County Agent Highlights Health and Legume Initiatives
4 H club health contest to be held April 5 at the armory with winners advancing to state at Purdue Delphi hosts district event. Prof Hall to speak at Clay township Farm Bureau meeting April 8. Purdue extension guidance on chick brooders, sanitation, and all mash feeds. Legumes crop rotation benefits and soil nitrogen boosts per Wiancko and Purdue. Nutrition work reaches 559 Carroll county women. upcoming lessons on vegetable meals.
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Armory
Purdue
Delphi
State Board of Health
Roy Gregg
Leon Todd
William Wilburn
Larry Gruber
Artus Rodenbarger
Lloyd Beard
Todd
Mr. Todd
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station
Maggart
Indiana
A. T. Wiancko
The
University
Carroll County
Carroll
Home Economic Clubs
Dorthea Muehl
Vera McCarty
Ollie Tam
Monroe ,Meade
Kate Weil
Ernie Newell
Chalmer Trobaugh
Geneva Reef
Eva Dillon
Katie Lake
Ada Million
Lora Wise
Blanche Calvert
Lora Stair
Joe Allen
G. L. Whistler
John Mills
Herbert Burke
William Mullin
Flossie Clawson
Edna Acheson
Cloyd Yerkes
Charles Yerkes
Good Seed Program Seed Quality and Testing Details
A good seed program includes adapted weed free clover seed certified and treated seed potatoes field selected stored properly and germination tested seed corn and treated oats. Tests for seed corn may be done with the modified rag doll method at home or community testing at Flora community penal. Those desiring testing should get in
Early germination and last minute rush noted
The passage discusses seeds and farming timing as growers prepare for early germination and a final push to complete planting. It emphasizes a twofold focus on nurturing initial germination and meeting immediate deadlines.
Carroll County Bar Honor Deceased Members
The piece urges Carroll County to honor departed judges and attorneys by displaying their photographs in uniform frames. It notes Indiana courthouses feature wall portraits of bench and bar members and argues for adopting a similar practice locally to recognize those who contributed to the community.
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Indiana
Carroll
Cap Soldiered and the Washington Inaugural Mix-up
Elza O. Rogers chairman of the Republican state committee recalls mistaking a brigadier general in uniform for a hotel doorman amid huge inaugural crowds in Washington. He sought a taxi and learned the dress shift since his army days.
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Indianapolis
Elza O. Rogers
Republican State Committee
Ninth
Washington
Rogers
President Hoover tax refunds over 20 thousand to be published
Carroll county farmers are not alarmed by Hoover's order requiring public disclosure of all tax refunds exceeding twenty thousand dollars by the treasury department. The Rooster for some time will not show any names despite the directive. Nut Brown Coffee Smiths Grocery.
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Hoover
Treasury
Department
Carroll County
Real estate transfers posted for past week
Listing shows multiple transfers including Sarah J. Allison to Bert Allson for 5 acres in Jefferson township and $1.00, Harvey W. Wright to Omer Gangloff for 40 acres in Washington township and $2600, and William H. Champion to Lula E. Riebesell for Rose Hill lots 23 24 and 25 for $1.00. Other entries list numerous 1.00 deeds, sizes from small tracts to 120 acres, and several 40 acre Carrollton and Tippecanoe Township transfers with prices noted.
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Sarah J. Allison
Bert Allson
Jefferson Township
Harvey W. Wright
Adm
Omer Gangloff
Washington Township
William H. Champion
Lula E. Riebesell
Rose Hill
Flora
James L. Summiers
George W. Calveard
Carrollton
Township
O. P. Sharon
John 8. Clark
Sarah B. Glasscock
Democrat ‘Twr
Alice A .Hinkle
John B. Cornell
Fred J. Breeze
W. Floyd Anderson
Tippecanoe
John L. Quinn
Ross D. Myer
Farm migration accelerates as 1928 sees rural losses
The rural exodus from farms to cities continued in 1928 amid agricultural downturns dating to 1921. The drift reduced rural population as urban migration persisted, highlighting systemic shifts in farm communities.
Population Decline From 1909 Peak Hits 27.5 Million
The department estimates twenty years of decline with the present figure at 27,511,000 residents, down from a 1909 peak of 32,000,000. The ward rush peak occurred in 1926 when the farm area lost 649,000 people.
Indiana H s music contest for violinists and cellists
The I. U. School of Music and extension division announce a state wide high school music contest for violinists pianists and cellists. Preliminary sectional contests will be held April 20 at Terre Haute Muncie Gary Indianapolis and Bloomington. The final contest is scheduled for May 11 at Bloomington to discover and encourage musical talent among Indiana high school pupils.
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I. U. School of Music and Extension Division
Terre, Haute
Muncie
Gary
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Indiana
Stewart Reappointed Postmaster at Rossville
O B Stewart of Rossville has been commissioned for a third term as postmaster. He began his service with his first commission years ago and now continues in the role.
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O. EB. Stewart
Rossville
Steward
Reflectors urged for night vehicle safety in state
Motorists report many near misses as law requiring lights at night for all vehicles is often ignored. Buggies and farm wagons are sometimes driven without lights. reflectors meeting legal standards are cheap and transferable to any vehicle. The piece urges immediate use of proper reflectors.
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Carroll County Farm Products
Hoes Zimmerman
Monticello
R. J. Maggart
Indiana Condensed Dairy
Sheridan
J. S. Hinkle
Kempton
Zimmerman
Noblesville
Dwight Pratt
J. B. Dickison Co’s GrOcEry and MarKet
Pene
Candy Department
Carrotts
Blanco
M. Ham
Frankforts
Bolona
Monarch
Atta
J. B. Dickison CO
Delphi, Indiana
Wallis
Smiths Grocery
Abstract Co
Geo. M. Smith
Minnie Maxwell
Q. C
Ulery
Jackson Township
William ‘M. Goslee
Sherman
Nail
Yeoman
Charles B. Walker
Ross O. Rohler
Ursel B. Thompson
Amanda E. Dern
Bringhurst
Perry F
Floyd L. Stephen
Stewart
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