The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-05
IMPoRTEp a25 LAMBS

| arrived in double decked car on tne
night of Sunday, Aug. q, after a long
Journey from the moutain country, via
! Chicago, where Mr.. Jordan picked
them up for shipment to Wayne. Inc
lambs are thrifty bunch and arrived
in good condition at Fountain CITY.
They weighed an average of 62R
mounds over the scales at the Chicago
Yards and are expected TO rapidly put
on weight, being we'll supplied with
good pasturage and fresh running wa
/ ter.
Mr.. Jordan is located on what has
been known as the Orla Hinshaw farm,
place somewhat noted for its live
stock sales. Where these western
lambs are now grazing some $50 head
of hogs were recently on pasture, but
have now all been marketed, making
five big deck loads in all.
And now comes the silo filling sea-
son and the first man heard Of to get
this chore done in Wayne county, was
Joseph King, of Centerville. He did
the job on Wednesday, Aug. 80. Por-
ter Pike says Mr.. King always leads
the silo procession, and is so far as he
&. knows, the only man in Center town
ship who can boast of a full silo at
this time 1T suits Mr.. King to put up
silage early" said Porter, 1.-The rest OF
US like our corn to ripen longer"
To Fill in New Garden.
And this reminds US that silo filling
will begin around Fountain City, this
week. Arthur Collins, east of town.
said last Saturday that he hoped to fill
not later than Wednesday, if the
weather was favorable. He will be
the first man to get into his corn in
New Garden township, this year. Mr..
Collins is to farm both the Will
Brooks farm next year and will move
on to one of them on the first of
= March Mr.. Brooks will>remain in his
present farm home but Mr.. Collins
will cultivate the entire Brooks acre
age. Lester Lacey is to remove to
: the Thomas place, so long occupied
| by Mr.. Collins, on March 1.
When silo filling begins in earnest
every outfit in the county will be kept
busy for some days There are silo
rings, Just as there are threShlng
rings in which the help your neigh
; Dor" policy saves the silo owner many
: dollars which would otherwise be eX-
pended for labor The idea that a silo
, is a good investment is spreading from
l year to year and with the return TO
, more nearly normal farm prices and
: farm conditions we may expect lib
eral increase in the number of silos on
: our farms. This goes, Of course, for
, the entire corn belt.
Hogs and Grain Decline
, The general average price of hogs
at Chicago broke under IS last Sat
; urday, not on their merits but be
-, cause statesmen sacrificed a lot oil
L, +D .
: the double holiday. Labor day is al
. ways observed at the yards, so it was
t. decided to make a Saturday cleanup
= in the expectancy of large receipts on
D.. Tuesday. At the last of Saturday S
, session a few hogs had been cut as
: much as so cents to get them out OF
the way. With reference to the gen
eral average price it may be said that
the $3.50 Saturday average was 20
cents under the weekly average, which
was $50 and just the same as for
I the week ending August 26.
: A general evening up of speculative
2 accounts in the grain market last Sat
? urday resulted in September wheat
r dropping to 80 cents at Chicago. the
\ low on the week. This is MT the
! low point, however, as this option sold
:. as low as 97% during the last week i'll
e August All grain markets, including
!. the Canadian, were closed on Monday
Z Durum Wheat Very Cheap
= It scarcely seems possible that Can
: adam Durum wheat should be selline
anywhere in the Dominion as low as
- so cents, but the Chicago Tribune had
l. this to say on Monday:
Wheat prices have declined to a
a level where the farmers in the north
S west and southwest are getting less
t than ST. Durum wheat, which is near
Iy so per cent of the total crop in the
p northwestern states, is said to be sell
: ing at so cents in some sections.
: Prices are so low that those who
have been extremely bearish are dis
d posed to go slow on the selling side"
{ Crowds Out on Field Day
/ A crowd estimated at $500 attended
), the second annual field day hell Aug
! 81 on the Jennings county expert
mental field operated by the agricul
tural experiment station of Purdue
Farmers, many accompanied by theil
wives, came from dozen surrounding
counties to study the experimental
work, which has given such excellent
results.
The morning was given over 20 in
spection of the field and a discussion
b of the experiments where the corr
yield has been increased from Is t
C II bushels and the wheat and Glove
d yields in proportion. The afternoon
r was devoted to the speaking program
a the speakers including D. F. Mash
2, of Frankfort, one of Indiana's >eadin!
IS farmers; Perry Crane, secretary Of tn
C. Indiana farm bureau Prof NJ L
lie Fisher, head of the agronomy depart
Is ment at Purdue; l.. L. Jones, head 0
ID poultry extension work for Purdue
y and Miss Leila Gaddis, in charge o
n home economics extension work 70
IS the university.
Y. Klein brothers, near whose fran tn
IF field is located, have fixed a Iarg
IF grove on the farm as a permanen
IS picnic ground for the farmers Of Jer
n nings and other southeastern Indian
e counties, who come to the field da
e every year. They donated the timber
in the neighbors hauled it to town t
t have it sawed and the lumber ha