The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-07
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

i 1.-The next question before the house,
gentlemen, is the laying in of sup
ply of fertilizer; this settlement 70 De
followed by a study of the seed wheat
question. Shall we buy certified SEED
wheat? Shall we pool our orders Tor
wheat, each buyer to drive to the car
or cars, when set out. do his own
hauling and pay his own bills, just as
is the rule in the handling of fertll-
/ izer Has any one suggestion 10
offer?
! If you have been attending farm bu-
reau meetings of late, or shall attena
| the next meeting of your township
farm bureau. you will hear the pres
ident of the association do little talk
ing along the line above indicated
! The question of buying fertilizer ana
seed grain by pooling of orders IS
one of general interest just now. Inc
state marketing association at lnolan-
apolis has been stirring this matter
up of late, and it is up TO the farmers
themselves as to the action 10 De
! taken.
At the meeting of washington
township farmers at Milton last FIJI
dav night it was voted that fertilizer
orders be pooled, and that action as
to buying certified wheat be deferred
until the next meeting. They want
to consider the matter further and to
give each member chance to thlnK
lit over to reach decision as to the
kind of wheat and the number OF
bushels he will plant.
1 DPnH6SSInn
Washington, Harrison and Jackson
townships have declared Wednesday,
; August 9Th, a legal holiday for all
farmers. This, of course, is true in
all our townships, but the farmers
: living in the three here mentioned
: have agreed to all meet that morning
at Pershing and to then and there
fall into line and head for Glen Mil
Her. The pilot car will lead the way
and a committee on stragglers will
bring up the rear, to insure that no
members of the party be lost in tran
sit.
There can be little doubt that we
farmers and farm editors are to have
one great picnic next Wednesday. 1t
will be a get-to-gether occasion, me-
; morable and worth while.
A Corn Belt in August
We are of the opinion that you all
will enjoy reading the following from
the gifted pen of an editorial writer
: on the Chicago Tribune. This man
: has the monthly habit of writing a
! brief and seasonabde article on the
new month. These are worth pre-
servation in any scrap book, to be re
read when in the mood.
The writer headlines his article:
The Commuters Ticket He does this
from month to month, picturing Us
. all as commuters along the journey OF
| life. This month he-but no, read
for yourselves:
Even delectable lands may have
:, their supreme periods, and when
5 America enters the corn season its
7 distinction as garden tops all other
S places of the world. When an Amer
Y lean takes up his first ear of sweet
I corn, which was in a pot of hot water
: twenty minutes after it was stripped
from the stalk he must wonder
D whether after all other peoples really
2 live. The Canadians, yes, because
( they have fields of the generous corn
t and know how to use it, but can life
be complete elsewhere without it?
: 'In this corn fed region nature
: seems to be conscious of great full
/ / fillment when she offers the corn
? IGenerally the heat of growing weather
: has been tempered. Fields have be
? come soft with fox grass and mistily
: mellow towards the west at SHUTDOWN
They have been colored with snap
dragons and with early goldenrod and
wild flowers peer above the thickets.'
A Bit of Word-Painting
THE white moths which f1utter in
the sunlight seem to be a part of d
visible, lazily waving gossamer of con
e tented life, and the horn of plenty
filled to the brim, drops out the roast
r ing ears. Nothing else so connotate:
g richness of productivity The amber
t spirits of the noble grain no longer
t are to intoxicate our citiZenry, bu
Il the yellow heart of the corn makes the
y pig strong enough to lift the mortga
/ ge. and has all that is needed to maxi
him Esau and Arcadia.
THE August ticket is trimmed witt
d gold and the collectors punch max,
r rents in the richest tapestry of life
# Change is flashing through the wood:
n and over the fields. The song di
q minishes. The brown thrasher VIII;
s has given the thickets their most prod
< igal melodies is silent. The yellow
a billed cuckoo calls from the oaks b
y day and the owl by night, but The
woodthrush in the wild grapes is end
Z ing his song. He will moult and soor
= be on the wing but not swifter thar
I the passage of the days TO which h
gave his song
!, The lover of Nature, in thoughtful
= :. mood, will do just as we have done
- will read the Tribune writer's brie
z essay on August in the corn belt, anC
q on the flight of our days, over again
4 so full it is of thought and feeling.
al Hundreds of Barbarries
. In the field quest for the cause o
4 black stem rust in Tony Strong!
9 wheat field the search led to the yarC
of an abandoned brick house on LAND
owned by c. NJ Gilliard, fully a hal
y mile from the Strong farm. In this
yard flourishing 10 to u foot bar
berry bush was discovered. We ART
) told that perhaps 20 rods of barrerry
e bushes have been found back of Earl
b ham cemetery, which have been Of
e are to be destroyed, root and branch
4 The campaign against the barberry
5 now being waged all over eastern In
diana, should result in freedom from