The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-02-24
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more than 100 health education or
CARNATIONS throughout the United
States.
Indianapolis-G NcCray has
reappointed John L. Norman. of
Knox. to the board OF trustees Of the
Duncan, OF Cloverdals, TO the board
Of trustees of the State Sanatorium
Mrs. Duncan is the wife of Estes
Duncan. state senator. who now is
/ secretary of the board of trustees Of
the state teachers pension fund.
indianapolis for the state
convention of the Indiana League Of
I Women Voters were made 81 the Feb
ruary meeting of the board of d.
rectOrs at Indianapolis The dates
were changed 10 May o. 10 and IL.
1t will be held at Terre Haute. \
meeting OF the board OF directors
Tuesday afternoon. May 9, will pre-
/ cede the formal opening Tuesday eve
ming, when national speakers viii be
/ present.
/ Observation-Disclosures ranks twelfth in
total number OF cattle and tenth in
! purebred registered dairy cattle in
/ the United States. There are 946,-
/ f01 dairy cattle i'm Indiana, of which
/ 27C00 are of milking age. There are
/ 21,115 purebred registered dairy
cattle, or 2.33 per cent OF all dairy cat
/ tie in the state In the north central
/ states, including Ohio, Indiana, llli-
/ nois. Michigan and Wisconsin there are
| 2S9.s $50 purebred registered dairy cat
tie, which is 5.3 per cent of the total
/ number of dairy cattle listed.
/ COnnersvllle-ASse that the fl
/ nancial situation in the United States
/ does not justify at present the giving
of a bonus TO former soldiers of the
/ World war, the Fayette county farm
/ bureau adopted resolution oppos
( ing the plan. The action was taken
! at county conference in COnnersville
! of the officials of all township units
/ and they also advised 80 per cent
/ reduction in the appraised valuation
I OF farm land and expressed a deter
4 minatiOn 10 bring about a reduction
/ in taxes.
Indianapolis.-De Development of agri-
cultural interests in southern Indiana
will be discussed at a conference of
! farmers of five counties with Governor
/ McCray and representatives Of Pur-
i due university at Huntingburs, Feb
ruary 2S. Farmers from Crawford.
/ Perry. Wardick, Dubois and Pike coun-
! ties viii attend the meeting The gov
ernOr has asked the advisory com
mittee of the Purdue experiment sta
/ ton TO give special attention to the
needs of farmers in southern Indiana.
| Development of the poultry and dairy
+ interests Will be discussed at the meet
Ing A proposal for the university to
i establish model farms in the district
will also be considered.
Petersburg sugar water
weather has caused number of
camps in Pike county to open. This
seasons output is expected 10 be much
larger than last years run. A camp
three miles west Of Petersburg. has
been operating Tor some time and the
run has already exceeded last years
! output Farmers are still holding
their wheat and corn. Many farmers
now believe wheat will advance TO
$1.50 a bushel 10y April l. Little corn
is being sold and then only To feeders
who are paying from cents to 10
cents more a bushel than the market
price. The corn cribs in Pike county
are full Of corn and nearly all farmers
have engaged in stock raising and are
feeding their surplus corn. Carloads
/ of cattle and feeding hogs are being
/ shipped to this county. and there are
more feeding cattle and hogs IN Pike
county now then in years.
Lafayette Seventeen Indiana dairy
men have herds which qualified FOR
! the 3OO-p0und COW club last year. ac-
cording TO announcement made by f.
A. Cannon, OF the dairy extension
staff of Purdue university, VINO has
/ charge of the COW testing association
work. OF the Il. four won gold med
ais for having seven or more COWS
which produced 800 pounds of butter
4 fat or more during the pear; three won
silver medals for herd of eight or
more in the 4OO-pound class. and ten
won the bronze medals with ten or more
COWS each producing more than 500
pounds each. For the second year
/ the Gossard breeding estates, Martins
Vile. was in the jO0-p0und class. or
among the gold medal winners. with
/ II head of Ayrshires. At Purdue
university. u head of the herd com
posed of the four leading dairy breeds
jumped from 400 10 the 5O0-pound
/ class: !. \. Driscol. Liberty. had seven
Jerseys In the gold medal list and c.
/ VI. BOttema * Sons, Indianapolis, had
nine of their Hoisteins above the 800
mark. The silver medal winners. or
4OO-pound herds. were Morgan Bros
Chesterton. with - Holsteins Dan
Haxton. Hobart. ten HOlSteinS. and
j. f. McCuuoch. Charlestown, eight
Jerseys.
IndianapOlis.-The right OF the state
10 issue Il mortgage against property
OF which 1t is trustee will have to
be decided in court in order TO de-
termine whether the 81 COCOON bond