The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-10
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

And wasn't tia delicious Sunday, a
day of smiling skies and drying winds?
Coming after the .downpour of Friday
and the rains during most
of the week, such a brilliant Sunday
was doubly welcome. One could al
most see the buds opening, and the
tiny leaves uncurling, the promise of
blossom. of fruit and of restful shade.
And what a wonderful mystery, this
awakening to life, to growth, and to
reproduction on every hand. Only
natural, you say? But why natural?
To say that a thing is natural is in &C
cordance with Nature, simply states
fact that has been proven by exper-
fence. Our own experience, it may be
or the experience of humanity through
out the ages.
But the statement of fact in nature
falls far short of being an explanation.
Because a thing is so and We know it
to be so, explains not the why or
wherefore. The hidden processes still
are secret. We speak of animal life
and of vegetable life and we note the
evidence of growth which, in some
form, is ever before us. But we go no
deeper. How the acorn becomes a
towering oak, creation of use, beau
ty and strength is beyond our ken. All
phases of life are mysteries and are to
be accepted as such.
And thus we can only marvel, as we
look from nature up to natures God.
The problem is too vast, too pro-
found for our reasoning out. We can
only ponder wonder and accept. The
great spectacle of the drama of the
seasons, with their eternal promise
and never-failing fulfillment, to-
gether with all the myraid forms of
life and beauty and motion, is ever
before US. 1t is natures spectacle,
presented in natures own way. This
much we know and with that knowl-
edge must be content.
Live Stock Sales Agency
The tentative organization of the
cooperative sales agency at the In
dianapolis stock yards has been com
pleted and it is expected that the
force will be ready for business not
later than Monday, April II. and per-
haps day or so earlier. The direct
DRY of seven members is headed by
Murray S. Barker. of Thorntown, as
president; o. B. Globe, of Charleston,
ILL.,, vice president, with Scott Meiks,
of Shelbyville, Ind, as secretary-treas-
urer. The other Indiana members of
the directory are: Albert Kinzer, Car
mel; Jess w. Miles, Mooresville, and
Lon Hudson, Newcastle. James r.
Riggs was chosen as director repre-
senting the Indianapolis terminal or
ganiZation in the National Live Stock
Producers association.
More than $4,000 cash is now on
hand and it is expected that at least
$4,000 will be contributed by the four
districts represented in the Indian
apolis area. In addition there is the
financial support to come from Hi
nois. which contributes about one
third of all the live stock received Al
the Indianapolis yards. The co-opera
tors bought out the office equipment
and lease of the commission firm oil
Bowen, Bennett and company, which
old and well known office will be the
headquarters of the new concern.
Michigan Elevators Cooperate.
The Michigan Elevator exchange
now the biggest cooperative grain
| hay and bean marketing agency in the
state has just added its 101st mem
/ Der, the Midland Cooperative Elevator