The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-27

The farmers of Wayne county might
we'll emulate the action of the Benton
county farm bureau. They are anxious
to Danish animal tuberculosis from
their herds, ane are arranging for a
series of township meetings as an
introduction to that campaign. The
county has 10000 beef cattle, $500
dairy cattle, $4,000 hogs and 10000
poultry. The annual Farm Bureau
picnic will be held at Fowler, Ind.
September 81, with a stock show as
the leading feature.
The Importance of banishing tuber-
culosis cattle, and especially mich
cows, cannot be overestimated. Both
the state and national governments
will lend assistance in this work,
wherever called upon.
The Delaware county farm bureau
has set Wednesday, August 81, as farm
picnic day, and the gathering will be
| held on the fair grounds at Muncie.
/ Addresses by some of the most prom
inent speakers in Indiana is promised.
| This is all right in a way, but just as
too many cooks will spoil the broth.
| So too, will too many speakers spoil
picnic There is happy medium to
be observed when folks are out for a
play spell, and to meet and chat, shake
hands and have good time.
His TwentyMinute Talk.
Once upon time we recall that
right here in Wayne a member of the
Indiana State marketing committee
delivered an address on grain market
ing at one of our township meetings.
1t was a nice little twenty-minute talk,
or might have been, had the speaker
not dragged it out for more than two
hours. Happily we We're not present
to hear him but a sleepy-eyed farmer
came in next morning and declared he
had held his watch on this speaker
and we are taking his word for it
This occurred some months before the
pooling plan was presented to Indiana
farmers
Secretary ShorthilPs Views.
j. w. Shorthill, secretary of the Ne
braska State Farmers association, is
given to plain speaking, as witness this
excerpt from his speech at the annual
meeting:
so many farmers think that theil
great handicap is due to a combination
of things, that others have done to the
business of farming. That isn't it a.
, all The real handicap is due to &
combination of things that farmers
, have failed to do for the business q
, farming. This is peculiarly true o.
farm marketing. You raise a crop anC
the minute you don't want it, you wan
some one else to want it, and if they
don't want it, you don't know what Il
do with it. Even in the case of wheat
you have not enough granary room OF
your farms to store normal crop unit
others do want it. And so you wan
others to hold it until consumers wan
it, and then you blame the holders TO
| specializing on your wheat. That
about the extent of your marketing
system for wheat, and the greater par
of the blame is yours"
When Farmers Buy Coal.
Some of the elevators at western
points are making it as easy as posi-
: BILE for farmers to lay in their white
coal. Where farmers combine to bu.
+ coal in carload lots they are chargin,
D but So per car for buying it; providing
farmers pay cash, assume the freish'
and stand the shrinkage in weigh, s.
often shown, and also unload and hau
directly from cars.
Shown at ConnersviIe.
A Big Type Poland China boar, e1
l hibited at the Connersville fair thi
week, is said to weigh 900 pounds, an
- is still well under three years ole
This youngster stands Al inches hig
and measures 50 inches from tip t
T tip. A number of Wayne hogs were i
n the show.
: Fayette, Wayne, Rush and Unto
= counties were all represented at tn
= Connersville fair An exhibit of 8
horses from Fayette. Wayne and Rusl
were valued at $1,000 by their owner:
d Some Prolific Tomatoes.
d Purdue has managed to raise .
t, tons of tomatoes per acre on a plot c
one and one-third acres. This is a
o least four times the yield of tomatoe
y grown by the average grower suppl,
IS ing canning factories in this stat,
A tomato breeding experiment ha
It been conducted for four years, wit
e the view of improving the tomato cal
ming crop, both in quality and quantit,
These plants were forced in he
e houses. seed being sown on March L
e They were then transplanted in fou
a inch pots, and transferred to the fiel
e on May II. A portable irrigation GU
e fit was used during the drought
o From New Garden Township.
ar New Garden farmers are intent @
organizing a cooperative live stoc
,e shipping association. to which Franz
le lin township me will be welcomed.
n scale costing around 5000 is the fr.
If and principal investment necessary
;s the scheme is carried out. The pla