55 years ago
Mrs. Alice Kimble of Shirley, Ind., has a rare white peacock on her farm named Peep-Peep.

For 15 years Mrs. Isley of Shelby County has depended on the production of quality milk to support herself and her children. Three of her sons – eldest Delbert, Jim and Jack – help Mrs. Isley run this successful dairy operation.

New all-steel Dickey Unloader, $375, mounted on your chassis or we furnish wagon gear. Power take-off fits any tractor. All welded construction, heavy gauge steel, built to last a lifetime. Manufactured by Dickey & Fry, Milroy, Ind.

Sheep for sale: Northwest blackface short yearling ewes, large and growthy type, choice quality; lowest possible price, shorn, dipped and ready to go – Lawrence Love, Eaton, Ind.

40 years ago

The First National Bank of Mays, Ind., is “Big Enough to Serve You, but Small Enough to Know You.” Now paying 5.5 percent on 12-month certificates of deposit, 4.5 percent on pass book savings and 5.75 percent on 24-month certificates of deposit.

Purdue University scientists are sharing the single largest cancer research grant ever made in the state of Indiana. The American Cancer Society announced the grant of $136,625 to Purdue last month.

Newly-elected FFA Greenhand officers for Connersville chapter are Morris Gulley, reporter; Dan Lamberson, treasurer; Bob Creech, sentinel; Tim Geise, president; Steven Howard, vice president; and Jerry Borgerding, secretary.

Michigan real estate for sale: Branch County, 462 acres with good beef feeding set-up, $45,000 down; Calhoun County, 280 acres, Grade A dairy farm with equipment and building, $43,500 down; Ionia County, 240 acres, set up for beef and hogs, $30,000 down; more listings available, contact Dean’s Michigan Farm Real Estate Hdgrs. in Coldwater, Mich.

25 years ago

Midwest farmers’ cornucopia of corn may result in amber waves of grain flooding both the marketplace and storage facilities this fall. Reasons for shortage are: glut in grain production, carryover of stocks from previous years’ harvest and export markets are sagging and the government’s support price for grain this year, stated Steve Callahan, director of marketing services for Kentucky’s agriculture department.

Tipping the scales at 1,120 pounds, Gentle Cren, a purebred Duroc owned by August Wikert of North Judson, is the new World Champion Largest Hog, a distinction awarded at the Indiana State Fair.

Indiana’s hay crop is expected to be the largest since 1957, up 7 percent from last year.

Robert and Gary Wilson, Rite Kind Farm, will have a combination Poland China and Duroc hog sale at their Markleville, Ind., farm. Selling will be 60 boars and 80 gilts; free pork chop supper – Howard Parrish, Auctioneer.

10 years ago

Used combines: 1998 JD 9610, GreenStar, duals, bin ext., 650 hours, $104,500; 1993 JD 9600, 18.4-by-38-inch duals, bin ext., long auger, 1,200 hours, $49,900; 1991 JD 9500, 30.5-by-32-inch, 17-foot auger, 1,750 hours, $45,900 – Holt Equipment Co., Lafayette, Ind.

Ebberts Field Seed, Inc. in Covington, Ohio, has three high-yielding wheat varieties for sale; Goldberg, Premier and Falcon. All varieties priced at $7.75 per 50 pounds.

Clean, used Ford pickups for sale: 2001 F350, 4x4, XLT, $30,350 loaded; 2000 F-250, 4x4, XLT loaded, $27,225; 2001 F250 Super-cab 4x4, XLT loaded, $28,750; 2001 F350 crew cab, 4x4, XLT loaded, $36,150 – Kenny Vice Ford Sales, Ladoga, Ind.

Real estate for sale: 100 acres, six-room house, excluding outbuildings, Randolph County, $249,999 – First Richmond Realtors.