The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-11-12


me local market has an unusually high
standing in the receipts this year COM
pared with the same time last year. In
the combined receipts of live stock OF
all Kinds at indianapolis. the loss so
far this year, compared with 1919. is
fewer than 5000, or less than one-sixth
OF per cent, and the average loss at
~ markets, Indianapolis included. is
34o,S4o, or per cent. At the - mar
kets SO far this year, 26.020.000 hogs,
ll.2'O,OOO cattle and 12,614,OO0 sleep
were received. q decrease of 2.S12.9O0
hogs, 1,63IOOO cattle and 2,375.0OO
sheep, respectively, compared with the
corresponding time year ago.
indianapolis. - Fifty-two per cent
more documents were filed with the
secretary of state in the fiscal year,
ended September 80, than in the pre-
vlous year, according 10 L. III. Wolf
ard, assistant secretary of state. He
accounts for the Increase in business
by the increase in new corporations
forming, reorganization of old ones and
by increases in capitalizations. The in
creased business resulted in the coll
lection of $437. 800 in fees, exclusive OF
the automobile department. The sum
is almost twice the corresponding sum
for 1919. The administration of the
department cost $13.911, which was
S3SS less than the available appropria-
ton.
South Bend.-Automobile and auto
mobile parties are playing havoc with
the poor of the cities in northern In
diana and southern Michigan for the
reason that they are preventing farm
ers from bringing apples, potatoes and
other fall products TO the city for sale.
Hundreds of machines start out daily
Tor the farms. These automobile par
ties going to the producer and paying
cash for his products m kes it unnec-
essary for the farmers 10 bring the
stuff into the city and therefore the
average man who does not possess a
machine is this year missing the op-
portunity to fill his fruit and vegetable
cellers except ut high prices.
Lawrenceburg.-The Bruce brothers.
breeders of dairy cattle have a plain
black Jersey COW with q record OF
IOI.7 pounds of butterfat in a wear.
on the stock farm in Hogan township.
The COW is the first in Indiana to pro-
duce more than 700 pounds of butter
rat i'm year in regular COW testing
association, according to the announce
ment received by the Dearborn county
farm agent from the dairy extension
men of Purdue university. The COW
is nine years old and at no time during
the year has she been MIXED more
than twice a day or received special
attention
vansville.-FarmerS of Vanderburg
county met to discuss the steady de-
cline in the prices of farm products.
1t was decided that the farmers will
continue to hold their wheat until a
better price has been offered. Co-oper-
ative buying OF food. fuel and other
essentials was suggested at the meet
ing. Another suggestion made at the
meeting was that the members of the
Farm Improvement association should
boycott all farmers who had refused to
join the association after being asked.
Columbus, O.-Plans for handling
emergency coal requirements in In
diana, Ohio and Michigan were made
here at q conference of coal an drail-
road officials and a representative Of
the Ohio state public utilities commits
sion. Coal dealers in those states un-
able to obtain supplies for their trade
are asked TO notify B. f. Nigh, Column
bus. secretary of the Michigan Ohio
Indiana Coal association. who has been
authorized to rush coal to that terri
tory.
COlumbus.-C. NJ Job. agricultural
agent for Bartholomew county, says he
is receiving many reports of damage
already done TO the new wheat i'm the
county by the Hessian>fy The farm
ers of the county did not begin sowing
wheat until October 3, hoping that the
late sowing would prevent damage
from the fly. Because of the unsteady
wheat market and the high cost Of pro-
duction the wheat acreage In Bartholo-
new county is more than % per cent
short this year.
Greenfield.-Farmers Of the Green
field section have begun cribbng one
OF the heaviest corn yields in the his
tory of the county. Because of the
scarcity and high price of labor corn
husking machines are being used ex-
cluSively. The heaviest yield of. corn
is reported by William Bassett. who
gathered 775 bushels from ten acres.
The ground is first bottom and had
been rested two years.
Noblesville.-At a recent sale OF
Shorthorn cattle southwest OF here. 81
head brought S30,455. an average Of
$3.50 a head. Buyers were present from
most of the Central states and some
from South America. One-third of the
cattle sold will be shipped TO South
America for breeding purposes. The
highest priced animal in the sale was
White Bessie and her six-weeks-old
calf, sold for So go.
Swarthmore. Pa-Dr. Joseph Swain