The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-21

wayne county is TO retain j. II. Do-
Ian as county agent for another year.
This was decided by vote of the
county board of education at their
meeting at the courthouse Thursday
forenoon. ut was not an unanimous
election" said a farm bureau leader,
but Mr.. Dolan had a comfortable ma
iority. and that is sufficient. I am
glad that Mr.. Dolan is retained and
am sure that the meetings held by the
farm bureau, voicing our endorsement
of his work for the farmers during the
past two years, was an important fac
tor in his reelection" Three town
ship trustees we're absent.
AS indicating the keen interest felt
in this matter, an early visitor to the
courthouse Thursday morning would
have noted quite a number of farm
cars parked along South Fifth street;
also a group of farm bureau members
on the steps and in the corridors of
the building.
Mr.. Dolan begins his third year "in
our midst" on August Is. He has his
work cut out, and plenty of it.
The price of wheat in the local
area broke under 81 on Thursday,
touching 81 cents in places. The pre-
vailing figure, however, was SO cents.
The only elevator man stating that he
was still paying 81, lives at West Man.
chester, in Preble county I'VE are
still paying ST." said he, "and probably
will during the rest of the afternoon.
Farmers are selling freely, and re-
ceipts are quite heavy today"
Some Sales at 81 Cents.
Among the low spots on wheat on
Thursday. were Williamsburg and
Green's Fork, each of which was pay
ing 81 cents. AS every available ma
chine in these districts was running
receipts were fairly heavy at both
points. We are told that wheat is
pretty generally running at from Il
to IA bushels around Williamsburg
Clarence Hyre delivered a few loads
of wheat at Williamsburg, Wednes
day, which tested so pounds A mum
Der of farmers in this section have
! decided to store their grain for a bet
| ter price than 81 cents, while others
I are selling, ito get the job off theiI
minds"
Green's Fork loaded out one car oil
wheat on Thursday, and said they had
| oAAOdhOl OAAPIy III S4cNhJ 4Cd0y ~
spot.
Farmers National Paying sae.
| Edward Price. manager of the farm
ers' National Grain association. SAID
! that the price of wheat at their ele
vators at Boston. Wits Station, Foun
tain City, etc, had been reduced tt
period by using tankage. mill feeds
ground oats and corn in feeding hogs
| Few humble bees are to be seen thi:
! season in the country. This, it /.
said, is sign that the fall crop O.
clover seed will be poor. On the othel
hand, grasshoppers, which for severa
years have done thousands of dollar:
worth of damage to clover seed, are
not numerous this year Most of the
| wheat crop was threshed last weet
and farmers are busy throughout the
county cutting oats this week. 1t i:
said that the oats undoubtedly will BIZ
higher than it was thought possible
a few weeks ago before the late rain
Although the stocks are thin on tn;
ground, the kernels are plump anc
plentiful"
Producers Are Prosperinq.
On Monday, July 10, the office force
of the new Producers Commission as
! ISOLATION at Chicago, rolled up theil
/ sleeves and prepared for busy day
| They had the right 'hunch," for bus!
day it was. Fifty-six cars of live stool
/ came in that forenoon, all from Iowa
/ except single car which wandered il
4 from some other state, this being thu
result of the zoning system.
On this particular Monday came
five cars of cattle from Clemmons
Iowa, cattle owned by the president o
the American farm bureau. These
five cars contained 70 two-year-olC
Herefords and Shorthorns, 80 Angu:
yearlings and 10 Shorthorn yearlings
They had been fed by Roe Hiatt, OF
Mr.. Towards farm, and all were IL
prime condition.
A picture in the Farm Bureau news
letter shows Mr.. Hiatt at the cashier
window in the Producers office re
ceiving a check for S11,607.S1 as tn,
total returns on the 10 head maxim:
up the shipment. The news lette
states that IL steers, weighing % 49,
pounds, brought S1015, or within 1,
cents of the top on heavy cattle OF
that day. It further states that s.
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