In a field of 100 Poland China barrows in the breed competition at the National Barrow Show in Austin, Minn., a barrow owned by Robert and Gary Wilson of Markleville, Ind., was named breed champion.

The barrow was a lightweight and weighed in the 190-210 pounds range.

The Dunreith Packing Co. buildings housing the pickers, owned and operated by Orval Butterfield, was destroyed by fire. Children of the pickers living in the frame buildings were rescued without injury, but many items of clothing went up in flames with the building.

A complete opening, full-width end-gate to permit faster unloading of grain from farm trucks has been designed and tested by engineers of the Agricultural Marketing Service. This new end-gate should eliminate one bottleneck, which often develops around elevators because of time required to get the grain out of the truck.

1974

Real estate for sale: 498.5 acres, one of Jay County’s finest units. About 30 miles northeast of Muncie near Pennville, selling due to age. Excellent improvements for cattle-hog operation and 407 acres good tillable crop land; $600 per acre – Dick Hoffman, contact person.

Dickey John Moisture Tester, special price of $177.50 – Schmidt Sales and Service, Greenfield, Ind.

Indianapolis Livestock Market, located at Kentucky Ave., announces regular cattle auctions of cows, bulls, slaughter cattle and feeder cattle starting in September. Commission firms of: Atkinson, McMaster & Co; Coburn, Endsley, Sedwick & Co; Dowden & Co; Drake & Co; Hunter & Edmiston Co; Producers Marketing Assoc.; Winchel, Eversull, McCready & Co.

1989

Real estate for sale: Union Co-Center Township, 60 acres, 152 acres tillable, modern farmhouse, original barn, newer equipment buildings, grain storage with dryer, $400,000 – Lingle Real Estate, Richmond, Ind.

Wolfe Farms Show Steer and Heifer Sale, Preble County Fairgrounds, Eaton, Ohio – consignors are Wolfe Farms, Liberty, Ind.; ACE High Ranch, Lanert, Ill.; Bowers Farm, Eaton, Ohio; and K&A Ranch, Blakesburg, Iowa. Calves are sired by: BC Black Power, Total Power, BC Polled Power, Power Play, Sugar Ray, KK New Design, Rambo, Stilts and Power Plant.

The Indiana State Fair will not be allowed to sell lottery tickets. Neither will any other state or quasi-state agency, according to Fred Poole, aide to Gov. Evan Bayh.

2004

Used equipment for sale: Blu-Jet Subtiller II, pull type, 5-row 30-inch shear bolt, no-till coulters, single wheel life, $5,000; Blu-Jet Tillage Pro, 7 shank, rear disc gang hyd. Fold, $24,000; Hawkins toolbar 11-row 30-inch toolbar, 1x2 flat shanks, rigid mount, coulters, less ground drive wheel, $4,000 – Kale Marketing, Richwood, Ohio.

Todd Uhlman, a central Illinois farmer, has created an unusual tribute to Ronald Reagan: A 15-acre corn maze carved in the likeness of the former president on his farm near Pekin, Ill.

Recent figures released by the USDA confirm what most Kentucky tobacco farmers already know: sales have declined for the fifth year in a row and what once was king in the state agriculturally has dropped to fourth place behind horses, cattle and broiler chickens, respectively.

Farm World will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2015