The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-01
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

best of the fine weather in getting it
into their cribs. The farmers around
Milton have been lucky as to coal,
their wants having been pretty well
cared for lately, and there is still coal
IN the bins down there.
Ready to Ship Live Stock
James Marley has been selected as
manager of the Preble County Live
Stock company and he is notifying CO
operators that they ARE now ready to
ship your live stock for you from any
point in the county" The headquar.
tiers are at Eldorado, where Mr.. Mar
key lives. In his message to Preble
county farmers he says: 1.-The expense
will be 10 cents per cwt. shipping mar
GIN; cents per cwt. sinking fund; and
the freight, feed, yardage and selling
commission on your stock. No extra
expense to non-members before April
! l, 1928" Farmers in the various
townships who are interested are ask.
ed to phone their local manager, or the
county manager at the expense of the
live stock company.
The Public Is Invited.
The auditorium of the Centerville
nigh school has been designated as the
place OF holding the Center township
farm bureau meeting on Monday even
ing, Nov. 6. 1t will be an open meet
ing to which not only all farmers but
! also the general public is invited. Pres
ident Edwards of Earlham, will address
the gathering and it is expected thai
there will be large turnout on this
interesting occasion.
Delayed in Transit.
Mr.. Martindale, of Green's Fork
says they have a waybill of a car Of
coal which was shipped on the TWEEN
t1eth of October, but which -hadn't
shown up on Wednesday morning. Ii
addition to the belated car he has hal
a dozen more ordered, some of which
may come in at any time He say!
that the farmers are busy shuckin;
corn, and that they have kept 81
warm at this work in recent summer,
days that they haven't worried abou
coal, especially as most of them havt
good supplies of wood. The elevate
at Green's Fork bought some new corr
at so cents bushel on Tuesday.
Fred Miller, of College Corner, tell
us that he was the happy recipient o
two cars of soft coal on Monday, boil
from Kentucky. He has bought NJ
new corn this season, up to date.
The elevator at Fountain City il
again out of coal. The last car in wa
received on Monday, Oct. %, ami
when the evening shadows fell it hat
been unloaded to the last pound. N
grain has been taken in at Fountain
City this week, partly because farm
ers have been too busy to do any haul
ing and also because they have beel
[ inventorying. Manager Hockett move,
his family into a new home on Tues
day and was lucky in picking sue
pleasant day for it.
Buying New Corn to Ship.
Manager Roger, of the elevator a
: New Madison, says he has taken i
500 bushels of corn in past few days
some of which cost him as high a
SO cents, for 72 pounds. He says tn
corn has been sold for later shipment
at profit They paid S1.14 for whea
at New Madison, Monday, in order L
complete shipment. They unloade'
car of Kentucky coal on Tuesday
which brought $10.25 at the car.
Fresh eggs are getting SO scare
that they have been marked up an
other notch this week, and buyer
are paying AZ and 43 cents for them
Butterfat and sweet cream are nov
worth AZ cents and creamery butte
is bringing A cents in wholesal
way But the price of poultry re
mains depressed There is enough o
1t moving locally to keep prices down
and what is true in Richmond is ais
true in a general way.
In speaking of the coming citru
. fruit crop of Florida, on Monday, tn
statement read, 100000 boxes o
grapefruit" The omission Of lin
caused the error. As a matter of fac
oranges, the balance grapefruit Il
addition to Florida production we ca
count on an average crop Of oranges
lemons and grapefruit in Californi
this year, and prices should be reas
enable the coming winter.
Live Stock Receipts Heavy
When 2,129 cars of live stock reach
ed Chicago, and it was discovered tina
they contained more than 10000 hea
of cattle, hogs and sheep, last Monda
morning, the market went to piece:
The offerings were greatly in exces
OF trade requirements for the day an
buyers hesitated to plunge in, unles
! at lower prices than had ruled on Sar
) urday. OF the $4,000 cattle in tn
pens about 1900 remained unsol
at the end of the day, to be sold i
competition with the 5000 hea
which came in on Tuesday.
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