The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-08
Fhe Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Are the farmers inclined to sell
wheat? This question was asked OF
dozen elevators, on Friday after
noon. Taken as a whole the replies
indicated a rather free movement IL
| flour mills and elevators in view OF
the fact that threshing, while now in
full tide, had been in progress but
a very few days. Indeed, in some 10
calities, the machines are not all in &C
ton.
Take the Boston section. The man
| ager at that point says he knows oil
no threshing being done within a ra
dius of three miles of Boston, at least
none up to Friday noon He states
that two new rigs" will begin work
in that field ON Monday He says
wheat has been coming in from a dist
ance of four miles or so, and that he
has paid as high as $102 for some
choice wheat this week, the price
changing from day to day, according
to bids from shipping centers. He
states that all the grain taken in ur
to Friday afternoon was of good quail
ity, mostly grading No. 2.
In view of the report from the Bos
ton elevator the news from Kitchell
just few miles away. but in Union
I county, came as somewhat of a sur
prise. The elevator manager at Kitch.
ell said that while they had taken in
5000 bushels or better not load
graded No. 2. He bought his first
loads on July 4th. He stated, how
ever. that William Morris, had thresh,
ed so acres that averaged 20 bushels,
while another farmer had cut a small
Ter field that ran "a bushels of No. 8.
Shipping at Green's Fork
We are loading our first car OF
new wheat right now" said manager
Martindale of the Green's Fork ele-
vator on Friday noon. 1t cost us 81
per bushel. THE quality of the
wheat coming in is very fine. 1t looks
like good milling article We began
buying on Wednesday morning, and
receipts have been fairly liberal. MI.
Martindale states that the biggest
crop so far reported ran II bushels
to the acre and was good wheat
Porter Pike, OF the Centerville ele-
vator. says that the biggest output he
has yet heard of ran 20 bushels. but
the crop seems to be running from Il
to IA bushels, and is grading 81 to
So pounds, so far as their purchases
show. He said, however, that two
loads had been bought which ran but
50 pounds. Centerville was paying
81 for No. 2 up to Friday evening
Lambs Sell at $685.
In reporting a mid week bulge in
lamb and sheep prices at Chicago, the
Tribune, on Friday morning, said:
On a comparatively small supply,
lamb values advanced ESQ soc, with
top to city butchers at S13.S5. and
packers S13.75. Best handy weight
ewes moved at S7O007.50. Consider
ing lighter sorts" and good outlet
for culls at $70068.5O. values were
considered mostly soc above Wednes-
day general market. Top shows a 6Oc
gain over a week ago.
Lightweight hogs made a top of
81 again this week, and fancy steers
hit STOPS on two different days. at
Chicago. This is the high point on
steers thus far in 1922, and the top
on hogs since last March:
News of the Crops
While reports of black rust have
come from the four northwestern
states, no serious damage has yet
been done. In fact farmers are in
clined TO ignore the rust, unless it
should become widespread.
Spring wheat was improved by rain
and cooler weather in the north cen
trail states as shown by the govern
ment weekly weather crop report.
Heat and drought damaged all grains
in the far northwest Temperatures
and moisture conditions generally ia