Soil Fertilizer Trials Begin at Monroe Farm Plot
County Agent W C Haynes and assistant Albert Zukunft set up a fertilizer comparison plot at Har ald Forest Farm Monroe Two. plots test residual effects of heavy applications with 0-20-20 at 0, 500, and 2000 pounds per acre while corn is rotated for three years and soil will be retested. A Marion Myers Farm corn variety plot will include 29 hybrids from Indiana Ohio Iowa and Connecticut with an official result planned this fall. Indiana also reports coal reserves totaling 17.6 billion tons.
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Harald Forest
Monroe
W. C. Haynes
Albert Zukunft
Marion Myers
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Connecticut
Milk and butter output trends reported by FB directors
The Anderson Herald notes a bi monthly dairy meeting of the FB directors led by Lester Metzger. Milk production for April averaged 770 pounds per cow with 31.4 pounds butterfat, slightly above March. The discussion covers cow tests, Holsteins, and farm improvement plans as 524 cows tested and various grain, fertilizer, and weather factors influence yields.
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Lester Metzger
Stecka Juncor
Madison County
Herd Improvement Association
Herman. Sharritt
Russell Pattison
Endix
Mat Ieeearterde
District Farm Bureau
Weather Bureau
Oe Curtiss We
General Electric
Arthur Etchison
County Socia Gains Bros
Arthur
Land Educational
Lapayette — BI Y Kilgore & Son
Ilinois Central
Caehran
Mae Ale
Pasida & Blake
Philip
Worcester
Glenn V.ing
Menigorez
Worive
Satimary
Syzborn
M.C. Pence
Snider
Lewark
York Ceara
Purdue University
Lee
Farmer Cooperators
Montgomery
Robert Pattern
Tor Pegg
J.C. Haugh
Resbusk
James
Embcraeig
Steeley
Weuma
Union
Rvatio
Finda
American Stock Exchange
Corn planting progress varies across states say Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports corn planting near completion in several states with 95 percent in Tow a the earliest in years. It notes 80 percent in South Dakota 70 percent in Missouri 80 percent in Wisconsin 62 percent in Indiana and other regions showing early nitrogen response in demonstration pastures. Early grazing ahead of plots with no nitrogen is anticipated.
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Towa
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Missouri
Wiinais
Indiana
and &Fnert
Chemicals Aid Cattle Growth Report from Terre Haute Farm
A Terre Haute area study reports cattle fed a supplement combining the antibiotic tetramycin and the hormone stilbestrol grew about 13 percent faster, used 6 percent less feed, and yielded better carcass grades. Across 192 steers over 100 to 130 days, the mix yielded $3.53 more per head than stilbestrol alone, due to shorter growing time and improved feed efficiency.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Fertilize Your Sweet Potatoes in Home Gardens
Purdue extension garden specialist W. B. Ward advises on sweet potato plant enlargement and correcting soil deficiencies with 3-12-12 3-9-1 4-16-26 fertilizers. He details row furrowing, fertilizer distribution, ridge making, plant depth, and spacing for Porto Rico Jersey Oklahoma varieties. Gold industry note follows on Cape Town.
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Lafayette
W. B. Ward
Purdue University
Dee Eas
Ward
Porto Rico
Little Stem
Jersey
Oklahoma
Cattle Owners Attend Picnic at Davis Dairy Farm
About 35 Guernsey breeders and families joined a summer picnic five miles west of Andjon at Davis Dairy Farm. Chester Morris led the event with a basket supper and farm tour led by Justin Bays. County Agent Haynes spoke on brucellosis eradication and culling unproductive cattle, while vocational agriculture instructor Walis presented a film. Noland Lloyd of Lapel was elected secretary treasurer to fill an unexpired term.
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Madison County
Davis Dairy Farm
and Jon
Chester Morris
Pendleton
Justin Bays
W. C. Haynes
Noland Lloyd
Gordon Burke
Half Finished Brucellosis Signatures in Madison County
petitions slow for two weeks due to corn planting Kenneth Hersberger and County Agent W C Haynes report overall progress about half complete with 597 signatures and 28 refusals Township tallies list signed and refusals per Adams Anderson Boone Duck Creek Green Lafayette Monroe Pipe Creek Richland Stony Creek Union and Van Buren plus a note on an elephant running 100 yards in 6.4 seconds MARKET NEWS: Bond market and stock bids mixed as U S government issues rise slightly. livestock prices fall for butchers sows and cows with salable receipts around 11 000 head and lambs sheep steady. top prices for high quality steers heifers and vealers noted amid activity in Chicago and New York markets.
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Madison County
Kenneth Hersberger
General Committee
W. C. Haynes
Adams
Anderson
Boone
Duck Creek
Green
Lafayette
Monroe
Pipe Creek
Richland
Stony Creek
Union
van Buren
New York
U. S
Treasury
Chicago
Further Losses Reported For Hogs In Slow Indianapolis Trade
In Indianapolis trading, hog prices fell again with weights from 180 to 240 pounds down 25 to 75 cents, some as much as 50 cents under the day’s close. Heavy weights 240 to 270 pounds brought 16.50 to 17.75 dollars, 270 to 300 pounds 15 to 16.75, and light 120 to 160 pounds 15 to 15.50, with several loads around 19 dollars for 180 to 225 pound hogs.
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Indianapolis
Frederick Landis
Logansport
Vincennes
Norman F. Arterburn
Indiana Supreme Court
James A. Emmert
Shelbyville
George W
Henley
Bloomington
Isadora
E. Levine
la Porte
Craig
Private Forests With Patience
Michigan residents may invest in reforestation seedling programs under the Michigan Conservation Department plan. Seedlings cost as low as 7.50 dollars for 1000, yielding a forest in 15 to 18 years. projected purchases total about 20 million this year, up from 12.5 million last year. Also notes livestock price moves and a Pueblo elevator campaign story.
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Lansing
Mich. Tn
Michigan Conservation Department
Michigan
Muncie Livestock Market Report Slashes Across Hog and Cattle Prices
Hogs were 25 to 60 rents lower Tuesday with varied weights priced from 18.60 to 19.10 per hundredweight. Cattle range shows good to choice steers at 19.00 to 22.50, heifers 18.00 to 21.50, cows 12.00 to 13.00, bulls 11.00 to 15.00. Lambs and sheep mostly steady with lambs at 21.00 and slaughter sheep down about 5.00.
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Muncie
No Support Behind Curtain and State Judges Sworn In Indiana
In Pittsburgh a 57 year old steelworker was freed from a 1953 alimony order after claiming his wife moved to Yugoslavia behind the Iron Curtain. In Indianapolis state judges were sworn in as Frederick Landis and Norman Arterburn replaced two retiring jurists. In South Bend Marvin Vaile faced a 30 day jail term and fines for selling peat moss by the pound under a rare Indiana law.
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Pittsburgh
Paul G. Mikich
Mikich
Yugoslavia
Francis O’connor
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Marvin B. Vaile
Plymouth
Bert Cichowicz
Building Begins on 4-H Grounds Cattle Barn
Construction started last week at the 4-H grounds in Alexandria with Robert Painter pouring the foundation and laying concrete blocks. The barn will measure 52 feet by 200 feet and the County Highway Department will help level surrounding dirt.
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Alexandria
Robert Painter
County Highway Department
Seashells For Defense Seashells For Defense
Tahiti reports a new diving season filled with hope as fashion shifts toward substitutes for mother of pearl amid wartime demand. Prices rebound as copra declines, offsetting shed revenue in the shell trade and supporting war material production.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Auction Sales of Various Homes and Real Estate
A dated notice lists multiple upcoming auctions in Indiana and nearby towns. Items include household goods, real estate, and public sales conducted by auctioneers H. D. Kirk, Bill Petty, Eddie Wash, Everett Corn, J. F. Lanmann, Bertha E. Mulls, Claude Smith, and others. Locations span Chesterfield, Swayzee, Warsaw, Anderson, Pen dleton, Egg Hood, and Park Place with dates from May to June and times ranging from morning to afternoon.
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D.S.T
Jackson School Township
Madison County
Indiana
Hamilton
Hamilton School
Jackson Township
Said Township
Anderson and Perkinsville
Perkinsville School
Westinghouse
Iran
Rector Kirk
Noble O. Likens
Busby
Davisson, Cooper & Farr
Adnesday
Kirk
H. D. Kirk
Harry Sells
South Water Street
Chesterfield
Bill Petty
Oneway
Jones
Katie Law
Junction 24 & 31
Union Charen
Binford
Eddie Wash
Surday
Frank Collins
Swayzee
Ind
Everett Corn
Eye Hood
Turday
Derb Benson
Lechzist Lake
Warsaw
J. F. Lanmann
Bertha E. Mulls
E. 20Th St
Anderson
Foland
Claude Smith
M. Hood
Harry B. Helms
North Pendleton Ave
Pendleton
J. C. Bradley
Joe Kellum
Edward Wellington
W. Mtn Street
Egg Hood
Anderson Banking Co
Moble Simpson
E. 5Th Stree
Eggi Hood
Earl
Nellie Hartman
Alexandria Pike
Old Road
H. Dle
W. H. Hunt
Cottage Ave
Park Place
Egg
Dry Goods Trade Report In Cotton Textiles NY
New York market summarizes moderate volume in cotton textiles with sales of print cloths broadcloths drills and sheetings. Deliveries were mostly near term into the third quarter. Wool goods market quiet and rayon goods dull.
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New York
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Johnson
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City Hall
Terence Curan
Muncie Livestock
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