Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-12
HOGS, POULTRY,
COWS AND CORN.
PURDUE TOPICS
r. L. Holman of Hope Wins
State Corn Show
HOnOrS.
DAIRY MARKETING PLAN

LAFAYETTE, Ina, Jan. 12.-Meetfnss
and programs or tnv Indiana livestock
4 Breeders Association, the Indiana Veg
etabIe Growers Association, the Indiana
State Dairy Association and the indiana
Home Economics Association featured
the Thursday program at the farmers
short course at Purdue University. With
the placing of the ribbons and announce
ment of awards yesterday in the state
corn show, the best show In the history
of the State interest turned to other
channels.
r.. L. Holman of Hope Bartholomew
County won grand sweepstakes honors
of the corn show with 4 ten ear sample
of Johnson County white corn, which
yielded 7S.5 bushels to the acre in the
Indiana fvc-acre corn growing contest
He won the biggest prize over the sweep
stakes sample Of yellow corn shown by
John Lux Of Bridgeport Hendricks
County, and the mixed corn shown by
Ralph KOlkmeier of WaldrOn, Shelby
County. Sweepstakes in the single ear
class went to W. 2. Foster, West Point,
Tippecanoe County, on sample OF Reds
Yellow Dent corn.
TALK ON LIVE
STOCK MARKETING.
The program for the stockmen opened
with an address by L. J. Barker Of
Thorntown, president Of the association,
who was followed by Dean J. II. Skin
ner Of Purdue, on the livestock market
ing plan offered by the American Farm
Bureau The st0ckmen then were shown
some of the animals on the Purdue farm.
". J. Carmichael of the National Swine
Growers Association spoke on 1.-The
in Il
more attention to swine production prob
lens and support for progressive live
stock movements.
Dr.. r. c. Julien, State veterinarian,
spoke before the dairymen on the tuber-
culosis testing of cattle in the State.
There are now 56S herds of cattle fully
accredited, more than half Of which are
Of the dairy breed. These 56S herds
comprise 1874 cattle There are 6,SO7
herds on test, comprising 44,075 head of
cattle and there are 1923 herds under
supervision, comprising 76,24S head
More than. $500 herds are on the waiting
list for the first test" said Dr. Julien.
COOPERATIVE
MARKETING OF MILK.
H. f. Schilling, Mortified, MINI. de-
scribed the cooperative marketing of
milk by the Twin Cities Milk Producers
Association, OF which he is president.
and how it had brought more money TO
The producer at no greater cost to the
consumer Arthur q. Smith Of the
American Farm Bureau spoke on adver-
Using dairy products and 7. L. Wann
OF Purdue told of the milk campaigns
in Indiana. p. II. Crane. secretary OF
the Indiana Farmers Federation. spoke
on the dairy marketing plan OF the In
diana Farmers Federation.
Before the vegetable men. melon pro
duction was discussed by W. E LON
mel, j. J. Davis and VI. W. Gardner. and
cabbage production 10y II. D. Brown,
Nj. Davis and Nc. Garduer, taking up
production, disease and insect control
problems. s. D. Conner spoke on fer
tilizers used for vegetables. W. S. Roe
buck of Ft Wayne, who irrfcates fifty
acres Of his truck farm. spoke on sthe
value Of irrigation. and II. D. Brown told
Of the success attained by the university
with irrigation NJ. W. Gardner discussed
disease control of vegetables.
Dean Mary L. Sweeney Of the Mich
iSan Agricultural College, and Mrs.
Charles W. Sewau of Ottert Elm were the
principal speakers before the Home Eco
Monies Association. Mrs Sewau urged
the formation of county home bureaus to
work in cooperation with the farmers as
sociations in the improvement of rural
homes.
INDIANA. FALLS IN
TURKEY PRODUCTION.
The number of turkeys raised in In
diana shows a loss of 30 per cent in the
last ten years, and Indiana has dropped
from third to eleventh place as a tur-
key raising State" said Harry \. Axtell