Steady Rise in Indiana Grain Yields Cited by Growers Association
Lafayette Indiana November 28 corn wheat and oats have shown a steady yield increase over the last thirty years per the nineteenth annual Indiana Corn Growers Association report sent to 2 506 members. The report notes ongoing improvements in soil fertility crop rotation and farming methods and urges continued effort to boost state yields. A portion of members will attend the state corn show and farmers short course in Purdue January 12 and 17.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Corr
Indiana
Never Fail Poultry Tone Scam Reported in Bluffton
Sheriff Gehrett warns of a smooth talking man selling Never Fail Poultry Tone. He offers a bottle per hen in exchange for hens and promises future egg and chick buybacks. The Bluffton Banner notes the incident at the French farm east of the city where ten hens and ten bottles were taken.
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Bluffton
Potato shortage prompts 7500 bushels bought for members
Allen County Farmers Association purchases 7 500 bushels of Michigan potatoes for members at 1 50 a bushel creating a savings of about 2 25 per deal. Indiana husker Ross Lafayette Edward Lockhard claims top state record with 635 bushels in five days.
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Allen County Farmers’ Association
Michigan
Ross
Lafayette
Edward Lockhard
Romney
Tippecanoe County
Indiana
Lockhard
Fred Kuntzwiler
Ernest Parke
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Local Resident
Van Buren Mr D E M Beekman of Elm Street testifies four years ago kidney pain and frequent secretions eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought them at Paxton's Drug Store and says the remedy corrected the disorder and relieved the pains. Price 60c at all dealers Foster Milburn Co.
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van Buren
D. E. M. Beekman
Elm Street
Doan
Paxton’s
Made Gorn King of United States
Peter J. Lux of Shelbyville Indiana won the championship and sweepstakes on a twenty ear sample of Johnson County White corn to be crowned corn king of the United States. Lux receives cash premiums and a $250 trophy from the Corn Products Manufacturers Association. He competed with J B Hamilton W J Alrey and C E Troyer as rivals. W R Butler of Kokomo was noted as a former agricultural agent.
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Chicago
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
United States
Johnson County
Lux
Corn Products Manufacturers Association
J. B. Hamilton
W. J. Alrey
Attica
C. E. Troyer
LaFontaine
W. R. Butler
Kokomo
Madison County
Buckeye Ear Wins Sweepstakes in Ohio Show
John Roads of Bainbridge Ohio defeated Butler to take the single ear championship while Roads also showed the best white ear. Judges awarded the sweepstakes ribbon to the white corn ear from the Buckeye state.
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John Roads
Bainbridge
Ohio
Butler
Roads
Buckeye
Tomato contracts set at fifteen dollars per ton
Tuesday the Snider Preserve Company settled with growers for the past season and began taking contracts for tomatoes for the coming year at fifteen dollars per ton, per the Fairmount News.
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Snider Preserve Company
Fairmount News
Farmowner Prohibits Trespass During Hunting Season
Community farm owner 4914 Rosa Bollhoefner warns against trespassing on her property during hunting season and at all times, asserting clear restrictions to protect land.
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Rosa Bollhoefer
Mr Dibbgle Keffer Buys Good Farm Near Van Buren
Biddle Keffer purchased the 40 acre farm of Mrs Anna Reudlinger southwest of Van Buren the day before Thanksgiving. The sale was made through the Nelson DePoy Real Estate Service. The item is described as a good farm and the paper suggests Keffer has much to be thankful for in years to come.
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Biddle Keffer
Anna Reudlinger
Nelson-DePoy Real
Nelson-DePoy Real Estate Co
News-Eagle Office
van Buren
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