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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
11
The eleventh annual Swine Day at Purdue on Sept 25 will draw many farmers and hog men. The program highlights feeding wheat to hogs and compares wheat with corn while showcasing 290 experimental hogs. The event runs from 10 am at the Experimental Swine Farm near West Lafayette with lunch served by the West Lafayette M E Church.
Purdue expert Leon Todd says cull the pullets when moving them to the laying house this fall to reduce feed costs and free space. Late starters are poor layers and unhealthy birds can spread disease in close quarters. Hoosier farmers could save dollars by adopting this fall practice.
The Carroll and White County Dairy Herd Improvement Association notes 482 cows at rest including 82 dry cows with an average milk yield of 625 pounds and butterfat of 3.98 percent. Cohee and Redding lead in butterfat at 35.6 pounds per cow with lower feed costs. Directors Raymond Jones and Ralph Rinehart were elected in 1932 and Charles Hazelby will join as official tester starting October 1 with reduced testing costs.
M. J. Briggs of the Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association will speak at a Flora county wide gathering for farmers and business men on Tuesday evening September 29. He will discuss "The Farm Bureau" and "Why" and a short entertainment is planned. District and state delegates and alternates will be elected during the business session.
The report notes a record bond issue of 800 million dollars and 300 million in one year certificates at low rates, oversubscribed quickly, while the 1932 deficit nears 1.5 billion. It cites postal, construction costs and unemployment as drivers and discusses tax ideas and foreign trade as factors. Francis Bowser seeks Democratic nomination for judge in the Fifth Supreme Court district in Warsaw. Judge Travis of Kosciusko county nears completion of his second term. Bowser is IU and Harvard educated, active in the American Legion, brother to Kosciusko prosecutor George Bowser.
Judge Julius C Tarvis of the Supreme Court may face a battle as Bowser is groomed for a seat on the Indiana bench and the process moves toward a confirmation contest.
Hermitage Development Corp transfers parcels in Sunset Park to Townsend and Marquess for $1 each. Tarah Culp administrator sells Adams Township acreage to Delphi State Bank for $800. Elijah Felthoff deeds Madison Township acreage to Raymond Bougher for $1. Max Maling conveys multiple Sunset Park and Elmwood parcels for $1. Gus Hall sells Elmwood Add lots to Howard Bradshaw for $1. Forest Knight transfers 64.18 acres in Tippecanoe Township for $1300. Lorena Flora and co authors deed Jane Loman Boland Add plots in Cutler for $1500. Ora Pittsenbarger deeds Burlington plots to Geneva Pittsenbarger Huffer for $1.00.
William H. Williams of New York was named president of the Wabash Railway, succeeding James E. Taussig who resigned after eleven and a half years. Williams retains the chairmanship, a role he has held since December 1, 1915, and will oversee a railroad whose ownership mix involves the Pennsylvania system and other eastern roads. The change comes amid broader merger talks and past shifts with Missouri Pacific and Lehigh Valley interests.
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