The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-16
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

office on Saturday afternoon, June
18th. Yes that is correct, threshing
rates will come up for action.
The Jolly Thresherman" of the
old song tramped the country with his
Hall upon his back, and according to
the song: Was blythe as blythe can
be. This gentleman is now a back
number. The present boss thresher-
man has a million OF so invested in
machinery, has a tractor strong
enough to pull the moon down if he
could get his tackle around it, and he
does no walking, he has a machine"
/ to move about in.
A Preble county man who "Forded"
/ over to Richmond on Friday morning
said that potatoes are doing mighty
well and many patches are in blossom
| The prospects are that Wayne county
will raise the largest crop of potatoes
/ grown in years, this season. Four
cars of fine seed potatoes was brought
/ into Wayne by the farm bureau and
/ dealers were also pretty we'll supplied
at planting time
Indiana Crop News
News from the farm fields is most
interesting reading just now, not
merely to the farmer but to the public
in general. St is the subject of dis
cussion in factories, stores, banks,
ETC., as well as in farm homes and
railroad offices, where tonnage counts,
also in Wall Street and export houses.
1t is reported from Terre Haute by
county agent Nugent that Vigo coun-
ty wheat will be cut down in output
by two wheat diseases and by two
pests; the Hessian fly and the chinch
bug. Both smut and red rust is prev
alent in Vigo.
/ 1t is claimed that in some fields
the smdtted heads form ten per cent
of the heads in sight The fly is no.
I so prevalent or damaging this year
because most of the wheat was plant
ed late. but in the early planted fields
the loss will figure.
Word comes from Petersburg that
millions of oats bugs have appeared
In southern Indiana. and are drifted
about in clouds in every wind, where
oats are growing. They are very
minute but can bite like a flea.
, Wheat harvest is now we'll under
way around Evansville, the first
fields being cut last Saturday Red
rust and Hessian fly have done some
: damage to wheat around Evansville
I The county agent for Vandenburs
county says the usual thing about the
crops this year is that it all ripened
at the same time.
; Gibson and Bartholomew counties
> are busy harvesting. Virgil Mood OF,
Gibson Says it looks like II bushel
: average ITO him. Fair yields are pre-
? dicted in Jennings county
Is Rpening Prematurey
| The Kansas WnEIv bo-
l and crop report confirms the state.
ment that much wheat ripening pre-
( maturely. The harvest is making
/, rapid progress in Kansas, Oklahoma
and parts of Missouri.
I. Spring wheat is stooling we'll an1
/. has had beneficial rains in the create.
part of the spring belt
: A large corn raiser from Waterloo
Ia, says conditions there and for
radius of 100 miles or more are per-
: feet. Part of the corn has been cult
waited three times and fields are in
about as good condition as can be
: wished for. Rye is heading and is in
perfect condition and oats are also
showing about as fine as possible
, Vegetables and Fruits Abundant
The bureau of markets review of
: fruits and vegetables for the period
= between June b-1Z says: Movement OF
thirteen leading lines of fruits and
| vegetables for the week ending June
10 was 1908 cars, compared with
: Hops last week and with 10,310 for
: the same week a year ago. The in
crease for the week was due to heav-
fer movement of cantaloupes, pota-
} toes, tomatoes and water melons;
most other lines were shipped in
5 lighter volume. Markets advanced
for watermelons, potatoes and the best
; grades of early peaches. Tomatoes
! declined, white onions were steady to
I fine. Catalogues supplied the mar
ket at range nearly double that of
a year ago.
/ There are five women house sur