Henry County Farm Management Tour Schedule Set
The Henry County Farm Management Tour lists stops at Carl Coble farm on state road 38 four miles east of Merkleville and at Beaver Ridge farm, both showcasing hog production and sheep flock operations. Don Watkins coordinates the event starting at 9 a.m with details on cooperative farming and on farm equipment use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resoaree
Carl Coble
Medivon
Merkleville
Beaver Ridge Farm
Don Watkins
Green Township
Henry County
Don Atkins
Marklevidle
Pigs and Seed Farm Tours Highlight Purdue Event
Purdue specialists join Ed Miller and others for a swine and seed farm tour near Pendleton and Lapel Green township detailing modern barns feed systems and seed certification. The outing includes Bar Lee farm Omer Sears seed farm and Central House demonstrations with emphasis on late summer farrowing and water mist cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Anc
Ed Miller
Purdue University
Pendleton
Bar Lee Farm
Green Township
Willy
Omer
J. Sears & Son
Slate Road
Miller
Lapel
L. C. Meade
Agricultural Alumnu Seed Improvement Association
Purdue
Noah Had‘Wey
Farm Management Department
Henry Mayo
Joe Judge
Grand Champion 4-H steer sells for 536 at auction
The Grand Champion Shorthorn steer, 1126 pounds, sold for 536 dollars at 50 cents a pound to Emge Packing Co. of Anderson. The event closed the fair’s final day with 68 steers sold, setting records for the fourth annual auction. Barrow and Angus results and auction details followed, with Cox Supermarket and other Anderson buyers prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Lewis, Burke, Pendleton
Emge Packing Co
Anderson
Tim Gordson
Frankton
Cox
Alexandria
Angus
Gordon Lawler
Richland ‘Township
Hector Kirk
Sman
Sam Bevelhimer
Hanks
Market
Super Six
Hoosier
Citizens Banking Co
Two Mild Winters Boost Winter Barley Across Indiana
Two mild winters expand winter barley planting beyond southern Indiana. Purdue trials over three years show Renbar barley delivering the best feed grain yield in southwestern Indiana, surpassing wheat and winter oats. North of Indianapolis, yields depend on early sowing and well drained soils for adequate feed per acre. Some farmers use the crop for late fall and early spring pasture due to its high palatability for livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Indiana
Purdue
Indianapolis
Retreat Of 60 Glaciers Halted In Glacier National Park
A government report issued Monday notes that Glacier National Park’s 60 glaciers have halted their retreat. Heavier winter snowfall and cooler summers are cited as reasons for slight glacier growth, with the glaciers now small remnants of the great ice cover.
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West Glacier
Mont. Uh
Glacier National Park
Tee Fields
Farm Census Opens November 8 Across Indiana
The 1954 Census of Agriculture begins November 8 with Indiana offices in Indianapolis Plymouth and Seymour. Sixty crew leaders and 908 enumerators will collect data on farms size tenure crops livestock expenditures and farm values while keeping operator identities confidential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Indiana
Indianapolis
Plymouth
Seymour
Census Bureau
Robert W. Burgess
National Agriculture Statistics
Development Land Administration
Congress
Census Buréau
Merger Approval of Studebaker and Packard Shifts Auto Power
Detroit stockholders approve a merger of Studebaker Corp and Packard Motor Car, creating Studebaker Packard Corp within weeks. Packard holders exchange five shares for one new, Studebaker adjusted stake. Studebaker holders 1.5 for each. James Nance to lead, Hoffman to chair Studebaker Packard executive group, Vance to head the new firm’s executive committee. The union aims to cut costs and strengthen market position amid a shrinking independent auto sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Studebaker Corp
Packard Motor Car
Studebaker
Wilmington
Del
Packard
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Harold S. Vance
Haye
TL Wil Mack Lye
Auta
Kaiser-Frazer
Withys-Overland
Nash-Kelyinalog
Hudson
American Motors Corp
Ho Studebaker - Packard
Nance
Hoffirane and
Vance
Vota
Pric
Baker
Injured Student Keeps Dorm Work Amid Fractured Vertebra
In Highmond Indiana Sylvalyn Kuhn, a college sophomore, works a proxy kitchen job in her dorm while recovering from a fractured vertebra after a fall. Friends cover her hours as she continues to pay her way through college. Dr. Manford Kun, sociology professor at the University of Iowa, is referenced in the piece.
Woman Confesses Setting Seventeen Fires in Indianapolis
An Indianapolis woman, 30, confessed to setting seventeen small fires since March. Capt. Hallie M. Shearer said seven fires occurred at a south side business where she worked, with four more in other locations. Shearer will have her mental state evaluated, and the woman spoke by phone and said she was tired of living like that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hallie M. Shearer
Shearer
Multiple Auction and Sale Notices Too Fragmented to Identify
A skewed OCR of assorted sale notices lists household goods, real estate, and personal property across locations such as Crystal Street in Wilma Jean Matlin area, State Highway 3 near West Castia, and Pendleton, with owners including Margaret Arnold, Ada Lemon, D. Dibect Braves, Carl and Mabelle Cobia, Samuel Talynisin, and others. Dates given include August 1, August 14, and August 23 with varied times and descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yhurs
Tateuttey
Margaret Arnold
Ada Lemon
H. D. Xirk
Crystal St
Wilma Jean Matlin
Hood
Taieday
Mighway
Tolles
Naw Castia
Ines
Cadie
Carl
Mabelle Cobia
Clem de
Clayton Conway
Aucks
Ratutdop
William Mansilp
Beraguial
Pendleton
State
Rand & Joe
Bradley Ia
Sharine
New Bont
Tod A
Real Eatate
Samuel Talynisin
Bertha E
Fosnol
Etvart C
Frazee
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Mereld
Wotaciies
Henry County Farm Management
Georgetown
British Guiana
Port Mourant
Cheddi Jagan
Iadison
Kenry
Madison Nig
Otter
J. Sears and Son
Earl Leal
Meanan
Petty’s. Auction
Vitality Mills
Poe
Ando
Carl Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Annan
Ibs
Ntality Dog Foods
Eckhardt Hatchery
Jackson St
Daleville
First St
Fire Zone
R.C. A
Muncan Fiffe
Hot Point
Cale
Dy Kirk
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