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Newspaper
Indiana County Agent
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1914
Page
4
Editorial laments the Plainfield public school grounds once a hill side park now eroded and degraded. It laments missing sod, a decaying cement wall, and buried sidewalks predicting rapid erosion if no action is taken, urging swift cleanup to preserve neighborhood pride.
The report notes an investment of $40,000 currently faces depreciation of at least 20 percent. The setback impacts asset value and future financial planning for the project.
Our Chautauqua has come and gone and you may be enjoying yours now or may look forward to it. It brings a vacation to your door a week with delightful people merriment and fun a week without toil and a time for renewal of friendship with neighbors. It is an entertainment not a mere show but a season of oratory music and laughter. It will make you forget worries improve ideals and give civic pride.
The 156 county agents reporting to the US Department of Agriculture in 1913 show direct benefits worth millions to farmers in their counties. They built 1,804 silos, improved 617 farm buildings, installed 40 water systems, and enhanced home grounds on 597 farms. They oversaw cattle purchases, dairy testing, hog vaccinations, and provided detailed management and rotation plans for thousands of farms.
The text notes county agents overseen lime use on 271 acres home mixed fertilizers on 4333 acres and commercial fertilizers on 5462 acres. Much county work is immeasurable in dollars yet the measurable value exceeds 1.5 million dollars. Each county agent in 1913 added indirect returns of about 10000 to farmers’ incomes.
The Department of Agriculture selects Hendricks county among fifteen Midwestern counties for hog cholera control. Two experts and a team begin work this month using serum from Ames Iowa and Purdue with commercial serum tested. A $500000 federal appropriation funds the program, including $25000 for Hendricks county, chaired by Congressman Ralph Moss. Local farmers gain free vaccination and treatment for their herds.
Reported practice in London places a cork in the bed as a crude preventive for cramp. The method drew attention as an odd superstition amid common remedies.
Marion county agriculture officials announce July 9 10 as alfalfa days with tours from the courthouse to local fields. A Purdue University expert will join H J Stephens to review farms progress and suggest profitable practices. Afternoon meetings on farms near interurban lines will feature talks on alfalfa growing. Participants on morning trips must provide their own transportation.
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