The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-05
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

ready to ship another next week. But
if farmers will agree he prefers to hold
off shipping until the Producers COM
pany is ready for business at Indianap-
oils if not too long delayed, as he
wants to patronize the cooperative
concern. We informed Mr.. Gaiser
that there are others in the same boat,
many of whom have now been holding
of shipments for two weeks. 1t is
reported that the Indianapolis folks
hope" to be ready to market live
stock some time next week The man.
ager of the new enterprise addressed
the farmers at Milton on Wednesday
night, stating that while he could not
set the date, business would probably
begin within the next few days This
speaker, w. H. Settle, of Petroleum,
Ind, will address the farmers at their
monthly meeting at Bethel on next
Monday evening.
An Iowa Cattle Feeder
| Mr.. F. J. Garwood, a farmer and
feeder of Colfax, Iowa, arrived in
! Richmond from Chicago on Thursday
, on a visit to relatives. Mr. Garwood
dropped in at the American Trust and
Savings bank on little business and
related something of his recent expert
ence as a cattle feeder. He said that
he had marketed three carloads of
steers at Chicago on Wednesday at an
average of $40 per cwt. These steers
were bought at Kansas City on Oct
10, 1921, at a cost of S5.25, had been
fed for nearly seven months and had
made an average gain of 400 pounds.
There was one car of three-year olds
in the lot, he stated. Asked as to the
feeding costs he replied that with the
exception of % sacks of cottonseed
meal all the feed used was grown on
His place, and of this he hadn't kept a
close account, but figured that while
: the price received wasn't high, it had
let him out with some profit.
The Corn Situation.
, The close observer of conditions will
: note evidence of creeping bull mar
, ket in corn. About 100000 more
: bushels of corn has disappeared, either
/ into export channels or consumption
| since Nov. ] than was the case up tC
, May l a year ago, when the total was
but 125,000,000 bushels withdrawn
| from market centers. The big cash
: interests are taking all May deliver
les of corn in the various markets, and
/ are paying for it; thus tightening spec
ulative stocks.
A seaboard exporter says there is q
J heavier demand for corn from export
: ers, and that he is looking for higher
: prices. A Chicago cash grain mar
; says there never has been such Z
: great volume of corn moved at so lit
/ tie profit as during past few months
Ia mr. NJ he 1oiy IL
| corn held in the east of late fearing il
; would get out of condition and have
/ taken a loss on it. Exporters have
consigned the corn abroad and taker
a loss. In all, it is most peculiar
( situation.
Some Prolific Sows.
{ In letter to the Breeders Gazette
j George G. Mcdonald, of Jones county
; Ia, comments on some pig production
: in Illinois and adds little story along
2 the same line in relation to a couple
! of Iowa herds. His tale of cross o.
Poland China-Duroc Jersey and Hamp
{ shire hogs is a bit out of the ordinary
> Here is what he wrote:
! I'm the Gazette of March % Arthur
3 Lumbrick of Illinois reports NJ. r. Fin
} ley's pig crop as the best that he haC
3 heard of this year. 1t was very good
but we think Iowa can beat it. From
! March to March 81, 81 sows owned b.
5 ]. F. Livingston, farrowed 22S pigs, o
1 which 216 are living. Their dams ar,
: crossbred Poland China-Duroc Jerseys
: bred to a registered Hampshire boar
81. E. Meats & Sons Is Duroc-Je1
sey sows from March Is to March 2
farrowed 10 pigs, sired by a register
ed Duroc Jersey boar. They used onl.
one boar and 70 pigs were farrowe
] in So hours. These men live in tn
sann onuOty and tounc hin