The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-08
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Joseph, Michigan Fruit association
Stdtes tnat the territory covered byl
lis ASSOCIATION has the largest fruit
crop OF record. This means" said
ne mat our transportation require
menus VIII be greater than in any
previous year. In recent years we
nave experienced serious car short
age IN the midst of our shipping sea
son. ana We are fearful of even worse
conoltlons this fall. 1t is q little early
out we consider it our duty to vigor-
ousiy urge those in authority to assist
ana prevent If possible the inconveni-
ence, hardship and losses occasioned
Dy the annual car and ice shortage
for the past few years"
=. W. Foster, of Minidoka, Idaho,
writes the American farm bureau as
IolloWs We have 1000 cars of new
potatoes to move within the next 80
Gays, and 5000 more cars to move by
November l. Demoralized transporta-
tlon facilities are responsible for lack
OF market. Business generally is at
>standst1ll and farmers are facing
bankruptcy. There is no coal availa-
BILE for threshing.'
This is the only report coming nm
der our notice of the lack of coal for
threshIng, but it not unlikely that sim
liar conditions exist in at many re-
mote interior points in the northwest.
Tobacco Growers Signing Up
II the reports from Wisconsin are to
be relied on. as We think they NAV.
| tnen the cigar wrapper growers of
that state will co operatively control
the sale OF the crop this year. It is
SAID that the new association has con-
tracts with 5000 growers and cover
ing $4,000 of the states total acreage
of $4,000.
Iobacco growers controlling 81 900
acres OF tobacco in Massachusetts and
connecticut have signed with the Con
nectlcut Valley Tobacco Growers az
soclauon in support of a tobacco pool
ing project. 1t is estimated that the
slgn-up will control IS per cent of the
! tobacco acreage in the two states.
Farm Bureau Meetings.
/ Three farm bureau meetings were
scheduled to be held on Monday night
I Ihese were Center township, at Cen
tervllle; New Garden at Fountain CITY.
! and Wayne, at the courthouse. The
! farmers of Clay We're to meet at
/ Green's Fork on Wednesday night.
! their regular meeting night being the
second Wednesday of the month. This
is the county farm bureau picnic date
which may affect the meeting. or at
least the crowd in attendance. The
Franklin meeting at Whitewater is set
for Monday Aug. IA: while the Web,
ster meeting falls on Thursday night OF
this week. The Jackson township
farmers regular monthly meeting falls
on the second Tuesday in the month
which is this Tuesday evening.
! Great Interest in Poultry.
Many requests for information on
poultry raising-ayerage between Sc
and 70 letters day, since early in the
( year-is reported by the department
Eot agriculture. In addition the supply
of poultry literature distributed by
the division of publications has sur
passed the records of all previous
; years.
The departments literature on poul
try raising is unusually complete
ranging from discussions of the prin
c1pal breeds of poultry to manage
ment, housing, incubation, broodine
and culling. The departments poultry
publications include more than 80 bui
lSlIlS lOI general distribution dQC
many others of technical character
on special phases of poultry work.
survey just completed in Henry
county, Iowa, by the state extension
service shows that Of the eight origi
nal members of the lamb club in 1916
seven are, now farming, and five ar,
raising pure-bred ewes, one of whic.
won the grand championship in tn,
open class at the state fair last fall
A Wyoming Pig Club
A boys pig club, organized thre,
years ago in Nebraska county, Wyo.
; according to reports received by th,
department of agriculture, has accom-
. plished the following: introduced
nearly 200 pure bred Poland China pig
into the county. including one of tn,
: best boars in the state; helped to OF
, ganize a county pure-bred Polant
: China association; developed a count,
standard for pure bred Poland-Ch
and contributed materially to the sue
cess of community. county and stat,
fairs through its exhibits and its in
> tereSt in stock Judging