The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-29
ANXIOUS FOR COAL


The farmer can come about as near to
answering this question as can the
country elevatorman or coalman. AS
a matter of fact a phone canvass or |
number of elevators and coal yards 1
made on Monday shows, apparently, /
that even the uon-union mines have
not been quoting coal to interior
noints of late.
Manager Mckee of the elevator at
Pershing is rather optomistic on the
coal situation. He thinks that before
severe weather sets in there will be
plenty of soft coal for Indiana folks
and that there may also be some an
thracite on offer. He recalled the slt-
uation in 1920 when people were
frightened for fear of not being able
10 get all the coal needed. At the
close of navigation coal became abun-
dant, not at low prices but at some
price and this went for anthracite,
too, as Mr.. Mckee stated.
While discussing coal we may add
that E. V Mcclure, elevator mana
ger at Eldorado, said they had re-
ceived one car of Kentucky coal about
three weeks ago and had another on
/ the rails some place right now, al
I least they have received a card CIV
/ ing the number of the car shipped.
No bill has been received but Mr.. Nc
( Clure said he was in hopes the car
would be billed on the Hoover fair
/ price basis. He thinks it is now going
/ to be rather hard to get coal under
priority action, but says that having
| laid in large supply early last spring
and his ability to buy from the non
union operators now and then, has en-
7 Id =, - little me
yards all summer, which was portion
ed out according to circumstances.
Paid 65 Cents for Corn
The elevator at Lynn is bidding 65
cents for corn, not for shipping but
simply to supply the local demand.
"As a rule" said the manager, ''our
farmers are asking 20 cents for corn,
delivered at Lynn, but we managed to
| get in few loads at 65 cents recently.
We are entirely out of coal, except as
to a light supply at the flour mill,
The mill at Hagerstown reports
getting in one load of wheat last Sat
urday, grade not given, for which they
paid "a cents Only few odd loads
of wheat is being received. is the re-
port; they also say they are entirely
out of coal and that none has been Of
/. fered for some time.
We are told that the barn threshing
around Eldorado has resulted in daily
sales of wheat during the past few
days and that this work will continue
! for about one more week. Eldorado
paid 81 cents for No. 2 on Monday.
! The farmers elevator at Camden
| was offering 81 for wheat and 65
| cents for corn on Monday afternoon,
owing to the strength wheat showed
) at central markets.
Light hogs made a top of S9.S5 at
/ both Indianapolis and Chicago, on
: Monday.
| Too Many Heavy Hogs
An oversupply of big heavy" hogs
last week at Chicago is given as the
/ reason for the average decline, partic
t ularly on Saturday, when the days
average price dropped to S7.S5 on the
day, thus helping to reduce the weeks
average to $50 against an average
price of $S.75 for the week ending
, August 10. The top on handyweighl
light hogs on last Saturday was 1855
but comparatively few made that
!, figure.
The average weight for the week
was 257 pounds. This equalled the
, heaviest average weight in any week
for nearly 10 years. On top of this
; Chicago received 126,500 for the week
!; or 10000 more than the 10 year av
erage.
A Chicago market reporter says,
while choicest beef steers held
steady during the week, other kinds
including butcher stock, declined Il
to so cents, with some fair to good
yearlings, off more" The general av.
I
: $3.50, the top being $10.95. Bott
sheep and lambs advanced an averag
: of 25 cents on the weeks trading
: sheep scoring an average of $675 anG
? lambs, of $3.50 on the Chicago mar
ket.
Water HemIock Poisons Hogs
> We are in receipt of a letter from
Purdue containing a warning as tt
water hemlock, in which the writer
says: water hemlock, said to be the
most poisonous plant in America, was
' found in abundance on the farm Of
Frank Kaser, Frankfort, during the
poison plant survey of Clinton county
The survey was conducted by A. A
Hansen, botanist of the Purdue uniyer
sity agricultural extension depart
! ment.
Mr.. Kaser recently lost numbel
of valuable hogs that died in a rather
: mysterious manner He was unable
to account for the trouble but sus
pected the presence of poisonou:
!. plant The water hemlock was fount
. growing profusely along ditch anG
, in low, marshy ground.
"The most dangerous part of watel
/ hemlock is the root. A piece of the
, root the size of walnut contains SUI
ficient poison to kill a horse. Th,
j presence of water hemlock on thi.
5 farm is a source of danger not onl,
to livestock. but to children, since thu
i sweet tasting, aromatic roots are fire
/ quently mistaken for parsnips, hors,
radish, sweet cicely or wild liquorice
/ Every spring reports are received o
\ deaths caused by this plant. The hem
lock is most dangerous in the spring
! when the roots are frequently exposed
o following winter thawing, and durinj
periods of drought when green fee
:, is scarce. Grazing animals sometime
n eat the young, succulent shoots witt
fatal results"
e Water hemlock is sometimes cor
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