Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1918 — Indiana County Agent News. [ARTICLE]

Indiana County Agent News.

T. R. Isaacs has been appointed county agricultural agent of Benton county with headquarters at Fowler. His new duties began January 16. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1915 and for the past two years has been head of the agricultural department of the high school at Decatur, 111. V. V. Clark has been appointed county agricultural agent in Mar- j shall county with headquarters at Plymouth. His new duties began | January 1. For the past four months he has been Emergency Demonstration agent for Marshall and Kosciusko counties. He graduated froth Furdue University, class of 1917. Week Ending Dec. 22. L. M. Butler, Knox County.— “Twenty five head of Holstein heifers from Michigan have been received by the First National Bank. The heifers were bred to freshen within a few weeks and two of them freshened while enroute to Vincennes. At the time of distribution there were three fresh cows having heifers calves. These were all grade stock. Several were sold to farmers and 12 were given out to boys. They sold from slOl to $135 at time of distribution. They were insured and the boys gave their notes with parental security for one year at 6 per cent interest. R. A. Chitty, Montgomery County.—“ This county now has a committee organized in every township to continue the campaign for greater hog production. A survey of the entire county to determine the number of hogs on hand is being completed.

A. D. Cobb, Jackson County.— “A very successful corn and poultry show was held as a wind-up of the year’s work in connection with the Farmers’ Institute. There were about 1000 ears of corn shown and about 100 birds. The seed corn and poultry auction held in the afternoon of the last day was very successful. The success of the show is largely due to the fact that it was backed by the business men of the town and who supported it financially.” J. D. Harper, Laporte County.— “The Farm Loan Association has applied for a charter and the organization is now complete. In spite of the advance of interest rates, a great number of farmers are inquiring about loans and from present indications, the enrollment will be doubled. There are 22 members with a subscription of SIOO,OOO. Week Ending Dec. 29. C. A. Buechner, Starke County.— “About 1400 bushels of old corn have been located in the county and will be great help to the farmers who have no seed corn.” H. J. Clinebell, Vigo County.— “I accompanied the committee from the Rotary Club of Terre Haute.in a visit to a farm in Riley township to inspect it preparatory to using it for a training camp for the members of the Boys’ Working Reserve. The city boys will be sent out to that farm for three weeks intensive training before they, will be ready to go out and help the farmers. The prospects now indicate that the farmers will take to this trained labor better than the inexperienced labot last summer.” Stewart Learning, Jasper County. “Some time has been spent in getting and testing 32 soil samples for acidity tests. About 25 per cent were found to be extremely acid.”

F. A. Loew, Huntington County. -—“Toured the county to call on the pure bred Shorthorn breeders in the interests of the. organization of an association. The interest was good and without an exception the breeders are ready to organize” R. R. Marshall, Gibson County.— “One week was given to the Red Cross campaign. The statement had often been made that our farmers were not supporting the various campaigns. The results of the campaign show that the farmers of this county have a larger percentage of members according to the population than the towns and villages.” I. J. Matthews, Pulaski County.— “Hereford Cattle Breeders in annual meeting decided to continue advertising and made plans on cooperation work with other county associations to the extent of hiring a field secretary, salary to be paid jointly.” G. E. Metzger, Elkhart County.— “A lambing off demonstration on the farm of Ira Myers was closed on December 26 with a total gain of thirty pounds per lamb. A return of $922 for the 20 acres of soft corn which were consumed. Lambs were turned into the corn on October 10 and shipped December 26. There were 282 head at the beginning of the experiment and 278 at the close, making a loss of four lambs.”