The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-05

Richmond feed dealers have adj
vanced the price of bran $3.50 per ton,
to S35, and to $1.S5 per cwt. From
the manner and frequency with which
the price of bran changes, the con-
sumner may we'll consider it one of the
speculative commodities, as indeed it
is. The big mills follow the price OF
wheat when selling bran, shorts and
middlings, particularly on advancing
wheat markets, the by-products US
ually leading by more than actual re-
placement values.
A Franklin township farmer evil
IDENTIFY believes in crossing the black
hog with the reds. He uses Big Type
Poland males in his cross with Durocs
and says it makes a good continuation
in the feed lot, in fact this cross, he
clainu, will feed out cheaper than
either of the pure-breds." He further
says that you can't profitably breed
up these hybrids, but must use pure
bred parents right along. This story
does not come direct from the farmer
but from one of his friends, who says
that the farowings of this party's sows
this spring were all saved, according
TO accounts, when same were over a
month old. This is a pretty good re
cord at a time when heavy losses OF
pigs were reported.
Corn Planting to Begin.
The Farmers elevator at Camden
isn't Dragging over the condition o.
the growing wheat just now, but ex
poets a period of sunshine to improve
! the outlook, which the manager says
lis Just fair" He says they have haC
| too much rain, even for wheat, on low
and level lands. They have been pay
| ing S1.3O to $132 for wheat at CamdeI
this week. He reports about the usua
| wheat acreage and says that practical
Iy no corn has been planted, but ina
work will now be rushed, as Weathe
permits.
Rye Acreage Increased.
The wheat fields look promisin
around New Madison according to tn
mana ger of the elevator at that point
who does not consider the rain dan
age important, although notic>t)le i
! spots. It is his opinion that less thai
\ the usual acreage was sown last year
the shortage being made up by an IL
/ crease in rye. which has proven
| DTOIEldDie CIOp III Illnb oSS1AOi'
were paving $130 for wheat and b
cents for corn at New Madison o.
j Thursday, with some corn moving a
/ that figure. Some farmers were stll
sowing oats on Thursday, said tn
elevatorman, but the crop was mostl
] in. Some of the late sowings are like
ly to be cut for hay. While it wa
dry all over Wayne county on Wee
nesday some heavy showers fell i
Preble county during the Afternoon
this being true at New Madison an
! Clarke's Station where farm work wa
again retarded, following heavy raj
on Tuesday night.
! Yards Ready in Two Weeks.
! We had supposed the new live stoc
yards on the traction line at Center
vile were already in action but cha
with Ben Gaiser, the manager, o
Thursday afterEoon, proved to tn
contrary. This being a co-operativ
job it only moves when farmers hav
time to do the work, it seems, whic
accounts for the delay in preparation
.Ir. Gaiser says that they have bui
an office over the scales, will hav
electric lights for night receiving an
shipping, and that they hope to b
ready for business inside of next tw
weeks, possibly one week from tn
coming Monday.
Mr.. Gaiser stated that they shippe
out their last car about two week
ago and had expected to have bee