1965: 50 years ago

Jeannine Ellsworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellsworth of Knightstown and a sophomore at Knightstown High School, was crowned Indiana Corn Queen at Purdue University during the Indiana 4-H Corn Jamboree.

Chicago Stockyards is 100 years old. The present 320-acre tract of land on which the market is located was purchased in 1865 from Congressman John Wentworth for $100,000, and was operating by Christmas in 1865.

Nels Ackerson, past 1964 National FFA president, will be the featured speaker at the annual Purdue Ag Night Banquet at Purdue Memorial Union ballroom. Ackerson is studying agricultural economics at Purdue and is the son of Mr.  and Mrs. Ralph Ackerson of Westfield.

1975: 40 years ago

Auctioneers Directory listing: Mike E. Michael, Muncie; Paul Vanderbur, Greensburg; Danny Rader, Mooreland; Harry “Jake” Campbell, College Corner; Morton McShurley, Markleville; Lawrence Wilson, Wilkinson; Don Smock and Herman Strakis, Indianapolis; R.D. “Dick” Reed, Centerville; Duane Newhouse, Rushville; James Bradley, Fortville; Omer Jessup, Shirley; John Bell, Hagerstown; Bob Williams, New Castle; Noble Stokes Jr, Hagerstown; Harold Valentine, Wanamaker; Tom Chapman, Pendleton; Bruce Parker, Shirley; Ernest Creech, Orange; Elbert Frazee, Middletown; Harold Reisert, Richmond; Ted Pollard, Indianapolis; and Wayne Pheanis, Anderson.

Robert Bennett, a 38-year-old pork producer from Tippecanoe County, has been selected as Indiana’s 1975 Pork All-American. Bob, his wife, Becky, and two sons reside near Linden, where they own and operate Melody Lane Farm, consisting of 120 Duroc brood sows and 485 acres of cropland.

Used trucks for sale: 1974 Chevrolet 1/2-ton, auto, PS, PB, $3,695; 1970 Chevrolet 1/2-ton cab and chassis, locking differential, good condition, $1,595; 1971 IH 3/4-ton automatic, locally owned, good condition, good tires, choice, $1,595; 1969 Ford, cab and chassis, 4-speed, 168-inch cab to axle, new tires, good condition, $2,195; 1969 Ford 1/2-ton, standard transmission, good tires, good body, $1,295 – Tom Sibbitt Chevrolet & Cadillac, Greensburg, Ind.

1990: 25 years ago

Hoosier farmer James R. Moseley of Clarks Hill, an agricultural consultant to William K. Reilly, the U.S. EPA administrator, is being considered for a top spot in the USDA.

For sale: Conner Prairie performance-tested boars, indexed for feed efficiency, PRV qualified herd, Brucellosis-tested, Lepto-vaccinated – Conner Prairie Swine, Inc., Sheridan, Ind.

National Corn Growers Assoc. members rejected a proposal to establish a nationwide checkoff. The vote failed 102-93.

2005: 10 years ago

The Ohio Livestock Coalition has filed a lawsuit against the Ohio EPA, claiming the agency’s recently released general National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit exceeds its authority and that many of the permit’s provisions would impose burdens on many livestock farmers not required of other NPDES permittees.

Used farm equipment for sale: JD 1790 12/24 Seed Star variable drive, mp-till, pneumatic down pressure, loaded, $85,000; 2000 JD 1860 no-till air drill, 10-inch spacing with 1900 270-bushel commodity cart, $45,000; 1994 New Holland 499 mower conditioner, center pivot, swivel hitch, excel condition, $8,500; Unverferth 32.5-foot double rolling basket, $6,500 – Reynolds Farm Equipment, Fishers, Muncie and Sheridan, Ind.

Halderman Real Estate Auction Services announced the sale of 313.4 acres (283.4 tillable and 22.5 woodland acres) offered in three tracts for a total of $1.055 million, to an out-of-area investor who purchased all three tracts.