1965: 50 years ago

The theft of 45 hogs, weighing from 90-150 pounds and valued at $1,500, was reported to the sheriff’s department as stolen from the Robert Collins farm, located on Shirley Road at Indiana 109.

A landmark grain elevator of the Sulphur Springs area for the past 75 years is being torn down to make way for progress. In its place will be the new Clean Grain plant of Wilson Grain, Inc., and will be the first of its type in Indiana.

Reg. White Shorthorn bull for sale: 15 months old, priced at $300 – Fenlin Farm, Greensburg, Ind.

1975: 40 years ago

Supervision over Hoosier farming would be taken away from the lieutenant governor and placed under a state secretary of agriculture, under a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate, with position being appointed by the governor.

For sale: 1450 JD 5-18 in plow, new mold boards, shins, shears and landsides, $2,500 – Lynchburg, Ohio.

Muddy fields and high-moisture grain have been continuing problems for farmers to complete their 1974 corn and bean harvest. Most farmers need a heavy freeze to enable them to get into the fields with harvesting equipment.

1990: 25 years ago

Real estate for sale: 540-acre grain farm, 500 tillable, exc. corn and bean land, first and second bottom, $580,000 – ERA A&B Real Estate, Martinsville, Ind.

For sale: 1931 Model A Ford, new engine, two-tone paint, four-door with Murry body, $6,500 – Jasper, Ind.

“Direction for a New Decade” will be the theme for this year’s Ohio Pork Congress to be held at the Convention Center in Dayton. As the second-largest statewide convention for pork producers, this year’s show will attract more than 350 exhibitors and boast a two-day attendance of approximately 8,000 people.

2005: 10 years ago

Agriculture Secretary-nominee Mike Johanns, governor of Nebraska, became the first of President Bush’s second-term cabinet choices to win approval from a Senate committee.

The 2004 Ohio State University Livestock Judging Team capped a successful season by placing two students on the exclusive 10-member All-American team: Terri Specht of Sugarcreek and Andrea Sarmyn of Hicksville, Ohio.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture reported a horse died of rabies in LaSalle County. Authorities think the rabies came from the bite of a rabid skunk.