the meeting that
the cost of running ewes and lambs
until marketing age in Australia is but
$3.50 per head, while the cost of run
ming them on our western ranges for
the same period is more nearly Sc and
81 per head. under present conditions.
Ii Was Some Picnic.
According to a statement sent out
| from the Chicago office of the farm
federation, the Madison county, Ne
| braska, farm picnic on July 2S, was a
whale of a gathering. The claim IS
made that 4,304 autos were counted,
land one team" also that there were
1880 people on the grounds that
! day.
| The farm bureau enthusiast is too
persnickerty, that lone team doesn't
| set we'll The lone owner of a hoss
rig probably hid himself to escape the
sympathy of his better fixed neighoors.
That Nebraska farm bureau should buy
/ that farmer car, so as to make IL
unanimous.
Arkansas now has state farm bu-
reau, which was organized on last
| Wednesday, with J. D. Eldridse, OF
Gregory. as president.
1 "Seven Miles of Indiana
Under tht above title Harry R.
O'Brien, of the Country Gentleman,
contributed an interesting and finely
illustrated article to that magazine in
July. These seven miles of road lie
in Randolph county; leading south
west out of Winchester. Among the
I farmers whose honSs are pictured. or
were chatted with. are: F. V. Dwig,
gins, tenant on the j. c. Johnson place:
Clyde Miller, who rents farm. but
owns two farms in Oklahoma: Charles
! Kabel, D. w. Purdy. S. f. Dw1sglns
Caleb Starbuck, A. A. Miller, John w
Elliot, B. B. Densmore, his son c. A
Densmore. A S. Martin, Charles NJ
Lewis, H. A. Pickett, and W. S. Reyn
olds. Mr.. O'Brien tells an interesting
story of good farming. putting lot OF
emphasis on pure-bred live stock and
correct rotation of crops.
About Seed Oats.
! If you are lucky enough to have a
few bushels of last years oats which
are suitable for seed, hold on to them
It never pays to SOW light oats and
practically all of the oats grown thi;
year are of that character. There
are exceptions, of course. but we have
learned of no choice heavy oats beina
threshed in the Richmond radius
Good seed oats are likely to be ii
j heavy demand at good prices mex
spring.
The Darke County Fair.
You've heard about the Cree
, Darke County Fair" of course. Every
body has 1t is held at Greenvill'
and the town is enlarged every yea
to give standing room and dining ser
vice to the crowds. The dates ar
: August % to %; Tuesday to Friday
inclusive.
Some Farm Cost Estimates.
The secretary of the Bartholomew
county farm bureau reports sos mem
bers, also states that blue and whit
farm sign is to be painted TO ever,
member. These will indicate that tn
dweller within is a good and loya
5 member of said organization. Accord
|, ing to the Indianapolis News move
. ment started several months ago t.
$ discover the actuad cost OF producln
1 farm crops in that county has beel
! completed and fixed as follows: Corn
; s1.19 bushel oats. S124; wheat, 2.Ss
i and hay. s43.23 per ton. Here is
. case where farmers would be yer
: LEGAL NOTICE