The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-16

\ report from 81 cities shows that
the average price paid per 100 pounds
for milk last December was S2.56,
against $3.41 in December 1920. But
the average price is not important
to the milk grower at the bottom of
the line. Prices vary widely in diff
ferent states and districts. in fact the
scale is very uneven, depending on
nuerOus factories.
Wheat Prices in July
One of the evidences of what the
Spectator thinks or hopes for as to
the next wheat crop. may be cleaned
from the price on the July option in
various markets, including the Can.
adam
Taking a recent day for comparison
we find that July wheat at Chicago
made low of 9SA; st, Louis, 9614 ;
Kansas City, SO. and Toledo, s1.05
These prices are for deliveries of No
red, or equivelant grade and value
Minneapolis and Winnipeg are the
primary spring wheat markets and
their prices are higher, Minneapolis
S1.11& and Winnipeg touching bottom
at $1,05A, for as good an article as
is grown anywhere.
The farmer will scarcely expect tC
see wheat, freight paid and delivered
below these quotations next July That
doesn't appear reasonable at this time
But is is the unexpected which sc
frequently happens. The Ieeway would
seem on the long" side of the market
and the chances Of an advance from
these low spots be the most probable
by the time the July option becomes
a cash article. The quotations given
simply shows the present trend OF
speculative opinion.
Apple Growers Complain
And now it is the apple growers who
are complaining of the excess profits
made by the middlemen. They have
just closed a session of the American
Pathological society, at Chicago, where
| the applemen told of their various
marketing costs and troubles. ant
| what they obtained for their fruit
Having done this they decided that il
| was up to them to enlighten the gen
eral public as to the facts, and Il
snow that the apple growers have
made little profit and that it is the
mlddIemen who are initiating the costs
| 10 the consumer. Their advertising
should make interesting reading
fWhen a farmer has to trade a bushe
of corn for four or five choice apple!
there must either too much corn, TOT
! lew apples, or lot of graft or profit
eerlng in the handling of the fruit.
Burning the Bugs
In our talks with farmers about thu
advisability of burning a few million.
| of chinch bugs, as the farm and rura
papers have been urging, two object
| ions have been raised First. farmer
are taking into account what damag
the fire may do to their fences and
| secondly, the need for concerted actor
to make the work effective. Wher,
/ the infection was bad last year no
only long stretches of farm fences vii
! need attention but, in places, lane
! and roadways should be cleaned ur
/ The use of the scythe and the pilinI
| of the grass and weds into piles 70
! burning will help lot" said a Cente
| township farmer, 'but will not exactl
fill the bill. Too many chinches ar
dormant, below where the cut woul
! would come" All corn belt agricu
/ tural colleges in infested states ar
/ advising burning while the burnin
is good Whatever little or much ma
be done in infested spots will help t
keep down the threatened damage i
1922.