The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-02

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as cattle feeders day, for the inspec-
ton of number Of herds on when
costs have been kept. Those making
the trip of inspection will leave the
office of the county agent. in Green
vile, at o'clock, and all interested
are invited to make the trip.
Darke county farmers are asking:
Shall we raise our beef cattle, or puy
| them" At least a few have serious
| " considered this subject and have
! tried out both plans. A number OF
steers from a Kansas ranch are now
on feed in Darke county and some OF
| these will be inspected on the 7th.
The cost of the cattle. the feeding
costs. the gains in weight, etc, Will
all be reported on by way or compar-
! ison with home grown NERDS.
| While we have not heard as to the
amount of business done by the Darke
county cooperative shipping associa-
ton in May, the April figures are be
fore US, as follows: Total number OF
cars shipped, 80: number of shippers,
401: hogs shipped. 1900; cattle shlpp-
ed, 95; calves, 3O7; sheep, 6. the total
weight Of all shipments was 495,900
pounds and the cash receipts $49,229.-
| O3. The shrink" figures are inter
esting, and are given as follows: Az
erage shrink. hogs, %; cattle, 81;
calves, 6, and sheep, II. Some OF the
shipments went to Pittsourg. Mana
ger DeWeese reports the average
marketing cost as IS cents per cwt.
Are Selling Wool Freely
The report from the mill and eleva-
tor at Hagerstown is to the erect
that farmers who own sheep are in
clined to sell wool at going prices.
The producers are acting individually.
i according to their judgment and there
is little if any talk of pooling wool
this wear. Asked as to wool purchas-
es the manager of the elevator az
/ Hagerstown said on Thursday that
they had paid from 35 cents up since
the clip began to move. their price
being 81 cents most of this week and
THAT he had bought quite a little wool
at that figure since Wednesday morn
ing. He thinks the clip has been
about all taken off and reports being
able to buy at least 10000 pounds up
to this time.
They we're paying so cents for corn
and S1.1O for wheat at HagerstoWn' on
Friday morning.
Mckee Is Not Buying Wool
Frank Mckee, manager of the ele-
vator at Pershing, says that so far as
, he is concerned their elevator is not
, interested in buying wool, because ne
= is not familiar with qualities or val
Ines. He stated that a wool buyer was
) in that district lately but if he secured
anv wool. for what he was offering, he
couldn't say. His idea is that there
is but few sheep owners right around
/ hn
| very best they can pay on present mar
/ ket is $1.15 He thinks that all the corn
l is in around Pershing. and reports a
/ number of farmers already blowing it
B. Roy Crull, who has quite a corn acre
l age. said he had gone over the whole
l of it for the first time.
l Wheat Moving at Camden
Il We have shipped two cars of wheat
within week." is the report from the
: Eikenberry elevator at Camden, and
2 there is still a little wheat held in
+ the country. Our price today is $1.15
: the lowest we have paid in a long time
: There is some corn moving, mostly be
r tween farmers and feeders. however
t and while we are paying So cents for
: corn this is not our shipping basis, but
. strictly for our retail trade There is
some wool moving at Camden, but the
: Eikenberry folks are not handling 1t
i They report the growing wheat as
l. looking very promising.
, The canning factory at Camden will
. run again this year and considerable
-, acreage of tomatoes is under contract
Hog Prices TumbIed
While the settlement of the May
. wheat deal on Wednesday could have
= had no effect on the price Of hogs al
u the Chicago yards, live stock prices
were all soft at the end of the month
as though they were in sympathy with
! the grain markets. Including the Is,
+ 500 hogs carried over in the pens from
= Monday and Tuesday there were 81
; 600 hogs on sale on Wednesday. Hogs
: were largely % cents lower at the
; close and the days average at $10.4;
i was the lowest since May 6. The bet
: ter grades of beef cattle held firm, bu
) lambs dropped CSC to soc. and sheer
5 were off 25c on the day The Tuesda,
holiday broke into the packing weeI
J. and the effect was lower bids by th'
u packers. About 5000 hogs were hel(
? over on Wednesday night.
u The effect of the weight of the left
e overs and the fresh receipts of Al .00i
o on Thursday, tended to mark price,
q 10c to 15c under Wednesdays range
81 the bulk of receipts going at from 81
IL to $10.55, with the days top $1,000
81 The break at Chicago affected Ind
II annapolis on Wednesday, and the weak
IS ness continued over Thursday, whel
m the bulk of the receipts sold at $106C
or about 20 cents under the Wednes
% day closing figures.
1t Model Hoo House Exhibit
n An exhibit of four different type
v of model hog houses is now ready f
d. start from Purdue on an almost state
" wide trip. The exhibit will be show
1t at Decatur from June TO 10 and i
lie billed TO spend a week in each @
So counties, the show" running unit
fe March ]. The need for sunlight i
Dr. emphasized in these model buildings
ut Electric lights, arranged in a smaI
it. dark room, which is part of the el
II hibit, show where the rays of the su
will fall in the different types of tn
r houses throughout the day Blue print
of the different types will be offered a
70 cost. it is said. Through this wor
| it is hoped by the university to stiml