The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-19
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

can get all the coal he needs, by sim
ply paying the price. What price,"
was our inquiry? well, we have been
offered coal today from four different
points in Ohio, at $6 at the mines. this
including Jackson and Pomeroy Goals.
We haven't sold ton of coal for more
than $3.50 so far this summer. said he
providing it was taken directly from
the car, or above $40 if loaded out of
our bins. So far as the railroads COB
bling up coal, we have only missed
out on one car in years, as l can re-
member
Not many silos are owned in the
Eldorado section, Mr. Mcclure stated,
but he has sold some coal for filling,
| also for clover hulling. He was pay
ing 81 for wheat, from Saturday morn
ing on, he stated, and IS cents per
cwt. for corn
Fred Miller, of College Corner, was
another to pay 81 for wheat at the
week end, and said he might follow
Mondays rise, if it held He says he
has received no coal in three or -four
months, but has some on the way
which he thinks will bring around
1 $1,000 for good West Virginia. He
expects number of silos will be filed
this week, but know of no farmers
who had filed up to last Saturday.
Lynn and Pershing Elevators
eve haven't been able to get holc
of any coal in some time" is the re
! port from the elevator at Pershing
although we have a lot contracted fol
in Kentucky. eve are buying no corr
or oats, as we are in a feeding zone,
! said the manager, land the few little
jags of wheat recently brought il
, cost US IS cents a bushel. Some far
mers are now filing their silos. w
= know Of no new silos built in this dis
trict this summer, at least no farmer
. have claimed to be making this i'm
? proVement that have happened in o.
US in recent months"
Lynn reports the arrival of a ca
: of West Virginia coal about ten day
( ago, which sold for 81 per ton. Fal
: mers are not anxious to buy at tina
: figure, said the elevatorman. He II
> ports silo filling quite general thi
t week. Lynn was paying &c for whea
: on Monday.
v TubercuIar Poultry.
: Prof. J. J. Warren, of Iowa state co
) lege, reports that avian tuberculosis
8 10 ldpluly INV dulLS the pOulLTy LUCK
5 of that state and warns that the di:
: ease is so severe in many district
h few old hens will be left to market thi
\ fall. He says that in some sections z
q to so percent of the flocks are infected
!, While the disease develops slowly
taking from a few weeks to severa
! months, it eventually will ruin tn
E flock. Indications of the presence c
the disease is the wasting away" an
: dying of chickens, or going lame wit
= no apparent external cause. Thi
= lameness often appears where bird
= are in good flesh. Where the diseas
is suspected, internal examination wi
determine the disease Lessons wi
> appear on the intestines while the live
y and spleen will show many light We
e low spots.
: Kill all infected or suspected chicl
o ems by breaking their necks, which wi
: prevent splitting blood around. Bur
. these bodies or bury them deep enoug
= so that they will not be dug up b
dogs or other animals.
=, Do You Believe This?
According to a veracious reporte
. auto traffic on some of the Mass
chusetts roads is so heavy on Satu
: day and Sunday that farmers canno
Q drive their cows across the road to b
: MIXED. They have asked for specis
Il policemen at milking time to hold u
: the traffic long enough so they ca
get the COWS home. If cows gave ga
3 oline instead of milk motorists woul