1965: 50 years ago

Clearance sale of new John Deere equipment: Model R spreader, $550; Model N PTO spreader, $825; 68 auger feed wagon, $650; F120 4 bot plow, dem, $555 – Cambridge Tractor & Equipment, Cambridge City, Ind.

Real estate for sale: 540 acres, 375 acres tillable, two modern houses, two large bank barns, tool shed and double corncrib; priced to sell at $235 per acre – Liberty Realty & Auction Co., Liberty, Ind.

Three Purdue University students have received 1965 Key awards for “outstanding participation” in the Purdue Collegiate 4-H Club: Charlotte McDuffee, Laotto; John Morris, Pendleton; and Marynel Haseman, Bloomfield. McDuffee and Haseman are juniors in home economics and Morris is an agriculture school senior.

1975: 40 years ago

New equipment for sale: 7000-5-16 Case plow, $3,100; Gehl grinder mixer 95MX, $3,400; 5-16 Case plow, $1,875; 14-foot Vicon power harrow, $3,500; 7 T J&M gear, less tires, $382 – Hofer Garage, Raymond, Ind.

Rushville FFA Chapter held its awards banquet and honored five members who received their State Farmer degrees. They were Kevin Hoeing, Richard Spaeth, Kenny Aulback, Robert Newhouse and Frank Harpering.

President Gerald Ford vetoed a bill boosting 1975 price guarantees for wheat, feed grains, soybeans, cotton and milk, sighting it would add an unnecessary $1.8 billion to his budget deficit and would be “costly not only to consumers and taxpayers, but to American farmers in the long run.”

1990: 25 years ago

Castongia’s, Inc., Rensselaer and Demotte, Ind. – JD Corn head gathering chains, $21.25; JD Seed openers, $18.25; JD Oil Filter, $6.10; JD Fertilizer openers, $21.50; JD sweeps, 7-inch $2.25, and 9-inch $2.55; JD rotary hoe wheels, $18.50; JD disk blades, $16.75.

The Rodeo Shop Trailer Sales, Eaton, Ohio – 16-by-7-by-6 Neckover, 7000# axle, four-wheel brakes, spare tire and wheel, used three times, brown, $4,500; used four-horse 1977 McQuery with 4-foot dressing room, $1,700; Winnebago 300-bushel grain trailer with hoist, $1,800.

Northrup King Co. recently announced the opening of a new hybrid corn research center in Napoleon, Ohio. The company’s breeders at this location will focus on development of superior corn hybrids in the 105- to 115-day maturity zone, according to Dr. Carol Yung, corn breeder and research station manager. The 60-acre site includes a 3,600 square-foot building, a 20-acree nursery and 40 acres for yield trials.

2005: 10 years ago

Beautiful solid log home, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, kitchen, dining room, living room, timber beam cathedral ceiling, excellent condition, large utility room, 2 large covered porches, 2-plus car detached garage, 6.5 acres with barn with water and electric, 5 acres with fence, perfect for horses, cows. Located near small town in Green County, Ind., $148,900 – Dyar Real Estate.

Gov. Mitch Daniels signed HEA 1008 into law to create the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and separate the Office of Rural Affairs. Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman will become secretary of the new department.

Schwieterman Egg Farm Partnership of Fort Recovery, Ohio, owned and operated by father and son Ron and Kasey Schwieterman, was awarded the Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award sponsored by the U.S. Poultry and Egg Assoc.