The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-01
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The first car of 1922 Indiana winter
wheat to arrive at Indianapolis came
in on Wednesday afternoon. The car
load came from Edinburg, tested 5812
lbs. was of fair quality, and sold for
$1O4 Figured on that basis, and
deducting freight and elevator profit
it is likely that the farmer got about
go cents, although his local elevator
might have paid him more money
This was the opinion of a local wheat
buyer, who allowed for small profit
for the elevator at Edinburg, in add
ton to other handling charges.
At the Indiana grain dealers meet
ing at Indianapolis on Thursday and
Friday the numerous threshing re
turns reported from the southern END
of the state were mostly disappointing
as to yield, although there was less
complaint as to quality of the grain
We still have 10 days to await the
July / government report on its estl
mate of wheat conditions and prob
able crops of winter and spring grains
Two private estimators for the Chi
cago Board of Trade have just an
nounced their conclusions, as follows:
Goodman places the winter wheal
harvest at 555,000,000 and spring
wheat outlook as indicating 100000,
0O0-total. S15.000,000 bushels.
Mr.. Snow is more optimistic. He
estimates winter wheat at 574,000,00C
and spring wheat at 262,000,0OO, or d
grand total of S36,000,000 bushels.
Rains Delay Threshing
Because College Corner, Ohio, lies
so far south of Richmond and its har
yesting began earlier, we had suppos
ed that few crops might aIready
been threshed But ii seems not
Fred Miller, elevator owner, says that
the machines have been busy below
Hamilton, but none had gone into &C
ton near College Corner up to Satur-
day forenoon, so far as he had heard
Mr.. Miller said they have had one
real rain this week, on Wednesday
which had wet down the whole coun
try round and was of great benefit
even if it did retard the threshing OF
early cut grain. He does not expect
to price or buy any wheat until deliv
cred at the elevator.
BOUGHT Wheat at 90 Cents
The elevator manager at Crete, Ind,
reports buying a little new wheat al
CSC" No, it hasn't been threshed and
it is not expected that any threshine
will be done until after the Fourth
he said. "but all the wheat is in
shock or will be by Saturday evening.
Crete has had its share of rainfall
this week and gardens, crops and pas
lures were greatly benefited, is the
report
Frank Mckee, of Pershing, gave us
few interesting figures as to the
overhead" costs in running a coun'
try elevator, on Friday, but inasmuch
as he promises to make a three-year
compilation we shall await his letter
before dipping into that subject. MI
Mckee has not bought any new crop
grain, as yet He said that while the
early potato crop was the only one
clamoring for rain the downpour on
Wednesday did much good, and corn
is growing faster because of the
drenching." The wheat around Perish
ing is nearly all in shock, and possibly
all will be by Saturday night, unless
rain prevents" said Mr.. Mckee on
Friday evening.
Report From Winchester
Manager Goodrich, of the Goodrich
Bros. elevator at Winchester. says
that wheat harvesting is practically
over in that section, although an odd
crop here and there remained to be
cut on Friday night. Winchester had
an old-fashioned rain last Wednesday
which will benefit late oats. "Our
oats will be short, but the fields which
got an early start are likely to pro
duce fairly well, and we expect to
have some good oats to handle" said
MI Goodrich. He says his elevator
has contracted for a few crops OF
wheat at around 81 per bushel.
Heavy chinch Infestation
Albert Lamberson, living about four
miles southwest of Dublin, was in
Richmond all of Friday afternoon, on
the trail of barrier oil or other RENE,
dies for chinch bugs. Mr.. Lamberson
told US that he has a 20 acre field
of corn. which adjoined a wheat field
which has just been harvested, and