Farmers urged to speed farm improvements and road building
Rural districts push building as farm products rise in value and demand for materials grows. Officials urge immediate road and facility projects to sustain business, noting unlikely cost cuts and the need to absorb higher prices postwar. Campaigns in several states promote barn, silo, and milk house construction with federal support.
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Fisher
Yale University
Missouri
Oregon
Colorado
Agriculture Colleges
Wisconsin
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
South Dakota
Kentucky
Ohio
Texas
Iowa
Division of Public Works
América
Europe
Omaha
Neb
Public support urged for road building and jobs drive
A call from promoters for private competition and business restoration urges immediate resumption of prosperity in the Wanuga States. Leaders warn against wage cuts, stressing road construction and inland trade growth as key to lifting unemployment with federal and state cooperation and citizen backing.
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Shipulf
Ms i
Washington
Theta
Planning for More Poultry Culling Demonstrations
County extension officials announce expanded poultry culling demonstrations this fall after last year’s strong interest. Purdue’s Mr. Carrick returns August 11 and 13 to lead sessions, with plans to cover the entire week surrounding those dates and broadcast details in the farm pages.
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Carrick
Purdue
Daiess
Warning on Bee Starvation Threat Amid Food Shortage
Dr E G Baldwin warns that bees nationwide, especially in Indiana, face starvation with many colonies dying or exhausted stores. Immediate feeding is urged for all colonies that have less than two frames of honey and any combs of last year’s honey before winter.
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E. G. Baldwin
U. S
Indiana
Method for 101.6 Bushels of Corn Per Acre From Indiana Fields
C L Constable of Goonara Indiana shares his procedure for growing twenty five acres yielding 101.6 bushels per acre in a state contest. He details soil, planting date May 12, fertilizer, seed strains Reid Yellow Dent, seed spacing, cultivation method, root observation, and a projected $126 per acre from a five acre plot. He notes entrance rules for the Indiana Corn Growers Association contest with a June 15 enrollment deadline.
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Goonara
Indiana
Constable
Josiah G. Allen
Nelle Allen
Reid
Newton County
Purdue
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Best Bee Assn Instate Meets In Daviess County Beekeepers
The Daviess County Beekeepers Association held an all day demonstration and basket dinner at Lew Core's home near Elnora on May 25. About 75 members attended as Yost Wallace and Scott bee specialists spoke, demonstrated swarm control and brood treatment, and praised Navies County’s local group as the state’s best and largest beekeepers association.
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Daviess County
Beekeepers’ Association
Lew Core
Elnora
Yost
Wallace
Sco't
Core
Naviess County
Bee Keepers
Prize Calf Story From Linton Farm Sparks Curiosity
Henry Kramer of the area north of Linton describes a calf raised with a human caretaker and mixed with swine and cattle in a unusual feeding set up. The tale raises questions about the calf flavor if butchered, weighing Betty or porky possibilities.
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Henry Kramer
Linton
Mr. Kramer
Idary
Rooster Week Prompts Farmers Sell or Confine Males
County notice urges farmers to sell or confine all roosters this week to prevent fertility in eggs during hot months. Offers one cent per pound premium to incentivize disposal. Tips include clean nests, twice daily egg gathers, and cooling storage, with six tons of roosters sold last Rooster Week in Daviess County.
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Daviess County
Wheat smut outbreak grows in Daviess county fields
Loose smut of wheat appears this time of year with heads turning into a black mass of spores rather than normal grain. County agent reports many fields showing high infection levels across the district.
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Daviess County
Seed disease and pest control in garden crops discussed
The article notes a 46 percent yield loss from a disease in seed wheat and outlines challenges in treatment. It mentions small county plots showing reduced infection with partial success and advises farmers to source seed from fields with minimal disease while reporting favorable fields. It also recalls past potato beetle remedies and promotes simple, inexpensive tools for applying garden pest controls.
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Daviess County
Big farmers urged to attend Worthington field demo
A large crowd of farmers is expected for the eighth annual demonstration at the Worthington experiment field, next Saturday at 2 p m. The event promotes a farming system claimed to maximize soil yields and profits, with reach via I V or E I railroads and good roads from Worthington.
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Worthington
Daviess County Farmers Eye State Organization
Ten Daviess County farmers attended a Bloomfield meeting two weeks ago with state farmers representatives. They showed enthusiasm for joining the state organization in the fall and discussed practical garden helpers like birds and toads in insect control.
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Daviess County
Bloomfield
State Federation
Plowing match set for July in Oakland City with expanded events
Daviess County directors decide to hold the second safe plowing match on Tuesday July 29 in Oakland City. Events include toys under sixteen boys under eighteen walking sulky gang and tractor plows. Registration starts 9 a.m. Food and refreshments will be served. Competition opens to ten southern Indiana counties and draws a large crowd.
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Oakland City
Ind
Pocket Plowing Association
Southern Indiana
Daviess
Dubois
Gibson
Knox
Mar . Perry
Pike
Pusey
Spencer
Vanderburg
Warrick
Ray A. Graham
Evansville
Fred Stimson
Huntingburg
S. Grant
Blake Lamb
Petersburg
Dean W . Anderson
The
Cronbach
Industrial School
A. L. An
Oakland City College
Special farmer meeting on soil fertility at Worthington
A Worthington Greene county field event tests corn wheat and clover rotations on grey kilt loam soil. Purdue experiment station aims to show profitable fertilization and lime use with questions on rock phosphate, readily available phosphate, and returning plant residues. Farmers can learn expected money returns and practical answers at the session.
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Daviess County
Purdue
Worthington
Greene County
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C. L. Constable
Core's
Worthington Experiment Field
Pockk Rowing Association
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