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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
2
Reynolds residents list guests and visits across town including Scott Turk of Hudson Georgia and Miss Juaneta Allen of Talbotton visiting local households. travels note D T Seay in Columbus and Oscar Draughon with home folks while Hen ry Riley from Richmond Virginia shakes hands in town. Local ads promote canned goods and hog oilers as prices and tours are mentioned.
Reynolds and surrounding towns mourn the death of Lettie Ricks Cook wife of E W Cook after a three week typhoid illness at Williams sanitarium Macon She was 40 and survived by her husband mother two sons and two brothers Her funeral was held in Reynolds with Rev J H Allen and Rev H O Fowler officiating She was a active Methodist and community leader remembered for charity and youth work
A Southern Cultivator profile praises J H Whatley of Reynolds GA as an ideal diversified farmer. It highlights peach orchards with 80 car loads this year, plus wheat oats corn cotton Shorthorn cattle and Durroc hogs. The piece notes his crops are clean despite rain delays and promises forthcoming photo cuts of his farm.
The church reports small but attentive congregations last Sunday with fair Sunday school turnout except adults. It urges members to attend next Sunday for the Lord's Supper and to support Bible Class in the tent rear of the church, noting the church belongs to the members and the pastor needs all to help.
Second hand piano in good condition offered by Barrow Brothers for sale. Also available is a splendid building lot in Reynolds Georgia. See HC Whatley for details or to write for information.
For sale a six room house with several small buildings on the premises and three acres of adjoining land. Located in a desirable section of Reynolds. For further particulars apply to L F Montfort.
Advice from the National Crop Improvement Service on efficient hog farming. Raise hogs in small numbers on farms with accessible waste streams and abundant pasture, supply concentrated foods, finish to about 160 pounds, and use self feeders. Provide shade and water, avoid heat stress, vaccinate against hog cholera, and control lice with dipping or oil rubs. Breed the herd by selecting top animals and purebred sires.
The article outlines an endless chain financing plan for pig clubs where banks or breeders supply the sow and accept notes secured by future piglets. Boys join clubs, follow rules, report as required, and risk sow death beyond negligence. The sow owner gets first pick of female piglets and a second choice if a second litter is bred.
The document describes a breeding plan where a sow pig and a Toy Ty are allocated to a club member with variations in transfer. If the sow is received at weaning age, two pigs from the first litter of the same age or one from the first and the second litter may be returned.
The article explains pasture raised pigs access to green succulent grasses reduces water stress versus dry lot feeding. Green feeds stimulate intake after dry feed digestion and may promote fattening when water is withheld. For breeding and growing hogs, allow the animal to decide water intake and amount, as pigs are best judges of food and drink.
The article from the National Crop Improvement Service discusses hog quality. It states desirable hogs weigh around 200 pounds, with good hogs up to 300 pounds depending on construction. It argues thousand-pound hogs are less valuable per pound due to excess fat and lard versus ham and bacon. Quick pork is preferred for uniformity and tender future meat.
A quick exchange shows Bridget confirming her brother, previously deaf, will recover after an arrest yesterday and plans to regain his hearing by morning.
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