James Doerstler and Rex Jarrett, Wayne County; Karen Jackson and Marilene Isaacs, Fayette County; and Tim McGuire, Randolph County, are all in a group of 66 4-H members leaving for a People-to-People trip to Europe.

A truck belonging to the Muncie Egg & Poultry Co. was involved in a fiery three-vehicle crash. The truck was loaded with 54,000 eggs, and they discovered not one of the eggs was broken or cracked.

Mr. Farmer: I have purchased the corn sheller from Leroy Rich. Operations are the same – 5 cents per bushel at the farm and 10 cents per bushel if trucked to a mill. I also have trucks available to haul ear corn to elevators and livestock trucks with Hartford Insurance – Marshall E. Lee, Rushville, Ind.

Stor-N-Dry Bins for sale: includes, basic bin, ladder, roof ladder, walk-in door, floor, transition, fan and heater, humidistat-thermostat control and freight; 18-foot diameter package, $2,610; 21-foot, $2,964; 24-foot, $3,502; 27-foot, $4,215; 30-foot, $4,872 – AG-B, Inc., Greenfield, Ind.

Dr. George E. Meyer, a post-doctoral research associate at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, reported a solar grain drying system was used last fall to dry 1974-crop soybeans from 17 down to 11 percent and shelled corn from 24 to 15 percent moisture.

Real estate for sale: Union County farm, 40 acres, house and barn for $62,500 or 20 acres with house and barn for $45,000; Fayette County small farm in southern part of county, 74 acres and barn and house for $60,000 – Lingle Real Estate, Connersville, Ind.

Midwest markets turkey review, demand fair on bagged hens and consumer-sized toms. Trading fair on frozen commodity hens at 67.75 cents and on frozen commodity 14- to 24-pound toms at 68.75 cents for October shipments.

The State Fair Commission accepted a Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proposal to help renovate the old universities building with an investment of $125,000 over the next five years.

Kokomo Grain of Kokomo, Ind., has acquired the Carroll County Hog Market.

The stockyard, previously known as Valley-Dale Stockyard, located 1/2-mile south of Burlington on Highway 29, has been reopened under new ownership as Kokomo Grain Stockyard, with Dale Burnworth managing the stockyards and Bill Butcher as his assistant.

Used pickup trucks for sale: 2003 Ram 2500 4WD, diesel, 6-speed, SLT, 28,000 miles, $27.900; 2004 Ram 3500 SLT, 2WD, dually, 7,000 miles, $30,499; 2003 Ram 3500, diesel, 4x4, SLT, automatic, single wheel, short bed, $27,900 – Fletcher Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Franklin, Ind.

Indiana Auction Exchange sold the following for Likens Farms: JD 6420 with loader, $52,100; NH #1731 mower/conditioner, $10,700; IH 686D tractor, $10,700: Miller hay rake, $3,700; JD hay tedder, $3,300; Hay grabbers, $2,200 each; JD 336 and 525 balers, $5,600 each.

Real estate for sale: 280-acre dairy farm in Ross County, Ohio, 175 acres tillable, new double 5 parlor, cattle, feed and equipment available, $3,200 per acre.