The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-08

I Vorable for corn. There is considera
I Bile chinch bug infection in the central
mississippi valley. Harvesting of win
ter wheat rapidly nearing completion.
| harvesting of early oats under way in
/ illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.
! broomhalIs foreign crop summary
was somewhat less bullish, although
the European wheat crop is estimated
at l2,O0O,000 bushels less than last
year. The Balkan countries will prob
ably have 100000 bushels for ex-
! port. Less pessimistic reports are
coming from France. Spain expects
average yields. New corn crop along
the Danube in good condition Indi-
cations are for liberal exportable
surplus. Eastern New South Wales
has had good rains.
South African Citrus Fruits :.
The Government of South Africa
| has established new citrus regulations
! for the purpose of preventing the ship
ment of inferior fruit to British mark
cts, reports the American Agricultur-
| al Commissioner in London. The
| first consignment of this seasons
citrus fruit from South Africa, con-
sisting of 1872 cases of oranges and
| and 500 cases OF grapefruit, arrived
at Southampton on board the S. S.
kenilworth On June 5. The Windsor
| Castle was scheduled to arrive during
the following week, with 1,415 cases
of oranges and 116 of grapefruit.
! The large profits made by South
African exporters last season attract
ed many spectators who made it
their practice to ship indifferent fruit
| mixed with good quality oranges
This damaged the reputation of the
South African exporters to such an
extent that the Government has taken
steps to prevent similar practices in
the future. 1t is expected that this
years citrus fruit shipments will ex-
coed $4,000 boxes of high quality
fruit, compared with $50, 900 boxes Of
all kinds last season.
Millions of WatermeIons
The commercial watermelon produc-
ton in the early-producing States is
forecast at 60,102 cars, according to
the estimate of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. Last year the har-
vested watermelon crop in these
States filled 81 S1 cars, so that the
possible increase in the commercial
movement of early watermelons this
season is about II per cent. The
production usually exceeds the car-lot
movement.
The acreage in the early producing
States has increased from 117,700
acres in 1921 to 16S,100 acres this sea
son. The average yield per acre III
1921 was 437 melons. For this season
the indicated yield stands at 358 mel
ons.
Georgia's prospective crop of early
watermelons this season is 22,207 cars
or three-eights of the entire crop in
the early-producing States. Florida is
next with an indicated production of
12.744 cars. and Texas is third with
an indicated production of S,416 cars.
Why So Wrong?
The following from Capper's Week
", published by Senator Capper at
Topeka, Kansas, will bear reprinting:
Speaking of the bill permitting
cooperative marketing by farmers,
the Price Current-Grain Reporter
says:
Now. the only trouble with this
bill is that it is all wrong. 1t confers
powers and privileges on one group of
citizens denied to all other citizens.
Indeed! The Federal Trade Com
mission finds the grain exporters are
so closely organized that eight large
concerns handle more than so per
cent of our entire wheat exports and
collected more than % million dollars
last year for marketing this wheat
ION a speculative basis"
why is it so wrong to let farmers
sell their products thru a cooperative
company of farmers instead of con-
ferring this privilege solely on groups
of organized merchant menu