The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-14
The WAYNE COUNTY FAIR

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The farmers of Wayne county are to
told a fair in Glen Miller park in Sep
TENDER. The business men and clt1-
zens generally are planning to cooper
ate in every possible manner. The
park has been cheerfully donated for
the occasion, plenty of space assigned,
and a tented city of exhibits will be in
sight when the Wayne county agr1cul-
tural community displays samples OF
its rural wealth to all comers. The
tentative dates are Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, Sept. Ii, IA and 10.
While these dates are not yet surely
arranged they are the dates under con.
s~ideration and recommended.
The time is short and it is none too
early for farmers and live stock breed
ers to begin planning for their ex-
hibits. This is to be a getting together
! of country folk and city folk, who are
so vitality interested in each other and
Who need to work in friendship and
harmony for the common welfare at
all times. Wayne county can and will
make a rich exhibit of its fruits,
! grains, grasses and live stock at the
coming fair and every farmer is urged
TO make a timely display of his choic'
est products in which we all take great
interest.
Wednesday, August Is, is the lucky
day; Union county, the district, and
Bertsch's grove near Liberty the very
place where the merrymaking viii
proceed. Who is to make merry, se-
you? Well, first of all the farmers
for this is a farm bureau picnic, witt
all the trimmings. Next we NIGH
mention all their friends, which in
cludes everybody in Union county
who cares to bring a basket and ST
in at the feasting. When the evening
shadows fall the picnickers will nj
doubt conclude that Union county ha;
had one big day, for that is just wha'
the picnic committees have planned
for.
There are all kinds of days on thc
calendar, and the latest on the lis
in Union county is soy bean day
The day is to be observed on the farm
of John Snyder, just south of Clifton
Mr.. Snyder is a soy enthusiast, am
has 20 acres planted with this legume
in many varieties. A certain part o
the field is planted in rows, to con
/ II d9I Tile NdIlOuO hluUSy anu CulOJ
county farmers are invited to visit hi
farm and inspect his growing soy seeC
crop, on Wednesday, August %. Their
can be little doubt that soy beans ar,
attracting more attention, generally
or that the acreage is being increased
all over the corn belt.
Many Visit Peach Orchards
Lovers of fine home grown peache!
who cars have beens ~journeyin;
to the Martin-Wesler peach orchard
in the New Paris district in largr
numbers of late. One might trave
far and not see as pretty a sight a
these heavily laden peach trees pres
ent. The picking season opened
week ago and the orchards and pack
ing sheds are furnishing work to quit
a crew of pickers, sorters and pack
ers. Regular bushel and doubl
handled half bushel baskets is tn
style Of pack. Various kinds O
peaches are grown and the harves
will continue for about three weeks.
:! The Profitable Farm
For seven years farms in centra
Indiana that were doing a well balanC
ed farm business paid for the opera
tors labor nine times as much as thos
that we're doing an unbalanced bus.
ness. This statement was made b
w. V. Kell, of the farm management
extension staff of Purdue university.
In Clinton county complete farr
business records were gotten on 10
farms for a period of seven years fror
which a study of the success of tn
different systems was made. It wa
found that the profits or farmers sa
airy, depended on five factors. FRS
!. and one of the most important wa
the size of business he was conducr
ing. In order to utilize man, hors
and machinery labor efficiently, Gu
down on the building charge per acry
and avoid a big overhead cost, h
must have a fairly big volume of bu:
mess. On the average the two-ma,
size farm affords this volume. TIL
} ten most profitable farms In this are
had 1875 acres in crops as compared :
Sc in the ten most profitable farms.
Second, the number of animal unit
or amount of productive livestock tina
is kept is a factory in farm profits
Livestock provides for a greater nun
Der of days of profitable labor. goo
crop yields and a direct profit. TIL
Imost profitable farms had As amin;