In 1929 the State of Indiana, in order to cut down on poultry theft, passed a statute that everyone who sold poulty had to have a poultry dealer's license.
The following poultry dealer's license record was discovered in the Old Courthouse Records previously stored in the Decatur jail.
Each page contains the application for license, followed by the actual license.
Click on the page numbers located under the table to see the scanned records.
| Poultry Dealer's Licenses |
| Applicant's Name | Page # |
| A N Sprunger Produce | 49, 62, 69, 77 |
| Abbott, Produce Co | 90 |
| Abbott, Thomas | 82, 90 |
| Alhany, George | 2 |
| Argerbright, Charles | 50 |
| Augsburger, Adam | 88 |
| Augsburger, Kenneth | 91 |
| Backers, Harry | 14 |
| Backus, Harry | 71 |
| Baumgartner, Marcus F | 98, 99 |
| Beurcher, Herbert | 91 |
| Bowdes, John O | 14 |
| Bryan, Elmer H | 58 |
| Buckmaster, Robert E | 86 |
| Burk, Otis | 40, 52 |
| Burk, Ottis | 24, 40 |
| Burnett, Ralph | 1 |
| Burnette, George | 38 |
| Campgaw Poultry Farm | 68 |
| Carver, Clair | 84 |
| Carver, Lawrence | 2, 28, 54, 84 |
| Coffee, Joe | 61 |
| Community Exchange | 77 |
| Convoy Produce Co | 14 |
| Cramer, George | 38 |
| Decatur Farms | 107, 110, 111, 122, 124 |
| Decatur Poultry Market | 113 |
| Decatur Produce Co | 17, 38, 50, 61, 70, 76, 81, 89, 93, 96, 105, 121 |
| Dull, Wayne | 27 |
| Dunwiddie, Hattie | 94 |
| Dunwiddie, P W | 24, 53, 74, 80, 86, 94 |
| Dunwiddie, R W | 86 |
| Egger, S S | 4 |
| Elzey, V D | 6 |
| Farlow, Frank | 24, 40 |
| Farm Bureau Assn Inc | 22 |
| Fugate, H J | 89, 93, 96 |
| Gay, Claude | 5 |
| Geneva Produce Co | 40, 52, 63 |
| Graber Produce | 78, 83, 91 |
| Graber, David V | 98, 99, 109 |
| Graber, Elmer V | 78, 83, 91, 95, 99 |
| Graber, Mennas | 98 |
| Graber, Victor C | 78, 83, 91, 95, 97, 98, 99 |
| Graber, Walter | 109 |
| H E Rupert Grocery | 46 |
| H P Schmidt Meat Market | 19 |
| Habegger, Louis | 35, 45, 88 |
| Habegger, Vincent F | 102 |
| Harlacher, E L | 8 |
| Heffner, R E | 3 |
| Heffner, W E | 3 |
| Helmrich, J J | 48, 66, 75, 79 |
| Helmrich, John | 29 |
| Helmrich, Rachel | 75, 79 |
| Hoffer, Jake | 76 |
| Hollinger, Albert | 67 |
| Hook, Roy | 36 |
| Hooper, Gordon | 120, 122, 124 |
| Houser, Ward | 99 |
| J J Newberry Store | 117 |
| Kneuss, Victor | 95, 98, 99, 109 |
| Kneuss, Warren | 98 |
| Kottler, Abe | 120 |
| Kottler, Borne | 107, 120 |
| Krueckeberg, E W | 15, 33 |
| Krueckeberg, Martin | 11 |
| L N Stahl & Son | 59 |
| LaBrun, Ray | 93 |
| Langlin, Floy | 38 |
| Leimenstoll, August | 29 |
| Martin, Abe | 50 |
| Massomme, Charles | 17, 22 |
| McAlhousey, George | 84 |
| McKean, W F | 21, 36, 51, 64 |
| McKee, J M | 117 |
| Mercer, Gerald | 7 |
| Michand, Tone | 25 |
| Mihn & Stetler | 6 |
| Minger, Loris | 55 |
| Model Hatchery & Supply Co | 43, 60 |
| Moltz, H R | 17, 22, 50, 61, 70, 89, 93 |
| Mutschler, Albert | 20 |
| Mutschler, Edgar | 20 |
| Mutschler, Fred | 20 |
| Myers, William H | 17, 22 |
| Nichlson, Herbert H | 50 |
| P W Dunwiddie Produce | 86 |
| Parkison, H C | 96 |
| Patterson, Lavere | 55 |
| Pease, W M | 13 |
| Pease, W M Jr | 13 |
| Peden, H R | 65 |
| Peder, R L | 7 |
| Ridenour, Carl J | 10 |
| Ross, C | 61 |
| Ross, Clark | 93, 96 |
| Ross, Roland | 89 |
| Roush, Charles B | 12, 31, 41 |
| Ruloltz, H | 38 |
| Rupert, H | 61 |
| Rupert, H E | 18, 36, 61, 93 |
| Rupert, Harvey | 38, 89 |
| Schadt, Paul | 71 |
| Schannen, Oral | 109 |
| Schmidt, H P | 19 |
| Schnepp, G W | 14 |
| Schnepp, Gerald | 47 |
| Schroyer, Ed | 20 |
| Schug, Robert | 95 |
| Schumm, Arthur | 71 |
| Schumm, Karl G | 71 |
| Schwartz, Joseph D | 87, 92 |
| Shady, Ralph | 23 |
| Shaffer, Jake | 61, 100, 101, 104, 106, 109, 112, 114 |
| Sheets, Clarence | 68 |
| Sherman & White Co | 8, 23, 39 |
| Sletgmeyer, C | 61 |
| Smith, Adolph | 75, 79 |
| Smith, Herman | 1 |
| Snepp, Donald | 50 |
| Spitler Bros | 89, 93, 96 |
| Spitler Grocery Store | 34 |
| Spitler, Glen | 16, 34 |
| Spitler, J C | 16, 34 |
| Sprunger, A N | 30, 89, 93, 96 |
| Sprunger, Menno S | 73, 78, 83, 91, 95 |
| Stahl, Emmett | 32, 44, 59, 72 |
| Stahl, L N | 32, 44, 59, 72, 85 |
| Stapleton, Bert | 14 |
| Stegmeyer, Rupert | 93 |
| Steigmeyer, Carl | 8, 23, 39 |
| Stucky, Erwin | 43, 60 |
| Stucky, Glen | 43 |
| Stucky, Martin | 42, 43 |
| Stucky, Otis | 43 |
| Teeple, Mary C | 23 |
| Treon, Norman | 107, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 118, 119, 121, 123, 125, 126, 127 |
| Treon's Poultry Market | 114, 116, 123, 125, 126, 127 |
| V C Graber Produce | 73, 98, 99, 103, 109 |
| Vian, Glen | 23, 39 |
| Welch, T M | 96 |
| Welton, Vera | 38 |
| Williams Produce | 27 |
| Williams, Lewis | 27 |
| Wolfe, Junior | 106, 109, 112, 114 |
| Wren Department Store | 26 |
| Yancy Brothers | 9 |
| Yancy, William R | 9 |
| Young, Elsie | 79 |
