The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-27
The Farm and
The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Market-weight hogs are getting
pretty scarce. In fact | don't remem-
Der a January when shipping hogs
were scarcer than they are right now"
said George Davis, of Williamsburg.
on Friday morning. Mr.. Davis said
that the ravages of cholera over his
buying district had made some inroads
on supplies and had in measure cut
the crop OF fall pigs. As to cattle he
said that while the number on feed IS
limited that there are some men feed
ing cattle this year who did not fatten
q steer last winter. On the whole he
thinks more cattle are in the feed lots
up his way than on this date year
ago.
Grant Watkins is still butchering
for farmers and is doing something
every day, and will so continue for
some time. His williamsburg plant is
not only patroniZed by farmers near
town but is doing a lot of butchering,
rendering and sausage-making for
farmers who truck several miles in or
der to avoid mussing up things around
home. But the bulk of farm butcher
ing has been done for this season.
Wheat in Ancient Days.
The earliest recorded mention OF
Genesis, 30:14, in the account of ia
cob's sojourn with Laban, in the land
of Mesopotamia There can be no
doubt that wheat has been known
from the earliest times and has been
the bread of the world for thousands
of years. The barley and wheat OF
ancient days may have been much
like the varieties grown today, or at
least like some Of them, but the corn
of Egypt was not the corn OF our corn
belt The word corn as used in olden
times meant a food grain, including
wheat.
The farm institute to be held at
Hagerstown on Wednesday. Feb. /,
will be an all-day and evening affair,
beginning at Gas. Among the speak
ers announced, are: H NJ. Widney,
Mrs. II. J. Deller. Rev. J. J. Rae and
County Agent Dolan. There will be
orchestral music, vocal solos and read
ings, to lend variety.
Government Wool Sale.
The very last of the government
stock of wool, now reduced TO AGO.
900 pounds, will be put on sale on
March 2, and it is hoped will be finally
cleaned up In the meanwhile the
price of wool the world over is now
advancing, and has been for some
time. The farmer having marketed
his wool is no longer interested, ex.
cept for the coming clip, for which
there is likely to be lively bidding
Word comes out of the west to the ef
feet that buyers are trying to contract
tor clips still on the Sleeps back
Dealers are holding their woods for
higher prices Boston stocks are down
to around 6OOO0,00O pounds against al
most 100000 a year ago.
Predicts Flood of Milk.
W r. Schilling OF Northfield. MINI.
president of the Twin Cities Milk Pro
ducers' association, said in a speech
at Buffalo the other day: There is
goisg to be enough milk in the mex
Two months to drown every one OF
you He stated that the head OF on'
Of the largest condenseries had told
him that his concern was stocked VI
for the next six months. Mr.. Schilling
said that two months of travel in this
country and Canada had convinced
him that this condition is nation wide
Canadian Crops and Values.
After giving a summary OF the fielC
crops in Canadian provinces in 1921
the government estimates a drop il
value OF half a billion dollars, because
OF price declines. They grew a gian
crop of wheat last year, it being
placed at 300,S5S 900 bushels, agains
about 204,000,OO0 in 1920. Total mar
ket value of all field crops is placed
at 1891 500, 900, for 1921.
Ohio Shorthorns Average $t75.
At the sale of rs head of Short
horns at Columbus. Ohio. during SHOW
week, 500, 200 was realized, or an aver
age price OF SITS per head Their