The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-22


Palladium stories of the corn show
and short course. and many of you
were in attendance and enjoyed the
occasion. But many who would have
liked to have been present were
doubtless detained at home because
IF the condition of the roads, more
especially the cross roads, although
the main highways are in no condi-
ton to brag about.
The news as to the entire program
of the two busy days; list of speakers,
the musicians and musical numbers.
description of displays and mention of
the awards, has been completely COW
cred in this paper. 1t only remains
for us to say that the show was
credit to those who gave both time
and money in putting it on. The Of
ficers of the show organization are to
be complimented upon the results. The
show in the womens department was
surprisingly large and in every sense
creditable. And whisper, as we don't
want the corn and soybean growers to
hear us, the display Of canned fruit,
tempting cake and fruity pies was
worth going miles to see, and still
further miles to eat and enjoy. But
who wants to eat field corn and soy
beans, or who would crave mess of
clover seed for supper? Who would,
tell us that? But we haven't said a
word about the laces, embroideries,
quilts and other finery. Nor are we
going to. We don't want to get off
the reservation, for what we don't
know about that vast subject would
fill any number of books.
Tobacco Begins to Move
William Banker, a Lewisburg, Ohio,
leaf tobacco buyer and warehouseman,
says that he has been able to buy con-
siderable tobacco within the past
week, and that tobacco is moving at
from 10 cents to II cents per pound.
So far as he knows no crops in the
Lewisburg section have been sold for
more than II cents per pound. Mr..
/ Banker said that he considered II
cents a good price for the last crop,
which he says is only fair as to quail
/! ity, when prices paid for other farm
produce is taken into account.
| One of the surprising statements
made by Mr.. Banker is that, in his
] opinion, about rs per cent of the to-
| bacco in his district already has
been contracted for, and that delivery
to Lewisburg will begin during the
coming week Our readers will re.
call that just few days ago we
printed a number of statements from
representative buyers, one of them a
Lewisburg warehouseman, all of whom
agreed on two points: first, that only
an odd speculator had bought pound
of tobacco this season, just a crop
! hare and fhprp- and second that the
big buying concerns had not yet given
their brokers figures at which to buy
In view of those recent conditions il
seems that the 10 to IL cent price
must have met the views of a large
number of the growers, who had beer
hoping for higher figures.
Corn, 55c; Oats, 4oc.
/ The farmers in the Fountain City
section are supplying the elevator a
that point with little corn at $50
and oats at 40c per bushel. This is
what Mr.. Hockett says they are pay
ing for enough grain to supply theil
retail trade, both figures being con
siderably above the shipping basis
He says that farmers are now showing
interest in clover and that they are
offering some fine Illinois seed at ST.
land $3.50, for tested seed of highes
termination. He explains that thi:
seed was bought early in the season
when prices were much lower thar
present wholesale cost Kentucky
lump coal was being sold on Wednes
;. day from car just in at the loves
price this season, according to the
) elevatorman.
i Wheat s1.as at EIdorado.
| A. V. Mcclure, of Eldorado, seems
to have hit the high spot on wheat il
the local radius, on Tuesday, when he
;, took in a jag or two at $1.38. When i
was remarked that $1.38 should brine
some wheat out of hiding he said
"The higher wheat goes the tighter
some farmers will hold on, although
some have said they would sell wher
it struck $3.50. If it gets to where we
can pay $3.50 some are likely to still
hold for higher figure. Mr. Mcclure
is of the opinion that there are more
live stock buyers in and around Edo
RADIO than in any other community o.
like size, between the Red Sea and the
Arctic ocean, or words to that effect
Joking? Perhaps so, but at any rate
he said car of hogs went out on las
Friday and another was loaded OF
Tuesday afternoon.
Fat Hogs Getting Scarce.
Whittier Beard, live stock buyer ant
shipper at Economy, tells us that ia
hogs of shipping weight are gettin.
very scarce in that vicinity and tina
there will be few to go to market til
the crop now on feed are ready t
ship. In his opinion there are fewe
than the usual number of shoats nov
on feed, although feeders have beel
picking up lightweights whereve
available. There is no complaint o
cholera in any of the feedlots, so ia
as he knows. What little sickness
there may be, said he, seems not to b
|, either serious or contagious. Yer
few cattle are fed near Economy,
being largely hog and dairying dis