The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-29
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

- PO4t ecu dL Orete was delivered
oy Marion Shreve. His wheat is said
TO nave run q bushels and to have
"elgned 6215 lbs. Aside from require. ,
ments Tor seed he marketed 1886 bush !
els. Among the customers of the
orete elevator who have delivered No. 7
or better, are VIM. Henley, 500 bush 1
els; Middleton and Williams. $50: !.
middleton and Bortner, 700: E. e. Mid
oieton and Son, $50; Orville Rowe. !
4oo; Taylor and Smith, $50; Frank
gray, $40; Herschell Gray, 400; John
Weldenbaugh, $50; Lester Lacey. $40; /
James Snyder, 357; Morgan and Study
20; Fred Bowen, PIT and Frank
Brown, 23O bushels.
The above sales were all made at
81 TO S102, is our information, and
represented the early threshing. The
fact that with a single exception. ali
the wheat listed as sold tested 60
pounds shows that the Crete district
harvested better than average crop
as 10 quality, this year. II is not con-
tended that the wheat delivered to tfk
elevator was the entire crop, in all
instances, and doubtless, too, some of
it has gone into storage.
NNfSS SIl KSllHH
In a recent circular letter from
Purdue we are told that: Indiana
farmers with capital or credit will
usually find September a better
month than December in which to
market corn and hogs. During the
pre-war period when yearly variation
or prices were normal, the Indiana
price for corn in September was on
an average So per cent higher than
the December price. The cost of hold
ing corn from December to September
should not exceed IS per cent of the
December price or one-half Of the diff
ference between the top and the low
price. Hogs usually sell in Septem-
Der at % per cent higher than the
December 1t is estimated that it
costs IA per cent more for feed and
care to sell in September rather than
December or about one-half the diff
ference between the top and the low
price.
''Is the farmer justified one year
with another in holding his farm pro-
ducts for the high price period of the
year? Prices based upon the average
farm price for the seven years, 1905
1914, inclusive. indicate the advantage
of holding crops beyond the time of
harvest. Although there are excep-
tons, on the whole it pays the farmer
with credit or capital to take the
chance of getting more than enough
to pay the cost of holding"
The Cost of Holding
at has been estimated that to break
even for holding corn, the price should
advance IA per cent the first month,
8.5 per cent in two months, 9.3 per
cent for three months, III per cent
for four months" The low price in
Indiana usually occurs between De
cember 1 and January 1, and the high
price about September l or eight or
nine months after the low point. 1t
is probable that the cost of holding
corn for nine months will not be more
than IS per cent The increase from
the low to high average price is sc
per cent in Indiana, the largest in
crease of any of the corn belt states.
This increase in price is just double
the cost of holding the corn. The
time of marketing live stock products
is also important Corn was taken as
typical example of crops. and pork
is typical of live stock products"
Boosting Ohio Wheat
Farmers and millers in Ohio are
working together to improve the
quality of wheat raised in that state
and to increase the amount of Ohio
flour milled from Ohio grown wheI
This is indicated by the recent pub
lie. announcement of millers in
Crawford and Wyandot counties that
they will pay ten cents per bushel
premium for Ohio wheats of superior
milling qualities. Premiums of small
Ter amounts are reported TO have been
made in several other sections of the
state
Recent experiments have shown
that improved varieties of wheat
such as Trumbull Portage and Glad
den, are superior in milling and bak-
ing qualities to the ordinary wheat
grown in Ohio. The Ohio Seed I'M
provement association, working with
county farm bureaus, has succeeded
in getting a considerable acreage of
these wheats grown over the state,
and are giving increased yields per
acre over common varieties.
Bees in Motion Pictures
Bee keepers will be interested in a
new motion picture prepared by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture showing the best practice in
handling bees and the control of bee
disease. The film, which is called
Keeping Bees at Work, is intended
to supplement picture, entitled Bees
How They Live and Work" issued
some time ago for more popular use.
The new picture shows the need for
requeening the colony from time to
time, the way to prepare the bees
for wintering, the time to unpack the
hives, the control of the swarm. and
other details of management. The fact
that the Bureau of Entomology will
examine samples of combs to identify
diseases and advise on their control
is brought out.
The film is in one reel, and may be
borrowed by extension workers and
others entitled to the privilege. or
prints may be purchased for approx
imately the cost of making them,
which is about $37.