The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-06-06

The price of spring chickens is now
becoming an absorbing topic of dis
cussion. This is not only true as to
the farmer and poultry raiser but to
the consumer who has a taste for
broiIers. Now there are an army OF
people who prefer a nicely broiled or
fried chicken to pork chops and cream
gravy, as described on bills of fare,
and particularly so, when after
months of daily service, pork chops
have worn out their welcome
The price of springs" has come
down a bit. In speaking of what
country buyers were paying last Fri
, day and Saturday, over in Preble
county we stated that E. ]. Parker
and Co., of Eaton, were paying 80
cents a pound for spring chickens at
farm gates. This was correct but the
printer seemingly disagreed, as he
made it read "20" cents This was Sc
far out of line that we are moved to
explain for the benefit of all concern
ed When you read anything in this
column we want you to feel that "it's
So"
Country Butter and Cream
| The supply of country butter isn't
! large and the demand is limited
Farm women prefer to sell cream
rather than to churn it during hot
weather. This saves labor, the de
| livery of the butter to the stores
often in a melting condition. and al
the same time brings in about the
same amount of money, in preseni
market conditions.
| At this writing we are unable tc
! quote firm and stable price on coun
| try butter delivered in Richmond
| The price just now seems about a.
| soft as the butter, but so little is com
| ing in, we are told, that the price;
quoted on our market page are merely
| nominal, the receipts having faller
off so much of late.
Now word as to the price of but
| terfat, delivered in Richmond anf
! taken in at country points. 1t |:
| known, of course, that prices wary
/ according to circumstances, also tha
not all creamery men pay uniform
| prices. The wholesale price of but
/ ter governs creamery operations anC
| the price of cream or butterfat are af
| fected accordingly
| Speaking of these differing prices
note the cents per pound range be
tween the price paid at the Farmer.
Store in Hollansburg, 80 cents, anC
that paid by a Richmond buyer. 81
cents, on Monday afternoon At the
same hour inquiry at Fountain Cit;
disclosed that the butterfat price a
Fountain City was 80 cents, delivered
at the station.
| Winter Wheat Harvest Begins
Some wheat was cut in Texas last
week and operations will continue
right along until the crop is cut The
! season is not extra early in TeXas
/ but is somewhat advanced in Oklaho
ma and southern Kansas, where wheat
! harvesting operations are soon to be
! gin Chicago grain houses have ad
vices that the harvest will be on the
/ latter part of this week in southern
/ Kansas, Oklahoma, southern Missouri
/ southern Illinois and southern Indi
ana. II is claimed that prospects are
/ generally good, although there are
chinch bugs in illinois. Indiana and
| Ohio, as usual" according to the tel
| egram quoted. Red rust is said to
| infest all three states, also eastern
| Kansas, but no serious damage has
| yet resulted
The government estimate for June
will be issued on Thursday afternoon
June 8. 1t is expected that the re.
port will show an increase of 10000.
| 600 to 25,000,000 over the May report
owing to improved conditions. Pri
vate advices from individual crop re
| porters to Board of Trade houses es
| innate a winter wheat crop of Sos.
100000 to 620,O00,000 bushels.
Wheat has been weak for several
/ days and it is evident that cash wheat
| buyers are not inclined to open the
! ball on the new crop at high prices
! The break in July and September
wheat options indicate bear pressure
The break in wheat at Chicago has
been followed by general decline in
other markets. The price of cash
wheat was marked down to s1.10 a;
! Richmond and at some of our coun
/ try elevators, on Monday.
w. A. Sutphin Holds On
The indianapolis Live Stock Elk
! change took action last week in con
nection with the advent of the Pro
ducers' Commission association in
itliol IldA net anu UECduS6 OF LDe rae
| that a member of the exchange had
become associated with the cooper
ative sales company, said member
was duly expelled
While no information has been re
ceived from Secretary Crane, of the
! Indiana state farm bureau. We cir
the following story from the Indian
apolis Star, of June q:
THE expulsion of w. A. Sutphin by
the Indianapolis Live Stock Exchange
will have no bearing on the operations
of the Producers Commission Associa
| ton, of which he is representative a;
the local stock yards, according to
Secretary P. H. Crane of the fedora
tion of farmers associations.
"Mr. Sutphin's expulsion was based
on violation of a rule which provide
that no member of the Indianapolis
Live Stock Exchange may act as rep
! resentative of an organization whose
operations provide for a discrimina
/ ti6n of rates of charge between stock
holders. or other patrons, whether
done under the guise of dividends OF
other means"
The Star goes on to say that Sec
retary Crane explained that Mr.. Sut.
phin held his seat as ian individual
and not as a representative of the Pro
ducers' association" The Star further