The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-01-03
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

! A New Garden farmer who delivered
some corn at Crete a few days ago
dropped in on us Monday He said
it looked like old times at the Crete
elevator, because they were so busy
| taking in corn, several wagons wait
Ing IN line on his arrival
This seemer rather strange in view,
or the fact that many of our country
elevators have been unable to shin a
car OF corn on the new crop, barely
| getting enough for local use. Our
visitor explained that the loss of hogs
! had been large in the Crete section
ana IN various sections up north.
! hence the sale of corn by farmers up
tnat way. AS matter of fact, also
of record, Indiana lost a whole lot
OF hogs from disease. last summer
and fall This loss has been placed
as hsh as per cent, up to middle
cember. by some live stock authorities.
Dut even so some corn belt states
reported as great as 10 per cent
loss.
The Report From Crete.
we have been able to buy quite
little corn Of late" said the manager
of the elevator at Crete; "in fact. we
have taken in about 14,G0O bushels.
| so far. We raised some pretty fair
corn last season, and this is a corn
country, you know; we also had a
good crop. This explains why our
farmers have sold more freely than
IN some other places. Yes, we had
some hog cholera and several farmers
lost hogs, but there are still a lot of
hogs out this way to be fed out We
are told that the losses of hogs We're
much heavier around Glen Karn,"
said the levevator man. Asked as to
what they were paying for corn at
Crete on Tuesday, we were told that
55c per hundred weight was the buy
ing price, and that they were bidding
S1.l2 for wheat and getting in a few
oats at 32 cents.
Losses Heavy at Glen karn
On calling up the elevator at Glen
karn we were told that there had
been some quite heavy losses of hogs,
dating from September on, but there
is little or no complaint of hog dis
eases now.
The manager of the Glen Karn ele-
vator mentioned number of farm
ers who had lost hogs, including 80
from his own herd. Among the losers
mentioned were: Raymond Chenoweth,
so head; John Albright, rs head, with
several others reporting smaller
losses. Our readers will recall our re-
ports from Crete, Lynn, Glen Karn
and numerous other infected points,
early last fall
Glen karn reports paying So cents
per hundred for corn and $110 for
wheat. but says corn offerings are
light and that their purchases have
totaled but or cars in several
weeks.
Jersey Cattle Club Organized
Our neighbors in Darke county,
Ohio, have organized a Jersey cattle
club. Fourteen Jersey owners were
present at the initial meeting at which
Z. Il. Smoker was chosen president,
and A. j. Warner, secretary-treasurer
James Fry, Harley Dininger and
Omar Ryan make up the executive
committee. 1t is said there are more
pure-bred and grade Jerseys in Darke
county than of any other breed of
dairy cattle
Official reports of the Darke county
live stock shipping association show
that the county ranks ninth in the
state in the number of cars of live
stock shipped monthly Thirty
three cars were shipped in November
and 226 shippers divided the S34,735
received.
The I. !. A. Annual Meetinu.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Illinois Agricultural association will be
held at Springfield on Jan II and IL.
This state organization antidates the
farm bureau movement and the state
has well equipped offices and a large
force at Chicago. The association
supports the American farm bureau
and works in harmony with it in all
progressive measures and has more
members lined up with the United
States Grain Growers than has any
other state. very large gathering is
expected.
One of the important things to come
up for discussion will be the reduction
oil corn acreage next year. The assoc
iation officials have gone on record as
being in favor of this move and in a
letter to the membership declares
that: Surplus corn crops and low
prices are old friends"
To Extend Use of Corn.
f. l.. McKeller, an official of the
Southern railway, has advanced ideas
which have appealed to corn belt and
other railroad managers who are in
terested in increasing our exports of
corn. The agricultural department at
Washington comedies that there NAV
be something of real value in the Nc
Keller plan and will cooperate with
the railroads which are proposing to
help the cause
AS a matter nf fart