The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-04
TIE ANNUAL SESSION

- FNtNtNS ~ - 0600tON
The legislative committee of the
state farm bureau, which met in an
nual session at indianapolis last Fri
day and Saturday, presented quite
large and varied program of proposed
bills for the endorsement of the con-
.vention. In his report which was read
before the delegates, James R. Riggs,
chairman, said: Farmers will have
larger representation in the Indiana
legislature than ever before, and | am
certain that the approval by the farm
ers' federation of the bills suggested
by our committee will mean much to-
ward deciding their fate"
Mr.. Riggs declared that I'VE must
show more business method in the han
ding of our state affairs, and must
economic in administration costs.
Our legislative fight will be based en-
tirely on an endeavor to make the dol
lar of the taxpayer go as far as the
business mans dollar in getting re-
suits"
The report OF Lewis Taylor, treas
urer, showed that income fell below
outgo for the year October 81. He
gave the total receipts as being $124,-
4S7 and the expenses for the year as
totaling $132,667. This showed a de-
ficit of $3.50 on the business of the
year. One of the vice-presidents
urged a business administration on
conventional lines, warned against the
payment Of too high salaries, and urged
that a reserve fund be provided to
take care of the overhead "in lean
years" Just how that reserve fund
to take care of contingencies was to be
acquired was not stated. He suggested
that this fund should range at from
$4,000 up. One the present member
ship basis and costs of administration
We see no way of providing such a re-
serve, except by direct assessment of
the membership. A large increase in
membership without a proportionate
advance in administration costs would
effect the same result.
Settle for President.
There were a total of SO delegates
In the convention and between 500 and
600 visiting farmers on the floor when
the session opened on Friday morning.
The election of officers, which occur
red on Friday night, resulted In the
choosing of William II. Settle, of Pc
troleum. for president Mr.. Settle has
been active in farm bureau affairs
from the inception of the state organ
iEation and is director of the Fourth
district at this time.
A man who formerly lived in Cana
da and was then in the service of the
government, tells a story of prolific
oats that will be mighty hard to match.
. His brief story as related in the
Farm Journal for December is as fol
lows:
ION page IL of the September Farm
Journal | notice that Randolph Bar
rett, ST., of New Jersey speaks of oats.
The oats am going to tell you about
grew on a farm in the Thunder Bay
district. Ontario, Canada. | was gov
eminent inspector at the time. There
were 1000 measured bushels of oats
on twenty acres. These oats when
sold in the market weighed "A pounds
to the measured bushel. and at harvest
stood about six feet high all over the
field"
1t would be of interest to know
what variety of oats is referred to-
and what price such extra heavy oats
brought; also If they still grow that
strain of oats in that part of Ontario.
A ruralist who drives car says:
ct is strange but true that many q
man who carefully covers the radiator
of his car with a blanket, never thinks
to stop up the cracks in the wall OF
the horse stable" That is true, Of
course. in some instances, but the far
mer who does not hatten the cracks
in his horse or COW barn for the com
'ort of the animals in winter, is grow
ing scarcer from year to year
The Oldest Apple Tree
The oldest apple tree on the Pacific
coast was planted II 1926 and cele
brated its Goth birthday in 1922 b!
bearing fair crop of apples. This
old tree stands in the city of Vancou
yer, then Fort Vancouver. 1t wa!
planted near the fort at the time DR.
John Mclaughlin was governor of thu
Hudson Bay company west of tn,
Rocky mountains. Mrs. Narcisso Whit
man, wife of Dr. Marcus Whitman
famous pioneer missionary, visited tn
fort in 1886. was the guest of the gov
ernor of the company and while Their
wrote of this tree in her diary as fol
lows: Il must mention the origin o
these apples. A gentleman, Il year