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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
8
The article stresses variety in winter poultry diets to keep hens laying. It recommends mixing corn, wheat, oats, barley, millet seed, and lean wheat for bulk, plus meat scraps, bone, kitchen refuse, cut clover or alfalfa, and straw bedding. It warns against exclusive grain feeding and notes insects and natural foraging as models.
W F Adams of farm journal recounts two years raising 100 hens with cut bone as feed. He explains using fresh soup bones, avoiding boiled or sun bleached bones, and mixing bone meal with corn chops for growing chicks and for hens laying eggs. He attributes a 15 percent profit increase to bone feeding, warns against overdosing, and stresses regular use.
T. B. Orr warns against assuming a flock is truly pure if it lacks obvious dunghill blood Yet long term crosses from Light Brahmas Brown leghorns Silver Wyandottes Plymouth Rocks and Black Minorcas produced a highly mixed flock by 1900 despite no dunghill ancestry He argues grading up mixed stock is unpredictable and cold blood can be erased with effort
A man visits a jeweler asking about watches and keeps returning with evolving offers. He starts with a cheap piece, then selects a $15 model, then a $25 watch with a gold filled case and jeweled movement, and finally a solid gold case watch for a higher price after tying it to a larger payment.
A Roman Meet in Rome enjoys a year round mild climate with hunting season from late November to mid March. Hounds gather by 11 on mornings when riders depart from Rote and nearby villas for field work miles from the city. The hunt draws swift motor cars and various carriages as nobles’ estates supply riders for a day of pursuit.
A missionary recounts a Chinese servant who offers to be executed in place of a rich man to provide his poor parents with money. He explains the motive is filial duty and to spare his elders hardship, even as he faces death for the substitution. The column ends with an ad noting Groves’ Tasteless Chill Tonic and its no cure, no pay claim.
An aged traveler with a fish emblem has long toured the world advertising Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil. The ad claims it builds strength for consumptives, strengthens weak children, and aids frail adults, with prices 50c and 1.00 from SCOTT & BOWNE, New York.
A Sunday School lesson on Luke 2 49 52 emphasizes knowing God through Christ the only begotten Son. It notes Jesus growth in wisdom in Nazareth and his early public pronouncement I must be about my Fathers business. The piece urges young readers to seek God in house and word.
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