Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. MAKES PLEA FOR LIVE STOCK G. I. Christie In Address at Banquet in Indianapolis Telia Farmers to Raise More and Better k Cattle. Indianapolis, March 21.—Hpeaklng before 600 members of the Indiana Beef aqd Dairy Cattle Breed associations other stockmen and their guests from adjoining states at n banquet at Tomlinson hull, a forerunner of the stute-wide live stock rally, G. I. Christie, assistant secretary of agriculture, made a plea for the keeping of more and better live stock and the more geneful adoption of better methods of management on Hoosier farms. His address, which wus filled with stories of success taken from actual cases in tills state, served as an Inspiration for the keeping of more animals of u higher type. Govei 1 >r Goodrich, who called the rally, presided as toastmaster and Introduced Professor Christie and the other speakers which included Gov. Frank (). Lowden, Illinois; Charles A. Greqthouse, Mount Vernon; Fred Purnell, Attica; M. E. Foley, chairman of state council of defense; Ralph W. Moss, Center Point; Warren T. McCray, Kentland; Charles N. Lindley, Salem; D. D. Aitken, dairyman, Flint, Mich., - and Mayor Jewett, who welwned the stockmen to Indianapolis. “More and better live stock will make Indiana agriculture more permanent and profitable,” said Professor Christie. “Evidences from thousands of farms prove tids statement. A survey of 100 farms in central Indiana shows farmers are marketing more and more of their crops through live stock. In 1913 54 per cent of the total farm receipts were from live stock and 40 per cent from the sale of crops, while In 1917, four years later, 70 per cent of the total receipts were from livestock and 25 per cent from crops.”