The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 January 1969 — Page 5

LEGALS Commissioners Claims The following la * list of claims to. be considered by the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners at their meetins on the 3rd day of February. 1969. Edith B. Belts 416.66 Kthna Scott 400.00 Marilyn Williamson 333.33 Frances Noble 316-66 Norma Jean Messmore 297.50 Betty J. Busselbers 41666 Kathryn M. Teel 400.00 Jeanne K. Endicott JZ?'?? Mary Beth Miner 333.33 Hasel B. Harman 358.33 F. Bonita Freeman 341.66 Evelyn R. Adams 381.75 Margaret E. Oarman 73.60 Susannah L. Blodgett 32 ?? Idlee Armey 416.66 Phyllis Munson 400.00 Rita Miller 358.33 Lucille McCleary 333.33 Catherine B. Gonya 297.50 Rita Golding Genevieve Mikels Ruth HOPPUS 386.25 Helen Goehert 334.75 Roger Fellows 636.66 Fred C. Carlin 524.00 Gerald D. Oswalt 49388 H. Earl Boggs 37 ??? Stanley B. Holderman 491.66 Rex W. Barber 2 7?? i Ronald L. Harris 144.27 Avis B. Gunter 41 5’ 8 1 Iva L. Carpenter 400.00 Alice R. Randels 358 3 i Blanche E. Garber 400.00 Helen L. Howard 297.50 Jean Tuka 241.50 Claudette 8. Himes 127 ’ 7 ? Billie F. Andrews 250.00 TheophU L. Hess \ 375.00 Henry Hackworth 458.33 Ralph Whitesell 450.00 Elisabeth F. Smith • 175.00 Edward B. Funk 316.66 Milo E. Clase M.no Maxine Clase 18.75 Margaret Menzie 316.66 George A. Nye 416.66 Charles E. Hlvely 80.00 Maurice Lewallen 80.00 Shelman Marshall 80.00 , C. W. Weaver 75.00 Marguerite Hoerr 98.00 Wilson Konkle 300.00, Garold R. Horrick 660.00 Janet I. Wise 330.00 Christine Sue Fowler 330.00 Nancy Kay Robbins 330.00 Lowell B. Pontius 75.00 John I. Sands U 75.00 Samuel N. Norris 90.00 Chester Clampltt. Jr. 150.00 Ralph Warren 255.00 Lamar Leffert 255.00 Arma L. Eckert 60.00 Rex Remy 60.00 Lowell Tucker 97.50 Raymond Gall 97.50 Chares Mikel 300.00 Theo Beer 30.00 Marshall Estep 45.00 Max Anglin 45.00 Eldora Neher 150.00 Ralph Wertenberger 75.00 Carl Franks 75.00 Ed A. Rosswurm 225.00 Freeman E. Pence 180.00 Roscoe Nine 577.50 Eleanor M. Vanator 360.00 Cheryl L. Leedy 360.00 Elisabeth Ganger 225.00 Charles R. Shock 105.00 Ray G. Vanator 105.00 Ed. Map * Chart Service 270.00 Elizabeth Kuhn 180.00 Cynthia Fry 127.50 Shirley Connolly 135.00 Arnold Pflngst 45.00 Elmer Rassi 90.00 Donald Davidsen 135.00 Lena Davidsen 90.00 Betty Rose Stahl 330.00 Gordon Nichols 330.00 Helen Nichols 225.00 Thelma J. Leedy 370.68 Connie Watkins Fuller 364.24 William E. Sellers 175.00 Janet E. Garber 38.56 United Telephone 641.13 A. E. Boyce Co.. Inc. 981.35 Business Equip. Co. 326.76 Exec. Office Mach. 326.40 No. Ind. Public Serv. 606.75 Sewage Treatment 48.90 Water Utilities 93.07 Waddell Printing 1.187.45 Warsaw Printing 179.30 Bessie I. Himes 27.28 IBM Corp. 238 J® Dahms & Yarian 21.73 Friden 957.00 Bankers Dispatch Corp. 3.20 Milton "Jim” Warner 13.50 Bledsoe Buick-Pontiac 62.70 Ford’s AUto Supply 145.49

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Motorola C&E, Inc. 36.10 David E. Andrews 481.0 Gast Fuel & Serv. 380.80 Sinclair OU Corp. 15.42 Texaco 7.77 Cox studio 28.50 • Gerber Manuf. Co. 534.77 Schutz Bros. 100.00 Wholesale Electric Co. ” 15.33 Charles M. Brower 23.52 Lincoln Graphic Corp. 33.51 Henry Hackworth 15.00 Carl Zimmer 76.80 Postmaster—W. Lake 40.00 Official Mobile Home Mkt. 208.00 Blanche E. Garber 46.40 8.C.M.: Corp. 72.00 Allan A. Rasor 315.91 William M. Dalton, n 140.00 Brooks C. Pinntck 75.00 Wallace J. Manrow 33.20 Thomas A. Edison, Ind.'s 170.00 IBM Corp. 7.87 Nick's & Joe’s TV 18.00 Lake City Wholesale Co. 10.00 Bobbs-MerrUl Co. 114.62 Lawyers Co-operative 87,00 Shephard’s Citations 35.00 West Publ. Co. 184.50 Nat. Bird Exterminatin' 100.00 Rife Electric 18.22 Sharp Hardware 33.51 Warsaw Wholesale, Ine. 43.20 Warsaw Chemical Co. 7.90 Warsaw Chemical Co. 31.60 Ind. Textile Co. 52.55 Simon Bros., Inc, 50.15 Coverall Rental Serv. 15.30 Dyna-Kleen Serv. 99-12 Warsaw Dry Cleaners 51.00 Judd Drugs 3?96 Ind. LP Gas. Inc. Moore’s Plum. & Htg., Inc. 25.66 Rule Elec. Motor Shop 22.50 Rulo Minear & Son 15.00 Sharp Hardware Co. 3.40 Correlated Products 17.45 Culligap Water Cond. 59.85 Lake City Wholesale Co. 16.25 Warsaw Clean Towel 11.50 Arab Termite Control 5.00 Wholesale Electric Serv. 5.40 Hall Hardware, Inc. 7.49 Milo E. Clase 6.00 Times-Union 188.64 The Mail-Journal 195.71 Harold C. Kuhn 420.00 Chas. W. Cole & Son 17,853.90 Derry Auto Body Shop 100.00 L. & L. Body Shop 100.00 Warsaw Insurance Ag. 184.00 Boggs & Nelson Agency 2,040.00 Milo E. Brown 10.00 Perry E. Burch 10.00 Dean H. Burchard 10.00 G. Raymond Essig 8.00 Edna N. Garris 10.00 Hall & Marose Agency 50.00 Maxine J. Hoffer 10.00 William D. Jagger 10.00 Marvin Lowman 10.00 Joseph Mosher 10.00 Everett L. Perry 10.00 Tim Rovenstine 10.00 Frank D. Schutt 10.00 Virginia Shank 10.00 David C. Sleighter 10. no Strayer Ins. Agency 34.00 Strayer Ins. Agency 875.05 Strayer Ins. Agency 18.00 Marjory E. Whidden 10.00 Jack T. Withers 10.00 E. & H. Stephenson 200.00 A. B. Dick Products 43.20 Zerox Corp. 236.86 Harris Funeral Home 300.00 L. J. Bibler & Son 100.00 McHatton Funeral Home 200.00 Landis & Chamness 100.00 Titus Funeral Home 100.00 ■Dicker Funeral Home 100.00 Zoercher-Gillick Funeral H. 100.00 Jim Babcock 6.00 Jeanette Bockman 69.00 Fred Boggs 42.00 Jay Bradford 39.00 Christopher Busch 3.00 Nathan Busch 3.VU Melvin R. Chupp 15.00 Everil Heiser 3.00 Ed Kipker 3.00 Brenton McDonald 3.00 Harold R. Shepler 12.00 Brett Tobias 9.00 Hall * Marose Agency 39.00 Fred McKown, Inc. 600.00 Warsaw License Bureau 2.50 Warsaw Skelgas 28.56 Indiana Girls School 1,420.48 Ruth Kline 6.30 Irene Byron Hosp. 1,410.00 Robert P. Clark 17.55 Ralph G. Welp 33.70 Theo Beer 3.60 Chester Clampltt, Jr. 8.30 Donald J. Davidsen 21.70 Carl E. Franks 25.90 Cheryl L. Leedy 12.80 LaMar Leffert 6.80 Samuel N. Norris 17.60 Lowell B. Pontius 4.20 Elmer Rassi 3.88 Rex Remy 6.70 Ed A. Rosswurm 19.00 John I. Sands 72.40 Lovell Tucker 60,10 Ralph Warren 18.50 Ralph Wertenberger 17.00 Eleanor M. Vanator 23.10 Ray G. Vanator 22.40

Hall Hardware 452 Ex. Office Mach. 15.00 Orn Nursing Home 264.00 Walter Drugs. Inc. 20.60 Brennan Drug Store 4-78 Murphy Med. Center 19.65 William C. Parke 3.00 Arnold Dierks 200.00 Loren T. Kruger 300.00 Cyril F. Likens 300.00 Stanley Scott 386.66 Charles O. Farmer 15,000.00 Roland S. Snider, M.D. 3.00 Stanley Custer 1,334.70 Myrtus Custer 1,759.90 Austin R. Hull 127.20 Russell Long 137.00 Meiser Bros. 4,099.50 Harold D. Mitchell 50.00 Robert J. Scott 105.05 Simmons * Brady 3,750.16 Tony Tribulski 8.14 Mrs. Bessie Tyler 44.80 Hobart Stiffler 235.52 COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. PAYROLL A CLAIMS George M. Haymond 400.00 Carroll Sherman 739.16 Loren J. Pound 616.66 Barbara McClure 520.83 Nellie Van Marcke 383.33 Barbara Olds 148.75 R. L. Conrad 10.00 Daniel L. Loman 11.00 W. Meyers 12.10 Max E. Reed 10.00 United Telephone Co. 26.12 Postmaster 15.00 Barbara A. McClure 14.16 Loren J. Pound 24.88 Carroll Sherman 44.08 Executive Office Mach. 8.27 A. B. Dick Prod. Co. 19.00 Business Equip. Co. 2.25 Ind. Public Health Assn. 5.G0 COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT. PAYROLL A CLAIMS Allen Anders 605.88 John Armold 518.76 Clifford F. Baker 554.40 Emerson Cain 505.56 Charles E. Cotton 583.44 Ermal G. Coy 608.52 John E. Davis 513.48 Muri A. Dawalt 586.08 Don Forney 645.43 Harold Gerard 649.44 Gilbert E. Griffis 640.20 Merritt L. Hartman 567.60 Frederick E. Kammerer 456.72 Russell Krichbaum 501.60 Alvin H. Miller 591.36 Bobby D. Miner 623.04 Ronald Norman 559.68 Larry L. Montel 555.72 Paul Randall 535.92 Harold Roberts 628.32 Ronald Spaulding 564.96 Luther G. Van Cleave 501.60 Wayne L. Wood 582.12 Roswell Robbins 531.96 Garl P. Young 596.64 John Alexander 604.17 Charles E. Bucher 589.10 Norman W. Clouse 543.89 Wilferd Frets 586.36 Marshall Hawley 583.62 Walter Jontz 580.88 Lawrence Kindig 483.61 Ellis Koher 602.80 Donald E. Kuhn 589.10 Ralph E. Linn 543.89 Earl Long 520.60 Donald Metzger 594.58 Leo Mosier 591.84 Glenwood Secor 556.22 Harley Slater * 517.86 George T. White 558.96 Rex Deaton 545.26 Max E. Brown 542.52 Russel Sechrist 756.60 Worley Spitler 561.70 Kermit F. Summers 693.98 Claud Christner 725.00 Prudential Ins. Co. 1,708.75 United Telephone Co. 60.82 Hulls Transfer Co. ; 24.73 No. Ind. Public Ser. Co. ' 290.97 Emergency Radio Serv. 246.40 Friden, Inc. 32.00 Ace Hardware 4.25 Coverall Rental Serv. 478.60 Eutectic Corp. 71.93 Gulf Oil Corp. 2.837.22 Indiana Textile Co. 42.69 Lake City Wholesale 17.46 Moellering Supply Co. 18.75 Monteith Tire, Inc. 1.619.35 Mossman-Yarnelle Co. 21.63 Purity Cyl. Gases, Inc. 52.25 Sharp Hardware 10.80 Standard Oil Co. , 463.08 Texaco, Inc. 165.00 Warsaw Dry Cleaners 17.50 A. E. Boyce Co. 82.20 Business Equip. Co. 1.25 R. G. Roberts Co. 3.85 Waddell Printing Co. 36.00 International Salt Co. 3,377.01 Mae Friedman 210.00 J & M Gravel Corp. 400.28 Hosea Rosbrugh 664.50 Kos. Co. Hwy. Dept. 8.10 Johnson Lumber Yard 4.80 Boyer Lawn & Garden 33.25 Fort Wayne Clutch Exchange 103.12 General Truck Sales 18.04 Huifer Foundry Cc. < 89.25 Kelley Tractor Sales ' ' ' 1.10 Kerlin Tractor Sales 54.00 Mac Allister Mach. Co. 433.37 Rayco Steel Process Co. 8.60 Schrader-Warsaw Co. 301.32 Stockberger Mach., Inc. 67.59 Warsaw Auto Supply 539.29 W & W Truck Sales, Inc. 689.58 Brooks Construction 2,316.48 Bledsoe Buick-Pontiac 1,478.56

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Galbreath Inc. 950 Kerlin Tractor Sales 10.400.00 Munson Motor Sales 3.364.24 COUNTY WELFARE DEPT. PAYROLL A CLAIMS Howard B. Johnson 700.00 Opal Joy Harman 430.00 Mary Ruth Wilson 430.00 Constance O. Buckles 430 ?? Jean F. Grubb 46® Marjorie A. Nye 300®” Yvonne Sue England 315.00 Esther B. Hoover 300.00 Dorothy L. Anglin 425.00 Woodward-Oswalt Realty 20.00 W. B. Wilson 12.50 R. A. Craig Postmaster 49.00 United Telephone Co. 358 ?„ Constance O. Buckles 1560 Jean F. Grubb 29.70 Opal Joy Harman 22.30 Mary Ruth Wilson 12.60 IBM Corp. 144.32 Council for Retarded 8.00 C. L. Herrick ®-®® F. L. Rheinheimer 14 50 Walter Drugs, Inc. *4.95 Dwight Carr 3.W Elk. Rehabilitation Ctr. 70.00 I. U. Med. Ctr. Hosp. 17151 St. Joseph’s Hosp. 15 00 Thornburg Drug Co. 2.83 Bashor Heme of U.M. Church 549.00 U.M. Children’s Home 310.00 Jean’s Children’s Home 385 Z? Jean’s Children’s Home 174.75 Saint Vincent’s Villa 1,835.00 I. U. Med. C?tr. Hosp. 8.50 Murphy Medical Ctr. 379 ',1 5 I, Ldwrence Butts, do hereby certify that the above is a true list of claims to be presented to the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners on the 3rd day of February, 1969. LAWRENCE BUTTS, Auditor, Kosciusko County Honor Roll At Sidney School The following honor roll has been released for th® second grading period of the Sidney junior high: AU A’s Grad? s?ven — Mary Ann Cook, Nancy Dome and Mary Frantz Grade eight — Hal Hossler and Catherine Metzger A- B Grad® s?ven — Andrew Chalk, Paul Church, Steven Mort, Lynn Besson and Katherine Reed Grad® eight — Douglas Metzger, Randy Patrick, Mike Rusher, Janet Church, Helen Hale and Christine Reed Milford Locals Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Baumgartner and daughter Christine left last Wednesday for Hollywood. Fla., where they will spend about ten days with Mr. and Mrs. Don Boyd. Mrs. Baumgartner’s mother, Mrs. R. E. Slabaugh, will return to Milford with them. Miss Penny Clark of Fort Wayne was at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ren Clark at Milford, for a visit on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hollar of Milford entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ford McDonald of Nappanee and Mr. and Mrs. Max Danner of Osceola for dinner Sunday. Mrs. Charley Teeple, Mrs. Frank Charlton, Mrs. Burel Martz, and Mrs. Eugene Felkner were shopping in South Bend recently.

Behind The Farm Market Scenes

(Editor’s note: Here follows a review of the 1963 farm scene, as viewed by Dr. J. William Uhrig, Purdue university agricultural economist.) Farm incomes in 1968 improved from the depressed levels of 1967 as record marketings, plus higher prices, boosted cash receipts. Nationally, cash Receipts from farm marketings rose about $1.5 billion over 1967’s total of $42.8 billion. With help from direct government payments, gross farm income for 1963 totaled approximately ssl billion, compared with $49.1 billion the previous year. However, rising production costs offset some of the gain. As a result, net farm income neared the sls billion figure, up five per cent from 1967. Increased fed cattle marketings again boosted beef output, but strong demand and lighter weights helped hold up cattle prices. Fed cattle prices remained consistently above 1967 levels. During the first quarter of 1968 choice steers at Chicago averaged about $2.50 per hundredweight over the level of the same period of 1967. Prices weakened during the spring, but strengthened again in late June and early July and continued to strengthen during the last half of the year. Choice steers at Chicago during December were averaging $28.75, approximately $2.30 higher than December. 1967, prices. The average price for the year will be about $27.75 — $1.35-$1.70 higher than averages for the last three years. Feeder cattle prices in 1968 averaged higher than in 1967 because of strong demand for feedlot replacements. At the end of the year, yearling feeders were selling at $28.25, nearly $2.25 higher than at the end of 1967. Many more heifers went into feedlots this year than last, but even so, feeder heifer prices followed a similar pattern to feeder steer prices. Cow slaughter increased slightly in 1968, reversing recent trends. Cow prices for 1968 averaged slightly higher than a year earlier. At the end of this year utility cows at Chicago were selling around sl7, about $1.20 higher than year earlier prices. Swine raisers increased their 1963 production four per cent over 1967. Prices of barrows and gilts at eight midwestern

markets averaged $19.25 per hundredweight, only slightly lower than the 1967 average of $19.40. Strong demand for red meats resulted in higher hog prices than a year earlier in the spring and again in the fall despite larger supplies of pork and beef. In the firsUlix months, prices of barrows and gilts at the eight markets averaged about $19.20 per hundredweight, compared with $19.80 during the first half of 1967. During early summer, prices averaged about sl.lO below a year earlier. In late August, hog prices exceeded earlier levels, and at the year’s end, prices were around $19.75 per hundredweight. Liquidation of sheep and lambs continued in 1968, the ninth consecutive year of declining inventories. Prices received by Indiana farmers ranged from a low of around $23 per hundredweight in January to more than $26 in June. However, they dropped to near $24 in August. Then unusual price strength developed in late summer, raising prices to about $26, a level which was maintained for the remainder of 1968. •As a result of larger carryover supplies, feed grain supplies increased two per cent in 1968. Harvested acreages of feed grains declined four per cent from 1967 to 1968. Corn yields •were approximately the same as in 1967, but oats, grain sorghum and barley yields registered increases. In Indiana corn acreages were reduced 12 per cent as a result of wider participation in the Feed Grain Program. Corn production dropped only six per cent as the result of a yield increase of nearly five bushels an acre. Indiana’s 1963 corn crop totaled 416 million bushels, compared with 441 million last year. Larger supplies of com not under government loan or price support and prospects for a large 1963 crop brought a decline in price during the last half of the 1967-1963 marketing year. At harvest, No. 2 com prices hovered around the 90percent a bushel level at country elevators. But as the harvest progressed, it became evident that the 1968 crop was not as good as anticipated. In response to the easing of harvest marketings and the realization of a smaller crop than anticipated, prices increased 10 to 15 cents a bushel by the end of the year. Soybean supplies hit a new high as larger stocks and increased output developed. An increase in average yields of on® bushel an acre resulted in th® nation’s first billion-bushel crop. Soybean acreage in Indiana increased five per cent over the 1967 total, while the yield per acre increased nearly seven bushels. As a result, Indiana’s 1963 soybean production was 35 per cent larger than the 1967 crop. Prices fell below loan levels at harvest and increased seasonally to four to five cents a bushel above loan levels during the 1967-1968 marketing year. Th® same situation prevailed during the 1968 harvest. At the end of the year soybean prices had recovered about 10 cents a bushel from harvest time lows and were at the $2.45 level in central Indiana. Wheat acreage harvested in 1963 declined more than nine ner cent over the 1967 figure, but high yields brought a cent increase in production. Increased carryover supplies from 1967 add-d to the burdensome

NOTICE KOSCIUSKO COUNTY TAXPAYERS Dyersville, lowa, popitfation 3300, built a 69 bed hospital without federal or state funds. They had three doctors who left because they had no hospital to work in. A group of young volunteers got together and in a radius of 15 miles raised $900,000.00. Farmers contributed machinery, produce, antiques and what have you. Every one contributed in his own way. In a few weeks they will open their new hospital. Now on the ether side of the coin. Portland, Indiana, has a County Hospital. In three years the operating expenses have jumped from $228,605 in 1965 to $894,518 in 1967. The state board of accounts criticized them for poorly kept accounts, many parties for staff members and workers trips and other irregularities. Now a few questions. In our last election with a partial slate of candidates to vote for, it cost us 65 cents per vote. In Allen County with a full slate, it cost them about 5 cents. Why? If there is such a need for another hospital, why couldn’t we have had it on the ballot or a private vote trough our Township Trustees and settled it in a community way? And why, when the petitions pro and con were out, only the pro’s were made known? And when Murphy Hospital had open house, why weren't we given the number of people attending? And why was Mrs. Murphy given only thirty days in which to accept or a tax free hospital will be built with taxpayers money? Do you want your tax money used this way? This ad paid for by citizens for fair play. WILLIAM FOREMAN, Chrm., Warqaw v WILMA SPICE, Sec’y., Warsaw FRED E. STOOKEY LEORA STOOKEY GEORGE W. LEHMAN

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supply. Wheat prices accordingly fell to their lowest level in more than 40 years. Wheat prices were near $1 a bushel on Indiana farms in August and had risen about 15 cents a bushel by the end of the year. Wheat prices are about 15 cents a bushel below last year’s level. For the fourth consecutive vear, milk production declined in 1963. This decline resulted from a decline in the number of dairy cows which was not fully offset by the increasing production per cow. Hoosier dairymen received on average about five per cent more for their milk in 1968 than in 1967. The price support on milk was raised from $4 per hundredweight to $4.28 last April 1. This resulted in higher prices at many of the Federal order markets. Practically all Indiana Grade A milk producers are receiving negotiated prices above the minimum levels established bv the Federal order programs. These negotiated prices added approximately 15 cents to th® Indiana blend price in ISS3. Milk prices at Indiana farms declin’d from $5.45 in January to $5 in June as production rose seasonally. Prices increased steadily during the last half of the year and were $5.95-$6 per hundredweight at the end of 1968. Egg production declined about two per cent in 1963. Prices responded sharply to the production cutback. Egg prices received by Indiana farmers declined from 31 ’cents a dozen in January to 25.5 cents in May. However, prices rose then to reach 37.5 c’nts a dozen in September and were around 36 cents at the end of the year. Strong demand for ineat helped raise broiler prices. Indiana poultrymen received 14.5 cents a pound in January, but by July the prices had climbed to high of 16 cents a pound. Broiler prices declined seasonally during the last half of the year to the 14-cent level at year’s end. Generally, they were one-half to 1.5 cents a pound higher than in 1967. Although turkey production declined 16 per cent from 1967 levels, a record carryover of birds in cold storage had a bearish effect on prices. Turkey prices received by Indiana farmers were 18-19 cents a pound at the beginning of 1968; these were five to six cents lower than a year earlier. As cold storage holdings worked down, prices edged up. Prices during the holiday season in November and December averaged around 22 cent a pound, up one cent from last year’s prices. Agricultural exports are important to United States and Indiana farmers. In the 1967-68 fiscal year, exports totaling $6.3 billion were equivalent to nearly 15 per cent of the cash receipts from farm marketings and required the production of 71 million acres of cropland to meet the world demand. Agricultural exports during the 1967-68 fiscal year declined seven per cent from the record $6.7 billion level of a year earlier. This was the first time in five years that agricultural exports have not increased. Much of the decline in the value of agricultural exports in 1967-63 resulted from lower prices, since actual volume of products exported was down only two per cent in contrast to a total drop in value of seven per cent. During fiscal 1967-68 U.S. imports of agricultural products increased five per cent from the preceding 12-month period. Supplementary agricultural imports (competitive) rose nearly

seven per cent and accounted for 61 per cent of the total. Imports of complementary (noncompetitive) agricultural items were about 1.5 per cent higher. Concern is developing as a result oi increased competition from both agricultural and nonagricultural products from abroad. Organized groups representing both sectors are advocating stronger import restrictions. Maintaining and expanding U.S. exports are major considerations in the approach to the issue of import restrictions on agricultural products. The number of farms operating in Indiana declined four per cent in 1963 from the 1967 figure, to a total of 101,€00 farms. Except for 1963, farms in Indiana have been declining at a rate of 4,000 farms per year since 1959. The decrease from 1962 to 1963 was S,UUO farms. While farm numbers have declined, the average farm size has been increasing three to four acres per farm each year. The increase in 1963 was six acres, bringing the average to 176 acres per farm. Discontinuance of small farming operations and merging of larger units with existing farms continue as the important influence in the change of farm numbers. Indiana farm land values rose six per cent during the year, March, 1967, to March,1963. The average value was estimated at $419 an acre (land and improvements), a new high to this time. There was evidence of softening in land prices during the summer and fall of 1963 and the number of farms offered for sale remained small. The major factor which contributed to the almost continuous rise in land values during the past 30 years are still with us. These include farm policy, inresulting in farm enlargement and non-farm demands for land. The long term outlook is for farm land values to move irregularly upward at an average annual rate of around two to four per cent. In the intermediate view (two to seven years', agricultural policy as it affects farm income and income expectations will be the most important variable in determining farm land values. Billy H. Poe Enlists In Air Force Master sergeant Bill Moore the United States air force recruiter for Kosciusko county announces the enlistment of Billy H. Poe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Poe of Leesburg, into the Uhited States air force dielayed enlistment program. Uhder this program Bill was enlisted into the air force reserve for the purpose of delaying his departure for basic training until March 1969. He decided to enlist in the mechanical skill area and after six weeks of basic training at Lackland air force base, San Antonio, Texas, will enter technical training; He is a 1968 graduate of Warsaw high school. Other young men interested in obtaining more information about the air force may contact sergeant Moore at the Warsaw selective service office any Tuesday or Thursday afternoon. Dave Brookins Assigned As Infantryman U. S. ARMY, VIET NAM—Army private first class David E. Brookins, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Brockins of Leesburg, was assigned as an infantryman with the 198th infantry brigade, American division, January 5.

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