The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn


yleids, said Mr.. Hodgin, 'but it hap
pens tnat they were the best in my
rlug tnls year. None of US had much
70 Drag about Frank has so acres
Vi corn which promises banner yield.
win reference to clover the mana
ger OF the flour mill at Hagerstown
mas been examining some fields be-
tween Hagerstown and Lynn. Of two
1ields IN the Lynn district he says
tnere was wide difference as to the
SEED carried. The first field showed
but little filling. the second field was
neaVy with seed. AS matter of fact
there is lot of interest taken in clio
yer seed production in this section
this season. In driving over the coun-
try we have noted many choice fields
OF clover and judge that Wayne coun-
~ Will harvest whole lot more seed
than IN 1921. Some of the finest
clover in Indiana is growing on the
EasthaVen farms, and this is also true
OF both potatoes and corn.
Plenty Of Melons
one can scarcely drive far in any
direction without observing melon
patches, with their tents or shanties
where the guardians of the melons are
making displays to tempt the traveller.
Prices are reasonable and in the main
the harvest is abundant. If you go
up north of Cambridge City past the
charles Burkhart place, you may note
large field of melons Vern De
Hays. near Jacksonburg told us that
ne planted 10 acres of melons last
spring, while Harry Varnauff, living
near Hagerstown, says he has a field
OF cholce melons now ripening.
And this reminds US that Ollie Hold
gin who formerly lived on the Ma
tlonal road east, near New Paris, is
varying his farm operations somewhat
TINS year. He has a considerable acre
age of both Tip Top cantaloupe and
Watermelons, on the Clarence Raper
place, just east of the Henley road.
a little distance from the end of the
South E street cement road.
North Vernon Farm Picnic
The annual picnic and gathering of
farmers in southeastern Indiana will
be held this year at North Vernon. on
Thursday, August 81. The picnic will
be an all day affair and arrangements
are being made to take care of at least
1000 visitors in the John Klein grove,
near town. In writing in relation to
the picnic and field day exercises a
correspondent says:
This is the second field day of this
kind when farmers from Jennings and
surrounding counties, where any of
the slash or crawfish land is found.
have been invited. They will inspect
the strides made by Purdue university
men in overcoming the handicaps here
due to wet sour soil. The inspection
VIII start at 9:45 o'clock in the morn
ing and continue two hours, so that
all may get comprehensive idea OF
the work under way, and the differ
ent soil treatments. Wheat yields
have been multiplied five times, corn
increased from eighteen to seventy
seven bushels an acre and a fine crop
of clover is growing now where it
would not grow before The effects of
drainage, limestone, legumes and var
ious fertilizers on the crops will be
shown and the results discussed"
Common Sense Ideas
E. H. Cunningham, the new presi-
dent of the U. S. Grain Growers Inc,
is no visionary To the contrary he
talked a little plain, common sense
IN an interview with a Chicago Tri-
bune reporter the other day, and as
we have hundreds of members of the
Grain Growers among our subscribers
we reprint his remarks for their ben
eft. Among other things Mr.. Gun
bingham told the Tribune man the fol-
lowing:
Eve have no Utopian schemes to
propose, no visionary plans to work
out as regards the cooperative grain
marketing. We recognize certain
economic laws which cannot be flout-
ed, and certain business principles
which cannot be ignored without in
wiling disaster. We have no fight
against existing agencies and meth
DDS. But we do believe most sincerely
that the men who grow grain have the
right to sell what they produce. We
plan to create a producers selling
agency which shall function in strict
accordance with sound business meth
DDS and procedure. We do not expect
to establish any great and spectacular
reforms while the farmer waits We
hold out no flattering promises to pro-
ducers that we will be able to reach
out into space and get 25 or 40 or SOC
Blu more for grain than the market
justifies."
The remarks above quoted merit
careful reading. 1t is true that Mr..
Cunningham ignores the debts to be
paid before the Grain Growers are
square with the world, but we all know
that the men back of the reorganiza-
ton are planning to pay these debts,
whenever able to do so, after sales ar
rangements are perfected All they
are asking is that they be given time
to get going in whatever markets they
may decide to operate. In a review
of the present situation the editor of
Prairie Farmer said: "The outlook
for cooperative grain marketing is
distinctly favorable. The grain mark
citing system will not be revolution
lied at once. It's abuses will not be
immediately. II will take