The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-11
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

1t isn't every hour in the day that
we are called to note the fact that
country elevator or mill has just
! declared per cent, or indeed any
sort of a dividend. When such In
| formation is received we Immediately
| spread it upon the minutes, otherwise
| the farm page, so here we go.
| According to 2. D. Doddridge, OF
Pershing, the directors OF the Farm
| ers' Grain company met on FRIDAY
night and declared a per cent divi-
dend. Following this action the stock
holders are in session in Odd Fellows
! hall, at Pershing this, Saturday, after
noon, transacting the business COM
ing before the annual meeting, includ-
ing the election of directors for the
coming year.
Mr.. Doddridge says they have been
paying $120 for wheat most of this
week, though but little is offered. |
They are buying no corn, as the feed
ers have the edge on the price. They
are, however, handling some feed ana
are doing a nice business in coal.
Paying so Cents for Corn
The manager of the elevator at ,
Green's Fork says: 1--WE are getting
in a few jags of wheat at $1.20, and
are paying so cents for IS pound corn,
simply to supply our retail trade. WEI
can't get corn enough now to do any
shipping, as feeders need 1t and are
picking it up freely when offered,
also at all farm sales. We are hand
ling some feed right along and doing
| nice business in coal. We got IN
!, car of coal this morning" The ele-
! vator at Green's Fork does not now
rank os cooperative" but as COM
pany plant with nine stockholders, rep
resentative of the leading farmers in
that section.
Report From College Corner.
In little chat with the manager of
the College Corner Milling company
! that gentleman stated that, with the
. exception of one lot which he had sold
i to bank in town, the entire fire
E swept area was now built over. The
: bank, he states, will put up a nice
building the coming summer.
5 As to wheat and corn he said they
!. iwere paying $1.25 for wheat and 46
II cents for corn. Some wheat is drib-
l. bling in but corn is being firmly held
0 by the farmers. Asked as to sales of
q flour for export he said that there
l. were times when they did some of
e that business but that with Canadian
q wheat and flour at going prices, they
u cannot compete.
HazeIrigg Importing Glover.
When we state that John Hazelrigg
eI of Cambridge City is importing
ri clover, we don't mean from abroad
IT but into Indiana from Michigan and
s Wisconsin, cold climate grasses much
d more suitable for use in this section
d, than the clovers of the south. Mr..
= To-. ~. ~ 4 Ill
lie is now beginning to assume proper
Ie lions and that the market is strong,
Us with best Little Red and Alsike worth
e around SIT. He states that this clover
comes into the state with termination
guarantees and will be tagged accord
ing to the new Indiana seed law.
81 The clover seed crop in this section
IS last summer may be considered a
is failure, recleaners tell us, there being
I'd mighty little good seed saved. 1t was
lie very weedy, is the claim.
it. Farmers Are Holding Corn
Id The elevator man at Losantville re
o, ported on Friday that he was shipping
&c out car of wheat and that, in his
Or opinion, not more than one more car
lie load is now in the bins of farmer:
ct around his town. He has been pay
ny ing SLIP for wheat nearly all week
IS He says that farmers are not in
Ia clined to sell corn; his price on
shipping basis being Sac per cwt. H.
is doing some business in feed ant
r states that his coal trade has averaged
| fair for this season.
The Fluctuating Hog
Here are a few comparisons of no,
i prices, showing the great American
hog to be an erratic cuss, having al
ever-changing valuation 1t is thi
ne y, fact that makes the market so inter
gu esting and to be so closely watched
-. Now listen for a minute. Takin
=, Thursday, for comparison, we find tina
re Chicago hogs averaged $3.50 with
ny top of SOLO. This showed a ne
70 average gain of 55c compared wit
m the previous Thursday On the sam
day year ago the average price wa
$3.50 and two years ago SIS But O
es. that date in 1919 the average price O.
X the day was $780, In the meanwhil
th. hogs advanced to still higher level
pr in all markets again on Friday, reacI
ing $1O.25 at Chicago; $1,000 at II
It'll dianapolis, $10.75 at Pittsburg, and
u.s. top of S11 at East Buffalo.
The Jericho Wool Pool
Advices from Utah are to the e
m feet that the woods in the Jericho poo
ra tiiC doeCPICu p1lCt DdTOIueI6T III III
west, remain unsold, because the higl
est bid, 5S1s cents, was considered to
of low. The pool is being reformed an
"; is likely to be enlarged. 1t is furthe
stated that minimum bids of 40 cent
will be considered
lie, Free Hides Controversy
CHI. The advocates of free hides at Wasl
led ington now admit that hides are likel
Mt. to be added to the dutiable list,
which case it is expected that compel
satory duties on shoes and leather wi
of follow. This shows that the farmt
can not expect to both eat his cal
and have it. He can charge off tt
of trife that the duties will add to tt
do selling price of his hides, in the e
pense added in the buying price of h
ne shoes and harness. Not that he wi
,ck buy imported shoes or harness, b
the protected manufactures best know
how to figure that combination OF
he America imports many fine leather
by both for shoes and gloves, and Il
srs duty will add to the cost, but not
lry, all instances. The foreign tanner m;