The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22

About 400 farmers planted these po-
tatoes from the north and it is fact
that where planted in the neighbor-
hood of home grown seed the differ
ence in growth is very marked.
Take the 20 acres now growing on
the East Haven farm. for example.
D. w. Scott, superintendent of the
! farm, planted 10 rows of local seed
down the center of the tract, the bal
ance being seeded from imported
stock. AS one man who recently in
spected the East Haven field puts it:
"a blind man can see the difference
in the two growths in that field and
| this is true wherever the two seeds
are In contrast"
Four cars containing $500 bushels
of potatoes we're brought in by the
farm bureau, all from northern states
where disease-free certified seed po-
tatoes have been grown for several
years.
But the best seed on earth cannot
make a crop without water and the
potato fields are beginning to get
| thirsty. They are not showing the
lack of water badly, as yet, where the
soil is right and cultivation has been
properly done, still, a generous rain
at this time would do a whole lot of
good to all crops and pastures.
The fields are fast ripening unto
the harvest, and more men are getting
! into their wheat from day to-day
Much interest centers in the question
of yield and it is now only matter
of few days until the threshers will
tell the story The speculative ele-
ment are looking for the usual har-
vest rush of new grain, while the CO.
operators are hopeful that wheat will
not be rushed in to glut the market,
but be fed to the millers and export
ers as the seasonable demand war
rants. In the meantime we are prac-
tically on a dollar wheat basis, SO far
as country elevator prices rule in the
corn belt. Price depends in meas
ure on location and nearness to some
central market, freight charges cut
ting a lot of ice.
p. C. Men Endorse Dolan
The members of the Board of Ed
ucation are in receipt of the follow
l ing letter, which explains itself: Let
!, tiers we're mailed to each individual
: member of the board:
: Centerville, Ind, June 20. 1922
Dear Sir:-At a meeting of the
, Wayne County Poland China Breed
r ers' association, a duly chartered or
+ ganization, held at Centerville on Fri
, day evening, June 9th, the secretary
was instructed to inform the Honora
4 BILE Board of Education that it is the
i wish of this association that ]. L
: Dolan, our present efficient County
y Agricultural Agent, be reelected Il
that office for the ensuing term.
I In pursuance OF these instructions
=, I take pleasure in notifying you of the
:, facts, as above.
? Yours very truly,
W. ]. Sanborn, Secretary
: About Canada Thistle
In answer to numerous inquiries
regarding Canada thistle-"Does i
form live seed in Indiana" Purdue
replies: Ordinarily, live seeds art
4 formed in the northern third of the
state only. During 1921 Canada this
e tie seeds collected in different local
n tiles in northern Indiana were tested
/ at Purdue and from "a to 6S per cen
: of the seeds terminated"
), an the middle belt, live Canad;
e thistle seeds are not ordinarily form
led Definite statements cannot b.
/ made on this point, however, since th'
g production of live seeds is greatly in
j. fluenced by weather conditions. l
can be stated, however, that even il
: the middle belt of Indiana live Canad;
= thistle seeds are produced so irregu
! larly that large quantities may form
+ in locality during one season; whil'
none may be produced the following
II year Farmers in the northern hal
5 of the state should guard against us
~ hnx lyY1o 70 OF IN
II seeds, since seeds may pass through
II the digestive tracts of animals with
l, out losing their power to terminate
q The weed is sometimes scattered
e over the farm in this manner
2. "In the southern third of Indian;
s there is practically no danger of liv
?, Canada thistle seeds being formed
n Even in this area, however, the this
u tie is sometimes a pest and seed
e known to contain Canada thistle seed
% should be avoided whenever possible.
K Hog Tour Postponed
l. On account of the early ripening o
d wheat and the fact that it is also hay
e ing time on many Rush county farms
the Rushville committee on the ho
+ tour, set for Thursday, June 22nd, ar
If nounced an indefinite postponemen
'e of the tour A more favorable dat
n will be set later, as the annual no
n tour has been so greatly appreciate
Is that there is no intention of omittin
n it,
re The directors of the Rush count
farm bureau have Jumped" on on
he "Dr. D. w. Nolan" a man who ha
i'd achieved a lot of notoriety in Indian
e. as a salesman of alleged WORTHLESS
so hog remedies. The resolution warne
al the membership against investing i
lie any of said Nolan's wares. 1t furthe
ry cited the verdict of the Indiana Farm
IL er's Guide, published on April 90
1922, after due investigation by tina
paper. The resolution further state
r that the Farmers Guide had publishe
IN repeated warnings against Nolan an
lie his hog remedies.
IN Oyster Shell Scale
lie Purdue warns that oyster she
e. scale is now Matching as far mort
Id as Lafayette. and can be observed b
in noting the tiny while scale which
lie settling near the old scale. Spra
shortly after the scale begins TO hatcl