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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1915
Page
2
A Tennessee extension note advises how to house sows before farrowing in a movable A shaped hog house on runners. With thoughtful care a week before farrowing, separated sows gain calmer beds and larger litters.
Describes hog housing options including sheds and 8x8 huts on runners. Recommends clean, straw-bedded spaces with protection from cold winds and access to a small yard. Advises a battle guard rail inside, light feeding before farrowing, and only water for 24 hours post farrowing.
Capons are castrated cockerels and in eastern markets sell for 25 to 40 cents per pound. The market opens before Thanksgiving and runs after Easter. Demand favors capons dressed at nine to fifteen pounds, with caponizing yielding better returns for producers.
A historical note explains caponization increases carcass weight by twenty to thirty percent within six to nine months, lowering production costs for the same weight. It states capons yield tender flesh and that cockerels are best caponized at two to two and a half pounds, with the operation described as not dangerous or painful to the chick.
A reflective poem condemns tobacco smoke and alcohol as a social vice. The speaker laments health harms and moral decay, urging clean air and virtue while mocking smokers and urging abstinence. The verse contrasts smoky habits with biblical piety and divine judgment.
We offer clean coal free from slate that burns slowly and produces intense heat. Hard and soft wood are available in any quantity. Let us fill your order this time and choose the best way for a smooth transaction.
In this Tennessee legal notice Herman Machel is a non-resident and cannot be served. Publication is ordered in the Johnson City Comet for four consecutive weeks. He must appear before the Johnson City Law Court by the third Monday in June to defend the bill or risk a default hearing. March 26, 1915.
A judicial sale on April 16, 1915, at Johnson City courthouse will offer Lot No 3 in Little and Davis Addition fronting 45 feet on Tenth Avenue and other parcels in West Park Addition and Dominion Street. The sale is to satisfy a $387.89 judgment plus costs, from a case heard March 19 1915 with Queenie Johnson and W R Johnson named.
J McAmis from the University of Tennessee recounts Mr McGee in Bradley County showing successful alfalfa on steep hillside. Five years yield a per acre hay of twenty one loads with a strong stand, aided by lime phosphate and manure. He explains legumes fix nitrogen making hill land viable over corn, convincing neighbors of the method.
This UT extension note describes White Wyandottes as the popular fowl, noting their good brooding hens, brown eggs, and strong growth. It cites F J Wehrmeyer of Gala Poultry Plant Benton Harbor Mich, and praises their snowy plumage, bright eggs, and red combs, urging buyers to avoid scrubs and purchase from reliable breeders.
Wostunal 4, W Barnes of this city died at Johns Hopkins hospital from bladder trouble and a combination of disease after several days of treatment and an operation that failed. Barnes was known here from his work with the railway and as an inspector. He came from Appalachia, Va, and was a member of the I C O P F and Masonic orders. He is survived by a wife and three children who will join the remains in Vennington Gap, Va for interment.
Scientists report that at a depth of 45 feet beneath the earth's surface the temperature remains essentially constant year round, showing no perceptible variation across seasons. The finding highlights stable subterranean heat conditions and potential uses for underground cooling or insulation.
Solfi and Company DF Dolan is non-resident and an attachment exists. Publication in Comet Johnson City for four weeks is ordered to compel appearance by May 1, 1915 or the suit proceeds ex parte. Justice J W Crumley presiding.
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Treasurer Mountain Branch N H DB V S National Soldiers Home Tenn and opened at the time fixed for furnishing and delivering 10500 tons of bituminous coal. Copies of instructions and blank proposals available on application to the Treasurer Oliver K Marshall.
Sudan grass a dwarf annual sorghum compares to millet but yields second and third cuttings and may be used for pasture after cutting cowpeas or early soybeans sown with it. Objections include seed price seed contamination with Johnson grass and it is not a legume. A Williamson county correspondent recalls a farmer adopting demonstrator methods despite teasing. The article also mentions Lee the Moose River stage horse posting a harvest record of 217? years and 39476 miles traveled across six years with continual harness use.
Money to loan from 100 to 20000 on improved or unimproved town property and farm lands at 8 percent interest. Interest payable annually or semi annually. Terms from one to ten years. Applicants must describe location and valuation of security and state improvements. Country representatives sought to receive applications and appraise property. Requires two character references and postage.
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