55 years ago
Funk’s Hybrid dealers in Wayne County include Orville Bertsch, Pennville Road; L. B. Dills & Son, Boston; Reigel Feed & Grain, Richmond; Guy Martin, Greensfork; Ray Mendenhall, Economy; Orville Niewoehner, Fountain City; J.N. Rinehart, Hagerstown; Firman Riggs, Jacksonburg; and Wayne Williamson, Economy. Real estate for sale: 110 acres near Fortville, all level, tillable, good dwelling and barn, $400 per acre – contact Carl A. Helms, Realtor, Fortville, Ind.
Milk production promises to reach a new high record in 1957, probably around two billion pounds above the revised 1956 total of 125.7 billion pounds.
40 years ago
A blaze caused extensive damage to the upper two floors of the three-story building of the Home Economics II building on the Purdue University campus. The cause of the fire and the estimate of damage have not been determined at this time.
An August gilt entry made by the William Laird Family of Waldron became the Grand Champion female of the national show. The gilt sold for $500 to Robert Symonds of Brimfield, Ill.
A barn on the farm belonging to Donald Dickey of Williamsburg was destroyed by fire, believed set by lightning. Two boars, 10 bred gilts and 13 pigs were lost in the fire; a bull was saved.
25 years ago New pickup trucks for sale: 1987 GMC S-15, 4x4, V6, four-speed auto, loaded, $12,694; 1987 GMC 1/2-ton 4x4, V8 EFI engine, four-speed auto with overdrive, $13,352; 1987 GMC 3/4-ton with 5.7-liter V8 EFI engine, four-speed manual, $12,778 – Studebaker Buick, Richmond, Ind.
Temperatures dipped into the low 20s, damaging peach orchards in southern Indiana. About 85 percent of the peach buds were estimated as being damaged.
Large round bales of alfalfa hay, $15 each – Middletown, Ind.
10 years ago Stony Pike Livestock Auction, Logansport, Ind., every Friday: choice steers, $72-$74; Holsteins, $59-$65; choice heifers, $70-$72; feeder cattle, $66-$88; butcher bulls, $55-$66.
Heartland New Holland, Pendleton, Ind., used equipment for sale: 1997 15-foot Great Plains no-till drill, sharp, $15,500; 1997 New Holland LX8 skid steer loader with cab, heater, $19,500; 1996 Ford 1320, 2 WD, turf tires, $7,950; 1976 Ford 3000, SOS with loader, $47,500.
In Hamilton County, Ind., 93 acres on U.S. Highway 31, $465,000 – E. Paul Johnson Real Estate, Kokomo, Ind. |
