The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-30
A NOTE OF CHEER

and only a slightly flrmer market on
Monday, a note of cheer was injected |
into the situation on Tuesday. At the
opening of the market the general |
tendency was upward. Cattle adj
vanced Csc, hogs opened strong, the |
best going at $3.50 and fancy 13S
pound pigs brought $3.50 from the
start Cattle ruled strong all day,
and lambs made a gain of loo to a
top of $14.90, which was paid for
several punches, and was within 10c
of the November top to date. The
only dark spot on the market scene
was aged sheep The demand for
poultry during Thanksgiving week,
rather than for mutton, had weaken
ing effect on the regular run of sheer,
while the demand for lambs for east
ern shipments made the demand
strong and bouyant.
The general advance scored on
Tuesday was held at the opening on
| Wednesday forenoon. In fact, hogs
made an early advance to $40 for top
or 10c over that on Tuesday. With ref
erence to market action on Tuesday,
| it was noted that yard traders acted
| freely in competition during the morn
| ing hours, while the big packers held
off until late in the forenoon But
| this is not unusual; in fact 1t is OF
| frequent occurrence when the market
shows an upward swing. At times
the big packers come late into the
market, and by the pressure due to
supplying their wants make the clos
| ing prices the highest of the day.
This however, may be set down to the
credit of the force of circumstances,
and not to the will of the packers to
mark prices up.
Good Demand for Flour.
A Chicago miller reports the best
CITY flour trade in the past so days
that he has had in last five years. He
saws he is sold ahead for the next two
months. Good sales of flour to the
east have recently been made by north
western mills, and taken in broad way
lit may be said that the flour trade has
Improved. Because of the scarcity of
cars and in the effort to buy wheat
cheaper, it is reported from Mime
apolis that one of the large mills has
shut down one-third OF capacity Tor
few days.
The department of agriculture has
lust issued Farmers Bulletin No. 1873,
devoted to the use of concrete. L. A.
Miller. the author, headlines this bull
lletin: plain Concrete for Farm Use
and thousands of farmers should find
it valuable The bulletin treats OF
quality, proportions and quantities OF
material required, and tells of the use
Of forms, mixing, placing, curing, sur
face finish, etc, in fact gives the farm
er just the information most of them
need in the using of concrete properly
and to best advantage. Address the
department at Washington for free
copy, if interested.
Washington reports that the level
of farm prices is gradually rising.
October prices for the principal crops
were about five per cent higher as
compared with a usual decrease OF
about six per cent in October on a
10-year average. But, even so, prices
are still much lower than two years
ago. 1t is true, however, that right
now wheat is higher both on cash
and options, than on this date last
year, while December corn is up "a
cents and December oats up 10 cents
over last years figures on this date
The advance on corn is just so pc.
cent over that on Nov. %, 1921.
Wonders of the Soil
Prof G. NJ Mcclure, of the Ohir
q university, begins his December soils
I bulletin in this striking manner: "a
I single teaspoonful of soil may con
tain more living inhabitants than the
United States His bulletin is des
= ignated the Chemical Composition o
5 Ohio Soils" and his purpose is to tel
n the farmer that he is not dealing will
5 inert dirt, but with ching of beauty
! of complexity, and of wonder" Prof
). Mcclure says:
j "Soil is a labyrinth of minera
e grains of all sizes, colors, and com
a positions; the organic remains o
& countless generations of plants in al
s stages of decay; collodial. gluey com
d pounds coating the surfaces of tn
g soil particles; water containing small
). amounts of host of compounds IL
dissolved form; and, living within
this solution, an immense population
s of molds, bacteria and one-celled AM
mails, necessary to unlock stored-ul
fertility.
often soils show little difference
in appearance, and yet land lying ad
jacent in the same field, farmed By
the same man in the same way
warned by the same sun and wateret
by the same rains, will sometime:
crops and, on the other, little o.
nothing"
Dual Purpose Cattle
In a recent article the editor o
1.-THE Breeders Gazette" discusses
dual purpose cattle for use where
farms are small, cattle fewer ant
where there are good markets 70
both beef and milk. He says that h
has consistently urged the dual pur
pose COW for regions where the pro
duction of both beef and milk fit
into the general scheme" Ate
naming Milking Shorthorns, Rel
Polls, land occasionally Hereford
and Aberdeen-Angus," he adds that
There is no question that either o
the last named breeds possess milk
ing qualities to a greater or less e1
tent" At the conclusion of lon
article we find the following:
"Adherents of the AberdeeD-Angu
breed should assert their claims il
this respect They have the kind o
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