The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-24
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborr

at Glen Miller park on SUNDAY brt
the most notable picnic crowd of the
day will be that of the Ddroc-Jersev
nog men, hailing from both WAYNE
and Preble counties. This is the first
joint picnic planned and it is hoped
| TO make it an annual affair. These
two counties are noted for the number
OF red hog fanciers and breeders and
for the fine quality of the numerous
nerds owned by breeders, several of
whom have won recognition over a
wide territory because of their annu-
al or semi-annual pure-bred sales
Heat Injuries Kansas Wheat
As what happens to winter wheat in
Kansas is of nation wide importance
! we are printing the crop report for
the week ending last Wednesday.
! Kansas is the banner winter wheat
/ state and the center of manufacture
of world Of winter wheat flour for
export. The Topeka special to west
ern papers says:
Premature ripening of wheat with
probable damage resulting, has been
the outstanding feature of weathe~
! and crop conditions in Kansas in the
last week, according to the weekly
/ report of S. D. Flora. state meteorol
ogist, issued today. However, Kansas
has been fortunate from tempera-
ture standpoint, Flora declares, no
point in the state having reported the
mercury as high as 100 degrees.
THE continued hot weather has
caused much of the wheat to shrivel.
particularly in the northern and cen
trail sections, although the extent OF
! the damage is not yet ascertainable.
Corn so far has withstood the heat, al
though it is in need of rain. Dat pros.
, poets have been lowered considerably
; from the heat, the crop being short
, and weedy."
Are Voted sso,ooo,ooo
The Tobacco Growers Cooperative
association of North Carolina South
Carolina and Virginia are to have a
chance to hold their crops and to try
T out the effect of orderly marketing of
tobacco from now on. This is made
. possible by the War Finance Corpo-
ration's vote to Immediately loan the
association not to exceed $50, 1000. 900
This action was taken by the corpo-
ration on Thursday, as now announced
? by Director Meyer. The growers OF
, hurley tobacco, living principally il
/ Kentucky, were cared for some time
: ago and they have already paid oul
S20,000,000 to growers as the result
of cooperative sales.
Regulating County Agents
, The question of whether the county
agent could do better work for the
I farmer "if all strings were off" mean
, ing the withdrawal of federal control
| and support, is evidently being dis
. cussed in Missouri The editor OF
the Missouri Farm Bureau News has
written long editorial on this sub
: ject, in which he says:
Zone of these days the farmers OF
America are going to tire of govern
ment and state red tape and hire and
fire their county hired man just as
they do their own hands I am conf
dent that there is no agent in Mis-
} souri, who would not hail with Jog
the severance of the tape that binds
him and contract which will allow
him to follow the dictates of his con-
science and serve the farmers as they
desire to be served. While there is
ample need for educational effort
along production lines and every coun-
ty should have man employed as as
sistant to the agent who can look after
. cooperative work in the beginning, It
is vitality necessary that the agent be
allowed to lay the foundation for
commercial activities which will make
. and save money. And any law or
! regulation that says to the agent
! hands off should be repealed or
, changed"