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Markets GRAIN PRICES (MirSets by E. F. Leiand & Company. 212 Union National Basic Building) CHICAGO, July 13. Wheat Wheat was active and strong today, prices at the outside showing lc to 2c over yeesterday's close. The tone hrld strong almost up to the close. Houses with eastern connections that were free sellers a few days ago, took the buying side. France was reported to have taken a half million wheat at the seaboard, with total export sales reported at 200,000 bushels. Country offerings of cash to arrive were light, with light rains in the southwest over night There were fears of another hot spell in the northwest again. Cash market here was 2c to 3c higher early, but eased off a little later. Corn Corn was somewhat unsettled, but there was apparently enough buying on the strength in wheat to keep prices well around the best figure, for the day. Weather and crop news continue favorable. Exporters were reported to have taken 200,000 bushelh from here late yesterday and bid3 were the same as the previous day or more .Cash market steady to one-half cent lower. Oats There was only a limited trade and influenced mainly by the action of o'.her grains. There was sellin of September against purchases of December by leading eleva-) tor interests. Cash market about steady and trading basis firm. RANGE OF FUTURES (Markets by E. F. Leland & Company, 212 Union National Bank Building) CHICAGO. July 13. Following is the range of futures on Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat ..1.15 1.16 July Sept. Dec. July July 1.15 1.13 1.15 1.16 1.15 1.17 .1.14 1.15 117 Rye .86 Corn .62 64 .63 Oats .34 .37 ...1.16 ... .84 .84 .85 . .62 .62 .64 .62 .34 .36 .40 .62 .64 .63 .34 .37 .40 Sept ... .64 Dec. July Sept. Dec. 63 .34 .37 .40 .401, Lard July July .10.90 10.85 Ribs . .10.90 10.82 (By Associated Press) TOLEDO, Ohio, July 13. Clover reed Prime cash, $13; Dec, $10.85; Oct., $10.00. Alsike Prime cash, $10.75; Aug., $10.75: Oct., $10.75. TimothyPrime cash, $2.70; Sept., $2.90; Oct., $2.80. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 13. Wheat No. 2 red. $1.16 1.17; No. 2 hard, $1.18 g 1.19. Corn No. 2 mixed, 63S64c; No. 2 yellow, 6465c. Oats No. 2 white, 3741c; No. 3 white, 363Sc. POrk. nominal; Ribs, $10.50911.50; lard, $10.35. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 13. Wheat No. 2 red, $1.15(31.16; No. 3 red, $1.11 (g 1.13 : other grades as to quality. $11.08. Com No. 2 white, 71 72c; No. 3 white, 69 3 70c; No. 4 white, 66 S 67c. Corn No. 2 yellow, 6969c; No. 3 yellow, 68 'a 69c; No. 4 yellow, 67 6Sc. Corn No. 2 mixed, 6868c. Oats Easier, 3748c. Rye Higher. 85386c. Hay $13 19.50. INDIANAPOLIS HAY (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. July 13. HayWeak; unchanged. LIVE STOCK PRICES INDIANAPOLIS. July 13. Hors Receipts. . 7500: lower. Cattle Receipts 1.300; unchanged. Calves Receipts. 1.000; unchanged. Sheep Receipts, .1,600; unchanged. Hors Top price hogs 130 lbs. up$ll 35 Bulk of sales, good hogs. 10 POll 25 Good hogs 150 to ISO lb. av 11 25'S11 35 Good hogs ISO to 210 lb. av 11 10 11 25 Good hogs 210 to 240 lb. av 11 no iff It 10 Good hogs 240 to 275 lb. av 10 SOffi 11 00 Good hogs 275 lbs 10 75'?? 10 SO Yorkers, 140 to 150 lb. av. 10 R5W10 ro Good to best sows 8 50ff 8 75 Common to fair sows 6 00 8 25 Pigs, according to weight 11 25 down Stags subject to dockage 7 OOfff S 00 Sales In truck division... 10 90W11 40 Range in price year ayo . . 9 90JJ10 35 Cattle UuotntlonH Killing steers, 1250 lbs. up Good to choice 9 75 Tf 10 00 Common to medium 8 75$ 9 50 Killing steers. 1100 to 1250 lbs. Good to choice 9 25 9 75 Common to medium 8 00 9 00 Killing steers, 1000 to 1100 lbs. Good to choice 9 OOfff 9 75 Common to medium 7 75 'a1 8 75 Killing steers, less than 1000 lbs. Good to best yearlings.... 9 50fM0 00 f'i-k wi rwnn n niii T lift T. O f

Other yearlings ......... s 50a 9 25 j steady; bulk beef cows and heifers Stfe?Sk800if;dmf..?.ttlri;oa 7 si?-507-55; canners and cutters, $3.00

Pters less than soo lbs 6 50D 7 2.. ti-; bologna bulls mostly $5.00 Heifers medium to good.. 5 oow 6 ooi$5.30; early sales veal calves to nark.

Calves 300 to 500 lbs 7 00 8 00 Female butcher cattle Good to best heifers 7 25 (ft1 9 00 Common to medium heifers 6 OOif?) 7 00 Baby beef heifers 9 00 9 35 Good to choice cows 6 00iti 7 25 Common to medium cows. S OOtfj) 5 75 Poor to good cutters 3 25 0? 4 50 Poor to good canners 2 B0 2 75 Bulls and calves Good to choice butcher bulls 6 00f5 6 00 Poor to choice heavy bulls 4 50 rtti 5 25 Common to good light bulls 4 60 5 00 Common to good bologna bulls 4 00i 4 75 Good to choice veals 10 SOW 11 50 Poor to good cutters 3 25 3 75 Good to choice heavy calves 6 00 6 50 Poor to medium heavy calves 5 00f? 5 B0 Common to medium veals 7 00 9 00 Sheen and l.amb Quotation Good to choice lijjht sheep 4 Oiiiffl 4 no Good to choice heavy sheep 2 50W 3 50 Common to medium sheep 1 00J? 2 00 Good to choice yearling sheep 6 00!?e S 00 Common to medium yearlling sheep 4 00f? 5 00 Good to best heavy lambs 9 00f5 10 00 Fair to good mixed lambs 9 OOiR.10 00 All other lambs 6 OOffi) 8 50 Bucks. 100 lbs 3 OOiff 4 00 Spring lambs 16 00 down Good to choice spring lambs 10 00 1 3 00 Common to medium spring lambs 7 OOifTH on Assorted light lambs 11 00 12 00 Good to choice spring lambs 11 5012 50 DAYTON MARKETS Chicken and Produce DAYTON. Ohio, July 13. RetailHens, 35c per pound; yearling roosters, 25c per pound; fresh eggs, 27c per dozen; country butter, 40c per pound; fries. 50c per pound. Prices paid at plant Ducks, 15c per pound; roosters, 10c per pound; hens, 21c per pound; fries, 32c per pound; eggs, 21c per dozen; White Leghorns, fries, 25c per lb.

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THE. DOCTOR WALK. OrKMlLE 1T ftH, ME hum; he ;ot ANOTHER THINK Wholesale butter and eee market 6teady; butter 39c; eggs 23c. Live Stock Hogs Receipts, 6 cars; market 25c lower; choice heavies, $11; select butchers and packers $11; heavy yorkers, $11; light yorkers $11; pigs,, $10.50 11; choice to fat sows, $8.50 $9; common to fair sows $838.50; stags $4.005.00. Cattle Receipts, 9 cars, market lower; choice steers $8 8.60; good to choice butchers $78; fair to good butchers $7.007.50; choice fat heifers, $77.50; fair to good heifers. $5 6; choice fat cows, $45; fair to good cows, $34; bologna cows, $2 $4; bulls $4.50 5.25; calves, $5.00 $9.00. Sheep and Lambs Sheep $24; iamDs $bio. By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 13. Cattle Receipts, 450 head; market, steady. Calves Receipts, 500 head; market, steady; choice veal calves, Sll11.50; fair to good, $58.50. Sheep and Lambs Rereints i nnnmarket, steady; choice spring lambs, l'ij.ou; iair to good, $89; good to choice handyweight yearlings, $5.50 y t , gooa xo cnoice wetner sheep, $5.507; good to choice ewes, $35; culls, $12. Hogs ReceiDts. 3.000: marker steady; lorkers, pigs, lights, $11.75; mixea pigs, ?ii.40; heavies, $11.40; roughs $8.75; stags, $5.50. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. Ohio. Julv 1 3 r celpts Cattle, 500; hogs, 4,000; sheep, a.uuu tattle Market steady; good to choice, $S.O09.50; fair to good, $7.0u is.uu; common to fair, $4.507.00; hPifers. good to choice. SS.nOtfJft FiOt fair to good, $6.50gS.50; common to iair, $4.uub.o0; cows, good to choice, S5.00S6.25: fair to cood. S3 .snff?.s oncutters, $2.75(33.25; canners, $1.50 2.50: stock steers. S.vKfti?? fi 75- ctrvir heifers, $5.005.50; stock cows, $3.00 4.00; bulls, steady: bologna, $4.25 5.25; fat bulls, $5.00?i5.50; milch cows, steady. $30.00 75.00. Calves Slow and steady; good to choice, $10.50 11.00; fair to .good $7.50 10.50; common and large, $4.00 7.00. Hogs Steady; heavies, $11.25 11.40; good to choice packers and butchers,. $11.40; medium, $11.40; ftags, $5.005.50; common to choice heavy fat sows, $7.00 8.50; light shippers. $11.50; pigs, 110 lbs. and less, $7.00011.00. Sheep and Lambs Strong; good to choice lights, $6.007.00; fair to good, 4.006.00; common to fair, $1.00 2.00; bucks, $2.00 4.00; lambs, strong; good to choice, $13 75(314.00; seconds, $9.O09.50; fair to good, $10.00 13.75; common skip, $4.00(36.00. (By Associated Pres) EAST BUFFALO, July 13. CattleReceipts, 100; steady. Calves Receipts, 500; $1.00 lower, $5.00(312.00; a few, $12.50. Hogs Receipts, 3,200; steady to 10c lower: heavy, Sll.15ll.25; mixed, $11.4011.75; Yorkers, $11.7511.85; light Yorkers and pigs. $11.S5312.00; rough, $8.50(38.75; stags, $."..00(36.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 200; lambs, 25c lower; lambs, $6.00 14.25. fBy Associated Press) PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Julv 13 Receipts, 1,500; market higherheavies. $11.3011.40; heavy Yorkers $12.00 12.10: light Yorkers. $12 00' 12.10; pigs, $12.00(312.10. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 500; market steady: toD sheeD. S7.i0. ton lambs, $11.00. Calves Receipts, 150 head; market steady; top, $12.00. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 13. Cattle Re ceipts 14,000; strictly choice and prime beef steers, steadv to others steady to weak, $10.60 paid for several loads of matured steers; $10.50 for long yearlings; bulk beef steers, $9.0010.15; other classes about Hogs Receipts 35,000; open 510c lower; later 10 15c lower; early top $11.05; sorted, load top $11.00; good packers bidding sharply lower on other grades; bulk good butchers $10.5010.90; pigs slow; heavyweights $10.4010.75; medium, $10.6010.90; lights, $10.S510.95; light lights, $10.S510.90; packing sows smooth, $S.759.40; packing sows, bulk, $9.00 10.95; rough, $8.25 8.80; killing pigs. $9.5010.40. Sheep Receipts 9,000; killing classes fully 25c higher; top native lambs, $13.65 to shippers and city butchers. $13.50 to packers; culls native mostly $8.00 handyweight fat ewes up to $7.75; heavies mostly $5.50 6.50; no westerns here. WINCHESTER MARKET WINCHESTER, Ind.. July 13. Corrected daily by the Winchester Union Stockyards company. Hogs Receipts, six cars; market, 5 to 14 cents lower; light Yorkers, 140 to 160 lbs.. $11: h PAW York-ore 4C0 to ISO lbs., $11; heavy Yorkers! ISO to 220 lbs., $10.75 10.85; medium, 220 to 240 lbs.. $10.75; heavies, 240 to 300 lbs,. $10.50; 300 lbs. and over, $10.50; pigs, 140 lbs. down, $911; roughs, $7.758.0; stags, 80 lbs. dock. $5.506.OO. Cattle Good to choice steers. $7.50 8.00; fair to good, $67; good to choice heifers, $5.507.50; choice cows, $4.505; fair to good cows, $3 4; canners and cutters, $23. Calves Choice calves,' $10 10.50; common calves, $8.0O9.00; culls, $7 down. Sheep Spring lambs $11.00; yearlings, $6; choice sheep, $3; com-

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SWO I tHOULoj EVERY HEALTH - mon to good, $1.502.00; bucks, $1.50 . V AAA PRODUCE MARKET INDIANAPOLIS, July 13. ButterFresh prints, 37 38; packing stock, 15 16c. Eggs 20 21c. Fowls Jobbers' buying prices for packing stock delivered in Indianapolis, 1518c; springers, 2732c; fowls. 2021; springers (1922) 27 32c; broilers 45c; roosters 11 13; stags ll12c; turkeys, old tosm 25 23c; young tom3 3040c; capons 38 40c; young hens 8-14 lbs. 30 40; ducks 4 lbs and up 14 16 squabs 11 !bs. to the dozen $6; geese 10 lbs. up 8 12c; ducks 4 lbs. and up 14 15. EGGS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. July 13. Eggs, market, irregular; receipts 22,873 cases; New Jersey hen whites, extra candle selection, 46c; do uncandled, 3940c; fresh gathered, extra, 2730c; do fresh extra firsts, 2426c; storage packed. 23;24c; storage packed, extra firsts. 24 25c; hen brown, extra, 3639c. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 13. Butter market, steady; creamery firsts, 3234c; creamery extras, 35 c. Eggs Receipts, 2.274 cases; market unchanged. Live Poultry Market, irregular; fowls, 25c; broilers, 2633c; roosters, 14c. Potatoes Market, slightly weaker; receipts 50 cars; total United States shipments, S56 cars; eastern shore Virginia cobblers, barreled, $4.25 4.50; Oblahoma cobblers, sacked, one car, $2.25; Kansas Early Ohio, sacked, poor quality, $1.75 (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 13. Whole milk creamery butter, extra, 39c. Eggs Prime firsts. 24c: firsts. 22c: seconds, 16c. Poultry Broilers, 25 37c; springers, 21c; hens, 25c; turkeys, 35c. NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. July 13. Close American Can 53 Am. Smelting .' 61i Anaconda 52 Atchison 101 Baldwin Locomotive 115 Bethlehem Steel, B 76 Central Leather 38 Chesapeake and Ohio 69 C. R. I. and Pacific 43 Chino Copper 29 Crucible Steel 74 General Motors 14V, Goodrich Tires 39 -Mexican Petroleum 156 New York Central 95 Pennsylvania 40 U, Reading 75 Republic Iron and Steel 71 Sinclair Oil 32 Southern Pacific 90 Southern Railroad 9iU Studebaker 136 Union Pacific 141 . . fil T4 U. S. Steel 9974 Utah Copper 64 LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Julv 13. Finn! nnVoo on Liberty bonds todav were3 $100.50 !rst 4 100.46 Second 4 100 22 First 4 " inn'o Second 4 10L48 Third 414 100.50 RICHMOND MARKETS (Furnished by Whelan) BUYING Oats, 35c; rye, 75c; corn, 60c; straw, $10.00 per ton. SELLING Oil meal, per ton, $63.00, per hundredweight, $3.25. Tankage, 60 per cent, $67.00 per ton; per cwt, $3 50 Barrel salt, $3.25. Standard middlings, $30.00 per ton; $1.60 per cwt. Bran, per ton, $28.00; per cwt, $1.50; Cottonseed meal, per ton, $64.00; per cwt., $3.25. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Richmond flour mills are paying $1 for new No. 2 wheat LOCAL HAY MARKET Steady; good timothy, $16; choice clover, $16; heavy mixed. $16. PRODUCE BUYING Country butter, 2530c lb., eggs 18 20c dozen; hens, 1618c per lb., depending upon the buyer. Fryer3, weighing 2 pounds, 25c per lb. Leg. horn fryers, 20c per pound. BUTTER QUOTATIONS The wholesale price of creamery butter Is 38c a lb. FAMILY MARKET BASKET Fruits and Berries New apples. 10315e lh es, 10 to 12c lb.; red raspberries, 60c quart box; black raspDerries, 30c box; dewberries; 35c box; blackberries, 25c a box; gooseberries, 25c a box; red cherries, 25c a box; California oxheart cherries, 60c a lb.; California apricots and plums, 40c lb.; bananas, 10c lb.; oranges, su to 60c a dozen; lemons. 40c a dozen: watermelons 4flirafiivCantalOUDe. 10(315c: California. Hnnov' dew melons, 75c; red currants, 30c a box; blueberries, 25c a box. Cherries, currants hln Ahorrioa are now shipped in from Michigan. vegetables Egg plant. 25c lb.: ereen beans inrto 15c lb.; sweet potatoes, 10c lb.; leaf lettuce. 15c lb.: home nown rahhwn 7c lb.; southern cabbage, 5c lb.; home grown tomatoes, 20 25c lb.; southern stock, 10 to 15c lb.; new beets, 5c a

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bunch; green onions. 3 bunches for 10c; dry onions, 10c lb.; new potatoes, 6 lbs. for 25c; new peas, 1520c lb.; radishes. 3 bunches for 10c; carrots, 5c a bunch; green peppers, 6 for 25c; cauliflower, 40c lb.; hothouse cucumbers. 15c each: small home ernwn Rn sweet corn, home grown, 40 50c doz!f Discount Rate Cat By Bank of England (By Associated Press) LONDON, July 13. The Bank of England today lowered Its discount rate to three per cent, a reduction of one-half per cent from the figure established on June 15. The reduction of the minimum furnished another of the nprlnrlifol but-. prises which the Bank of England has given tne money market. It was anticipated when the federal reserve bank rate In the United States was lowered that the bank rate here would do likewise, but hope for this vanished with the tightening conditions in the monev market and the collans of the mark exchange, as well as the neavy Dorrowmgs by the government from the Bank of England. The government has since repaid virtually all this Indebtedness, and, as the foreign exchange situation is ad mittedly less strained, the bank has given traders further help by taking one-half of one per cent from the minimum. The reduction also is expected to stimulate the buying of government securities on the stock exchange. JEWELL (Continued from Page One.) with the railroad executives. Only as a last resort did they strike. We resoectfullv insist that nn intemin. !tlon of commerce or interference or mails was caused by direct or unlaw tion of commerce or interference on ful acts of the organized emnloves Such interruptions and interference results inevitably from attempts of railroads to operate without sufficient, incompetent and unskilled workmen. "Such interruptions and interference will continue and increase until agreement is obtained upon just and reasonable wages between the representatives of the skilled employes and railroad executives, who up to date have refused even to meet with employes' representatives. We stand ready to cooperate wholehe'artedly with any effort to bring about such an agreement." General Trend. Although moves for peace apparently were slowed up somewhat today, the general trend still seemed to be toward negotiations for a settlement despite the flat refusal of railroad executives to enter a peace parley with B. M. Jewell head of the striking shop crafts. One of the most optimistic notes was sounded by Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the United States railroad labor board, who fostered the rejected conference. Mr. Hooper announced that he had formulated new plans for ending the walkout. The board chairman made the announcement without yielding from the position he has maintained since the strike beean SSKfirtlTlfr that anw tt-i-v posals from him would be in harmony with the transportation act One remainine hone i-n tYi parley move Mr Hoor.nr in the fact that the railroad chiefs who rejected the proposed conference were not authorized to speak for railway executives generally. me thirteenth day of the shopmen s strike thus held considerable promise of important developments. Renewed Outbreaks. Meanwhile the short lull in which acts of violence diminished somewhat was followed by renewed outbreaks in widely scattered areas, California; xexas and Michigan were among the Scenes Of froeh Hicn.i, -.vi. va., quieted down following the killing of a yard offioo lorir Former trouble centers calmed preceptlbly during the last 24 hours. A Bloomington. 111., state troops withdrew from the Chicago & Alton yards and confined themselves to the shops while Sheriff Morrison with a force of deputies, took over the guarding of the yards. As a result of this move Alton train, men who refused to handle trains within the military controlled yards yielded in their attitude and service on the Alton through Bloomington, showed signs of improvement. Bloomington still remained one of the tense spots of the country, however. Today was payday on the Alton and the roads sent word to the striking shopmen that the checks would be their final pay and that they would be expected to turn in all passes and other company property and would not be considered as employes of the road. The troops remained vigilant as shopmen gathered for their checks. Electrician Beaten. At Denison, Texas, where the strike was marked by disorders during the last two days, E. I Cox, of Wichita Falls, an electrician, was taken from a Missouri. Texas & Kansas train by a band of men and beaten badly. Cox was employed as a strikebreaker in the "Katy" shops, at Denison, and had been warned bv uniorimeh to leava town. Several hundred union men congregated at the Katy station at Denison with the expressed purpose of turning away strikebreakers arriving on incoming trains. Previous threats of the Btrike spreading to the train service employes apparently was averted by the conference of "big four" brotherhood chiefs here, and the New York Central apparently had prevented a strike of clerks on Its lines. Additional injunctions restraining

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NEARLY ALL CROPS SHOW FALLING OFF SINCE JUNE REPORT Practically all crops show a falling off in condition since the June report according to the monthly report issued today by George C. Bryant, statistician for the co-operative crop reporting service for Indiana. Corn acreage shows an increase of one per cent over last year. Potatoes and tobacco also 6how an increase in acreage compared to last year, but the condition is considerably below the average. The report folNows: There is a slight increase In the corn acreage in many Indiana counties and is due principally to the failure to get in the full acreage of oats, although other factors entered into it. The total for the state amounts to 4,765,000 acres and is an Increase of one per cent over last year. The condition on July 1, was 82 per cent of normal and Indicates a total production of 170,749.000 bushels compared with 169,848,000 bushels harvested last year. The stand Is fair to good In most places. Plants are of good color and all fields ar well cultivated with some of the early planted laid by. The need of rain is very evident in most places and curling has begun in a few localities. Chinch bugs have done some damage in a few localities. Wheat Crop Medium Winter wheat threshing in Indiana has shown the crop not to be as good as indicated earlier in the season, the condition on July 1 being 81 per cent of normal, from which a total production of 31,273,000 bushels is forecast, compared with 33,977,000 bushels forecast for June and a five-year average of 33,6S8,000 bushels. Hessian fly, chinch bugs, red rust and scab each contributed to the deterioration and some ripened prematurely. Wheat remaining on Indiana farms July 1 from last year's crop amounted to 966,000 bushels. rpl j . . . iue spring wneat crop in Indiana" snowea a condition of 75 per cent of normal on July 1, from which a total production of 63,000 bushels is indicated. Oats in Indiana declined 24 points during the past month, showing a condition figure on July 1 of 52 per cent of normal from which a total production of 34,027,000 bushels is forecast. This is by far the smallest crop reported for the state in many years and compares with 47.9J2.000 bushels estimated for June 1 and the five-year average of 71.070,000 bushels. Extremely hot weather during June and the late planting are the principal factors causing the low condition. Some chinch bug damage has been reported. 60 Per Cent Normal The condition of barley in Indiana July 1 was 60 per cent of normal from which a total production of 998, 000 bushels is forecast compared with 1.294,000 bushels for June and 1,235,000 bushels harvested last year. The condition of rye in Indiana on July 1 was 84 per cent of normal from which a total production of 4,419.000 bushels is forprast i'!400,0 .bu.snels for' June and o.jio.uuu ousneis narvested last year. The white notato scroop t' diana shows a slight Increase over last year, being 72,000 acres The condition on July 1 was 77 per cent of normal from which a total production of 5,322,000 bushels is ffti.. pared with 3,570,000 harvested last year. The sweet potato acreage In Indiana is slightly greater than last year being 3.000 acres. The condition July 1 was 87 per cent of normal and indicates a tOtal rirOrillcHnn OOl nnn bushels compared with 396,000 bushels uai irsitu iasi year. Tobacco Acreage Better. The tobacco acreage of Indiana r,uwwa au increase or 25 per cent over last year, end amounts to $18 000 acres Th.e July 1 condition was 76 per cent of normal, from which a total production of 14,.911,000 pounds is forecast, compared with 12,250 000 pounds harvested last year. The condition of all hay in Indiana on July 1, was 92 per cent of normal and indicates a total production of 3,331,000 tons compared with 2,451,000 i ions narvested last year. The condition of the Indiana apple crop was 70 per cent of normal on July 1, and indicates a total production of 4,120,000 bushels, compared with 1,029,000 bushels harvested last year. Peaches in Indiana showed a condition on July 1, of 80 per cent of normal, from which a total production of 560,000 bushels is indicated, compared with 26,000 bushels harvested last year. Truck crops are not In quite as good condition as a month ago. Hot weather and insects are the principal causes of the deterioration. n.ithoiip-h snm diseases have manifested themselves.' Melons, however, have kept up fairly well. The hot weather cut the small fruit very materially and the quality was not as good as usual. Sorghum cane shows a slight decrease In acreage, but the condition is fairly good. strikers from interfering with railroad operations were granted to roads in l.os Angeies, tiannioai, Md., Springfield and East St Louis. Til . and in Iowa. The Northwest Pacific applied for an injunction in San Francisco. Saginaw, Mich., was the scene of disturbances on the Pere Marquette and Governor Groesbeck was asked for troops to prevent further troubles. A worker was beaten at Atlanta, Ga., and the home of a railroad employe

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The Farm and the Farmer By William R. Sanborn

The rains, which are seemingly more than usually widespread, are seriously interferring with threshing operations, and thus cutting down receipts at the country elevators. Admittedly, this is a little disappointing to machine crews, but Indicates no loss whatever, as the threshing will all be done in due course. In the meanwhile wheat has taken an upturn, not in a large way, but the price has advanced a trifle In all markets, so the farmer who wishes to sell has suffered no loss from Inability to get his crop threshed. Nor has the rain damaged the grain in shock, so far as heard, although a prolonged wet season would naturally impair the quality. In the meantime the showers are making corn, improving the pastures, adding to our garden supplies and greening the lawns. For all of which let us be duly grateful. We have been spared the teriffic downDours and oVvastii tinswinds which have ravaged districts in several states within the past few days, since the breaking of the drought in the corn belt Not a dron of rain fell at Chicago for 43 days, but when the skies opened the air was washed and cooled, the buildings given a bath and the streets were cleansed. And all up and down the Mississippi valley the blessed showers fell and refreshed the earth. We do not mean to state that all points in the Mississippi valley were as long without rain as were the people of Chicago, because that Is not true. But several states were affected and corn had berun t6 suffer in manv lo calities. Late reports show that the! recent rains have been general, east of the Rockies, and that the northwest has had all the moisture needed. The drought in June was largely responsible for the cutting down of the yields of both wheat and oats. ThreRhrl 7R-RuKhel P.rn c uta,:' "" lc The banner wheat crop reported lrom uflloa county, lu-uaae, v. as grown on the farm of Millard Creek, ln tne southeast corner of the county. Creek's wheat was not only of fine quality, but it ran 2S-bushels to the acre, maenme measure. A lot or gooa wheat was grown in that part of the county, a number of crops running from 20 to 24 bushels, says the coun-

ty agent ly advanced, divided into $246,000 000 While Mr. Campbell places the; for agriculaural and live stock puryields in the southeast section of Un- j poses and $39,000,000 for export purion county at "from 17 to 28 bushels,") poses. When the corporation resumhe makes no such flattering report jed in January, 1921, it had $111,000for the entire county, but does state jooo in loans outstanding. Now the that there is considerable 17-bushel j total is $237,000,000. Repayments of wheat in the northeast corner of the jail loans since Jan. 1, 1921, amounted county, that being about the top of to $158,956,291. production in that locality. "Taken For Better Field Seeds as a whole." said he, "we have a lot For one year, beginning July l, of good wheat in the county, some three of the most nowerful aeeneies

spots being favored with exceptional crops." He reports corn as being in the finest possible condition and says that potatoes are apparently doing well. County Picnic August 16 The farmers of Union county are to hold their annual picnic on August 16. A fine program and a general good time is promised. The fine grove on the Burgess farm, near Liberty, will again be the scene of this sociable and enjoyable event and a large gathering is anticipated. Farmnt PSnffalo Y was attacked. Two . , ... -., .. -- - - - .?JWS: stoned at Baltimore, and wives of the strikers were active on the picket lines In the Collinwood yards of the New York Central at Cleveland. Women also were in a crowd which beat two strikebreakers at San Bernardino, Calif. United States marshal's forces were enlarged at Cleveland to assure protection to the mails and a force of deputies was sent to Sedalia, Ohio, where an effort was made to reopen the Missouri Pacific shops. Parsons TCns rpmained nuiet anrl 300 men were reported at work in the Ai. K. & T. snops tnere. arsons was one of the centers where troops were sent to preserve order. Striking shopmen at Slater, Mo., protested to President Harding against the nrpsenro of United States marshals ana tneir aeputies wno were in control of the Chicago & Alton shops. Ten trains on the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chicago, Indianapolis & Western, were among the steadily increasing number to be annulled. 'St. Paul reported one of the largest movements of strikers back to their old jobs in the shops, while at Atlanta, Ga., operations in the shops of the Georgia, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, and the Atlanta and West Point were reported by company of ffcials as 60 percent normal. Cars Laid Up. Several roads, notably in the east reported impairment of rolling stock with locomotives and cars laid up in need of renairs The clerks' strike on the Norfolk & Western was effectively interfering with operations on that road. The Norfolks' station at Portsmouth, Ohio, was closed as a result of the clerk's walkout. Abductors of C. L. Mason, division Superintendent of the Santa Fe. who was kidnapped at Danville, la., were arrested and released on bonds signed by the president of the shop crafts federation. Adjutant-General Martin of Kansas warned storekeepers in railroad towns that their nlaces of business -woniri ho closed by troops if the storekeepers! remsea to sell supplies to workmen employed during the strike. The adjutant general's order was dispatched to troop commanders at Parsons and Herington.

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ers from adjoining counties will need neither passports or credentials in order to join In the festivities. Another event of considerable interest, especially to poultry growers, has been set for Saturday. July 29 This will be Poultry Field Day "n Union county, and the "doings" will be pulled off at the A. A. Graham farm. Mr. Graham is noted for the size of his poultry flock and for the number of fine chickens on his place. Monroe Farmers to Organize The fanners of Monroe township. Preble county, are to meet at the central school building on Thursdav evening to discuss the organization of a township live stock shipping association. No co-operative shipping associations have yet been organized in3 Preble, but it is expected that Monroe will be duly oreanized . if tint n

Thursday evening, then at some early aate. a. r. .rotter, who is connected with the stock shipping department of the state farm bureau, will address the meeting on Thursday night. Fine Stand of Alfalfa There 13 a 30 acre field of alfalfa at Reidston, just east of Centerville on the National road, which may be considered as out of the ordinary. The alfalfa was sown In oats and since the latter has been cut the alfalfa can be noted as standing higher than the oat stubble. And more than that, it is beginning to- bloom, which is unusual thus early the first season. "It is not unlikely," said Arthur Cunne, "that we shall get one cutting of the crop this year, the way it now looks." An inspection of this field shows that the stand is as fine as might be seen anywhere in the alfalfa aistncts, Demg very heavy and of a rich, healthy green color. . Federal Aid to Farmers The extent to which the government assisted in giving aid to the American farmer and live stock grower in the recent period of financial stringency is shown in the report of the War Finance corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30. In the eighteen months since the War Finance corporation resumed operations it has authorized loans totaling $363,000,000. of which $53,000,000 was to assist in financing exports and $310,000,000 for agricultural and hive stock purposes. Of the total amount $284,000,000 had been activi j for agricultural progress will work together under a specific agreement to make available for Missouri farmers a larger supply of high grade field seeds. By this agreement the State Board of Agriculture, the Missouri Corn Growers' association and the Missouri college of agriculture are closely joined in the work of encouraging the production of improved field seeds, in the inspection and certification and in the distribution of these seeds. Stocks of beef in cold storage on June 1. 1922. were but little over half inose in storage last year and onn e than onehird the tiJ those in storage last year and only year-average stock, according to the United States Department of Agricul ture. Invasion of Grasshoppers Since late winter the United States Department- of Agriculture has been advising farmers in the Northwest to prepare early for grasshopper control this season by ordering poisoning material well in advance of hatching time. Reports received indicate that grasshoppers are already doing tremendous damage in eastern Montana and Wyoming, over a widely scattered area, wnere precautions have been inadequate. The pest will last six or eight weeks, or until about the middle. of August. The Bureau of Entomol ogy has four men in the territory neipmg m control work. Three breed associations, representative of prominent breeds of beef cattle, have appropriated funds to be given to the county in Virginia replacing the greatest number of scrub sires with pure-breds, according to reports received by the Bureau of Animal Industry. As a result more than 100 scrubs have been replaced by purebred animals in the last few months. Blackford County Corn Contest Twenty-nine Blackford County farmers are enrolled this year in the five acre corn growing contest which is conducted each year by the Indiana Corn Growers' association and the Extension department of Purdue university. As part of the local contest, all will show ten ears of corn In a county show early in the winter. Maddox & Williams for All Kinds of Garage Work 1134 North Twtlfth Street FOR GOOD COAL Jast Call J. H. MENKE 162-168 Ft Wayne Ave, Phone 2662

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