The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-21
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

lunch, following which Kay Wood, of
chicago, will discuss economic fac
tors affecting cattle feeding. Dean
). ii. Skinner will deliver the closing
remarks.
A postal card received from the pro-
dueers' association gives the number
OF cars handled last at 242, which
| ranks the association in the lead of
all others in that market. Their near
est competitor received SO cars. In
the above estimate of 242 cars, it was
! shown that 80 carloads came in by
truck, on the basis of 20 head to the
car load. The same allowance was
made to all of the IS competing firms.
and in showing the total cars of hogs
received during the week, which was
1,141 carloads. The producers handled
81 per cent of the total receipts for
the week. OF these, 1872 cars came
in by rail and $40 cars were accred
tied to the truck division.
A Big Potato Crop
The production of potatoes in Illinois
this year is given at $4,000 bushels,
or 2,400,000 more than in 1921.
I'm butter making on the farm" says
a dairy expert, 1.-The common fault is
to overwork it. Overworked butter is
dull and grassy in appearance" To
this famous maker of country butter
rises to remark that too many farm
women do not work their butter
enough to get the water all out it, let
alone OVERRIDING the job" Between
two extremes lies the happy medium.
: One thing is certain. First class coun-
try butter makers find market at top
prices for all the butter they can spare,
while there are many whose butter al
most goes a begging at the stores.
The Netherlands was the largest
market, except Canada, for American
corn in 1921, having received 17,843,
! Asa bushels, according to the depart
!, ment of agriculture. The next larg
est markets, in order of receipts, were
United Kingdom, Germany, and Mex
leo.
: Almost Incredible.
!. 1t reads like an incredible statement
l and especially at this late date, but We
l find the following in the current mum
r Der of Capper's Weekly: What the
! car shortage is doing for farmers is
: shown at Keighley, a little town il
Kansas, which has not seen a grain
car in two months. Milton, another
: town, has had two cars in eight weeks
i Sylvia has received only one car in 81
S days and shipped only Is cars of thu
e big wheat crop since July 1. Haver
: hill has not had a car in 80 days. Elev
Y ators are OVERLOOKING and farmers ar
5 unable to dispose of their grain"
When Buying Mill Feeds.
: ''To determine if you are paying to-
I much for mill feeds" says c. c. Wheel
I er, of the department of agriculture
! requires a knowledge of how feed
l are sold by the mills, market condi
n tions, quality of the product, and thu
e right methods of purchasing. Whea
4 feeds alone represented a value of az
/ proximately 5000 100000 in 1920 but lit
r tie is known by the average buye
about the marketing of this commod
d ity."
/ Mr. Wheeler has made a careful
study of the marketing of mill feeds
according to advices from the depart
ment, and has told story of interes
/ in Farmers Bulletin, No. 1924, which
i is sent free on request to the depart
d ment of agriculture This bulletil
S should especially interest dairy mel
e and feeders, who buy in large way
d Cattle Feeding Outlook.
S "Most cattle feeders have been max
y ing good money since the first of Fet
It ruary," says the editor of Wallaces
|. Farmer, in an article relating NOR
F particularly to Iowa conditions. H
h continues by saying that during tn
Il past two months, well finished cattl
have been selling higher than any on
d thought they would. Business cond
I. lions have been improving right alon
and labor is going to be fully employee
n at high wages this winter" All G
n this is optimistic but he modifies hi
J. colorings as follows:
a. 'The situation favors continuatio
<. of high prices for beef cattle were
l. not for the fact that so many cattl
. are now on feed. Several times dul
d ing the past summer, we have cal
toned our readers that unusually larg
nun hc,.-- Of cn+tIo -rror.o hoirr cant ~