Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 5, DeMotte, Jasper County, 31 December 1948 — Winter Farm Sessions Open At Purdue [ARTICLE]

Winter Farm Sessions Open At Purdue

State Livestock Industry Holds Spotlight First Day; Nearly 4000 Expected Indiana’s livestock industry, which last year brought $777,000,000 to Hoosier producers, held the center of the stage Monday at the opening of the annual winter Agricultural conference at Purdue. Between 500 and 600 stockmen attended the sessions of the Indiana Livestock Breeders’ association at which Charles J. Lynn, Indianapolis, a Purdue trustee and president of the association, presided. At the annual meeting of the Indiana State Dairy association, Dr. R. H. McMurtie, Huntingburg, president, was* in charge. About 250 were in attendance. Herman Ramsey, Plainfield, president of the Indiana Sheep Breeders’ association, presided at the meeting of this organization and C. O. House, Arcadia, presided at the meeting of the Indiana Draft Horse and Mule Breeders’ association. Various beef cattle and sheep breed associations were to meet during the afternoon. First Registrants First registrants for the conference were Calvin and Tony Burris, of near Evansville, who drove to West Lafayette Sunday from the Ohio river “pocket” area. Dr. G. Burton Wood of the Purdue agricultural economics staff, spke at the dairy session on the future of the dairy farm; Dr. L. A. Moore, of the dairy cattle nutrition work at Beltsville, Md., experimental farm, and Dr. B. T. Simms, chief of the federal: bureau of animal industry, spoke on the vaccination situation. Dr. J G. A. Mott of Purdue discussed recent developments in pasture research for the horsemen, and P. T. Brown, of the Purdue staff, reported on the Gold Medal Colt club, while H. C. Besuden, Winchester, Ky., spoke on sheep production and Dr. George D., Scarseth, Lafayette director of research for the American Farm Bureau federation, * discussed animal nutrition. John A. Watkins, Bloomfield, lieutenant g&vemor-eleet, was scheduled to speak at the annual' banquet of the Livestock Breeders’ association, Monday night, at which trophies and medals were to be awarded to several hundred persons. Attendance was limited to 300. Leader Recognized Randolph M. Core, of Franklin, widely-known dairy farmer and farm leader, was presented a plaque by the Indiana State Dairy association for his-.. outstanding work during the year. Mr. Core is on the advisory board of the Purdue Agricultural Experiment station and is on the board planning the International Dairy exposition to be held in Indianapolis in 1949. Corn and small grains arrived Monday .Tor the state show. Judging will gef underway Tuesday afternoon. Another important feature Tuesday will be the annual meeting of the Indiana Farm Safety council Speakers will include L. E. Hoffman, associate director of

agricultural extension; W. C. Brwn, Indianapolis, and B. D. Grussing, Minneapolis, Minn. The various farm association meetings will be held daily through Friday. W. F.' Graham expects a ■'total attendance of '3,000 to 4,000 persons.s Paul Hoffman is a Senior at Pludue this year, not a Junior as stated in last week’s issue of this paper. Wm. Recker Jr, (/ and three boy friends from Lansing, Illinois, plan to leave January 2nd for the sunny South. They expect to be gone for several months and will visit New Mexico. Arizona, and California.