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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1933
Page
2
Second class matter notice indicates Carthage Indiana post office listing under Congress of 1878. Listing appears as archival filing marking periodical status for the publication.
A stranger at a restaurant inspires a meditation on a rough clay working man who reshapes the landscape. The laborer’s hands forge rail beds and infrastructure with a soul behind the hard, stormy exterior, linking human craft to enduring monuments and culture.
In Rushville the council elected J. Kennard Allen mayor on the eighteenth ballot to fill the unexpired term of Samuel L. Trabue. Allen, previously councilman at large, received decisive support from Councilman Stevens and Councilman Halbert Brown after a deadlock. Allen resigned his council seat and was sworn in by City Clerk Charles R. Berry. The council planned an election for a successor and set March 23 for the Democratic Central committee to name a candidate. Mayor Trabue resigned March 4 to join the Indiana Public Service Commission.
A fragment reflects on shared moments of kindness and the belief that every job is sacred when it fulfills the spirit. It cites a Scout aiding an elderly man and quotes Emerson on pursuing useful innovation attracting attention.
Ruth Ellen Richey won Arlington High School’s County Oratorical Contest held at Mays on March 28, defeating six rivals. Her oration, What the Flag Means, drew from Lodge. Norma Haehl placed second as alternate with President Roosevelts inaugural address.
The 1932 survey by the U S Department of Agriculture indicates overall grasshopper damage is far less than last year with only North Dakota showing more eggs than 1931. If spring and early summer are favorable for hoppers, over five and a half million acres in eight western states may need poison bait to protect crops. detailed surveys note possible hatch in six Colorado counties and many in Idaho Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota and Wyoming with costs ranging up to 885 450 for North Dakota. Farmers aided by states and counties used warning broadcasts to spread bait and curb young hoppers.
Dr. John J. Hardy of the USDA Bureau of Animal Industry reports a simple method to estimate clean wool yield and fleece density. By clipping a 1 by 4 inch swath, drying, and comparing weights, breeders can compute the proportion of clean wool and infer density per square inch of skin. The test aids in selecting breeding stock and expects dry-cleaning delivers a practical estimate.
A 10 year test by Prof. F. E. Gladwin at the Fredonia Vineyard Laboratory of the state experiment station shows nitrogenous fertilizers boosting grape yield wood growth and fruit quality. Complete fertilizers and mixes of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus were compared with observed benefits wherever used, nitrogen proving most hopeful.
The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects farm population at 32,000,000 by year end. The net gain in 1930 1931 and expected gains last year offset a decline of about 1,500,000 from 1920 to 1930, with a 1910 peak of 82,077,000.
United States entomologists say altering farm routines can curb insect spread. Timely forecasts from studies enable farmers to outmove pests by adjusting seeding or harrowing times, cleaning up threatened areas, or changing crop rotations to deprive insects of food or shelter.
About 1,300 Ohio farmers with records show an average cash income of 603 dollars in 1931. The average farm size is 143 acres with total cash receipts of 2314 dollars and expenses totaling 1500? The breakdown lists dairy products 718 hogs 440 poultry 355 sheep 95 cattle 77 crops 418 and other sources 213 with expenses for feed 284 taxes 218 labor 152 fertilizer 83 and other items 557.
A common eastern weed, devil's shoestring, contains rotenone a potent insecticide previously found only in tropical plants Dr W W Skinner and Dr E K Clark led the research confirming the rotenone content while Prof W A Little earlier demonstrated its insecticidal value This discovery impacts farmers insecticide manufacturers and importers involved in rotenone trade.
Dr. O. R. Sweeney at Tall Corn State claims success in turning farm waste into wood like material. By cooking cornstalks under steam into fine fibers and pressing into forms, he says the resulting product varies in hardness with cooking time and can be made from oat hulls sugar cane straw and weeds as well.
Albany County Farm Bureau tops New York state county bureaus with 1,238 members for 1933, 18 fewer than 1952, and county supervisors provide 1932 level appropriations. EB A Flansburgh notes 14 bureaus exceed 500 members by end of 1932. 33 counties budgeted for 1983 to support agricultural education with the state college. Leading counties by membership are Albany 1,238 Dutchess 876 Wayne 810 Otsego 767 Monroe 668 Delaware 655 Montgomery 640 Niagara 630. Total membership of 36 reporting bureaus is 19,242.
The record notes Tennessee cow values at 17 605 000 dollars for 1930 and states about a million U S farms have electricity. It mentions vitamin C in apples helps prevent scurvy and reports the Philippines sugar crop rose 26 percent from the previous season.
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