1965: 50 years ago

Public auction of property of Odin Thompson, owner, farm location west of Glenwood, east of Gings, north of Rushville. Having rented my farm, selling the personal property consisting of: 1953 I.H.C. Super M tractor; 1961 I.H.C. 4-row planter; I.H.C. 2ME corn picker; John Deere harvester with both hay and corn heads; I.H.C. No. 45 baler; hog houses; cattle hay feeders; hog feeders; and much more – Hoyt Vandenbeck, Auctioneer, and N. Webb, Clerk.

At the annual Randolph County Farmers Achievement Banquet, trophy winners were Richard Sipe, high yield in 5-Acre Corn Club with 149.3 bushels; Bob Thompson Jr., livestock trophy; and Duane Sickles, gold medal winner in junior 5-Acre Corn Club with 136.6 bushels.

Real estate for sale: 170 acres joining Greensboro west, $225 per acre, good stock and grain – New Castle, Ind.

1975: 40 years ago

Used trucks for sale: 1970 Ford 1/2-ton four-wheel-drive, V-8, $1,695; 1974 Cheyenne 1/2-ton loaded with extras, clean and like new, $3,195; 1968 Chevrolet 3/4-ton, 4-speed, $895; 1967 IH 3/4-ton, 4-speed, average, $550 – Nankivell Chevrolet, Shelbyville, Ind.

Butler Bin sale: 24’-6545 bu., $2,783; 27’-8320 bu., $3,263; 30’-10,300 bu., $3,823. All bins 18 feet eave height and include step-in-doors, ladders in and out, 18-gauge perforated floor and 27-inch transition duct – George Meyer, Rushville, Ind.

A farrowing barn and six sows, 60 pigs and 500-600 bales of straw were lost in a fire recently at the Ben Singer farm near Pennville.

1990: 25 years ago

Indiana turkey producers expect to raise 14.1 million turkeys in 1990. This would be 7 percent more turkeys than raised last year.

David Beam, Sabina, Ohio, was recently named one of the four top young farmers in the nation by the Jaycees. He was named Ohio Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Farmer last year, following in the footsteps of his late father, who won this award in 1961.

Sixty-one beautiful Holstein feeder steers, average weight, 600 pounds, have had all shots, all in A-1 shape, must see to appreciate, will separate, asking 80 cents per pound – Shelbyville, Ky.

2005: 10 years ago

Used equipment for sale: 1995 Ford 8970 tractor, super steer, duals, weight, quick hitch, $48,500; 2003 Gleaner R65 combine, 640 hours, lateral tilt, $115,000; Great Plains 30 drill, new openers and turbo blades, 10-inch spacing, excellent condition, $17,500 – Miller Equipment, Greensburg, Ind.

John Deere’s Waterloo Works completed the nation’s first factory-fill of B2 diesel, where U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the first tractor to roll off the company’s assembly line, which was specifically designed to run on the 2 percent soy-based blend.

Real estate for sale: 230 acres, 180 tillable in Wayne County, farmhouse, three barns, new 12,000-bushel grain bin, two ponds, $3,200 per acre; 180 acres all tillable, no buildings, $3,000 per acre – Centerville, Ind.