The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-01
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

J. G. Frank, well known West Man
chester farmer. is planning to have 4
big flock of s. C. White Leghorns dec
Grating the place next fall and winter. |
At this writing he tells us that he has
about 1,40O spring chicks chasing in
sects and devouring bugs, this being
the ambition Of all healthy chicks, also
wise provision of nature for the sal
Walton of the crops While the chick
ems do their share toward Kidding the
earth of these pests, the birds do in
finitely more. If there happens to be
such an invasion of chinch bugs this /
year, as Purdue fears for certain parts
of Indiana, we should welcome q
million quail to dispose of them. as
quail seem to consider the chinch bug
luxury.
But getting back to White Leghorns
and to how Farmer Frank came to
get so many of them, it can be eX-
planned this way. Having had farm
sale last winter which considerably
| lightened his labors, Mr.. Frank con-
! sidered raising chickens, as a bust
ness. The baby chick end of it seemed
tempting so he installed 3,400 egg
: incubator early in the winter and has
! kept it busy down to June l, which
is about the close of the season for
! such shipments. He has done a lot
of Matching for his neighbors, has sold
hundreds of baby chicks and has man
aged to lay the foundation Of big
flock of Leghorns for egg production.
In custom Matching he sets all sorts
of eggs for the folks who brought
them TO him. He has also sold baby
chicks of various strains At present
he is Matching Buff Rocks and Rhode
Island Reds, he says. and his recent
sales of chicks have been made at ID
cents each. He says he has had de-
mand for all the chicks he has been
able to furnish during the past -four
months and will probably increase his
capacity next season. Mr.. Frank
= lives at the edge of West Manchester
and his place will allow of considera
Bile expansion of his poultry plant
Corn Is Moving Freely
We are shipping considerable corn
right now. said A V. Mcclure. of Ell
dorado. in fact we have been ship
ping about 5000 bushels per week for
the last four weeks. and farmers
seem willing to sell around recent PR
ces. We are paying so cents per cwt
today and several loads have come
in" Very little old wheat remains
in the Eldorado section, Mr.. Mcclure
states. and since the collapse of the
Nav deal his elevator has reduced
their bid to Sis. which has been d
shipping basis for last day or so. This
=, is also the mill price at Richmond
= just now.
. Not all the corn is yet planted IN
the Eldorado section. a number of low
and wet spots to the south remaining
to be finished this week. Early
: planted corn is showing and some
: fields are now being cultivated
= Asked as to reports of chinch bug
, Mr.. Mcclure said there was no partic
, ular complaint and no scare whatever
! although a couple of farmers said the!
: had seen a few bugs in their fields
This had been the only mention of the
: hugs made by visitors TO his elevator
f Let us hope that this closes thu
+ chinch bug story for the season, bu
J. such good fortune can hardly b.
o hoped for even in Preble county.
@ No Bugs at College Corner
h Fred Miller, elevator owner at Col
,-,lege Corner, says he hasn't hear
Il chinch bugs mentioned this season
: and doesn't want to. We cant blam
4 him. AS to corn planting he say
Y there is still a little TO go in but tn
j. odd corners will all be cared for thi
e week. as a number started TO fms
g I'D last Monday. Some farmers ar
giving corn its first cultivation an
/ the fields showing a stand are looE
# ing promising. He says that the oil
II wheat is so we'll cleared out that b
Y knows of but one farmer still holdin
his last crop. Feeders are paying s
$ much for corn that elevatormen dow
his way are unable to compete, thi
- being the case all during the pas
p winter.
d Wool SIC at Green's Fork
IL Manager Martindale of the Green
II Fork elevator says they are taking
. considerable wool this week, an
" paid 81 cents a pound for wool 0
E. Wednesday. Wool has been comm
u in for several days. although not a
3 the shearing has yet been done. H
- says that the farmers who have calle
>. to get prices haven't talked poOlin
- at least not TO him. In our calls
~ elevators regarding wool the Green
,, Fork bid was the highest so far quo
l. ed by Independent buyers. Mr.. Ma
- tindale reported buying some corn c
:, Wednesday at so cents; also state
:, that one farmer had asked his priC
-, on $50 bushels of wheat this wee
In but the sale was not made.
m We were mighty glad to have N
C Martindale tell US that not a soul I
Y his way has mentioned seeing eve
II. photo of chinch bug this sprin
o. He reports corn planting practical
~ completed with some farmers plo'
a. ing for the first time over. Whe
al is promising and farmers are antit
IN pating at least a good average GRO
of he says.
1gi Wool Market in Randolph
SIS Word comes from the elevator
is Lynn that the tendency in RandolI
e. county is TO market wool, now.
er least that is the tendency this wet
IS in the Lynn district, where the
nd seems to be little talk of holding f
es better prices. Inquiries at the elev
at tor, and the fact that about 80
e. pounds were brought in this week,
er. dictate that many sheep owners CO
ii. slider wool on a fair price basis. col
IN pared with past two years, at lea:
Mt They were paying 351z cents for wo
at Lynn, on Wednesday. This ne