Bloomfield Democrat details history and rates
The Bloomfield Democrat is Greene county's Democratic newspaper founded in 1861. It publishes weekly on Fridays and semi weekly on Tuesdays with W L Slinkard as proprietor and editor. Subscription rates are listed as one year for $1.50, six months, and single copies available in advance. Advertising rates apply by banks and lodges per line. Address change and postal details noted.
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Bloomfield
Indiana
Postoffice
Public concern over wartime costs and price exploitation
The piece argues the U S enters war without expected indemnities and faces heavy taxation, urging protection for wage earners from food and coal price gouging. It condemns price manipulators while noting farmers benefit from higher sale prices and calls for effective investigation and price regulation.
Indianapolis Market Slaughter Steers Reach Varied Prices
Market report shows steers good to choice 1300 lbs and up at 12.25 to 12.75 per cwt, common to medium 1300 lbs and up 11.75 to 12.25, and other weight ranges from 800 to 1250 lbs yielding 10 to 11.50. Cows and heifers list ranges from 7 to 11.50 for light to good to choice, bulls and calves from 8 to 12.50.
Terms Used in Feeding Scientific Nomenclature Explained
This article outlines three main feed components protein fat and carbohydrates calling them organic matter while mineral matter is inorganic. It explains protein as muscle forming and notes how animals need varying amounts of these nutrients at different life stages and during pregnancy.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Buying Feed Ingredients for Cost Effective Mixed Feeds
The article argues few stores stock all high quality ingredients at reasonable prices. It notes competition pushes cheaper options, experiments and brands influence farmer choices, and recommends mixing own feeds to reduce costs. Mixed feeds with home grown grains can lower overall feeding expenses.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Manarial Ingredients of Feeds and Nitrogen Value
A National Crop Improvement Service report notes nitrogen as the key fertilizing element in feeds. Connecticut Experiment Station finds average mixed fertilizer at 2.95 percent nitrogen, with eighteen of fifty-two feeds reaching 3.93 percent including cottonseed and linseed meals gluten meal middlings and distillers products.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Connecticut
Malt sprouts urged for dairymen in 1912 report
Prof. J P Street notes malt sprouts deserve more attention from dairy producers than many proprietary mixed seeds that offer far less protein. He adds dried brewers grains, given its high analysis and price, ranks as one of the cheapest high grade feeds on the market.
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National Crop Improvement Service
J. P. Street
Connecticut Agricultural Station
What’s in a mixed feed for dairy cows
A high grade mixed feed suited for any dairy cow should be high in protein with a precise digestible analysis. It can be blended with corn oats barley hay or other forage grown on the farm to save money. Top ingredients include distillers grains gluten feed cotton seed meal hominy meal malt sprouts brewers grains linseed meal wheat bran and salt.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Canary Prices Soar After War Disrupts German Supply
Canaries, once plentiful at 3.50 to 6 dollars, now fetch 12 to 15 dollars or more as wartime disruptions end German imports. Dealers note no fixed price, with demand outpacing American breeders who struggle to match German supply.
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Germany
Shore Birds On The Move In Late May Mystery
Swift shore birds vanish as suddenly as they appeared with the season shifting to the far north. Few breeding habits are understood as they migrate from southern coasts to Arctic dry grounds, laying four blotched eggs in June amid damp moss and frozen ground.
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Arctic Sea
Food prejudice costs. try new foods and share staples
Government food experts urge the public to overcome bias and sample a wider range of nourishing foods. Relying on familiar staples can raise prices or cause shortages when crops falter, as rice or corn prove valuable when potatoes or wheat are scarce.
The Battlefield Through Shaw’s Eyes on the Somme Front
George Bernard Shaw hails the Somme front as magnificent in snow and sun while noting ironic signposts to nonexistent towns. He describes trees along the road near Ypres as wrecked and ragged, with ground so pocked no flat earth exists for marbles.
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Somme
George Bernard Shaw
London Chronicle
Maurepas
Contalmaison
Pozieres
Ypres
Outcast Among Birds
The American cowbird is described as an outcast in the avian world for laying eggs in other birds nests. The young cowbirds grow large and outcompete foster mothers, leaving many song sparrows to struggling hatchlings and exhausted feeds.
Self Esteem and Moral Justification in Conduct
William Maxwell discusses how people justify reprehensible behavior to preserve self esteem. He argues long loss of self regard may lead to self destructive action and that remorse is essential to maintaining some sense of self worth.
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William Maxwell
Collier's Weekly
Wire Tie Promises Secure Package Fastening
A New York inventor Warren L Bald introduces a spring wire wire tie that grips cord ends without knots. The device uses two hooked operations around wire loops and tightens under strain, spreading the wire to grip more firmly. It also serves as part of a package handle.
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Warren L. Bald
New York
Wasted Radishes After City Deemed Food Sound
A carload of 197 baskets of radishes was dumped as refuse after food dealers declined to handle it. The New York Mail says the health department found the radishes sound and fit for use, but passing them to markets would lower prices, so they were destroyed.
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The
New York Mail
Health Department
Growth of Mind Through Honest Work and High Ideals
The piece cites Coleridge and Lamb on potential and growth. It argues mind growth comes from hard, faithful work and unfouled ideals, warning that low ideals poison progress like weeds choking a plant. It urges daily self-discipline to expand capability over five years.
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Coleridge
Charles Lamb
Shakespeare
Brief Cart Etiquette Joke on a Trolley Ride
A humorous exchange about a child named Dubhwaite and a trolley car incident. The child tries to get an elderly gentleman’s whiskers, but the man refuses to part with them, creating a playful moment.
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Dubhwaite
Greene county draft registration notice dated June 5 1917
Notice under H R 3545 requires all male citizens aged 21 to 31 to register for selective service between 7 am and 9 pm on Tuesday June 5 1917 in Greene county Indiana at designated township voting places. County board includes E Kirby Ashcraft Jeptha Moss and T Roy Cook. Registration officers listed per precinct with locations.
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United States
Greene County
Indiana
E. Kirby Ashcraft
Jeptha Moss
T. Roy Cook
Richland Township
Military Registration Board notices for Greene County May 24 1917
A 1917 Greene County notice lists polling and voting places for multiple townships and precincts. It names officers and registrars such as James Wells James White John S Bennett N G Watson and others and states registration will be conducted in usual voting places. The document lists precincts Beech Creek Fairplay Smith Wright Stafford East West North South and Lyons with assigned locations and names for registration staff.
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Hugh Rice
H/ N. Flock
Geo. E. Hollowell
James Usery
Luciel Jones
Henry Bordenett
Joe M. Goodman
John Kunkler
E. F. Gwin
Hallie Hunt
W. L. Parks
Mahlon Gilbreath
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