This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
12
Agricultural guidance covers humane care for hogs and turkeys, feathering chicks, feed quality, fly control, ventilation, and timely ordering of shipping crates. Advice highlights breeding strains, market readiness, and efficient grain mixes, noting long dry spells boost turkey and chick viability and that industrious hens remain most profitable.
The author argues colt shows advertise stallion power and breeding value while teaching care, feeding, and training. Counties should organize multi class events with premiums and community effort, highlighting stallion prepotency, foal development, and brood mare productivity to benefit Indiana’s horse industry.
The best mothers among sows are the heaviest milkers and produce robust litters. Milk flow correlates with pig size and growth early on, influencing lifelong development. Observations show wide variation. some sows yield eight pounds daily while others under four. Select breeding stock by litter size, growth at weaning, and sow condition, favoring mothers with strong maternal instincts and prolific, thriftful offspring.
M L Fisher outlines millet use as catch crop and hay source, noting green feeding is limited and grazing is poor. Sown mid May to late July, millets need good soil and a well-prepared seed bed. yields vary by variety with foxtail and barnyard groupings most productive for hay.
It argues regular flock dipping to control parasites and improve wool, outlining when to dip spring and fall, how to build a dipping vat, and how to prepare a hot, lye enriched dip. It cites England’s legal precedent and notes tobacco dips as an alternative for scabies.
The department of soils and crops at the experiment station started two new fields this spring in Jenningsown ty near North Vernon and Greene county near Worthington. Leased for ten years, they feature tile drainage and planned trials on corn wheat and clover with tests of fertilizers lime manure and crop residues to improve soils benefiting local farmers.
The seed and fertilizer building at the Purdue experiment station destroyed by last November's tornado is quickly being replaced. Scheduled to stand on a firmer foundation the new structure will be more substantial throughout than the former building under construction.
Purdue University owned Jersey named Golden Day freshened April 4 and since then produced 853 pounds of milk and 49.51 pounds of butter fat in April with an average test of 5.8. She now yields about 46 pounds of milk daily at 6 percent fat. Despite a weak start after freshening she is expected to average higher later this season potentially reaching 0,000 to 12,000 pounds of milk containing 600 to 700 pounds of butter fat. The Purdue horticultural department will test fifteen tomato varieties this season with field planting begun May 25.
The Purdue University class of 1912 initiates a fund to build a large student union building. A five dollar assessment per member will be paid on graduation to seed the fund. Alumni faculty and student leaders form a committee to campaign for support with hopes of a new facility in a few years.
In Indiana this spring dairymen are growing oats and Canadian field peas due to clover floor stands. The crop yields well and includes a tegume providing a fair amount of protein for cattle feed.
The north block of the old apple or chard, headed back and plowed this spring, is starting off nicely. A small crop will be harvested due to bloom scarcity.
An owner should equip a home orchard with a high grade pruning set including hand and pole shears, saws, a pruning knife and possibly topping shears. The pruning saw is key with various types and blade options. high quality blades and versatile saw designs aid efficient work.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.