The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-10
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

Nine of the twelve townships in,
Preble county are now organized for
club work with an enrolment of
about 1870 members. Twin, Jefferson
and Harrison townships have not as
yet reported any club organizations.
The club activities cover foods, cloth
ing, pigs. poultry, etc. 1t is expected
that Jefferson township will organize
pig club during present week, and
that every township in the county Will
be engaged in some sort of club work
during the summer.
BY timing Chicago clocks on the
daylight-saving plan Chicago and
Washington time is now on the same
identical time basis. The govern
ment crop report sent out of Wash
ington at 2:15 on Tuesday afternoon
began to be received on the same
minute by Chicago clocks, instead of
being locally a full hour later, as per
standard time.
Regular" deliveries of grain in
speculative markets means the tend
ering of elevator receipts for the
! quantities specified. The only excep-
| ton to this rule has been on occas-
| ions when there was a corner on and
| the directors have made deliveries of
inspected wheat on track regular"
| to protect sellers who were unable
| to get their grain unloaded. There
were 2,645 cars of grain on track at
Chicago on Monday, 1,640 of which
were on track for orders and inspec-
/ ton. Because of the congested shape
of the May deal and the heavy arrivals
of grain from all western points to fill
sales. the Tribune is of the opinion
/ that car lots on track may be made
regular" in settlement of May con-
tracts. It is the pressure of the May
deal which has caused the cratic price
changes in wheat of late.
Value of Farm Bureau
! Dennis Murphy, president OF a
/ South Dakota county farm bureau,
prints a ten minute chat in the farm
/ bureau weekly news letter, in which
he tells of the value of the farm bu-
reau to him. He is farming 800
acres and lists his savings because OF
farm bureau activities at Washington
at $37950 divided as follows:
$4,000 a year by the defeat OF the
Nolan bill.
| 16600 a year by the defeat OF the
Sales Tax bill.
2750 a year by the defeat of the
Transportation tax.
5000 a year by the reduction OF
/ railroad generalization.
1900 year by the reduction OF
i railroad rates.
$379.5O
Mr.. Murphys statement supports
the contention that one can prove
anything by figures, even to what a
sales tax would cost farm family
regardless of the amount of this tax
per dollar Sound like a fairy tale
: doesn't it," says Mr.. Murphy, whc
advises farmers to take a pad and J
, pencil and figure it out for them
selves. This saving of $379.50 says
Farmer Murphy, 81 can figure ou
for myself, but what l can't figure
{ out is the untold good the American
: farm bureau has done in their great
) educational campaign to enlighter
5 the city people, the consumers of oul
2 products, as to the condition and neet
: of the American farmer" There |;
where he gets on solid ground.
Praises the Organization
Farmer Murphy praises the work o
' the organization, and says that the
{ farm bureau has done more TO,
| farmers in two years than has bee:
: done in the entire history of the coun
9 try before" And he warns that WI
r must not slip back but keep the mem
3 bership not only at full strength, bu
I ever growing. He cites the fact tina
: the farm bureau has organized tn,
l cotton, wool and grain growers anC
S are now organizing the live stool
: producers along the same genera
lines. Taken as whole the Murph.
( ten-minute talk covers quite a lot o
ground and affords ammunition TO