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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1946
Page
5
A Red Cross field director helped a soldier obtain an emergency furlough to save his mother's life by a blood transfusion. The text highlights 17 000 Red Cross workers serving GIs at home and abroad, with clubs, hospitals, recreation, and patient support, plus a 1946 Fund Campaign seeking $100 million.
Indiana farmers increasingly inoculate legume seed with commercial cultures. The practice is common and supported by law, which requires legume inoculants and certain growth substances offered for sale to meet standards to protect users.
State chemist Dr. F W Quackenbush reports 43 inoculant varieties registered in 1945 in Indiana and 66 samples tested. Of these 61 gave good results, five fair, none unsatisfactory. Circular No 309 advises proper preparation, cool dry storage, and noting expiration dates on labels.
The inoculant aims to supply sufficient root nodule bacteria to soil for legume crops. Inoculation helps nodulating bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into usable forms, reducing the need for external nitrogen sources. Excess light exposure of inoculated seed should be avoided to maintain effectiveness.
Rush Union Wayne Franklin Fayette and Randolph counties gather at Bear Creek Scout Reservation for a three day session May 3 to 5. Volunteers and leaders funded the land purchase with War Bonds and will now develop the lake dam area and build tent village and campsites while cooking their own meals. A symbolic campfire is planned Saturday evening and religious services are held Sunday as leaders guide tours of the scenic camp. Mr and Mrs Ralph Truitt and daughters visited Indianapolis Lebanon and Danville Sunday.
Two oats variety demonstration plots have been seeded in Rush county in cooperation with the Rush County Better Crops Association Purdue University county extension service and cooperating farmers. One plot on the Newton Halterman farm Rushville township near River Webb school road and the other on the Russell Kinnett farm east of Milroy on State Road 244. Six varieties Tama Clinton Vieland Benton Columbia Cartier grow with ladine clover grass seedings and birdsfoot trefoil in both plots. Fertilizer demonstration includes two check plots and two fertilized plots using 0-12-12 3-12-12 and 12-12-12 at 300 pounds per acre.
Indiana trappers report season end January 15 totals well below last year. Fox pelts fall from 16,903 to 9,748 signaling a peak and downward cycle. Opossum and muskrat pelts also decline. raccoon and skunk figures shown in full report from fur buyers.
A schedule of county 4-H and extension activities in Rushville and surrounding areas. Events include home economic leaders meetings, adult and junior 4-H leader gatherings, a fair circuit meeting, district conferences in Indianapolis, and a rural youth meeting at the Norris residence. Participants include Duane Wilson and local families.
The National Junior Vegetable Growers Association released rules for the 1946 contest open to youths ages 12 to 21. Contestants submit marketing and production reports by September 1 and October 12, with regional and state cash prizes totaling 6.00 in cash prizes. Call at the county extension office for details.
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