The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-19
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

three-year-old. She is owned by ]. A.
Driscol, Liberty, Ind.
The typical clover region of the
United States occupies the northeast
ern part. extending west into Mime
sofa and south approximately to the
Ohio river and the Mason and Dixon
line
One Dollar For Wheat
A special from Columbus, Ind, on
Saturday afternoon said that local
dealers are expecting to begin buying
the new crop wheat at 81 per bushel
The crop in Bartholomew county is
regarded as good, and an average
yield of fifteen bushels an acre is eX-
pected
1t is estimated that $4,000 acres of
wheat will be cut in the county this
year, a smaller acreage than last
year. Thrashing is expected to start
within two weeks The charge for
thrashing will be slightly lower this
year than last, it is reported.
To Show Ohio Cattle
The Ohio beef cattle view herd
will be shown az IA fairs in 13 coun-
! ties. The circuit starts July 10 and
will end at Columbus on October 13
/ Rainsboro, Highland county, is the
! first fair at which the herd will be
! tented and exhibited The counties
| selected are in the billy end of Ohio
where it is believed beef cattle add
! to the income of the farmers Thir
| teen Shorthorns, Herefords and Aber
| deen-Angus cattle comprise the show
/ herd
/ Theodore Roosevelt once wisely
said: I'VE hope ultimately to double
the average yield of wheat and corr
to the acre; it will be a great achieve
ment; but it is even more importan
to double the desirability. the comfort
\ and the standing of the farmers life.
A Pool That Paid
Last year there was a voluntar,
| pool of red top seed by a few grower
in Clay county, H., that was WORT
| $500 to the red top growers o
that county.
The seed crop of the county was ap
; proximately 100000 pounds. Thirt,
per cent of this. or 100000 pounds
was in dealers hand at Il cents pc
, pound before the pool was organized
|, Just at that time the red top dealer
predicted that the remaining 400
| 900 pounds would be purchased 70
: 10 cents. Some buyers had actuall
{ dropped their bids to a dime, bu
were buying little.
) Then a few growers began talkin
! of organizing pool, and a meetin
!, was held. Instantly the buyers bid
jumped from 10 to u, IA and the
) to Is cents without any change i
!, the outside market. The rising pric
| and good bids caused most of tn
| producers who had been ready to poe
t their seed to sell at Is cents, so tn
, pool was not large Forty-fiye grow
= ers finally put $4,000 pounds togett
er and appointed a committee (
, supervise the sale of it. The poole
seed was sold at 10 cents, four cent
higher than the highest bid by tn
] dealers.
The Seed Growers Exchange
| Clay county farmers figure tina
ii the pool was worth $4,000 on las
:! years crop. Their 100000 pound
( at Il cents would have made $240
600 Actually the first 100000 pound
{ brought II cents and the rest Is cents
) so the returns we're S2S2.000. Tn
three cents advance was due to tn
organization of the pool, and it is fig
ured that the pool was worth S42, 90
t to the farmers. IL addition it paid an
| other four cents on 5000 pounds, o
S2,400, to the As men who had see
in it,
The success of last years pool i
one of the reasons why the red to-
!, growers are now organizing tn
: Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange,
cooperative marketing association OF
! permanent basis, to market thei
entire seed crop.