The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-31

The wife Of a western farmer tells
a! story Of success and plenty on their
firm, not because they made so much
II ore money than their neighbors, per-
APPS. but because they had a pay
d ay every week"
1t is the lack of frequent pay days
ON our farms which cause the piling
rLp of little bills and the pinching of
1.-THE few dollars coming in between
\ crops, in so many instances. For the
well-to-do farmer there is always the
bank, of course, and the family check
=, book But where a man is sailing
close to shore, with interest and taxes
: falling due every so often, and crop
pay days spread wide apart, even n
] small cash revenue weekly would be
much appreciated by the wife and
mother who has the family shopping
/ to do and the shoes and things to buy
for the little tots, the sunshine of the
home.
And how did this western farm wife
manage to provide for pay day ev-
cry week? All simple enough. LESS
than 90 years ago we bought q farm
of 40 acres, in Colorado" she says
| land paid for it. Since then we have
added $50 acres. From the first yeal
we have had something always com
! ing in. The products of the garden
the COWS, the chickens, have never
failed US. We have always lived well
and not only had enough vegetables
! eggs, butter, etc, for home use buI
also some to sell. This is true as to
berries and small fruits and the extra
porkers which have added to the
z > to IV11n
We have all the fresh vegetables and
berries in season, with a surplus fol
canning for winter use, also some tc
sell according to the season"
Not a One-Crop Farm
The story of a One-crop farm WOuldn't
read like that. But the one-crop farm
has mostly had its day. The COW the
pig and the chickens have their places
on the farms in all parts of the coun
try; also the garden and the berry
patch. This has been the rule in the
central states and on New England
homesteads, and the idea is spreading
to the great cotton and sugar estates
and to western ranches. To diversity
is now the accepted mode of proceed
ure. To save cash by producing feed
and table supplies for the home, and
lOE Iue ItudDIS Oll Tic ICIl SCI pIoSCo
IS now considered the sensible thing
to do on southern estates where it has
long been the rule to buy everything
from the proceeds of a single crop.
Chicago and Peoria, Next
c. r. Doty, well known at the Chi
cago stock yards, is billed to take
charge of the Producers Live Stock
Sales association, at Chicago, and il
is hoped that the new cooperative viii
be in action on July l. Mr.. DOty was
formerly with the bureau of market.
and is said to be a capable live stock
man The Producers are also ambi
tious to open a sales office at Peoria
and have selected c. E. Smith, OF
, Cunningham and Smith, an old line
commission firm at East st. Louis, tC
manage the office at Peoria. Time
was when Peoria was a great corn
market, on account chiefly of its large
! distilleries, also because of the con
sumption of corn in the manufacture
of starch and glucose. Peoria is moi
! a large live stock market but is con
sidered of enough importance to war
rant the Producers in going after 4
share of the business.
A Smaller Wool Clip
! 1t is pretty evident that the bulk
of the corn belt wool is to be pooled
this year, also that the sacrifice OF