The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-02

If August 9th turns out 10 De reets-
onably warm day, and the sno"
doesn't cover the grass in Glen Miller
park, and the country roads are mo-
slippery with ice, we are counting On
the Wayne county farmers plcnio
ing whale of a success. Gun
agent Dolan is an optimlst- MoIe-
over, he is also an enthusiast
has so much faith in the weatherindn,
and is so certain that the sun wiz
shine and the breezes blow, on tnae
day Of days, that he is lnVltlng llle
county agents all over this section 70
come and spend the day IN the paih'
not forgetting to bring wife and hIu
dies along, for one scrumptlous anu
glorious outing, all on a summer u1S
And more than this, these inVlteu
county agents are at liberty 10 turtneI
invite the farmers in their baliyWlcks
to ioin the great professions, all nedq-
ing toward Glen Miller on August SIn.
Letters are going out to our own
farmers, regardless of farm Dur
affiliations, to come in and nave .
good time on that great occasion. 90
II is safe to say that the Glen VIII pc
alive with farm families on that delee-
table second Wednesday in August, :.
IN 1922. But it is roomy place, TINS
Glen Park, and it would take uncount-
ed thousands to crowd or overflow IL
In the meanwhile should the women
and children pre-empt all the groulu
snace. the men could climb the trees
and perch within hearing distance OF
the sneakers and where the pldrlns
notes OF the bands will tend 10 aulet
their minds, thus preventing then
| falling out of the trees. That Dehs
settled, let everybody come.
The Burberry Bush Campaign
| At the county agents office ID the
courthouse may be seen a full fieoged
barberry. cut off in prime OF It's NE,
| a sacrifice to our desire to XIII Out
black stem wheat rust. Nearby can
he seen a sample of wheat from an
infected field. This wheat was grown
IN the Tony Strong farm near Foun
! tain CITY. When the barberry oestroS
orS frono Purdue came to Wayne coun
~ they inspected the rust-sIflcheN
field and told Toney that there "e5e
barberry bushes in his neighoorhoo.ou L.
then went out to find It. Inc lls'
hush was finally found ABOUT me-
quarters of a mile south. MI DoIa-
saws that so many baroerrles nay
baen found in this county tnds .ns
! purdue men have called for REINFORCE
nents and two more men are 10 p'
FARMERS will do we'll to see TINS
snacimen of the barberry busn' alao
!, To inspect the infected wheat Whel
in town We have a branch or Oar
berry in this office, should you WIS.,
IN come in and see it. Once studle'
Won will have no trouble in recoghlZ
! ing this pest in future. 1t IS ever!
farmers duty to destroy these pushes
root and branch.
About Tomatoes and Melons
Indiana. tomatoes and cantaloupe ar
now in abundant supply and prices arr
much lower than a few days ago. lndi
ana Tip Top melons, which have peel
, bringing 81 and up per case at indian
, apolis dropped as low as So per cas-
, on Tuesday, and home grown cante
, loupes went as low as 81 to $Z.Z5 70
standard crates With reference Z
; tomatoes the Indianapolis News says
Now that the price of tomatoes ma
fallen low the demand has fallen on
as usual dealers say. When the
: were at % cents a pound retail dea
: ers could hardly get enough to SUI
ply the demand"
PI Washington township farmers ar
) billed to hold a meeting at Milton o.
: Friday evening. Wouldn't wonder
=, they want to talk about the picnic
or something.
/, 1t is reported from Jeffersonv1ll
' that the Clark county wheat crop wa
! but so per cent of normal, but tina
: they are counting on the largest cor
crop in years. The dry sections c
the county has just had a good victim
down.
A Poultry Demonstration
p W. A. Carnes, of the poultry d.
partnent at Purdue, recently gave
: demonstration of the various phase
: of poultry culture before the poultr
: club of Washington county at the e.
L detrimental farm at Salem. Member
3 were shown through the model farl
Il building and methods of bousln
equipment and feeding for poultr
we're explained. This was tollowe
by a demonstration in poultry culllnj
which was given at the farm hom
r Has New County Agent
:. A letter from Delphi states that
eli. Hodson, county agent of Caro-
+ county for the past two years, ha
:, been elected county agent of Del
e ware county and was expected to TAI
l. I'D his residence in Muncie early III
e week. Mr.. Hodson is a graduate
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