The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-16


sold several head to local killers with
in the past few days. These cattle
ran 1880 pounds on the farm scales,
we're trucked to Richmond by the buy
ers, so escaped freight charges, COM |
mission charges, shrink, ETC."
This feeder said that he would
rather not be quoted, as many older |
feeders than himself, men who had
long played the game and had recent
ly been losers on their feeding opera !
tions, are disposed to doubt that
there has been money in feeding cat
tie during the last year or so. But
he claims that his operations during
the past four years have been profit
able. His first purchase in Kansas
City was made in 1919 and the invest
ment, freight included, was $3.50
This bunch was finished on his Preble
county farm and netted $4,000. This
lot was sold on a pretty high market,
the price being net on the farm, or
in Richmond.
His next bunch of Kansas City cat
! tie cost him $3.50, delivered. These
| were bought in 1920 and when fatten-
ed sold for total net of $3.50. at
! the farm.
His third bunch of Kansas City cat
/ tie was marketed in 1921. 1t was
small lot of young but promising stuff,
| costing $500, and which sold for
! $4,000 on the home market.
His last purchase of feeders was
made at the ST. Louis stock yards, last
year The 81 head averaged $50
pounds and cost 61a cents delivered
| at Richmond. Half of that lot has just
been sold to Richmond butchers at
| ~ cents, over the farm scales, the
average weight being 1850 pounds
! The entire lot cost him 81, 430 and will
net over $4,000 when all sold, based
on weights and prices so far realized
in the home market.
The farmer says that he depends
on silage and home grown hay to do
the work. He uses some concentrates
right along, enough to insure health
and as an aid to digestion. At the
| wind up he does his finishing on corn,
and then sells.
Sells for Net of $4,000
The conclusion of the whole matter
from an investment standpoint, is
this: The cost of the four lots of
cattle was 5000. The net receipts,
including the dozen head to be sold
, within a week, will total S14,970,
granting that the few head to sell
bring the same price as those sold to
Richmond butchers. The farmer
claims that every one of the punches
was fed at profit; that they were
, all well finished steers and made good
beef for home retailers The feeder
claims that not only did he get good
returns on his hay, silage and corn
, but also increased the fertility of his
land. AS may be supposed this man
feeds hogs literally, the cattle being
practically a side issue. He now has
so hogs on feed and $50 pigs in the
> hog house.
, To Open Sales Agencies
. The American farm bureau authori
! lively announces that the U. S. Grair
, Growers have taken steps to establish
! sales offices in Chicago, Kansas City
> Omaha, Minneapolis and Indianapolis
at an early date. The U. S. Grain
Growers Sales company has been or
= ganized to handle the grain.
: 1nasmuch as there is now in prog
: rasss an active local campaign fol
O members in the Grain Growers corpor
n alton this news will interest our farm
: readers. Many who have been enthu
: of this outcome of the labors of the
\ committee of II have been irked at the
delay in getting into action. 1t seems
O that this cause for complaint is now tC
be removed.
q The campaign in Wayne county is
= now being conducted with vigor an(
. the first cooperative elevator il
= Wayne to swing into line is located
:, at Centerville. Solicitors for the
: Grain Growers have been present tt
: explain the plan" and for solicitins
:. signers to contracts at all recent town
. ship meetings, several called meeting:
having been held to suit their convent
. ence.
y Several Other Grain Pools
We must not suppose that the U.
. Grain Growers are presenting the onl,
:. widespread pool or cooperative sellin,
: plan. To the contrary the Inter-Moun
Ils tain and west coast states have a mum
e Der of pools, on an entirely independ
y ent basis. It is felt, however. that al
u of these will work in harmony Fo
example, there was a meeting in Der
/" yer few days ago of the American
Wheat Growers, Associated whicl
embraces various western state organ
i izations. At this important meeting
resolution was signed by the repre-
sentatives of the various state associs
tons and also by those of the U.
Grain Growers, Inc, as follows:
"All of the associations herein rel
resented must recognize the goo
faith and high purposes of all the var
Is Gus groups in organizing into associs
y tons the grain growers of America
At and we pledge ourselves to conduC
IN out respective campaigns in conform
II ity with the principles of fair play.
O. Burying the Hatchet
III As has been generally known in CT
Ell operative circles some folks have ha
at Ratchet in hand for the U. S. G. G. j
to various spots in the west; also ther
IN have been large cooperative pool
RS formed to market grain in the soutl
II west, notably in Kansas That a
ne these pools shall work in harmony,
ny not in unison, is important to all graf
OF co-operators, of course, and the bur
at ing of the Ratchet at Denver is highl
ct gratifying.
Id Press advices from the Denver NEE
is ~ m r. Rotor,