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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1930
Page
4
County Agent Floyd Miller urges Putnam County farmers to trim wheat production costs this fall. With weak price outlook, focus on low‑cost ground use such as soy and corn ground, firm seedbed, proper packing, and fertilizer to boost yield per bushel. Use clean, high‑quality seed to prevent losses and maximize return.
Farmers should time wheat sowing with the fly free date and weather. Fall phosphorus is essential as it stays in soil until grain formation next year. Use up to 44 percent superphosphate at 75 to 100 pounds per acre, add potash or nitrogen as needed, and rely on legumes to supply nitrogen through rotation.
In agricultural notes the author urges buyers to know soil needs and discuss needs with fertilizer dealers, warns against blanket purchases, and cautions against reducing wheat acreage where rotation requires it. The piece notes declining wheat prices and individual farm problems. In a separate report, the British steamer City of Osaka ran ashore near Buchan Ness Scotland, with 40 crew rescued by breeches buoy and 40 others awaiting recovery. no passengers aboard.
A terse notice requests calling a listing labeled lost and directs inquiries to the office. The message notes the cost is trifling and urges attention at every door in the neighborhood.
Hogs 5 500 holdovers 143 market steady to slightly lower. Ibs prices range from 9 to 10.85 with several top butchers at 10.75 to 10.85 and light hogs around 9.50. Cattle 800 calves 700 beef steers about 25 percent higher with early sales 7.50 to 10.50 and some around 12.50. Cows 4.50 to 6.50. sheep 1,000 market strong to 50 cents higher with lambs 7.50 to 8.50 and fat ewes 3 to 4.50.
A petition to abandon the Crawfordsville Lafayette and Martinsville lines of the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company was filed with the public service commission by Elmer W. Stout, the receiver. Judge Milner authorized the petition, noting the lines operated at a deficit for ten years and revenue declines of about 52 percent on Crawfordsville and Martinsville and 47 percent on Lafayette since 1909.
Chicago, Sept. 23 In a bold move William Wrigley Jr announces Rogers Hornsby will replace Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager for 1931 with a one year or longer contract. Wrigley states Hornsby salary yet to be set and aims to build a World Championship Cubs team.
Evanston Evanston Sept 23. A jailed man Eugene Moore disturbed prisoners with harmonica tunes. He played Sextet from Lucia Casey Jones and Goodbye Boys Im Through before jailers threw him out. The scene inspired a potential song narrative.
Theaters show Radio Pictures all talking drama Lawful Larceny with Bebe Daniels as a wife seeking to recover her husband from another woman. Olive Tell Lowell Sherman Parnell Pratt and Kenneth Thomson support a witty, human story of deception and retribution set in a stage adapted plot with ironic humor.
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