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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1933
Page
4
Farm Extension News outlines 16 percent wheat acreage cuts for adjustment payments, with September 25 filing deadline for W-2a forms and related certificates. Indiana county directors listed. notices on seed treatment, Hessian fly risk, and local seed buyers. Parkoff seed wheat sales noted in Marion Center.
County Wheat Committee requires 15 percent of average wheat acreage to be left idle and plainly staked for measurement. Idle land may host soil improvement crops only. no crop may be grown for home use or horse feed by those who previously grew the material. Applicants must submit form W-2a and sign copies. deadline September 25. Contracts to follow.
County Agent Warner does not recommend treating seed wheat for smut in Indiana county since stinking smut has not appeared locally. He notes the disease is destructive in the southeastern part of the state, but currently absent here.
Eight rural county groups enroll in the County Dramatics tournament led by Miss Marie Shields of Blacklick township listing Meyers Literary Society Ma honing Grange Home Grange Gordon Dramatics Club Success Grange Brushvalley Grange Brushvalley Community Chorus and Armstrong Grange. The district winners then meet Harrisburg in January at the State Farms Products Show.
Purkoff seed wheat, a Russian variety, was introduced into Indiana county three years ago. It is highly winter hardy and suitable for areas with severe winter conditions. County Agent Warner recommends it for late planting when early seeding isn’t possible, including fields that are delayed in potato or corn crops.
The 1982 US potato harvest is the shortest since 1921 with estimates near 293 million bushels. Indiana County reports fair local crops but northern states suffer drought and rot from late rains. Prices rise as shortages persist, while state crops in Michigan Minnesota New York Maine Ohio show significant declines. County horse shoe pitching prelims set for September 22 at Cockport Fair, with finals October 7 at Brush Valley and state show in Harrisburg next January.
A rider describes years of free wheeling in a Model T by lifting feet off the pedals to coast. The account emphasizes simple driving tricks from a bygone era and practical motor skills.
A chart shows United States wheat stocks climbing past 360 million bushels under import restrictions. Germany imposes the highest duty at 1.62 per bushel, Italy 1.074, France 0.86. Even with a poor U.S. crop this year, stocks may approach 200 million bushels next year, with carryover around 360 million if unchanged.
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service shows the August 16 index at 90, up from 88 July 15, with dairy prices rising due to milk costs and commodity purchases lifting prices. In Pennsylvania farm markets, the dollar value slipped as costs for commodities rose from 407 to 112, while the Cookport Fair features a Colt Show with several weight-based medal awards and judges for livestock and kitchen products.
The sixth annual Ram Sale in Indiana county features twenty four Hamp shire Shropshire and Southdown rams including yearlings two and three year olds and some ram lambs. The sale starts at 1 00 pm on Tuesday September 26 with Col Robert Peebles of New Castle as auctioneer offering outstanding blood at the buyer's price.
Dairy meeting arranged by Purina Mills field representative C EB with Mr. White at the Indiana County Home Friday September 22 at 7 30 pm D N Van Pelt national dairy authority will attend All dairymen invited Bring dairy problems Forest products rank fourth in value among Southern farm crops in 1930
Canada and the United States signed an agreement restricting industrial water diversion at Niagara Falls. The U S side may use up to 820000 cubic feet per second and the Canadian side up to 86000. The aim is to preserve the falls’ beauty and maintain lake levels as water is drawn below the upper river.
A planetarium is an hemispherical auditorium where a starry sky is projected onto an inverted bowl ceiling. The device shows constellations with mathematical precision while a lecture explains astronomy, making the venue a school theater and motion picture all in one.
After years lost a tapestry claimed to be France’s most valuable was located in a dusty closet at the Church of St. Eustache in Paris. The rediscovery followed legends in ecclesiastical circles of a hidden art cloth. On view at the church it bears the Bourbon arms entwined with palms with roses on the edges.
The Colosseum began under Vespasian on Nero’s site and opened under Titus in A D 86. It originally had three arcaded stone stories and a wooden upper gallery later rebuilt in stone in the third century. It likely seated 40 000 to 60 000, with a 615 by 510 foot ellipse and a 281 by 75 foot arena, and stood about 100 feet tall to its stone screen wall.
The term fagging refers to a junior boy performing menial duties for a gentor with school approval. Historically fags cared for boots, clothes, meals and hours, while later duties included errands, tea service, cleaning, and light fielding in cricket or football, indicating a shift toward lighter tasks.
The Lido near Venice helped spawn the city as German invasions in the fifth century A D drove inhabitants to seek refuge on the sand islands between the Vido and the mainland. This chain of islands facilitated defense against naval attacks and gave rise to present Venice.
The passage notes the United States leading modern inventions, followed by Great Britain, Germany, and France. It highlights Americans as dominant in electricity, aviation, submarines, and telephony across the last half century, while British leads dominated the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
A week of local weddings unfolds including Miss Nelle Heller and William Wiggins marrying September 7 at Vandergrift First Presbyterian Church. Both couples establish homes in local towns with careers linked to regional industry and education, reflecting community prominence.
Mr and Mrs M Reitz of Homer City announce the marriage of daughter Helen Trane Reitz to Philip L Marshall of Leechburg. They wed September 6 in Wellsburg West Virginia and will reside in New Kensington.
Marriage announced for George A Coury of Homer City and Miss Louise Thomas of Steubenville occurred September 10 at the bride’s parents home. They plan to reside in Homer City. Engagement announced for Emma C Smith of Homer City to Anthony M Pisek of Cleveland with a fall wedding planned. A business magnate opinion quotes about finding what people want and then cornering it.
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