The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-02

The state farm bureau omceS at III
dianapolis will in future occupy the
sentire fourth floor of the Public Saw
ings Insrance building, at LAT East
Market street. Not that the farm bu-
reau needed more room, but because 1t
was thought best to house all repre-
sentatives of our agricultural interests
under one roof, and in closer touch.
The marketing service, which has
been located in the Board of Trade
building, has ben assigned space at
Headquarters The Farmers Grain
Dealers Association of Indiana have
also been given space on the same
floor Office room also has been pro-
vided for James K. Mason, director for
Indiana of the U. S. Grain Growers,
Inc.
A private branch telephone exchange
will facilitate intercommunication be-
tween all these parties and depart
ments In commenting on these
changes and new facilities the Hoosier
Farmer emphasizes the need for in
creased cooperative effort
Are Closely Allied
The continued harmonious cooper
alton of these closely allied organiza-
tons is one of the very gratifying fea-
! lures of farmers coalition in Indiana"
says the Hoosier Farmer. There is
ample opportunity for more co-opera-
tive elevators, greatly increased pa
tronage of the federated marketing ser
vive and more rapid development of
the u. S. Grain Growers campaign, all
of which are earnestly desired and ac-
lively supported by the Indiana feder-
, alton of farmers associations"
The Pesdent's New Suit.
1t now seems certain that President
: Harding will get one new suit of cloth
es in 1922: made of virgin WOOL at
: that. And it won't cost him copper.
The Ohio wool growers have promised
to present the suit. woven from Ohio
wool, and made up just as real clothes
y should be built. sewed with silk and
: trimmed accordingly.
: This reminds us that the-truth-in-
fabrics bill has seemingly been lost
$ sight Of But not so, for no matter
I what the final result may be, the
n friends of the bill will again present
g its merits at the proper time.
= California Alfalfa.
y 1t is a far cry from California to
Il New England, so far indeed that one
would hardly expect to find California
alfalfa in the stalls of eastern dairy
cattle. Water shipment is the answer
1t costs but $12 per ton to ship alfalfa
to eastern seaports via the Panama
4 canal. which is exactly the rate charg
j ed on shipments of alfalfa from cen
trail Nebraska points TO Chicago. The
= farmer farthest from competitive wa
- ter transportation is hit the hardest pJ
;, freight rates.
- A Fountain County Pumpkin.
Blomer Meyers, of Fountain county
e Ind, has on exhibit in the Farmers
y bank. at Wallace. pumpkin weighing
v IS pounds Stories of large pumpkin:
e on display are often found in thu
&c rural press and one Illinois paper tell
{, of two pumpkins which grew on th'
" same vine, having a joint weight 0
le 11S pounds They are displayed in tn
ie Menard county farm bureau office. I
Il few hefty pumpkins and sGuashe
o. have decorated windows in Richmond
this winter, and some have also bee
Re shown in banking rooms.
II About Democrat Corn
n The chinch bug editor of the Prairf
IS Farmer has ben enlightening his read
ot ers as to the bug-proof merits of Den
at ocrat" corn He says that he recent
lie received So letters about this corn i
" a single day, and then proceeds to say
III First Democrat corn has one out
10 standing merritt is not seriousl
damaged by chinch bugs, no matte
3 how thick they are. That makes
possible for a farmer to grow goo
crop Of corn, in spite of the bugs.
80 Democrat corn should not be grow
D. north of line drawn through Spring
h field and Decatur, I'll. 1t requires
long season and may not mature. TIL
- chinch bugs are so or go miles mort
ba of this line, but that won't make It SAT
,s, to grow Democrat there.
10 "'The bug-proof corn has ben teste
nj by the Illinois experiment station an
~, the claims of bug-resistance verified
,Is II will allow many farmers to raise
N, crop next year who would otherwis
n, raise nothing but bugs says the ed
ed tor
nh A Contrasting Record
The Tri-County cowtesting associ
ri ton of Belmont. Harrison and Jeffe
he son counties, Ohio, ended its 1921 Sc
he son with an average record per COW
ge 6,693 pounds of milk for the past
months The production of the ave
age COW in Ohio is said to be arour
on 400 pounds year.
The herd of w. G. McClain. Bellai
les was first Each COW averaged 49,!
er pounds of milk and AL 4 pounds
I'm butterfat for the year Mr.. Nicola
80. also had in his herd the three highe