Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1919 — FROM HERE AND THERE IN INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

FROM HERE AND THERE IN INDIANA.

Two hundred and seventeen hens were handled during the four culling demonstrations held recently in Clinton county and seventy-four were thrown out as culls. The attendance at the four meetings totaled 122. Twenty-one at the demonstrations with a total of 1,595 birds, signed cards agreeing to do their own culling. Since the -four regularly scheduled demonstrations, which were conducted by the poultry specialists from Purdue university, County Agent Calvin Perdue has arranged for four other demonstrations. Charles Hendry, a 14 year old member of the Newton Pure-Bred Hereford Gals club, which has been promoted ■ for the last two years by Warren T. McCray, of Kentland, •is fitting two calves which he will show at the international livestock exposition at Chicago, November 29 to December 6. Young Hendry’s calves made the greatest gains of any in the club, which recently concluded a successful contest. Between 3,000 and 4,000 persons attended a tractor demonstration held recently in Parke county. Colfax township, the township with the lowest amount of taxables in Newton county, dedicated the first consolidated school of the county, thus combining all the schools of We !owiishifv giving"lKe tumufopthe best educational facilities in the county^ The Tippecanoe Boy’s Hereford Calf club recently concluded its work with a sale of the calves. Four boys sold their calves for $515 each, one for SSOO, one for S4OO and another for $240. In the open classes at the county fair one of the breeders showing a calf club animal won first place.