55 years ago
Dissolution sale of registered Jersey Cattle from the farm of Lena Gregg & Paul C. White of Hagerstown. Selling 52 head of cattle: two bulls, 27 milk cows, close-up heifers and young calves. Hoyt Vanderbeck and R.V. McGrady, Auctioneers.

Self-employed farmers are reminded that Social Security account numbers must be obtained within the next few weeks. The account numbers are needed when farmers file their tax reports before Feb. 15.

Indiana is fourth in the nation in the production of corn dollars during 1955. Iowa was first, Illinois second and Minnesota third. Indiana farms produced $345,170,000 in corn crops, averaging 56 bushels to the acre, an increase of 2.5 bushels over 1954.

Centerville Auction reports butcher hogs last week brought $9.25-$12.25 and cattle market was $11-$22.20 for steers and heifers.
Jeanne Cleek was selected as the Queen of the Spiceland FFA and FHA dance and her escort, Paul Bogue, was the King.

40 years ago
The Chicago Stockyards will close Feb. 1. The Yards stopped receiving hogs last May but remained open for cattle and sheep. During its peak half a century ago, the Chicago market received more than 14 million head of livestock annually. Last year, volume dwindled to about two million head.
Tom Crosby of Greensburg has been named the recipient of a scholarship to the Purdue University Short Course in Agriculture, from the area banks. Crosby is a recent graduate of Waldron High School and presently farms with his father, George Crosby.

Net farm income for Hoosier farmers who were hard hit by drought and the Southern corn leaf blight, or who received a large share of their income from the sale of hogs, was sharply lower in 1970.

Pendleton won the Madison County Crop Judging Contest. Team members were Jim Wilson, Richard Whistler and Steve Neal. Pendleton coaches were Fred Wolf and Gary Wilson.

25 years ago

RRN – The Rural Radio Network, broadcast from New Palestine, Ind., by Harry and Marion Martin, their son, Dan Modlin, and son-in-law, Ned Arthur. Complete agricultural news, weather and market reports daily, can be heard on 54 different affiliate stations throughout Indiana.

Sherry Legg of Waynetown, Ind., a senior at North Montgomery High School, has been selected 1986 Indiana Beef Queen during the recent Beef Cattle Assoc. Convention. Laura Jameson of Greentown was named Indiana Beef Princess.

A team of four Ohio 4-Hers placed third out of 36 teams competing in the 68th annual National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest in Louisville, Ky. The team included Jeff Hay from Bellevue, Todd Raines from Seaman, Steve Whikte from Manchester and Wes Wilt from Washington Court House.

Hay supplies in Indiana and much of the nation are large. In Indiana, hay supplies are estimated to be 20 percent larger than a year ago. Production is forecast at 2.6 million tons, about 10 percent larger than the crop a year ago and nearly 15 percent greater than the earlier estimate given.

A barn owned by Joe and Merrill Kelsay of Whiteland, Ind., burned, destroying more than 500 hogs, with an estimate damage of $250,000.

10 years ago

Ohio Senate Bill 141 was signed into law by Gov. Bob Taft. This will create a regulatory program that is stronger, clearer and more predictable than the current one, states Taft. The new law will transfer the livestock permitting program from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) to the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) and provide $2 million to fund the program.
Placing as the top five individuals in the Jackpot Division of the Judging Contest at this year’s Hoosier Beef Congress were: First – Brady Ostrom, Warsaw; Second – Darin Alwadt; Third – Brad Faber, Illinois; Fourth – Chad Day, Tipton; and Fifth – Tim Heckman, Decatur.

The National Pork Producer Council announced that early in the new year, U.S. pork producers will have the opportunity to ship bone-in as well as boneless pork products to Argentina. The Argentina market for imported pork is estimated at 30,000 metric tons a year.

For sale: Used tractor – 1997 JD 7810 MFWD, PS, 900 hours, $67,500; Planter – 1996 JD 1770 16RN, flex, vac. liq. insect, no-till, $58,500; Combine – 1993 JD 9400, 1,245 hrs, $44,500. Smith Implements, Greenfield/Greensburg/ Rushville.