The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
FARM BUREAU ACTIVITIES


With cool autumn days and length |
ening evenings the summer vacation
period comes to an end. Not that
the farmer had nothing TO do but rest
all summer long, for he has been busy
since corn went first into the ground
and recently into the silo and shock.
But he took a vacation from farm
bureau activities early in July, or at
latest on August l. Meetings were
called off because it was hard to get
a crowd out on hot summer nights
when the tired and wilted ruralist pre-
ferred to cool off and smoke in the
yard under the trees, or retire early,
only to get up still earlier in the morn
ing to tackle another busy day.
All the various township farm asso-
Citations will again hold meetings this
month, as did few of them in Septem-
Der. Webster township announces a
meeting at the Webster school on
Thursday evening of this week No
special program, so far as we know,
but the regular order of business and
a discussion by the members of what
soever subjects may come up. All
farmers are invited and all members
expected to be present, otherwise to
furnish a mighty good and valid ex-
cuse. delivered by the hired man or
neighbor, and attested by a notary
public or other satisfactory signers, as
one of the officials tells us. Now, if
that doesn't bring out a crowd we can't
think of what would.
Among the pressing matters ahead
of the various farm bureaus is that OF
collecting for another year and the
signing up of new members, prior to
the state meeting at Indianapolis
County enrolment governs the num-
Der of delegates at the state annual,
and state enrolment governs the mum
Der of accredited delegates at the
American farm bureau annual at Ch'-
cago, in December. Neither county or
state wants to see a decline in mem
bership for the year, so there will be
a fight to increase it; this fight be
ginning in the individual townships,
the first unit of the aggregation.
YeIlowiacket Kills Farme"
A strange occurrence is reported in
a press dispatch from Hopkinsville-
Ky, which relates the death of far
mer from the sting of yelloWjacket,
on Monday. Julian H. Caudle, 50 years
old, was stung over the heart by the
insect, and died within few hours.
The best grade of beeves sold up to
$3.50 at Chicago, the high Of the
year. on Monday. Of grades were
weak to Is cents lower. The receipts
at $4,000 were under the estimates
The receipts of sheep and lambs were
"a 900, the heaviest on any day this
year and this resulted in a break OF
% cents.
The season of farm sales, which be-
gan early in this section, is now wide
open and going strong. The farm sale
calendar printed daily in this paper
showed nine sales billed for this week,
on Saturday last, the last of the bunch
for the week begin a combination sale
of Duroc breeders at the William VIII
coxen farm, nine miles northwest of
Richmond, on Friday next. Three Du-
roc breeders will be represented at
this sale.
The October Crop Report
Briefly summarized the October crop
report as per government estimates,
shows that while spring wheat har-
vest figures showed decline of $1,000
600 bushels the crop exceeds that of
1921 by 6O,OO0,000 bushels. The four
big northwestern states have 214,000.
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over last year The losses were large
" on the north Pacific coast states.
a total wheat crop of $10.O0O,O0O bush
els is suggested, or 100000 bushels
less than a month ago and 100000
bushels more than last year.
The oats crop lost 25,000.000 bushels
for the month. but is 170,000,000 bush
els in excess of last year. A potato
crop of 433, 100000 bushels decreased
100000 bushels for the month and
exceeds last years by $4,000, 600 bush
els, and is one of the largest known.
Fruit crops are unusually large.
The totals, covering wheat, corn.
oats. rye and barley showed a loss of
81 100000 for the month but neverthe-
/ less aggregated 5000, 900 bushels, or
/ 100000 more than We're harvested
year ago. The estimated yield of