Indiana Strawberries Hit By Late Freeze And Market Slump
Southern Indiana berry crops suffered a heavy frost in mid spring, cutting yields and cooling demand. First carload shipped May 16 from Pekin for eastern markets, while prices dropped from as high as five dollars to around four per crate. Indiana's six-county belt from Floyd to Dubois remains the main cash crop area with refrigerated shipments nationwide.
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Hoosierdam
Indiana
Pekin
Randolph van Asterbilt
New York Social Register
Floyd County
New Albany
United States
Ohio River
Floyd, Clark
Washington
Harrison
Orange
Dubois
Daviess
Jennings
Elkhart
J. E. Dickerson
United States Agriculture Department
Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Office
Indianapolis
Middlewest
East
Boston
Canada
Borden and Pekin
Paoli
St. Anthony
Hoosier
State Horticultural Society
U.S. A
Farm Bureau Plans Leadership School At Purdue
Indiana Farm Bureau hosts the Tenth Annual Rural Leadership School at Purdue University June 20 to July 1 1938 with afternoon programs on Farm Bureau work. Speakers include Lella Gaddis Lois Schenck S J Pershing and district leaders. a radio feature And It Came To Pass. public speaking winners Ben Gardner and Lois Graves will present talks on rural health and training for rural life. Musical acts from multiple counties are scheduled.
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Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc
Purdue University
Lillie D. Scott
Farm Bureau Social and Educational Department
Farm Bureau
Mary Wright Newsom
Bartholomew County
Ben Gardner
Fountain County
Rural America
Neil Hermance
Lagrange County
Lois Graves
Newton County
Billy Wardle
Porter County
Earl Munk
Harrison County
Hendricks County
Orange County Farm Bureau Chorus
Shelby County
4-H Band
Deadline Set for State Corn Club Membership
Indiana Corn Growers' Association announces deadline of June 15 for joining. Rush county led the state last year with 36 gold medals won by farmers. 68 entries were filed in the prior contest. Members compete for medals under State 5 acre Corn Club rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Rush County
E. F. Brown
Hog Cholera Declared Nation's Worst Hog Disease
Indianapolis May 18 Spe cial: U S livestock authorities plan a spring counter-offensive against hog cholera as losses rise to an estimated 30 million dollars this year. Thirty men from the Bureau of Animal Industry join over 4 000 veterinarians in ten hog belt states to vaccinate the spring pig crop and curb outbreaks. Local veterinarians will cooperate nationwide.
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Indianapolis
Ind
America
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
American Foundation For Animal Health
Salt Keeps Work Horses Standing In Heat
An adequate supply of salt helps work horses endure hot weather by maintaining hydration and endurance during labor.
Ripley Township Farm Bureau Members List
A long reader list of Ripley township Farm Bureau members and affiliated businesses includes Don Addison of Carthage and many locals such as John DeSchipper, Roscoe Clark and Son, Gardner & Phelps, James McGeorge, Jeff Leisure and son, and Donald Stoten, among others. The notice ends with ads for Sherwin-Williams paint and Carthage Radio & Appliance Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Addison
Carthage
Brooks & Stager
Wm. M
Sarah
M. Alexander
Knightstown
John A. Butler
H. H. Bentley
R. J. Harry Brakefield
al J. Carr
Carroll & Brewsaugh
Lee and
Walter
Knightown
John DeSchipper
Roscoe Clark
Sherwin-Williams
Carthage Radio & Appliance Shop
Charlie Chan on Broadway cinema card tease
Warner Oland returns as Charlie Chan in a Broadway adventure. The Great White Way provides a dramatic backdrop for this caper full of mystery and intrigue.
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Charlie Chan
Great White Way
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Delaware County
Muncie
Elbert Bantz
Henry County
American Farmers Federation Inc
New Castle
Sam Stout
Near Sulphur Springs
Stout
Wallace
Z. M. Smith
Purdue
Farm Bureau Plans Leadership School
Sohn & Son
HAL Rohm
Carthage, Ind
State Corn Club
Oscar Ambroson
Leland
Iowa
Marvin
Roger Ambroson
Ripley Township Farm Bureau
The
Geo. M. Jackson
Henry Jessup
John Jessup
James A. Heifner
Greenfield
Noah F. Leisure
Jeff Leisure and Son
Lowell
W. L. Maze
James McGeorge
McCarty & James
Otto C
John
John F. Miner
M. W. Manche
Raymond
Loren Munden
Musgrove & McIlvaine
Harry
Ellen
Fred McManus
Mattiz & Overman
Ora
Emma
Earl Nigh
Russell Nigh
Ben H. Nelson
Jesse Pitts
Leene Rushville
Donald E. Ruby
Ed V. Ruby
Ora S. Siler
Hosea D. Stoner
Sattler & Gray
Phillip and Marine
Sharer & Moore
Stenger & Weber
H. L. and
Frank
Fred B. White
Herbert Miller
R. 2
Warner Oland II
Jones
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