Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 91, 17 April 1922 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1922.

Markets

: GRAIN PRICES (Markets by E. F. Leland & Company. 212 Union. Bank Building.) CHICAGO, April 17. Wheat It was a very erratic market in wheat. The high prices were made early in the session when May touched $1.45. Stoploss orders were caught. September sold at a new high on the crop. On the bulge there was heavy Belling by longs, and. while support was keen early, it gave out and the market showed the effect of heavy profit-taking. Cash demand poor in practically all markets, with flour business reported very poor at Minneapolis. Omaha sold 200.000 cash wheat to Chicago and more today to go to store. Export demand rather slow, with Liver-, pool closed. Buenos Aires 2 to 2Vc up. While the visible showed a good decrease, more of a decrease was expected. - Corn Commission houses were good buyers and corn opened strong. The market was not broad. Cash markets a trifle higher. Visible decrease was without effect in supporting the market in face of weakness in wheat. Oats Not very active, but there was a good commission house buying of July. Longs in September accepted profits on the upturn. Market wa3 influenced by action of wheat. The weather conditions unfavorable for field work, and a reduced acreage might result. Cash oats three-quarters cent up. RANGE OF FUTURES (Markets by E. F. Leland & Company, 212 Union Bank Building.) CHICAGO. April 17 Following is the range of futures on Chicago Board of Trade today:

Open High Low Close Wheat May ....1.43i 1.45 1.3934 1.40 July ....1.26 1.27V4 1.244 1-2 Sept. ...1.20V2 1-20 1.17 1.1 & Rye May ,...1.082 10S3 1-07 1.07Va - Corn May ... '.61. .67 .611a .60 July 65 i,a .651a .64 Vs .64 Sept 67 .68 .66 .66 Oats May .... .38 .39 .37 .38 July 41 .41 .40 .40 Sept ... .43 .43 .42 .42 Lard May ...10.90 10.85 Ribs May ...11.20 11.17

(By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. Ohio. April 17.-' TT -V. . X , 1 ,1 . I- 1 Alt X O vneti ii. i Itu, ai.iari i.il, nu. - red. $1.451.46; No. 3 red. $1.451.44 Corn No. 2 white, 6364; No. 3 white 6Hj62; No. 4 white, 6061. CornNo. 2 yellow. 63T 64; No. 3 yellow, 61 62; No. 4 yellow, 60 61. Corn No. 2 mixed, 6263. Oats, lower, 38 42; rye, steady, $1.03W1.04; hay, $17.50 rn 23.50. . (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, April 17 Wheat No. 2 red. $1.42 1.43. Corn No. 2 mixed, 6060c; No. 2 yellow, 60 j iscio rwo 9 ..hiio iftV. (Rii9iz. No. 3 white, 3839c. Pork, nominal; ribs, $11.5012.50;. lard, $10.75. INDIANAPOLIS HAY (Bv Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS. April 17. Ha ,,1 )h", ,acAiq nn. 1 tinninK . $18.0018.50; NO. 1 steady; No. 1 No. 2 timothy, clover, $19.00020.00. LIVE STOCK PRICES INDIANAPOLIS. April 17 Hops Recripts. 4.000; hipher. Cattle Receipts, fi.r,0; higher. Calves Receipts. 250; steady. Sheep Receipts, 100; lower, line Top price hops 150 lbs. iip$10 73 Rulk of sales, wood hojrs. 10 65il0 "5 Good hows 150 to 1 SO lb. av 10 75 Hood hoes ISO to 210 lb. av 10 75 rjood hojes 21 Oto 250 lb. ar 10 65ffrl0 75 Oood hogs 250 to 275 lb. av 10 6510 75 Oood hofes 275 lb. up av.. 10 75 down Yorkers. 140 to 150 lb. av.. 10 75 down PIrs. according to quality 10 65 down Cood to best sows 9 00l 9 25 Common to fair sows S 50 fP S 75 Staes. subiert to dockaee. 7 00fu R 00 Sales In truck division... 10 5if10 75 Range in sales a year aieo 8 MCqi 9 50 "nftle Qnolnllonn Ktll'ng Mrs, 1250 lbs. up Cood to choice 7 75ft S 25 Common to medium 7 35 fi1 7 65 KUllnsr steers 1100 to 120" lb ioo.I to choice 7 65ff? 8 00 Common to medium 7 35M 7 BO KUlIng steers. 1000 to 110' lbs Cood to choice 7 SOt' 7 75 Common to medium 7 00 7 35 Killing steers less than 1,000 lbs. Cood to best yearlings... 7 50W 8 00 Common to medium fi 50iji 7 00 Other yearlings ti 75o 7 25 Stockern and feeding cattleSteers 800 lbs. up 7 00 if? 7 23 Steers, less than 800 lbs.. 6 OOO 7 00 Heifer, medium to good.. 4 SCO 5 50 Cows, medium to good... 3i5(ii 4 75 Calves. 300 to 500 lbs i OOip 7 09 l-Vmale butcher cattle Cood to best heifers 6 75(f 8 00 I'nmmon to medium heifers f 50(fie 6 50 Habv beef heifers 7 "am 8 25 Cood to choice cows 4 50 fiv 7 00 Common to medium cows. 4 OOffi 4 50 Poor to good cutters 3 25ffD 3 60 Poor to good canners..,.. 2 50 3 00 Hulls and calves Cood to choice butcher bulls 4 ToiRt 5 00 Toor to choice heavy bulls 4 4 75 ij, -tnnum to good light bulls 4 50 4 75 Cuininoti to good bologna bulls OO'ii 4 60 Poor to good cutters 3 25 3 75 liood to choice -heavy calves 6 00 7 00 Poor to medium heavy calves 5 00'fi 5 50 Common to medium veals ti 00 7 00 tihrrp and l.unib Uuotatloua. tJood to choice light sheep 8 00 9 00 Cood to choice heavy sheep u 00(q) ti 00 Common to medium sheep 8 00W 4 00 Cood to best heavy lambs 12 00(ftl3 00 Cood to choice veals 8 00 (fi' 9 00 Kair to good mixed lambs 12 oudjil 00 Ml other lambs 6 0011 00 Bucks. 100 lbs .2 00 u 00 DAYTON MARKET Corrected by Schaffer's Commission Company, Dayton, Ohio. Bell Phone 4060. Home Phone 81262. DAYTOX. Ohio, April 17. HogsReceipts six cars market 15c higher; choice heavies, $10.50; butchers and packers, $10.50; heavy Yorkers, $10.50; light yorkers, $10.50; choice sows, $8 8.50; common to fair, $7.50 8.00; stags. $4.0095.00; pigs. $9.5010.50. Cattle Receipts, eight cars; choice steers. $7,25 7.75; good to choice butcher steers. $6.507.00; fair to good butcher steers, $66.50; ch-jice fat heifers, $67; fair to good heifers. $56; choice- fat cows, $4.505.25; fair to good cows, $34; bologna bulls $2.503.50; butcher bulls, $45.25; calves, $5.00 7.50. Sheep Market, 6teady, $25. Lambs $813. (By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, April 17 Catle re ceints 500; market steady; choice handywelght steers $7.25$8; good to choice butcher steers .2b; iair to good butcher steers $6.50$7; good to choice heifers $6$7; fair to good heifers $5Q6; good to choice butcher

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"Reg. n. B, Pat. Oft" bulls $4.50 $5.50; blogna bulls $4 $3.50; $4.50; good to choice cows $3 $4; fair to good: cows $2.50 $3.50; common cows $2 3; calves receipts 800; market 50c higher; choice veal calves $8.50 $9.50; fair to good $6 $7; sheep and lambs receipts 1,000; market slow; choice spring lambs $13 14; fair to good $6 8; choice sheep $8$8.50; fair to good $2$3; hogs receipts 4,000; market steady; yorkers $11.50; pigs $11; lights $11; mixed pigs $11.50; roughs $8.50; stags $5.50. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, April 17. ReceiptsCattle, 1,300; hogs, 6,600; sheep, 150. Cattle Market steady; butchers steers, good to choice, $7.25 8.75; fair to good, $6.807.25; common to fair, $5.006.50; heifers, good to choice, $7.00 8.50; fair to good, $6.007.00; common to fair, $4.50 $6.00; cows, good to choice, $5.00 $6.00; fair to good, $4.005.00; cutters $2.75 3.50; canners. $2.00 2.50; stock steers, $5.50 7.00; stock heifers, $4.505.50; stock cows, $3.50 $4.50; bulls,' steady; bologna, $4.00 $4.75; fat bulls, '$4.75 5.50; milch cows, steady, $30 85 calves, 50 cents higher; good to choice, $8.008.50; fair to good. $6.00 8.00; common and largs, $4.005.50. Hogs Steady, $10 to 25c lower; heavies. $10.50; good to choice packers and butchers, $10.40 10.50; medium, $10.40; stags, $4.505.25; com mon to choice heavy fat sows, $6.50 $8.25; light shippers, $10.00; pigs, 110 pounds and less, $7.00 9.25. Sheep Steady; good to choice lights. $6.007.00; fair to good. $4.00 6.00 common to fair, $2.003.00; bucks, $2.004.00; lambs, steady; , trnrA tn rhntno til Kflrfff 1 F 00 fair tn ' - - - ' - ' tl 1 nnftl 1 KA nnmmnn in fair, $9.0010.00; skips, $5.006.00. (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, April 17 Hogs receipts 7,000; higher; heavies $10.65 $10.80; hervy yorkers $11$11.10; light yorker $10.50$10.75; pigs $10 (3 $10.50; cattle receipts 1,000; market steady; steers $8.25$8.50; heifers $7$7.75; cows $4.25 $5.50; sheep and lambs receipts 4,000; mar B "" caives receipt ket steady; top sheep $8.50; top lambs s 1,000; market higher; top $9. (By Associated Press) EAST BUFFLA, April 17. CattleReceipts 3,150; 10 to 15c higher; for, best shipping steers, $7.508.65: i butchers. $7.508.50; yearlings. $S W heifers, $5.257.75; cows. $2.25 '. . 'ftfflir,r. ' stnor9 nd feeders, $5 6; fresh cows and springers, strong; $50 100. Calves Receipts, 2,900; steady; $3 9. HogsReceipts, 14.500; strong to 10c higher; heavy and mixed, $11; Yorkers and light ditto, $1111.10; pigs, $11; roughs, $9; stags, $4 5.50. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 11,400; wethers, 50c lower; wooled lambs, $816; clipjped lambs. $614; yearlings, $811; I wethers. $7.50 8; ewes, $27; mixed sheep, $77.50. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO. April 17. Cattle Receipts 16,000; fairly active; beef steers generally steady to jtrong; quality medium to good; top $9.25 on heavies; bulk beef steers $7.50 8.60; beef cows and heifers mostly 15c higher; 6pots up more; earners and cutters bulls -d veal calves about steady; stockers and feeders 15c up mostly; bulk veal calves. $6.507. to packers; bulk fat she stock $5.40 6.45. Hogs Receipts 30,000, slow; most ly 10c higher than Saturday's average, big packers holding back; packing sows steady; top, $10.65; bulk 170 to 300 lb. average, $10.2510.60; pigs, steady; bulk good; 100 to 130 lb. average, $910.25. Sheep Receipts 9,000, slow; generally 25c lower; mostly to shippers and city butchers; big packers doing litle early; heavy wooled lambs early $10.25; shorn $13.25; few choice 140 lb. wooled ewes, $9. WINCHESTER MARKET WINCHESTER. Ind.. April 17. Corrected daily by the Winchester Union Stockyards company. Hogs Receipts two cars; market 25c higher; light yorkers, 140-160 lbs., 10.25 10.50; heavy yorkers, 160 to 180 lbs., $10.50; mixed 180 to 220 lbs., $10.25; mediums, 220 to 240 lbs., $10.25; heavies, 240 to 300 lbs., $10.00; extreme heavies, 300 lbs. and over, $10.0010.25 pigs. 140 lbs. down. $10 down; roughs. $7.758.00; stags, 80 pound dock. $4.505.50. Cattle Good to choice steers. $7 $7.25; fair to good $5 6; good to choice heifers, $56.50; choice cows, $4.505.00; fair to good cows, $3.4; canners and cutters, $2 3. Calves Choice calves, $8.00; com mon calves, 67; culls, $6 down. Sheep Choice lambs, $1011; fair to good. $79; culls, $7 down; choice 6heep, $56; common to good, $36; lambs, $1218. PRODUCE MARKET (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. April 17. ButterFresh prints, 3633c; packing stock, 15c. Eggs 21 22. Fowls Jobbers' buying prices for fowls. lS23c; springers, 2021c; broilers, 50c; capons, 7 lbs. and up, 28c; slips, 21c; roosters, 1415c; turkeys, old toms, 2530c; young toms, 3240c; capons, 3840c; young hens, 3240c; ducks, 4 lbs. and up, 18 25c; squabs, 11 lbs. to the dozen, $6, geese, 10 lbs. up, 1418c. EGGS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. April 17. Eggs Mar ket firm: receipts. 49.866. cases; New Jersey hen's whites, extra candle selection, 37c; ditto uncandled, 34

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35c; fresh gathered extra firsts. 28 29c; fresh gathered firsts, 2527c. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, April 17 Butter market lower; creamery extras 37; eggs re ceipts 49,728 cases; market lower; lowest 21 22; firsts 23 23; live poultry, market lower; fowls 24; broilers 4050; roosters 16. , Potatoes steady; 104 cars; total United States shipments 844; Wisconsin round whites sacked $1.50 $1.75; Michigan bulk round whites $1.70 $1.75; Minesota sacked round, whites $1.50 $1.65 cwt; Idaho sacked rurals $1.60 1.70 cwt.; sacked long whites $1.80 cwt.: new stock dull; Florida No. 1. Spalding Rose, $7; No. 2, $5.25 $5.50. (B Associated Press) CINCINNATI, April 17. Whole milk creamery butter, extra, 40c. Eggs Prime firsts, 23c; firsts, 22c; seconds, 18c. Poultry Frys, 35c; springers, 24c; hens, 24c. LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 17. Final prices on Liberty bonds today were: 3 $ 97.74 First 4 (bid) 98.80 Second 4 (bid) 99.62 First 4V4 99.84 Second 4 99.64 Third 4 99.80 ! Fourth 4 99.94 Victory 3 100.08 Victory 4 100.62 NEW YORK STOCKS . (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 17. American Can American Smelting Anaconda Atchison 48 59 54 .100) Baldwin Locomotive 117 Bethlehem Steel, B 7!) Central Leather 38 Chesapeake & Ohio . . : 66 C. R. I. & Pacific 45 Chino Copper 38 Crucible Steel 64 General Motors 13 Goodrich Tires 41 Mexican Petroleum 133 New York Central 91 Pennsylvania 42 Reading 41V Republic Iron and Steel 56 Sinclair Oil 32 ' Southern Pacific 91 gouthern Raiiroad: 24 Studebaker 119 Union Pacific 139. U. S. Rubber 66 U. S. Steel 98 Utah Copper 67 RICHMOND MARKETS (Furnished by Whelan) BUYING Oats, 37c; rye, 85c; corn, 60c; straw, $9 per ton. SELLING Oil Meal, per ton, $60.00; -per hundredweight. $3.15. Tankage, 60 per cent, $64.00 per ton; per cwt, $3.35; Barrel pale. JS.iin. Standard middlings, $37.50 per ton; $1.90 per cwt. Bran, per ton, $33.50; per cwt, -1.75 Cotton seed meal, per ton, $58.00; per cwt., $3.00. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Richmond flour mills axe paying $1.25 for No. 2 wheat. LOCAL HAY MARKET Steady; good timothy. $14 to $15; choice clover, $16; heavy mixed. $11 15. PRODUCE, BUYING Country butter, 30c lb.; eggs. 20c dozen; hens 20 to 22c per lb., depend-1 ing on the buyer. Young roosters 13 tO lbC per lb. j BUTTER QUOTATIONS The wholesale price of creamery butter is 40c a pound. PREBLE BOYS .GIRLS . GIVEN CLUB ADVICE EATON, Ohio, April 17 Instruction was given Preble county boys and girls club leaders in conference at Eaton, on Saturday afternoon, by Guy Dowdy, state boys and girls club leader from Ohio State university. Leaders of pig clubs and girls' food and clothing clubs were present from all sections of the county. ' I Regulations governing club work were explained by Mr. Dowdy with the assistance of E. D. Turner, county agricultural agent, and plans for organizing and managing the clubs were discussed. Especial provision will be made this year for a county picnic and a county summer camp for club members of the county. County club leaders who have been appointed are Herbert Eickhorn, Lanier township pig club; Ruth Markey, Gratis food club Kenneth Ramsey, Gratis, pig club; P. G. Campbell, Monroe pig club; Charles Hildebolt, Gasper pig club; Zoe Benharn, Jackson clothing club; Heber O'Hara, Jackson pig club; Mrs. Roy Ross, Dixon food club; Mrs. John Hart, Dixon clothing club; N. H. Henning, Dixon pig club; Earl Douglas, Israel pig club; George Grothaus, Somers pig club; Wilbur Christman, Washington Poland China pig club; Albert Snyder, Washington Duroc Jersey pig club. All townships except Somers, Twin and Jefferson already have made arrangements for girls' food or clothing clubs, or . both. All townships' except Harrison, Twin and Jefferson have I made arrangements for boys' and Igirls pig ctubs

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.T.vJIxLM BANC.'.' Darke County Woman Runs CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 17. "Tractoritls" and the farmer's wife, that is the solution of the farm labor problem this spring. That is what the Ohio farmer is doing to meet the situation. The women of the farm" are becoming the real farmers. The women are operating the tractors and solving the big problem created by the lack of farm help everywhere in spite of the thousands of city unemployed. One woman operating a tractor can do the work of three plows, three men behind them and six horses. Operating the farm tractor is not a man's size job like walking behind the old-fashioned plow and laboriously guiding the plowshare as it cuts its way through tough soil. The tractor is the new way and' easy way of doing the same thing, much faster and so easy that the women think no more of mounting the tractor seat than they do of climbing into the family flivver and driving down to the postoffice after the nrail. Mrs. Chris Henninger of Arcanum, Ohio, was a bit timid when she first climbed upon the seat behind the steering wheel of the tractor. She soon got over it, however. "The diffi cult part about a tractor for women operators," says Mrs. Henninger, "is the cranking. The rest is simplicity Itself. Mrs. George Clayton, Preble county, Ohio, also run pa tractor. Many other Ohio women on farms are solving the farm help problem in this way. It is said that the scarcity of farm help in Ohio is greater than in other states. Maybe that is why Ohio is the WHEAT THREATENED, PLOWING HALTED BY SEVERE RAIN STORMS Serious delay to spring plowing, with slight damage also to wheat, and danger of severe damage if rains continue, are reported by farmers of Wayne and Preble counties in conversation Monday morning. "Rain is holding up the plowing here," said Theodore Crowder, who lives in a section of Cener township, north of Centerville, which has just had a new ditch put through, from lack of which it suffered two years ago. "All drains are running full and some surface water is standing. Where wheat is flooded it is showing yellow, but no great damage will be done if the water is drained off and rains cease. My neighbors are one-fifth to one-third through plowing." "All oats seedings in this section have been riven ud for this vear " said Harry Smith, living four miles north- j west of Richmond. "That Is not very serious, as we only raise enough to feed, but some wheat. is neginning to show yellow. There will be no plowing this week. No one is more than a third through and some are just beginning their plowing." Drains Off Quickly "We are pretty fortunate on this high ground," said J. S. Helms, living on the Liberty pike south of Richmond. "Surface water drains off quickly. Plowing Is well along and we can finish in good time if it clears off this week. Wheat has not been badly damaged yet." "Ponds are all full in this neighborhood," said Gwen Duke on the Fouts road southeast of Richmond, "but we do not. expect the water to stay long. in this rolling ground It drains quicKiy. urain tues are running tu'M auu water is liuwing aiung ineir course aDove tnem, as weii. .flowing is badly delayed, none of us having been in the fields since a week ago last Thursday. Plowing is usually finished in this section by May 1, but now only a few are as much as a third finished." Walter Test, conducting a dairy farm in the bottom land south of the city suffered from overflow when the; river washed out six bushels of pota-j toes which he had just planted. The river has covered part of his lowest field, but has been a benefit in the start it has given alfalfa and grass, "and that makes dairy farmers feel good, he concluded. Water Standing "Our drains have been working over-time for a week," said R. B. Mor row, who operates a Preble county farm between New Westville and New Hope. All drains are full and surface water is standing over them. "I have not noticed wheat fields yellowing much yet. Oats seeding has been delayed badly, but many will still put in their acreages. I have 20 acres to put in and will seed it if I am delayed even so late as May 1, In order to maintain my rotation. "A few lucky ones have finished plowing all their corn ground early, but most are not more than a tenth through. Prospects for fruit are ideal if pollenization, is not harmed by the rain." What damage is done the wheat through drowning will be made up by the extra large yield the plentiful rains will insure, is the opinion of bteve Kuth, owner of the State Line fruit farm. "Only in the low spots is any wheat killed," he said, "and on high or well drained ground, I have never seen it or the rye looking better or more promising. "Plowing is badly delayed, farmers are two weeks behind already and will be three weeks behind by the time the ground is fit again, which will be another full week. Oats seeding is very late, but they still can be put in and should be for the sake of the rotation." . Fear that a long continued rainy season will damage fruit prospects

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The Farm and the Farmer By William R. Sanborn

Some of our readers may have been surprised at our statement that the "fifteenth" annual convention of the Illinois State Grange was recently held, at which the conference gave out statements, as quoted. As a matter of fact the Illinois State Grange has been founded 50 years and it was of the Fiftieth anniversary we were telling. It would be hard to realize much less tell half the benefits and pleasures the Grange has conferred upon the ruralists of Illinois, during that stretch of years. The Grange is one of the American institutions with . mission and a purpose that has "come to stay." Taking the corn belt as a whole the soil is saturated with water and packed as nearly solid as possible, and it will take several days of warm sunshine to get the land back to normal spring conditions. Except for over flowed sections the weather has been fairly favorable to the growtht of winter wheat, much of which has doubt less been washed out or covered with silt. The rains of the past week further delayed spring work in the central west. More low ground was flooded and hundreds of families were driven from their homes to camp on higher ground in various sections of Illinois and in the river districts of Indiana as well. The government dredge boats are in use wherever available and the government is also supplying tents and ponchos in various overflowed sections. The press reports are beginning to tell of losses of live stock by flood in various states. Heavyweight Poland Chinas. We are in receipt of a few news I ImDl"!, n,e Z Zl items from the office of Secretary 11".. A Pr,iand.rh,-nT hA Poland-China barrow weighing 1.330 pounds was produced in 1920 in Warren countl, Ohio, the birthplace of the breed. He died last autumn just when ready to make the trip to the International Live Stock exposition at Chicago. His hide was mounted for exhibition . purposes." "The Indiana Livestock Breeders' association offers a gold medal to any farmer in that state who will produce a litter of pigs, any breed, which will weight 2,000 pounds at six months old. and will give silver medals for littera made to weigh 1.800 pounds in that time. Already 555 parties have en tered the project. 'Can it be done?' is being asked everywhere. Yes. E.- C. Cavelty of Toulon, 111., grew a litter of seven Poland China pigs in 1919 which weighed 2,114 pounds -in fivemonths and 19 days. They averaged 302 pounds each." From a low of $1.344 on Saturday morning. May wheat at Chicago adwas voiced by Mr. Kuth, who point-1 ed out that damp weather or falling rain will prevent proper pollenization either by air transfer of the pollen or by insect flight. Sunday was an ideal day for flower fertilization, he stated, but there have been few such favorable days. "However," lie stated, "we could lose half the blossoms and still have a mumper crop, the trees are so heavily loaded this year. We have had no such bright prospects for years, and with the two year rest that the trees have had, they should produce well this season. Webster township is fortunate, Charles Weadick reports, in having a gravel subsoil which prevents surface water from standing. There was much water standing Monday morning which would all be gone by evening, he said. Wheat has been injured only slightly and will not be badly harmed if the wet weather does not continue for another Week. , Plowing in this neighborhood is farther along , than elsewhere, many being half done. Fruit j prospects are good in that locality, also.

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it along so that other folks can find in this state's epidemic of "tractoritls" and the women operators an inspiration for good citizenship and an example of good sound business. vanced to a high of $1.43 during the short afternoon session. When it closed at $1.42 it was 8 cent3 above the Friday closing price, and 1494 cents higher than on the same day In 1921. The reason for this flurry was larrely speculative. To begin with hun dreds of bears hav sold wheat for May delivery on a progressive or ascending scale. It is known that a lot of winter wheat In the southwest was hurt by the drouth and lack of snow last winter. Just how serious this injury was, or how large the acreage that may be plowed up will be, cannot yet be stated, as the spring rains were of great benefit. Foreigners have taken notice of American crop conditions and have begun to buy new crop grain with considerable freedom. Sales of 600,000 bushels of drum wheat and 500,000 of Canadian spring wheat were reported on Saturday, for prompt shipment, and in addition a few caigoes were bought of 1922 crop gram for August and September shipment American millers are picking up good wheats,, the "kinds most suitable for their particular brands of flour, and also are watching developments in the spring wheat states where sowing lis being retarded by unfavorable weather. Corn and Oats Firm This was the combination which started nervous shorts to covering at the week end, when the bears bid up the market thus giving the bulls who wished to unload a large and quick profit. Many of the bulls have had faith in wheat right along and are inclined to hold. Not so long ago May wheat came with c of touching $1.50 at Chicago. July wheat advanced less than 3 cents on Saturday, and closed at $1.26, with the September option at $1.20. The action in May wheat had little effert on corn and oats, but rye was about 3 cent3 to $1.0714. Hogs Low at Week End Closing hog prices on Saturday were the lowest of the week, the average on the day being $10.10, the lowest in practically three weeks. In spite of this the weekly average price was $10.50, owing to the higher prices paid during the week. Speculators have been bullish on hogs at Chicago for several days, so much so, in fact, that of the 3,000 left in the pens on Satur day night a portion had been held since last Monday, and cost holders from 40c to 60c over Saturday's range. The $10.50 average price at Chi cago last week may not look high to all shippers, but those with long mem ories may remember that hogs ruled lower all over the country last April. The average price of hogs at Chicago in the second week of April, 1921, was but $8.35. Rotarians to Entertain Ladies at Dennis School Place of meeting for the celebration of Rotary ladies' night has been changed from the K. of P. temple to the David Worth Dennis school house, according to an announcement Monday. Tht meeting will bo held Tuesday night at 6:15 o'clock. DISCOVER SKELETONS ARE BELIEVED INDIANS MISHAWAKA, April 17. Three skeletons were discovered here recently by a construction crew in charge of excavation work on a down town site. Belief was expressed that the skeletons were the remains of In dians. , . GRADUAL DROP IN FARM SUPPLY COSTS IS NOTED WASHINGTON, April 17. The average price for things farmers buy was 1.6 percent lower. Feb. 15, than Jan. 15. according to a survey made by tne unitea btates oepartmen of agri culture. The decline since Feb. 15

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DISCUSS MARKETING

OF OHIO GRAIN TO EASTERN FARMERS

(Special to the Palladium) EATON, Ohio, April 17. Plans for marketing Ohio grain direct to farm bureaus and co-operative elevators of the east and -south, for dairy feeds and other purposes, were tentatively ' advanced at the farm bureau district meeting in Eaton Saturday, by Murray Lincoln, secretary of the Ohio state farm bureau. A terminal elevator has been purchased in Cincinnati, said the speaker, at a cost of $133,000. Duplication or the machinery, building and land would cost $304,000. Of the sum agreed upon, $75,000 must be raised by May 1, and the sale will not be consummated nor subscrip- rtions collected until that amount is 1

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duiu luuiviuuais auu uo-uperauve elevators, with the ultimate aim ot having the property owned by the farmers' organization. Control of the plant will be under a board of nine directors, three Grangers, three farm bureau members, and three elevator men. Profitable Investment This plant has been owned by a New York estate under the management of one of the Standard Oil officials, and has been a profitable investment under private management. With completion of a grain marketing system, Mr. Lincoln said, the next aim will be to open a direct outlet in eastern and southern states which import feeds, and are now paying several dealers' commissions. Affiliation with the national system will follow as soon as possible. Reduction of marketing costs for livestock from $1.50 a hundred to $1.05 a hundred through the state co-operative shipping associations during the past year was reported by the speaker. He also reported a steady addition of 100 new members a week in, the , state membership. Co-operative cream handling stations established by the farmers in various parts of Ohio have put their product of members into the hands of consumers at a cost of one to three cents a pound against a cost, under the private owned system, of seven cents, said Mr. Lincoln. Appoints Committee A committee of the dairy products manufacturers association has been appointed to consult withe the farmers with a view to complete substitution of the co-onerative nrpam rnlloft. ing system for the wasteful private Kvstem. The Ohio wool pool has every prospect of another huge increase this year also. Most of the activities of the marketing department have been directed to fertilizer purchases, said Mr. Lincolu. One firth of all fertilizer used this spring was handled through the farmers' co-operative agency. A total of 21,000 tons was delivered at a saving ot two to three dollars a ton. Still cheaper fertilizer was offered by agents when the cars were opened, stated the speaker, but farmers voluntarily paid the slightly higher prices in order to demonstrate their solida'.ity and their gratitude to the agency which they believed responsible for the lower prices. From 50,000 to 75,000 tons are ex- -pected to be ordered through the co operative agency this autumn. Want to Buy at Home. We are buying Baltimore goods now," said Mr.. .Lincoln, "and paying freight all the way to Ohio. We think ; this is wasteful and hope that we will be able soon to buy from our home . manufacturers, but at present thty will not sell in Ohio except through the costly dealer system. As soon a" we convince them that we will buy this way, we hope to patronize the Ohio factories." A development and extension of the co-operative elevator activities was suggested by the state secretary, which would make greater use of its facilities and center all marketing activities around it. "The co ODerative

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will DO a livestock, snipping uiauagei also," he said. "The elevator will accept co-operative egg and poultry shipments, pooled wool, and all fertilizer supplies." Farm Sale Calendar Thursday, April 20 A. H. Pyle, 2 miles north of Richmond, on Middleboro pike. Dispersal sale of registered Jersey cattle Eminent and Financial King lines, all TB tested. Open and bred heifers and young sire. Mrs. Charlotte Lampanius, ninetyfive, of Centralia, Wash., is the mother of a civil war veteran, grandmother of a Spanish war veteran, and greatgrandmother of five World war veterans. McCONAHA'S Phone 1480 All Varieties of Flower Bulh at WHELAN'S 31-33 South Sixth Street