The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-28

noon, several farm homes and villages |
were called by phone to discover how !
wide the area covered by the rainfall, !
how heavy the showers, and how
great the benefit. Following these
chats a number of brief stories were
written as herein printed. The show
ers which fell Tuesday night and early
Wednesday morning were of still fur
Their benefit. Corn and gardens have
been refreshed, berries, melons and
the whole line of summer vegetables
now have much needed moisture, and
the crop outlook is materially changed
all over the Richmond radius.
Perhaps you remember the story of
the new reporter on a little country
daily, who was sent posthaste to make
a report of a fire in time for the after
been consumed, and the fire had
burned itself out, the youngster re-
turned to the office, wher the waiting
editor asked for the story
reporter said he hadn't written
anything about the fire. ''as everybody
in town was there to see it for them
selves"
We feel a bit that way about tho
rain which fell over Richmond on
Tuesday afternoon We had just been
talking to some berry growers and
gardeners over the phone. These
were anxiously awaiting rain from an
already overcast sky, and Is minutes
later came a downpour. which seem
ingly covered the local area at all
points of the compass.
The rain interferred with wheat
cutting, at some points north of Rich
mond But it was none the less gen
orally welcomed It will Iengthen the
berry season and do a world of good
to the corn. And there's the gardens
! and melon patches and the potato
patches and acres which now are so
greatly benefited Complaints have
even been made as to the effect of
the drouth on fruit trees, one farmer
stating that his peaches and apples
had seemingly stopped growing. espe-
cially on the young trees whose roots
do not yet extend down through to
China
II Rained in PrebIe
Stephen Kuth, fruit and berry grow
er just across the state line in Preble,
has been in town with a few cases of
Montmorenci red cherries and also
black raspberries, every morning this
week. He says that the cherry sea
! son is about ended, and that rain was
badly needed to extend the raspberry
| season for few days, and that be-
cause of this the heavy, though brief,
downpour on Tuesday afternoon was
more than welcome. 'The rain ex-
tended on east for some distance, pos
sibly across Preble county
Preble county has contributed a
number of cases of red raspberries to
the local groceries this week; the
| first of the season from that district.
Raspberries From Dublin
A Main street grocer displayed a
number of cases of black raspberries
on Tuesday and Wednesday. Asked
where from he said they were grown
| at Dublin And so they were They
came from the 4-acre patch of Arbo
| Cain at the southern edge of town,
where a dozen or more pickers have
| been busy this week. In a chat over
| the phone on Tuesday evening Mrs.
Cain said that the afternoon shower
was not heavy at that point and that
more rain was needed She said that
their black raspberries had been cut
to about one-fourth crop because of
| the drouth. She added however, that
/ her red raspberries, which are just
ripening, were large and fine. much
/ to her surprise. and that with suffi-
4 cient moisture they would shortly be
marketing some choice berries. The
4 first dewberries were picked on the
\ Cain place on Tuesday, and there is a
4 promising crop of blackberries soon
to follow, if weather is seasonable.
Mr.. Cain raised a fair crop of red
cherries, On which the season is now
closing
Light Shower at Williamsburg
The elevator manager at Williams
burg said that some rain fell at that
point on Tuesday, but not enough to
materially delay harvesting. which
has just well begun He said he had
not thus far bought any new crops,
nor was there any seeming anxiety to
SELL No damage from rust or chinch
bugs had been reported at the eleva-
tor but it was thought that there
would be less wheat than hoped for
earlier and that at the best the crop
I
Porter Pike of Centerville says
that they haven't contracted for any
new wheat, nor have any farmers of
fered to sell. He isn't counting on
any threshing being done this week
but says that one Center township
ring has arranged to get into action
on July 5, if weather is favorable Il
is not unlikely. however, that some
threshing will be done in Center on
Friday or Saturday We understand
that the owners of couple of rigs
are planning TO go at the first con
venient hour
Not an Exchange Member
The Producers Sales Association
at the Chicago stock yards is incorpo
rated under the non-profit law of Hi
! nois. and will not become a member
of the Live Stock Exchange At the
start the membership fee for ship
ping associations is $50 and for indi
vidual members, SO. The commits
sion charges are those fixed by the
Exchange, but rebates will be made
to members according to surplus or
hand at the end of each year Thi:
is also true of the sales organization