The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-19

1--WE have been paying $l.35 Tor
wreat of late" said A. V. Mcclure OF
Eldorado,' and have taken in few
loads at that price. In fact we haven't
bought any wheat under $1.3O for
some weeks But the price bid counts
but little just now as our wheat mas
been pretty closely marketed. AS to
corn what little we take in is bought
on a shipping basis and we are now
paying Is cents per hundred for 1T.
AS to wheat Mr.. Mcclure says much
of it is showing rank growth being
almost knee high, but not yet Jointed,
of course. Just now a little frost to
check growth would not hurt, but
should it come after jOinting," said he,
that would be a different story.
Flowing for corn is greatly delayed and
the sowing of oats has been limited by
the unseasonably heavy rains. l be-
lieve our farmers will plant all the
corn their rotations and the weather
will permit"
Charles X. Stone, manager of the
elevators at Milton, Bentonville and
Beeson's Station, reports that the fact
that quite a number of tractors are
owned in that area, explains why so
much corn ground has been plowed
over his way. He says that most of
the oats to go in around Milton have
already been sown, mostly before the
heavy rains, but what the washing"
has done to these oat fields cannot
now be told. Mr.. Stone does not
claim that all the corn ground has
been plowed, not by a whole lot, but
says that a flock of busy tractors adj
vanced the work materially, compared
with sections where horses do nearly
all the blowing. A few loads of wheat
was received at Milton last week, and
S1.27 was the price paid. mo corn
whatever is moving" said Mr.. Stone.
Paying go Cents For Corn
| Eden Martindale of the Green's Fork
elevator, says he is paying 60 cents
! for corn for local consumption, but
can buy no corn on a shipping basis.
He has taken in few wagon loads of
wheat recently, but not enough to brag
about. He is bidding S125 for No.
Mr.. Martindale says that growing
| wheat is looking fine and that no
material damage from water has yet
been done. Dat planting and blowing
! for corn is much belated in the Green's
Fork neighborhood. The elevator re-
ports a fair business in feed and coal
| during the past winter.
Manager Mckee of the Pershing ele-
vator said that the late bulge in the
! price of wheat had no effect whatever
up his way. Farmers who may have a
! little wheat in their bins are not offer
| ing it for sale at any price. The sup
ply on the farms is now very limited
Asked as to corn, Mr.. Mckee said they
had bought few hundred bushels for
their retail trade during the winter
and that covered their purchases in
! that line, as the corn grown in that
section is needed by feeders.
! The Report From Lynn
! The mill and elevator folks at Lynn
are predicting greatly reduced oats
| acreage this spring, because of the late
and unfavorable season. The manager
of the mill said many farmers were not
in favor of sowing oats late in April
and that while the Lynn district is
noted for its oat crops it looked as il
1922 was to be an exception. The re
port as to growing wheat is: Best
prospect | ever remember of seeing
at this time of the year, in this part oil
Indiana" The Lynn elevator has beer
paying $1.30 for No. wheat for the
past ten days and is now paving 7C
cents per cwt for corn as shipping
proposition. The flour mill reports 6
fairly active nearby demand for floul
and considerable feed going into con
sumption.
Considerable Tobacco Still Unsold
i In a chat with w. j. Hendrix, OF