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Newspaper
Indiana County Agent
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1916
Page
4
Indiana weekly note from Plainfield listing county agent publishing, executive editors R W Bridges and W W Bridges, and managerial details for the publishing company operating Saturdays in Indiana.
The article extols corn as the foundation of national prosperity and praises farmers for raising large yields. It notes that every farm in the county grows corn and urges increased production for home and country, citing Washington as a model of farming.
The Indiana Corn Growers Association offers a medal for each grower who averages one hundred bushels per acre on at least five acres and cash prizes. Ted C. Brown urges county residents to join the Five Acre Club, noting last year’s county average of 68.15 bushels per acre and calling for stronger effort.
Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman cites annual outlay of 10 000 for county agricultural science work in Dekalb Illinois. Local funding covers 3 900 of the amount with 7 600 from state and federal sources. The county bears the husky 4 000 salary for a county demonstrator and a 1 800 for an assistant. The piece questions if farming communities would support such spending without local payment.
The passage notes funds available under the agricultural extension act of 1915. Uncle Sam covers dollar for dollar the state appropriation for this purpose. It asks how much money Hendricks county spent last month to promote scientific agriculture.
At a Farmers Institute meeting Plainfield resident Frank Hanna was elected county chairman and will start duties April 1 as Chas Kurtz retires. Hanna can chair a Hendricks county Corn Club for the five acre corn contest with Purdue requirements for a local representative to handle correspondence collect $50 and oversee judging details. Interested residents should contact Frank Hanna Plainfield Ind or the Indiana County Agent to form an organization and proceed until a county agent is appointed.
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