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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1933
Page
2
Notice announces establishment under the act of Congress dated March 3 1878 for a post office at Carthage Indiana with dates and official publisher.
The piece contrasts Alexander the Great and Philip II of Spain with the scholar Aristotle, praising education's influence over empire. It notes Alexander's rise and fall, Philip's imperial dreams, and contrasts them with a later figure who shaped minds without wielding swords, implying lasting impact through ideas rather than conquest.
The passage praises Shakespeare as a master of the human heart whose genius endures beyond centuries. It notes his birth in April and marks his lasting memorials as Hamlet Lear Macbeth Othello and The Merchant of Venice. It calls his eternal achievements greater than armies and likens him to a timeless master.
Indiana wool growers plan an 8 cent per pound advance for wool from native sheep and 6 cents for western feeding lambs as the Indiana Wool Growers Association moves to cooperative marketing. Over 700,000 pounds pooled last year, with higher prices expected next fall and winter benefiting members who retain ownership until sale.
Report as of March 1 notes corn acreage about 7 percent lower than 1932, per M M Justin, USDA crop statistician. Oats steady, soybeans up 14 percent, tobacco up 28 percent, potatoes up 6 percent. fruit largely undamaged except peaches by cold. Cattle milked 70.1 percent of herd with 18.7 pounds per cow. hens laying 37 percent on farms with 400 hens or less. average hens and pullets per farm 112.
Mrs Mary Hubbard and W R Zion were hosted by Mr and Mrs Roy Newby for a Friday night dinner.
University of Illinois Extension Service issues a 1955 poultry calendar to help flock owners improve egg quality and manage monthly records. H B Alp notes the calendar guides daily weekly and monthly egg counts income and expenses, aiding pricing for top grade eggs and quality production.
A. C. Smith of the University of Minnesota outlines guidelines for choosing eggs for hatchery use. He cautions against eggs under two ounces or white tinted, cracked, or dirty eggs and advises against long-held eggs. Brown eggs should match in color, and eggs should be kept above freezing yet below 68 degrees for best hatchability.
Farm Journal advises consistent warnings before entering the laying pen to prevent fright in pullets. A light knock or thumb latch signal, followed by a brief wait, makes birds attentive and reduces stress during inspections in the first weeks after transfer.
In 1932, 126 club members in Woody County Wisconsin followed a poultry sanitation program emphasizing healthy chicks clean houses clean range complete ration feed and equipment. Chickens raised on clean ground averaged three pounds weight versus one and a half pounds on infected ground per Hoard's Dairyman.
Indiana Farmer's Guide suggests using a large coal burning brooder stove with a metal jacket to heat a poultry house at low cost. It warns fire risk rises in large houses and notes the stove in a laying house need not burn constantly to keep hens warm.
Rushville Republican reports Charles Nigh of Posey township, a Rush county 4-H member, completed the Grow Thrifty Pigs project with a six pig litter. He earned about 18.84 dollars profit after expenses, from 1 180 pounds of pork sold at 3 80 per hundred, under strict plan rules and committee weighing of a second litter.
Workmen of the Greenfield Electric Department begun Tuesday morning to remove the abandoned copper trolley wire and brace wires from the traction line. The salvage belongs to Greenfield under the city Indiana Railroad contract and the street will be leveled after the Y freight at the old interurban station is removed. Other items note visits and arrivals including Mrs Verna S Hill Mrs Elizabeth J Hill Mrs Mary Stevens of Kokomo Miss Cordelia Mattox and several local residents with brief social mentions.
About 12 350 Indiana farmers in 69 counties participate in the Thrifty Pig Project led by Purdue University extending sound pig production advice. Monthly letters, written by John Schwab, reach 412 350 farmers, sharing tips on preventing pig troubles, feeding, and marketing based on seven years of trials across 400 farms producing over 30 000 pigs annually.
The American Council of Learned Societies awarded awards totaling 64000 to 57 scholars for humanities research. Indiana University English professor Chauncey D. Sanders and IU history scholar William T. Morgan along with Evansville Central High instructor Louise B. Osborn received fellowships or grants. Thirteen fellows will work in Europe. others will pursue projects from Pepys letters to Gullah grammar.
County agents and Mr Schwartz interviewed over 200 cooperators to test a cheap method for spreading useful information. Nearly all replies were favorable. Interested readers can obtain more information from county agricultural agents or the animal husbandry division at Purdue University Lafayette.
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