Marketing Schools to Open January 15
Information on cooperative marketing of farm products offered through two series of community classes in Indiana. Sponsored by the Indiana Farm Bureau and the Vocational Division of the Department of Public Instruction. Scheduled to begin January 1 with sessions in Brownsvalley New Richmond Veedersburg Davis Township Newport Wallonia Brownstown Seymour and Reddington.
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Indiana Farm Bureau
Vocational Division
Department of Public Instruction
C. S. Masterson
W. D. Shelby
Brownsvalley
New Richmond
Montgomery County
Veederstyburg
Davis Township
Fountain County
Newport
Vermillion County
Wallonia
Brownstown
Seymour
Reddington
Jackson County
Agricultural marketing schools planned in Bartholomew County
On January 5 at Wayne township Bartholomew county Drastically changed conditions confronting the producers of farm products demand a more thorough knowledge of the entire scope of marketing, says Mr Masterson It will be the purpose of these schools to provide farmers with such information One meeting each week of both series will be held in each community for a period of 8 weeks Keen interest on the part of producers of agricultural commodities has been shown in similar meetings in other parts of the state during the past year.
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Wayne Township
Bartholomew County
Masterson
Indiana Wool Growers report higher wool prices in 1933
T S Ferris of Pleasant Lake leads Indiana Wool Growers Association noting members received about eight cents more per pound than local markets due to nationwide pooling through the National Wool Marketing Corporation. Directors report all Indiana consigned wools sold and final settlements imminent, with pooling advances raising total price over non consigning neighbors.
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Indiana
T. S. Ferris
Pleasant Lake
Indiana Wool Growers Association
The
Nations Wool Marketing Corporation
Boston
Indiana Organization
Mr. Ferris
Farm Bureau
Indianapolis
Ferris
Secretary of Agriculture
Taxation—recovery’s worst enemy in hard times
Editorial argues high taxes hinder recovery as government spending aims to boost purchasing power. It notes taxes close doors, foreclose farms, and deny work, urging more efficient government from federal to local levels to spur employment and spendable income.
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Alfred E. Smith
Recovery
Washington
Christmas Guests At Marion Knightstown Families
Mrs Frances Lineback hosted guests over Christmas including Mr and Mrs Shelby Collins and Mr and Mrs Kurt Donley from Marion along with Mr and Mrs Blaine Addison and Miss Mary Sullivan of Knightstown.
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Frances Lineback
Shelby Collins
Kurt Donley
Marion
Blaine Addison
Mary Sullivan
Knightstown
Farm Income of Buckeye Farmers From Ohio State University
About 1 300 Ohio farmers who keep records show an average cash income of 603 dollars in 1931 61 according to rural economists for the extension service. Farms average 143 acres with dairy products hogs poultry and crops as main income sources and total receipts 2314 dollars while expenses total 557 dollars. The data are presented to farmers agents and teachers to aid others who do not keep accounts.
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Ohio State University
Re College Extension Service
WNU Tee
Ohio
Agricultural Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Insecticide Rotenone Found In Devil’s Shoestring Weed
A USDA chemist confirms the devil’s shoestring weed contains rotenone a potent tropical insecticide. Discovery highlights potential for farmers manufacturers and importers as wartime plant sources and trade avenues are explored by Drs Skinner Clark and Little and researchers at the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
W. W
Kinner
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Skinner
E P. Clark
Bureau
W. A. Little
Texas Agricultural College
Synthetic lumber from cornstalks proves feasible
Iowa State College scientists led by Dr. O R Sweeney claim to produce synthetic wood from farm waste including cornstalks oat hulls and straw. They bake plant fibers under pressure and steam into paste that hardens into usable lumber of small fibers, with more cooking yielding harder material.
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Iowa State College
O. R. Sweeney
Tall Corn State Institution
Sweeney
Pathfinder Magazine
Albany County Leads New York Farm Bureaus in 1933 Members
Albany county leads New York state county farm bureaus with 1238 members for 1933, 18 fewer than 1932, and reports an appropriation from county supervisors equal to the 1932 amount. E A Flansburgh notes 14 bureaus have 500 plus members by end of 1932 and 33 boards funded 1933 educational work. Leading counties by membership are Albany 1238, Dutchess 876, Wayne 810, Otsego 767, Monroe 668, Delaware 655, Montgomery 640, Niagara 630, with 19,242 total for 36 bureaus reporting.
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Albany County
New York
E. A. Flansburgh
Country Farm
County Boards of Supervisors
State College of Agriculture
Albany
Dutchess
Wayne
Otsego
Monroe
Delaware
Montgomery
Niagara
Agricultural Slants Tennessee Cow Values 1930
The article notes Tennessee cow values totaling 17 605 000 dollars in 1930. It also mentions about a million farms in the United States having electricity. It states that vitamin C in apples lies under the skin and prevents scurvy. It reports the Philippines sugar crop rising 26 percent from the prior season.
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Tennessee
United States
World Wheat Bins Groan and Shipments May Be Larger
The world wheat market faces heavy stocks from weak demand. World shipments from July to mid December reached 261 million bushels, down from 355 million last season, boosting export stocks to about 745 million bushels in the United States and signaling larger future shipments as European crops shrink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
United Tina
Argentina
Australia
Missouri
Ancient English monarch effigies sit in Westminster Abbey chapel
An upper chapel room houses wooden and wax effigies tied to early royal funeral practices. Since Henry II's 1189 burial, effigies replaced open-body displays. by 1272 Henry III's waxed procedure began. The collection includes Henry VII, Edward III, Catherine of Valois, Elizabeth of York, with uncertain identifications and Elizabeth's figure restored in 1760. The headless James I figure stands in a corner as the last monarch’s funeral display.
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Madame Tussaud
Chappel
Westminister Abey
Henry II
Heny III
Edward III
Henry VII
Catherine of Valois
Henry V
Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth
James I
True value of honey bees in nature and farming
The article argues that many people view honey bees only as stingers or honey producers. It explains the bee’s protective apparatus, honey production, and crucial role as a pollinating agent for fruits and crops.
Bentley Family Spends Christmas Day With Binford at Greenfield
Mr and Mrs Harry Bentley and their family joined Mr and Mrs Omar Binford for Christmas Day at Greenfield, sharing holiday greetings and time together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bentley
Omar Binford
Greenfield
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