Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1917 — FORM A BIG FARM COMPANY [ARTICLE]

FORM A BIG FARM COMPANY

Murdoch*; Consolidate Management ' of About 5.000 Acres. Lafayette, January 29. —Farming and stock raising on a big scale is contemplated in the organization of th© Murdock Farms company here, with Charles E. Corey as general manager. Charles M. Murdock of Samuel T.‘ Murdock of Indianapolis and their sister, Mrs. Mary Murdock Corey, own about 5,000 acres of land in Tippecanoe, White, Newton and Jasper counties. All these farms, by the organization of the new company, will be brought under one management. The company is capitalized at |500,000. Mr. Corey, the president and general manager, is the husband of Mrs. Mary Murdock Corey and formerly was general manager of the Wallace-Hag-enbeck circus.