The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-24


the scene of an interesting live stock
sale on Monday afternoon. The offer
ing was put up by John Q. Lands, OF
Greenville, and it attracted the at
tention of men from all adjoining
counties. According to the sale bill
there were SO head of extra good
stock cattle; Is fat cattle and 20 good
cows; also IS brood sows and stock
hogs and lot of sheep.
A number of Wayne county men
went over to the sale but D. R. Funk
of Richmond was the principal buyer
from this section, and no doubt was
the biggest buyer at the sale. His Sc
lections covered 43 head of cattle,
mostly young stuff. The herd was
driven from Greenville to the Funk
farm north of Richmond, on Tuesday
the same being an all-day job. This
purchase indicates that Mr.. Funk con-
cluded that he had picked up lot of
cheap cattle or otherwise that cattle
feeding is to be profitable this year,
regardless. There are many farmers
now leaning toward the latter's view,
this. evidently being a grass and hay
year. AS a mater of fact pastures
never looked better nor the outlook for
| fine hay crop more promising, this
early in the season.
Duroc Pig Club Plans
The Indiana Duroc-Jersey breeders
+! are presenting rather ambitious pig
! club program for the 1922 season
They are telling their story in a neat
| folder, containing all needed informa
ton for club members concisely but
completely, with some pertinent ad
vice to the younsters who may enter
| the competition.
| The folder states that the contest
| is open to Indiana boys and girls
| from the age of ten and who have no
| attained the age of nineteen, on July l
Only registered Duroc gifts, narrowed
| on or after March 1, 1922, and entered
in the contestants name, shall b.
eligible. Each contestant may selec
not to exceed three pigs, feed and care
for them and at the end of the fitting
period, select one of these for thu
show" This refers to pigs to b.
shown at the state fair and which
must be on the fair grounds by
o'clock on Monday morning of fai
week. The fitting period begins Thurs
As far as county pig clubs go thes
are an entirely different matter Tn
young owner may or may not go to tn,
expense of making an exhibit at tn
state fair and the county awards ar
in accordance with local or count
rules, from year to year.
: Just how many pigs will constitut
the Wayne county pig club exhibit thi
: ! - - ~
said on Tuesday night that at the las
check-up the red hog was in the lead
away ahead in fact, but this lead il
numbers may be cut down at the clos
of the race for entries, ending Thurs
day, June /, as Mr.. Funk admitted.
Idaho Cattle Values Doubled
Here is bit of cheering information
furnished by an Idaho cattleman to tn
latest number of the Breeders Go
zette. Says the writer:
Cattle values are double what the
were last October. In April goo
range cows Of the right age, and du
to calve this spring, sold for $55 t
$50, and one lot of good, growthy
] young cows. all with calves at foo
! sold for 500 each. At the same tim
registered bulls owned by the sam
f outfit brought $50 to $40 Yearlingt
: both steers and heifers, have bee
: selling at s25 to $3.50, and two-yea
l olds at $35 to $42.50"
5 The story this Idaho man tells ma
5 be taken as applicable to the rang
: country of the mountain states.
: explains why so many millions {
emergency cattle loans have been pai
t off since the $4,000. 900 cattle loa
+ fund was provided by western banl
K ers, mostly Chicagoans, less than tw
Y years ago.
0 Artists Barred From Farms
The statement that while others ar
welcomed artists are barred frol
t some of the Connecticut farming di
q tricts is cause for wonder until on
e learns the explanation. The Old Lynn
and Hamburg districts of the Nutme
!, State are thickly posted with sigr
v forbidding artists to trespass. Tt
g reason given is that many cows hay
: been poisoned by paint in cruste
4 rags thrown away by the colorist
Doesn't seem very reasonable but tt
/ signs are there as proof of the CO
I rectness of the story.
General Crop News
e A large percentage of the Germa
o wheat acreage has been abandone
II owing to winter frost damage. Bot
L winter wheat and rye crops indica
, a harvest considerably below that
3 last year.
Rains are still delaying corn plan
t ing in northern Indiana and northe1
t Illinois. Iowa and Missouri have hs
" three weeks of favorable weathe
giving farmers chance to catch |
% on delayed spring work.
+ The corn and oats acreage in n
o. braska is said to be about norm;
but rains would be welcomed, n