Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 169, 25 May 1920 — Page 3
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920.
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HISTORY OF GAR OF SPUDS SHOWS RISE IN POTATO PRICES
Waldo C. Moore, cashier of the bank at Lewisburg, O., says: "Farmers are more cheerful since the rain let up for a few days, although we had a light local shower on Sunday. Wheat
has improved a lot lately; and there is
The Farm and The Farmer By WIlHam S. Sanborn
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By WILLIAM R. SANBORN. Hidden in a cool, shaded corner of the cellar at 524 South Tenth street.
concealed from the gaze of the envi- j more hope of a crop, though at best ous passer-by, who might be tempted I it will be far below normal, some farto raid that cellar by night lie four I mers having been hurt by the fly last
bushels of choice northern Minnesota iaii.
potatoes. These potatoes cost their buyer. Charles W. Bundy, $1.36 per bushel, delivered at a country station a couple of hundred miles north of St. Paul. Oh, certainly, it cost something to bring them to Richmond; a whole lot, in fact. This handful of potatoes are the last of 1,900 bushels shipped to Wayne county last October, and are iiot for sale. When these two carloads of potatoes reached their Indiana winter home, it caused no great stir.
"Not a great deal of corn has been
planted so far, but they are busy put-
though not particularly needed was of
benefit to wheat, but put .back corn planting. Many of our farmers got corn in early, In fact the bulk of it is in the ground. Sunday's shower prevented getting into the fields today, but if no rain Monday night corn planting will be resumed Tuesday morning. "As to our tobacco acreage, we estimate about 60 per cent of a crop to
go in. Plants are backward. Some
ting in corn now, using up all theare reducing acreage, others are quit
daylight in doing so. Some farmers
have all their corn in, but not many are so fortunate. Oats are looking well, as farmers report, but not many are grown here, although a lot of oats were sown in the wheat where the fly infested it last fall. Have heard no complaint of lack of farm help of late." Some Pretty Good Wheat.
We have some pretty good wheat
some of them put In a full day in their fields on Sunday. Don't believe more than half the corn is planted up this way and it is little wonder, the season being so late, that farmers were tempted to do all the work they could on such a brilliant, summerlike Sunday. There seems to be quite a number of fall pigs here, some being fed for the June and July markets. Wheat has improved a lot in past two weeks but the fly hit us so hard'last fall that a lot of wheat was plowed under this spring and sown to oats, or will be put in corn, perhaps, in some instances."
'A rmi n "Vow Mallt-rtn " BoU Tonl f
People could not imagine that said j Klng cashier" of the' bank at that
point, and it has mado great growth
ppuds would be worth more per peck than thev cost ner bushel, along in
May, but such is life this campaign year. In looking for a little investment that ought to at least pay interest on the money, C. W. Bundy. and Albert Gilmer hit upon potatoes and Mr. Bundy fared forth in their quest. Freight Bill $560. Including a war tax of $12 the freight on these two cars of potatoes figured $5C0. This allowed one transfer of each car without added cost, one carload being billed to Hagerstown, the other to Losantville. The Hagerstown car was dropped down to Greensfork on the transfer right, the other being shipped to Economy Hagerstown and Greensfork cleaned up the first car at $2 per bushel, a modest profit when the cost of the buying trip, freight and incidentals are considered. The Losantville tar was a 1,000 bushel car. After being hauled to Economy there were nearly 500 bushels unsold. Incidentally, at this point comes in another freight bill of $40 for switching that ar to Williams-1-urg. a distance of six miles, say.
Vhis brought the freight bill up to an even $600 on the 1,900 bushels, making an average on the two cars of about T.2 cents, or a net cost of $1.6S per bushel. The Albert Gilmer farm lies near Williamsburg and aside from the few bushels sold at Williamsburg the remainder of the lot was transferred to Ihe Gilmer cellar for winter storage. In the meantime potatoes "had riz"; were up to $2.25 and a few were sold at that figure. Next came a Richmond restaurant man, who bid $2.50 for 100 bushels and got them, from Ihe farm cellar. All the potatoes were sold direct to consumers and the top realized at the cleanup was $3. Brought $3.50 at Farm Sales. Potatoes moved up rather rapidly last fall, and we recall how they grabbed for them at farm sales at from $3.00 to $3.50, but no one dreamed of buying potatoes at two pounds for 25 cents before new potatoes got cheap enough for enjoyment by the average family but ask your grocer, providing he has some good ones to sell you. The point is this: These $7.50 per hundred pound potatoes at wholesale are the same potatoes that the Michigan growers got $1.25 to $1.50 for. at the time of digging last fall. They
have been stored, traded in ana speculated on, until they have advanced COO per cent, mostly in the hands of men who toil not nor spin. Their investment in these potatoes for lace tVian SCI rpnts npr hush-
el, the banks or storage houses carrying the load. There is a record of a car of potatoes which was shipped through Chicago from Wisconsin, to an interior Indiana town; was billed back to Chicago, was shipped to Buffalo, billed back to Pittsburg at a profit, and finally again reached Chicago for the third time. The Chicago wholesaler could show a cost and freight hill to prove that he wasn't profiteering, .iust as could six other men who handled that car without
in past 10 days, farmers tell us. Yes,
the crop will be light, but better than expected a few weeks ago. It rained here on Sunday. . "We had a good shower which
ever seeing the inside of it. But this is ancient history; what you are interested in now is the price of potatoes next winter. Well, friends, there isn't a chance that they are to be given away; not a chance. True, they may not reach their present altilude, but it is possible they may sell even higher. To be on the safe side, plant a few late potatoes, if you have or can get the ground. Also plant a garden, if but 20 feet square. Surprising how much you can grow in 400 square feet of well cultivated space, on which two, or even three crops can be raised before frost. This means fresh vegetables all summer;
a- bit of green stuff for everv meal, I He thinks,
with mayhap a few peas, beans and tomatoes to can. Plant a garden,
' take care of it and watch results. Re
member, however, that potatoes need space; they have no place in a backyard plot.
ting tobacco, at least. for this year
Very Busy Around Milton. "In our opinion not more than half the corn- acreage is in yet, and many
are now plowing corn land," is the; report from the bank at Milton. I "Every farmer is hard at work trying to make up for lost time, and they are not watching the clock for quitting time, either. Some are complaining of lack of help but are doing their best to get in every possible acre, regardless. "As to the farmers being discouraged at the feeding outlook, there are a lot of fall pigs in this neighborhood and also a demand for shoats from men who have corn to feed them. There is a feeling that hogs are likely to go higher, though at present cost of corn and mill stuffs, the hog business doesn't look inviting. No rain fell here on Sunday and men are in the fields today." Sunday Shower at Modoc. Mr. Oerle Johnson, cashier of the bank at Modoc, says they had a light shower again on Sunday, but not heavy enough to delay corn planting but helpful to wheat and pastures. Mr. Johnson says the corn is about all in around Modoc, some having gotten it in early and have corn up. As to wheat he does not think a great deal was plowed up this spring, though some was and the land put in oats.
in spite of the fly, they
will harvest a good half crop of wheat, if nothing further happens to it. Farmers Worked on Sunday. "Our farmers are so far behind with their corn," said A. R. Jones, of the
First National at Hagerstown, "that occupants.
Offers Are Withdrawn For Wool at Muncie Meeting No cash bids were received for the
wool pool of Madison, Delaware, Ran
dolph and Henry counties at the meeting held Saturday night In Muncie. Unsettled economic conditions were assigned by the wool dealers as
the cause of withdrawing all cash of
fers. In the meantime, county agents
urge all farmers to hold on to their wool and not dispose of it as the com
mittee in charge of the wool pool feels certain the venture will eventually prove successful. A month ago several fine offers for
the wool clip of the county were made, but all of these offers were withdrawn when bids were asked Saturday night. The commission men and wool men gave as the reason the unsettled market and economic condition now existing and a flurry in financial circles. One firm, however, submitted an
offer to the farmers and this offer was made known in the letters sent out by the county agent today. A firm in Boston will handle the wool clip on a commission of four and one-half per cent, advancing the farmers the sum of 38 cents a pound for the wool, this money to draw eight per cent interest until the wool is finally sold by the commission firm. FLYING BOAT PICKED UP NEW YORK, May 25. A hydro airplane marked "No. 826," was picked up at sea Monday off Scotland Lightship by the steam pilot boat New York. The plane was upside down and there were no traces of any
American Legion .
The American Legion reached the half-way mark in its nation-wide drive for 1,000,000 new members in the first week of Its campaign, according to an estimate of Legion officers Monday. Complete returns for the week will, it is believed, show a total of at least 500.000. Massachusetts, with 23.500 new members obtained during the week, heads the list of states which have reported. New York reported 21,000; Ohio, 15,020; California, 8,000; Connecticut, 6.440; Nebraska. 5,000, and Oklahoma, 4,000. None of these states had received reports from all of its posts. Arrangements for the state convention of the American Legion, which will be held at Vlncennes. June 28 and 29, were discussed at a meeting of the state executive committee of the legion at Indianapolis the Chamber of Commerce Sunday. An attendance of more than 3,000 is expected at the convention and arrangements have been completed to house that number in Vincennes. Only 850 delegates and alternates to the convention will be seated, but it is
thought that the number of persons active in legion affairs will bring the total up to the 3,000 mark.
GIRL SLEEPS 67 HOURS
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 25. Miss Helen Eames, a dental student in the
University of Michigan, whose home is in Murkegon, Mich., has awakened from 67 hours of uninterrupted slum
ber and Is none the worse for her experience. Miss Eames was completely exhausted by studying for her final mid-year examinations.
Spiceland Anniversary
Exercises in Ftdl Swing The fiftieth anniversary celebration of Spiceland academy was In full swing Monday and Tuesday. A pageant representing the history of the academy during the 50 years was given Monday. The annual field day exercices were to come Tuesday and on Wednesday 26 members will graduate. The anniversary sermon was preached Sunday by the Rev.- Roy Wollam, pastor of the Friends church at Spiceland, and last night the baccalaureate sermon to the class was delivered by the Rev. Charles Rodenbnugh, pastor of the First Christian church at Irvington. Rev. Rodenbaugh Is an old friend of Chester Regan, the present principal of the academy. His adress was along the lines of service and sacrifice, the
text being, "He who would be the greatest of all must be the serrant of all."
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