Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 136, 8 June 1922 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND.. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1922 Markets

GRAIN PRICES (Markets by E. F. Leiar.d & Company, 212 Union National Bank Building) CHICAGO, June 8. Wheat -was irregular and erratic today with prices fluctuating rapidly within a moderate range. Trade generally was not large most traders being Inclined to even up and await the government report due this afternoon. There was considerable selling early on reports of good rains In the northwest. Harvesting of winter wheat is reported underway In Kansas and Oklahoma and will make rapid progress baring bad weather. The forecast for tomorrow is for showers over practically the entire belt. Highest prices of the day was recorded In the last 20 minutes of trade mainly on short covering with

offerings light. Cash markets about j uncnangea. xne trade is loomng tor winter wheat estimate of more than 600 million bushels and spring wheat about 250 million bushels. We expect early market to be governed by the government report. Corn There was a mixed commission house trade with upturns running Into free sellers while declines met with buying orders. Receipts 250 cars ana there was sales of 100,000 bushels to go to store. Cash prices about unchanged. Crop reports keep up mainly favorable. Oats Trade In oats was rather narrow with the market showing more strength than in corn. Houses with Winnipeg connections were sellers of . September while country commission houses bought. There was changing between July and September at two cents and between September at 2V4 cents difference. RANGE OF FUTURES (Markets by E. F. Leland & Company, 212 Union National Bank Building) CHICAGO, July 8. Following is the range of futures on Chicago Boara of Trade today:

Open ' High Low Close Wheat July ....1.13 1.14 1.13 1.14 Sept. ...1.13 1.14 1.13 1.14 Dec. ....1.16 1.16 1.15 1.16 July 91 R92 .90 .91 ' Corn July 61 .61 .60 .60 Sept. ... .6414 .64 .63 .63 Dec. 62 .62 .61 .61 Oats July 36 .36 .36 .36 Sept 38 .39 .38 .38 Dec 41 .41' .40 .41 Lard July ...11.60 11.60 Ribs j July ...12.50 12.50

(By Associated Press) . CHICAGO. June 8. Wheat No. 2 hard, $1.161.16. Corn No. 2 mixed, 60(ft.60',4c; No. 2 yellow, 6060c. Oats No. 2 white, 37 41c; No. 3 white, 3538. Ribs, $12.50; Lard, $11.4713.50. (By Associated Press) TOLEDO, June 8. Cloverseed Prime cash. $13.00; Oct, $11.15. Alsike Prime cash, $11.75; Aug., $12.00. Timothy Prime cash, $2.85; Sept., $3.25; Oct.. $3.12. , INDIANAPOLIS HAY (By Associated Press) INDLA.NAPOLIS., June 8. Hay Weak, unchanged. f IVE STOCK PRICES INDIANAPOLIS, June 8. Hofts Receipts, 9.000; htfrher. Cattle Receipts, 800; lower. Calves Receipts. 900; steady. Sheep Receipts, 400; steady. Hoft Top price hogs 150 lbs. up$ll 00 Bulk of sules. Rood hofc. 10 9010 95 Oood hog-s 150 to 180 lb. av. 11 00 CJood hofrs 180 to 210 lb .av 10 9511 00 flood nous 210 to 250 lb. av 10 9010 95 flood hogs 250 to 2T5 lb. av 10 90(510 95 Oood hogs 275 lbs 10 85rl0 95 Yorkers. 140 to 150 lb. av 10 90rffll 00 Pigs, according to weight 11 00 down Good to best sows 9 25 1? 9 50 Common to fair sows.... 8 75'S 9 00 Stags, subject to dockage 5 50 7 60 Pales in truck division... 10 SOtfill oo Range in price year ago. . 8 I5 8 35 Cattle Quotations Killing steers, 1250 lbs. upGood to choice 8 S5!fr 9 00 Common to medium 8 50 8 75 Killing steers 1100 to 1250 lbs. Good to choice 8 75W 9 00 Common to medium 8 35 8 65 Killing steers. 1000 to 1100 lbs. Good to choice 8 SO 8 75 Common to medium 8 00fr 8 35 Killing steers, less than 1000 lbs. Good to best yearlings... 8 50:7? 9 25 Common to medium 7 OOff 7 73 Other yearlings 8 00 8 35 ytoekers and feeding cattle Steers. 800 lbs. up 7 23fr 7 75 Steers, less than 800 lbs... 6 50 S? 7 50 Heifers, medium to good.. 5 50fT 6 50 Cows, medium to good... 4 00S) 4 75 Calves. 300 to 500 lbs.... 7 00 8 00 Female butcher cattle Good to best heifers 7 25tft 8 50 Common to medium heifers fi 00if 7 00 Bdbv beef heifers 8 50 iff 9 00 Good to choice cows.... 6 5(l 6 50 Common to medium cows. 4 50W 5 25 Poo rto good cutters.... 4 25r? 4 25 Poor to good canners 2 50 Sf 3 00 Bulls and calves Good to choice butcher bulls 4 nOf? S 00 Poor to choice heavy hulls 4 00(T 5 00 Common to good light bulls 4 OQff 4 50 Common to good bologna bulls 3 5fiiff 4 25 Good to choice veals 11 OOfrll SO Poor to good cutters 3 25H 3 75 Good to choice hcavv calves 5 00 5 50 Poor to medium heavy calves 6 00 Common to medium veals 8 50ft 9 60 Sheen and Lamb Quotations Good to choice light sheep 12 0013 00 Good to choice heavy sheep 3 OOot 4 00 Common to medium sheep 2 00 2 50 Good to choice yearling sheep 5 005? 6 00 Common to medium yearling sheep 8 OO-ffll 00 Good to best heavy lambs 9 00W10 00 Pair to good mixed lambs 9 OOSf lO 00 All other lambs 6 0OT 8 50 Bucks. 100 lbs 3 00,?? 4 00 Spring lamba 16 00 "down Good to choice spring lambs 12 00S14 00 Common to medium spring lambs 8 OOfflO 00 Assorted light lambs 11 00'12 00 Good to choice spring lambs 12 0OJT13 50 DAYTON MARKET Corrected by Schaffer's Commission Company, Dayton, Ohio. Bell Phone 4060. Home Phone 81262 DAYTON, Ohio, June S. Hogs Receipts, eight cars; market 15c lower; choice heavies, $10.65; butchers and packers, $10.65; heavy Yorkers $10.65; light Yorkers $10.65; choice sows SSfti $8.50; common to fair $7.50$S; stags $4555; pigs, $10(9-10.65. Cattle Receipts, ten cars; choice steers, $S.50S.75: good to choice butcher steers, $7.507.75; fair to good butcher steers. $7g'7.50; choice fat hsifers, $6.507; fair to good heifers, 56; choice fat cows, $56; fair to good cows, $45; bologna bulls, $24; butcher bulls $4.50 5.22; calves $7(gl0. Sheep Market steady, $2 4. Lambs $1012.

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(By Associated Press) PITSBURG, Pa., June 8. Hogs Receipts, 3,000; market, lower; heavies. 511; heavy Yorkers, fll.3011.35. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 600; market, steady; top sheep, ?7.25; top lambs, $11.80. Calves Receipts, 200; market, steady; top, $12.25. (By Associated Press) EAST BUFFALO, June 8. CattleReceipts 75, steady; calves, receipts, 250; steady, $3.00 13.00. Hogs Receipts 1,280; steady to 10c lower; heavy, $11.2511.50; mixed, $11.5011.60; yorkers, $11.65; light pigs, $11.6011.65; rough, $9.00 $9.25; stags, $5.005.60. Sheep and Lambs Receipts 200; lambs, 25c higher, $10.0015.50. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, June 8 Cattle; receipts, 14,000; generally steady on all better classes; beef steers, firmer; beef steers, $9.60; long yearling. $8.55; bulk beef steers, $8.35 9.10; bulk fat steers, $5.75 7.50; bulk bologna bulls, around $4.65; bulk vealers to packers, $10.5011. Hogs Receipts, 36,000; open weak to 5c lower than Wednesday's average; later active; early losses regained; steadier than Wednesday's average; bulk, $10.1010.25; pigs, steady, mostly $9.7510.50; heavyweight, J10.6010.75; medium, $10.70 10.95; light, $10.9010.95; light lights. $10.4010.90; packing sows. smooth. $9.499.90; roughs, $99.50; killing pigs, $9.5010.50. Sheep Receipts, 16,000; spring lambs, native ewes, steady; fat lambs, fat sheep and yearlings, unevenly lower; early top- spring lambs, $14.50 to city butchers and packers; culls mostly $88.50; best light native ewes. $7 for slaughter; young native breeders, upward to $8; early sales fat wethers, $67; yearlings, mostly $8(8.50; choice 89-lb. shorn lambs, $12.75. WINCHESTER MARKET ' WINCHESTER, Ind., June 8. Corrected daily by the Winchester Union Stockyards company. Hogs Receipts, four cars; market, 15Cl25c lower; light Yorkers, 140-lfii) IbP.. $10.60; mixed, 180-220 lbs., $10.50 10.60; medium, 220-240 lbs., $10.50 10.60; heavies, 240-300 lbs., $10.40 10.50; extreme heavies, 300 lbs. and over, $10.2510.40; pigs, 140 lbs. down, $9 10.50; roughs, $8; stags, 80 lbs. dock, $55.50. Cattle Good to choice steers. $7 $7.50; fair to good $67; good to choice heifers $5.50$7; choice cows $4.50(55; fair to good cows. $34; canners and cutters, $23. Calves Choice calves $1011; common calves, $7(3.8; culls, $7 down. Sheep - Choice lambs, $10.00; fair to good. $68; culls, $5 down; choice sheep, $4; common to good, $1.503; spring lambs, top, $12.50; bucks, $1.50 3. PRODUCE MARKET (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. June 8. ButterFresh prints, 36 38c; packing stock, lstnec. Eggs 20 21c. Fowls Jobbers' buying prices for fowls, 21c; springers, 32 40c; fowls, 18c23c; springers (1922-, 4045c; broilers, 45c; roosters, 11 13c; stags, ll12c; turkeys, old toms, 2523c; young toms, 3040c; capons, 3S40c; young hens, 8-14 lbs.. 30 40c; ducks, 4 lbs. and up 1416; squabs. 11 lbs. to the dozen, $6; geese, 10 lbs. up, 10 14c. EGGS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. June 8. Eggs Market irregular; receipts, 24,576 cases; New Jersey hens whites, extra candle selection, 36c; .ditto uncandled, 34c; fresh gathered extra firsts, 260) 27c; fresh gathered firsts, 24V26c; storage packed, 2S29c. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, June 8. Butter Market lower; creamery extras, 341c. Eggs Receipts, 23,458 cases; market, unchanged. Live poultry, "market, lower; fowls. 32c; broilers, 2835c; roosters, 14c. Potatoes Market, firm; receipts. 62 cars; Wisconsin ' sacked round whites, $2.40 cwt.; Idaho Russets branded, $ 2.75 2.90 cwt; new stock, strong; Alabama and Lousiana sacked Triumphs, $4.25 4.50 cwt.; Texas, $4 4.25 cwt.; Texpj sacked cobblers, $4 4.25 cwt.; saJed Irish cobblers, $4.254.50 cwt.; South Carolina flat barrelled Irish cobblers No. 1, mostly $7.50. LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 8. Prices on Liberty bonds today were: First 4s 102.00 Second 4s 99.86 Second 4s 99.94 First 4Us 100.00 Second 4 Vis 99.98 Third 4 lis 100.04 Fourth 4Us 100.00 Victory 3ais 99.96 ictory4is 100.72 NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 8. American Can American Smelting Close 49 i 62M Anaconda 544 Atchison ." 99 Baldwin Locomotive 115 Bethlehem Steel, b 78H Central Leather 3914 Chesapeake & Ohio 66 C. R. I. & Pacific 43 Chino Copper 31 Crucible Steel 76 General Motors 145 Goodrich Tires 925i Mexican Petroleum 140 New York Central 8934 Pennsylvania 4 . . . . 41"

WORLD

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The financial future of Gpr. many rests in the hands of the world 8 financial experts now gathered in Paris to discuss the possibilities of an international Reading 75 . Republic Iron & Steel 75 I Sinclair Oil 371,4 Southern Pacific 89 Southern Railroad " 24 Studebaker !l23 1 Union Pacific 138 ' U. S. Rubber " 64 i U. S. Steel 1013 Utah Copper 67 RICHMOND MARKETS (Furnished by Whelan) BUYING Oats, 35c; rye, 75c; corn, 60c; Etraw, $10.00 per ton. SELLING Oil meal, per ton, $62.00; per hundredweight, $3.25. Tankage. 60 ner ,6! Pe.r, ?n: Pr h W-23J dMnes t-nn f S.tf2ard mid" ; innPVnrn; 11,5 ?er &fl S,'.' ': Pr CVc $1-75-i C."on.BAed meaI Per tQn. $63; peri cwt., $3.25. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET iifl rv o rv . e Paying ?1.10 for No. 2 wheat. -OCAL HAY MARKET

oWr si'fi.gT? timo hy' "r choic,3!w'ebs, are a serious annoyance to

PRODUCE BUYING j where it is almost impossible for an Country butter, 2528c lb., eggs.jopen car. to pass without gathering a

tic aozen; hens, I921c per lb., de-! pending on the buyer. Broilers weighing 2 pounds,30c per lb. Leg horn broilers, 25 per pound. BUTTER QUOTATIONS The wholesale price of creamery butter is 36c a pound. HOOVER IS PREPARED TO CONTINUE PLAN TO PROTECT PUBLIC , (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June S. Secretary Hoover was prepared to pursue hi3 plan for protecting the public from runaway coal prices during the present strike on his return here today after an absence during which the price situation has received the close attention of several members of the eenate. Operators from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, were here to confer with the secretary on a maximum fair price for coal at tne mines in that district, in axcordance with agreements already reached with operators in other producing fields. Taking note of press reports that Senators Borah, Republican, Idaho, had SdcoSeS ;MHhSaCbdUS,ettS' had held conferences with a Uon of retail coal dealers with ''a view to restraining" coal prices. Secretary Hoover issued a statement yesterday through the coal section of the -mi, apartment in wn-ch he said he would welcome provision by,'

rTt a v . V .."1'"61-' saie irom damage ty them. Orchmethod as the administration has nojards also, even if threatened, can eas

power but pursuasion in dealing with the price situation." Says Effort Fails. H, . . I ..i.viuivu, j.vtv , vkirs Mdie-i meat in his earlier report to the sen-; ate yesterday that although efforts of I the administration to bring operators and miners together with a view to settling the strike had been without result, measurable success had been been ! obtained in the eovernmenf cffnrt to prevent large price rel'es as a' result of the taduSr?. up i itepiying to Mr. Hoover s statement UJ::?.: uiO ILOUIUCOS I J iltip PUT. through, any legislation needed to enable the administration to deal effectually with the situation now obtaining in the coal iylustry. Working at great heights is said to be so beneficial to the nervous system of the climbers that, bearing accidents, the span of life of the average steeplejacn is aooui eighty years.

BANKERS DISCUSS GERMAN FINANCE

loan to Germany. M. Delacroix, Belgium, is president of the conference. The delegates heard the conditions in Germany described by M. Bergman, representing the MEASURING WORMS DESTROYING LEAVES OF TREES IN COUNTY Destruction of the leaves of forest trees in many parts of Wayne county has been reported, and has occasioned considerable alarm in some quarters. The damage is caused by a small brownish caterpillar, from an inch to an inch and a half long, with three pairs of legs in front and two pairs at the rear end of the body. The caterpillar travel 1 1 . i 1 .1 to bring the rear end up to the front end- and r this reason, from the habit of apparently measuring off the twig alonjr which it mav be crawling. is, called a measuring worm. feo numerous have the worms bej come in some places that they have stripped whole trees and groups of trees, of every leaf, and where woods i border the road closely, the worms. Iswininp - frnm tl-10 traoa -.n ths; cfiir large collection of the worms On roads east and south nf rialtnn also woods show many bare trees, and the roadsides are lined with the worms. Forest trees south of Centerville es-i pecially on th he Caleb ,T?kson farm, operated by Albert Higgins. and in New Garden township, also have been I defoliated. The caterpillar really is the canker-1 worm, and feeds principally upon leaves of trees. The fall canker-worm usually damages shade trees, and the spring canker-worm works upon or chard trees. This sDrine. however the ' "Ulma "iu iuum uumerous upon lorcct inatrf rf a v...-

- - '""J l.V-U,i WlVlldiU Li CCS, IlClUti r- . C' - woods, from which they may have come. Controls Fail The canker worms become as numerous and as damaging as they are this year only when the many natural controls fail. A climbing ground beetle feeds upon them, and several species of small parasitic wasps and flies lay eggs upon them, or in the eggs of the moth, the grubs destroying large numbers of the worms. Only when these' controls fall, as apparently is the case this spring, do the worms become seriously injurious. Many who are unfamiliar with the worm fear damage to orchards or field crops from them. This is improbable, as the worms, when mature, will descend to the ground by silken threads and pupate a few inches beneath the Klirfao rP !-,.

found only in those orchards nearhe following morning, the chase was

iDg now. Ttem delega-ipmpree frrvm thoc i t, foil j fhenTr Snarly ilntS" '

The canker worm does not possess th marching habit of the army worm, and so far as can be. found, does not even work upon grasses or any feed except tree leaves, so that com crops ily De protected by the regular arsenate lead spray, used to poison other leaf chewing insects. . - - mist v. 13, Mianf and fniir troao v protected from infestation next fall bv the use of band. The fema,0 Ll' are wingless and crawl up the stems of trees and bushes to lay their eggs after they emerge from the eround. 110, no. Kan .- : i . I . "l auiu suathe 8tem f the tree' heinl f'e Jid the tree fr0m j (being infested. ON MEMORANDA ON CUB"AN AFFAIRS HAVANA, June 8. President Zayas and Major General Crowder, personal representative of President Hardinin Cuba, are conferring concerning 10 memoranda handed to the Cuban government by General Crowder during me last six weeks, it is understood the memoranda make certain suggestions regarding the conduit of Cuba's 1 affairs.

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Ebert government. They will decide whether Germany is to b given a much desired loan. J. P. Morgan, America, is one of the leaders at the meet. Former Senator Dick Enters Race In Ohio (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 8. Former United States Senator Charles Dick, of Akron, today filed his declaration of candidacy for theRepublican nomination for United States senator. Congressman F. B. Fess already had announced his candidacy as had former Lieutenant Governor John H. Arnold, of Columbus. The primary is August 9. CITIZENS TERRIFIED BY PLUNGING BULL NEAR WEST RIVER (Special to The Palladium) WEST RIVER, Ind., June 8. A registered Shorthorn bull owned by Walter Beeson terrified residents of this i cnrnnmnltv when it pirannil fmm Uo pen Sunday morning. j tore tGrouSh the woods, trampling un derbrush and putting to flight every thing in its path. Walter Beeson and Dick Wood, a ' neighbor, gave pursuit, and when the ! almal showed fight, turning on

"ood, Mr. Wood was forced to climbfor nre-blossom spray nronerlv and at

' f tree to insure his own safety. BawllnS rage, the bull attacked the! tree- goring it badly about the base in an effort to shake Wood from hi3 chosen retreat. ,.i ..-i . Unsuccessful in this attempt, the maddened brute launched itself on a wild cross-country tear, charging across the farms of William McCormick, John Cramer. Walter Beeson , - '" uiuie ds 'here hv Mr Wrwi nt;orT.iDh - ' w T V 1 A-l 4. J - UMU VU ! f .11 . resumed Route of Bull. The Frank Clevenger farm, two miles east of Modoc, the Coulter and Rigger farms, thence back to the Macey farm was the route traversed on this occasion. It was at this point that the animal wa3 lassoed by Frank Macey, but the rope broke with the result that Mr. Macey was precipiated into tne ditch. Mr. Macey would have been serious ly injured had not Walter Beeson and Dick Wood come to his rescue, diverting the attention of the infuriated brute. The bull, which had been badly overneatea, expired shortly after. CONNERSlLEMILK RECORD EXCEPTIONAL CONNERSVILLE, Ind., June 8. This city uses a greater proportionate quantity of pasteurized milk than any city recently surveyed by the state milk bacteriologist, except one, says the report just given out. Frank Wilson, who has been spending some time in the city lately, testing milk and examining the sources of supply and distribution methods, is authority for the report. The city which exceeds Connersville's record is Huntington. Connersville has a better record than Marion, Shelbyvjlle and Bedford. The daily consumption of milk in the city is 935 gallons furnished by j two distributors of uoiclarafied pasteurized milk and from 1(1 dlstrihntnra ri - , ,,, , ..... . ieu miiK ana irom iu distributors of raw milk from cows DOt tested for !uberc."losis - Sixty nine percent of the milk supply is from sources known by test to be tuberculosis free. Mr. Wilson's report recommended an ordinance controlling production and distribution of milk and the inspection of dairies. The survey was obtained by local physicians through request of the county health commissioner. The proceeds from all the plavs written by Queen Maria of Roumania are devoted to the charities of her country.

The Farm and the Farmer By William R. Sanborn

Ten per cent of the rain which fell! and flooded the country last sprin would be very welcome in several places just now. The excess rain delayed spring field work then, but the lack of it now and during a few coming days, is apt to result more seriou? .j .uj m have done. ine scriptures ten us tnat tne rain falls upon the just and upon the unjust, which is true enough. But there are times and seasons and places where the rain falls upon neither.

Then it is that all people suffer; that'"" 1 UI"l'-ny,- or or anv number of in'-

is all the people in the rainless dia tricts. Should such districts be sufficiently large then the entire nation suffers, v A shift in the direction of the wind and a drop in temperature with new barometric readings. Is likely to change a dry area into a wet territory within a few hours, providing water and hope where wilting crops and anxiety prevailed. Favorable crop and weather reports came out of the Mississippi basin states the first part of the week. At the same time it was stated that rain was badly needed in northwestern Iowa, northeastern Nebraska and South Dakota, where already some damage had been done to wheat, rye, oats and barley, also to berries and gardens. Drenching rains are needed for the salvation of potatoes, truck gardens and corn in sections of the states named, according to weather and crop reporters. The Ever-Changing Weather It may be that this condition is changing, or has partly changed, and that by the time this meets the eye of the reader rain may have fallen over much of the dry area above reported. All will hope so. An abundant harvest and cheap foods are essential to the return of prosperity, this year. At the best it would seem that a large percentage of the labor elpment will be able to buy sparingly next fall and winter. This will apply to thousands nf miners, nresnma hi v.

al?o possibly to a still greater num-ipis is ,n line with the plans and efber of railroad workers, as a result offortf of he British government to

the strike votes now being taken. While the Richmond territory is far from being drought-stricken, there ar spots and fields and gardens where a good shower would be of considerable benefit right now. This is also true as to the whole berry crop, both strawberry and bush fruits. Fruit Crops and Sprays As if frosts and freezes to kill biossoms and thick weather at blossom time, making likely a heavy Juno drop, were not enough, it now appears that the cool, damp weather which persisted in May will be likely to increase the seriousness of fruit tree diseases. Nothing favors troubles such as scab and the frog-eye leaf spot more than that kind of weather, say fruit men of the agricultural extension service. Scab is showine verv seriously except in the orchards where the owner was able to get on his "pink'

the right time. Nothing much can be.1D8.tne

done ahnut it now. or until the hlnsI soms heerin afrain to show ninlr next snrinir " The peach leaf curl, too, has turned out to be a serious epidemic in .the Cincinnati and Lake Erie districts where most of the Ohio peaches are raised. Farmers who get on the 1-7 lime sulfur spray last fall after the had Hrnnnert and the fpur uhn i,eJrves naa aroppea, ana tne rev, v, no were able to get this spray on this spring before the buds cracked, are the only ones who seem entirely fr?e from the trouble. The fruit men believe that fall is the only practical time for such spraying, since peach buds start so often in the spring before a sprayer can be got to the tree. They urge spraying this fall. - A3 to fruit in general, reports from orchard men all over Ohio that trees wmcn moomea eany, sucn as l enow Transparent and Duchess apples, and; peaches in general, got off relatively light as to frost injury, and promise to make a nearly normal crop. Germany Trades For Cattle The fact that two important governments have resorted to the primitive method of "barter", and that this bartering involves the transfer of 150,000 head of cattle annually from South America to Germany, may have some bearing on our own cattle market?, if not for a year or two, then later, is an item of interest to agriculture. A cablegram from Buenos Aires relates that the Argentine foreign minister at Berlin has closed a deal with Hugo Stinnes for 150,000 head of Argentine cattle, annually, in exchange for German manufactured goods. The cattle will be shipped to Stinnes on credit, and Stinnes will repay In credits for iron and steel goods and railway material, the same to be shipped to Argentina. The two countries have been experimenting in direct barter for more than a year, notably in Argentine wool and German railway supplies. These experiments indicate that "bar-J ter" offers one practical solution frthe complicated credit and exchange! situation in more than one European' country. The Argentine government! will arrange matters locally to the sat-j isfaction of the cattle owner, whose nerd3 are sent across. E. C. W. Asks a Question In writing to a Chicago editor about price fixing a correspondent, who! signs 'E. C. W.." asks a rather perti-j nent question, which any reader may! answer in his own way. This ques-i tion has been debated, discussed andi chewed over for years, but aside from some outstanding examples of co-operative selling and buying, which havej

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helped a little, no satisfactory 9i st?tese"af:iVen- WrttW mttltl "In the face of the largest reserve of oil in the history of the United States DrOdllCPrS nf iracnlin. . li . . fiu. v,iJlr a i a oio lv prices, in defiance nf ,nni.. j and demand, through their control of th .vvui,ui "ului or rnis commodity. Will some of the bright young men explain why the farmers might not profit by the adoption of similar methods? Can you imagine the hoarl nf 5i.nj.j portant industries, allowing of LaSalle street gamblers (Board 3? Trade men) to fix the prices of their products?" Boosting the Big Ones P. W. Young, of Peoria. 111., secretary of the National Poland China Hog association, handles the newservice of the organization and everv now and then sends the printer a few interesting items in relation to his pets. In telling of prolific sows and big barrows Mr. Young recently sen us the following: "A Poland China barrow weighim? 1.330 pounds was produced in 190 A pure-bred Poland China gilt owned by Guy Runels. Oskaloosa. Iowa farrowed a litter of 12 pigs In 1920,'as a yearling. In 1921 she farrowed two litters of 22 and 17, respectively." Wsubmit, brother farmer, that 51 pig", in the first two years is a record which will be hard to beat, as will the 39 piglets in the second year, shown by the above score. Australia's Cotton Exhibit Australia made its first exhibition of home grown cotton at the show which opened in Sidney, on Tuesdav June 6. The Ausiralian Cotton Growers' association is now actively engaged in placing the industrv "on a stable basis, particularly in CJueen--land and in some sections of New South Wales, where it is conceded the climate is favorable and much of th. I acreage is suitable to eotton niltnrra I Proiuce colonial!- much of the cotton needfd by English SDinners. Live Stock Agency Transfers The Prairie Farmer of Chicago is responsible for the following statement in respect to two live stock ' '"mpanys transfer by the Equitv ioiks: "The Equity Cooperative Exchange has sold its livestock commission business at Chicago and St. Paul to the Iowa Farmers' Union. Charles H. Watts, who was the first manager of the Farmers' Union commission houses at South Omaha and other markets has been emploved as manager. The Equity's live stock department was established six years ago and has been operated on a semicooperative basis. It has handled a large volume of business at St. Paul, but only a comparatively small amount at Chicago. The Iowa Farmers' Union is expected to use thpse Muity agencies as a means of fight cooperative commission comPanies Deing established by the American Farm Bureau Federation it win be observed that the editor : .f Jhe Prairie Farmer anticipates a j fteht by the Farmers' Union forces on tne producers commission honsec which are run co-operatively, as for example at East St. Louis and Indianapolis. Such a fight is to be regretted, and we hope will be avoided. But the Farmers Union is marked for its radical action and tendencies, according to many authorities, and there Is no telling what that organization might try to put over. Louck Elected Delegate To Labor Convention O. A. Louck was elected delegate to ! the American Federation of Labor convention at Cincinnati, at the meeting of Labor Council Wednesdav evening A new meeting place for the council

was also announced. Beginning next Wednesday it will meet at the Carv , penter hall in the Colonial annex on v South Seventh street. 1 The meetings have been held in the T. M. A. hall.

News of the Counties WHITEWATER, Ind., June 8. . Farmers of the Franklin township association will hold the regular monthly meeting at Whitewater on Monday night, June 12. Routine business matters will be discussed. AIRMEN CONTINUE TRIP (By Associated Press) PERNAMBUCO, Brazil. June 8. Captaias Coutinho and Sacadura, the Portuguese airmen who completed their trans-tlantic flight here from Lisbon on Monday, continued today on their air journey to Rio Janeiro. They planned to make their first stop at Bahia. FOR GOOD COAL Just Call J. H. MENKE 162-163 Ft. Wayne Ave, Phone 8662

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