The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-24

Walter Petrey, of West Manchester
tells us that harvesting is now al
most in full swing in his vicinity
but he does not consider the outlook
for heavy threshing returns as good.
Mr.. Petrey says he thinks that red
rust has cut production and that for
some reason a lot of the wheat didn't
fill properly. This explains why he is
looking for a comparatively light
crop
Asked as to threshing charges Mr.
Petrey said that his association had
not yet held meeting for the con-
sideration of the schedule for this
season. He stated that the charges
in Preble county were lower than in
Wayne last year, wheat, for instance,
being threshed at cents. while
Wayne charged s cents. He also
stated that while Wayne thresher-
men charged 5 cents per bushel on
oats, the top price in Preble county
was Az cents and many crops were
threshed at cents in 1921. He says
that no rye is grown in the vicinity
of West Manchester.
The charges to be made for thresh-
/ ing in Preble county will be fixed at
/ a meeting to be held in the court
| house at Eaton on Saturday night, AT
! 7:30, said VIM. Everding, president
| of the Threshermen's association.
THE scale is the subject of some de-
bate each season." said he, "and is
always settled in a general meeting,
where threshers from all parts of the
county can discuss crops, prospects
and prices Mr.. Everding is not san
guine of a big wheat crop this year
and thinks the prospects only fair.
| Red rust and smut have cut the yield
some, he stated, and there will be
fewer bushels to thresh than was
hoped for and expected earlier in the
1 season The hot days have forced the
ripening and farmers are busy with
their binders several days earlier than
usual in the Miami valley this year.
/ Bidding e8c for Wheat
In a little chat with Ed Price, of
the Farmers National Grain associa-
! ton, on Friday evening, he stated that
| harvesting was pretty general south
of Richmond, Boston township show
ing many binders in the fields on Fri
day afternoon. Mr.. Price states that
on his trip to Cincinnati on Thursday
he noted that harvesting was going
on most all the way down, except that
south of Hamilton the bulk of the
wheat visible from the road was al
ready in shock. Asked as to his coz
tracts for new wheat Mr.. Price said
that while he had some bidding no
crops had yet been purchased, farm
ers being of the opinion that wheat
should bring more money. ION the
basis of today's market" said he, 81
don't feel warranted in offering more
than SO cents for No 2. This is a
pretty low figure, too low, in fact, as
think farmers should get at least
s125 when ready to make deliveries
of good milling wheat. But a ship
ping basis is one thing and mans
opinion is another, and they don't
often agree"
Binders Busy at F. C.
| The manager of the elevator at
Fountain City says that the harvest
is earlier at that point than was ex-
pected and that Will Dorgan, Hugh
Thomas and VIM. Right started their
machines on Thursday afternoon. Ar
thur Collins said that he was likely
to be cutting by Friday afternoon, and
all day Saturday. and we are told
!! that Clarence Martin put in full
day with the binder, on Friday. The
elevator man said that while some
fields looked better than others he
thinks much less wheat will be pro-
duced than expected, some of the
crops being apparently very light. If
favorable harvest weather should
continue all of next week most of the
wheat south of Lynn will be in shock
at the week end is the general opin-
ion.
First Indiana Threshing
: Vincennes claims the honor of do
ing the first threshing in the state
this year. The claim is that wheat
was threshed on the Cecil Benthal
farm in Steen township on Thursday,
June %, the earliest of record in %
years in Knox county.
The bob-white eats the adults or
beetles of the corn rootworm which
lay the eggs that later become
larvae or worms and infest the corn.
As many as twelve of the beetles, &C,
: cording to the bureau of entomology
of the United States department of
agriculture, have been found in the
stomach of one bob-white. The red
headed woodpecker, nighthawk, cardi-
nal kingbird, and phoebe also eat the
| beetles and reduce the damage done
by the southern corn rootworm.
Indications favor there being a
large crowd of rest and shade-seekers