The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-05-28

weather conditions are responsible for
the situation. Realizing the serious
condition which faces the consumer.
the Chamber of Commerce Is making
an effort 20 cooperate with the coun-
" agent in finding seed potatoes and
bringing them into the county for
planting. So far. he has been unsuc-
cessful I'm finding seed. The price OF
potatoes is SO high" he said. that the
average farmer does not care TO take
chance on planting them. The aver
age yield I'm this vicinity Is a. bush
els 10 the acre, but last year the yield
did not average over - bushels" IL
is also said that under present condi-
tons IL will cost farmer Sll4 10
produce 100 bushels OF potatoes.
Jeifersonvlle.-The completion Of
weeks test for Model Segis Erica.
member OF the IIolstein herd OF Otho
ii. Wathen, east OF this city. showed
yield Of GO pounds OF milk for the
seven days and total of 30.34 pounds
or butterfat during that period. The
test was made by l.. III. Russell OF Pur-
due and Is official. The yield OF butter
Tat is close To per cent. The cow
was MIXED four times each "a hours
during the test and ate ordinary diet.
III IN said that The yield is the highest
ever shown for any COW tested in the
state of Indiana. A yield OF 1000
pounds of milk and 40 pounds of but
ter fat month is normally regarded
ilrst-c!ass production for COW.
Warsaw.-W. l.. Tharp Of the Unit
Ell States department of agriculture
has arrived in Warsaw to begin Il soil
survey OF kOSciusko county. Togeth-
or with two assistants from Purdue
university. he will spend some time in
the county studying soils i'm every part
OF Ii. They will report TO the depart
ment of agriculture. giving an analy-
sis OF the soils found, where found,
the adaptability Of certain crops and
information as 10 fertilization. Kos
ciusko county was selected as the first
county in the north central states for
such survey.
Indianapolis the 100000 acres
approximately 255,000 acres have been
abandoned. according to the monthly
crop report. This is considerably
greater than usual on, such small
acreage and is due principally to the
ravages of the Hessian fly. A severe
winter and ice storms this spring also
did considerable damage. The con-
ditiOn Of the remaining acreage was
Go per cent of normal on May l. and
indicates crop Of 21.511,0 900 bushels.
Indianapolis of guilty were
entered by % Evansville men ar
raigned before Judge A. b. Anderson
in the federal court i'm indianapolis
OF the charge of conspiracy to COM
NIT an OffenSe against the United
States through violations Of the Reed
amendment. Pleas of not guilty were
entered by ~ Evansville defendants.
among whom were Herbert Males.
sheriff of Vandenburg county. and Ed
gar Schmitt, chief of the Evansville
police department.
apolis.-Harry c. Moore OF
Marion was chosen grand commander
of the grand commandery, Knights
Templars Of Indiana. at the closing
session OF the siXty-siXth annual con-
cave at indianapolis. He succeeds
Henri Il. Condo, Raper commandery
No. /, Indianapolis who retires. Eu
gene Natet Of Muncie became deputy
grand commander and George A. New
house of New Albany grand generals
simo.
Embellishments county's Monte
Carlo is gone. \ large house on hill
top just west of New Philadelphia, 4
short distance over the Marion coun-
" line was visited recently by John
Mulvihill. sheriff; Charles Night. city
marshall; Ora Myers, mayor of Green
field. and four federal prohibition Off
GERS No liquor was found, but ex-
pensive and elaborate gambling APP
paratuS was destroyed.
indianapolis orders have
been issued by the headquarters de-
partment of the Indiana G.. a. Il. rela-
tive To the forty-frst annual encamp-
ment Of the organization 10 be held in
Bloomington May % TO pa.
AndersOn-MadisOn county farmers
report that there will not be more
than 40 per cent of the normal wheat
crop in Madison county because Of
smaller acreage and Damage by the
Hessian fly.
Hartford City.-One thousand nine
hundred and thirty-one persons of
school age, fixed by law at from six
70 twenty-One. were listed in here this
wear. This is an increase of nine over
last year.
Greenfield.-The sale of rice in
stores at Greenfield has increased
more than 100 per cent. Many fam
lilies have refused to buy potatoes at
the high price. and are using rice in
stead.
Lowell-The population of Lowell.
aow 1877. has decreased So. loss OF
81 per cent in the last ten years, ac-
cording 70 the government census re-
ports.
Muncie-An examination of Della
ware county fruit trees by the agri-