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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
6
City men seek country homes and small farmers seek land to till. The article argues farming must be a business, with forty acres diversified for steady income. It cites profits from hogs, milk, potatoes, eggs, fruit, vegetables, honey, and horses, noting dairy on larger scales and feed strategies.
A study of the market and its methods is a very important matter to be included in the winter course of reading which the farmer maps out for himself. Selling is just as important as raising a crop.
A historical note on Swiss chard rising in U S gardens, markets and truck farms. It highlights its hardiness similar to cabbage lettuce, with leaves used as greens and stems cooked on toast. It discusses wintering methods, seed sowing, and starting plants in hotbeds or greenhouses before field setting.
The Kansans Farmer notes that two tons of fresh barnyard manure yield one ton of rotted manure due to evaporation and leeching. Much fertilizing matter is lost during rotting, meaning fresher manure contains more usable material for farming.
A reader suggests repurposing an old buggy wheel by attaching it to an axle on the outside of a farm gate so the wheel rolls as the gate opens and closes. The idea aims to reduce gate sagging and ease operation.
The passage urges earning money without harming land fertility. It advocates growing crops that both enrich the soil and increase farmer prosperity, promoting sustainable farming as a core objective.
Farmers are urged to test alfalfa seed purity at home using a simple setup of blotting paper and seeds. Over six days, sprouting rates indicate quality, with 80 percent germination as a benchmark for good seed. Brown seeds warn of poor viability and weed risk, per Kansas State Agricultural College.
A historical description explains a sapling pulling device using a five to six foot round hickory pole with a tree affixed at one end and a trace chain at the other. The chain catches the sapling while a horse pulls and an ax cuts the roots on the opposite side, freeing the tree quickly.
A recent appellate division ruling bars butter substitute makers from artificial coloring and from ingredients that imitate butter color. The Rural New Yorker questions the fate of farm manure sales and discusses contract basics including offers and withdrawals before acceptance.
G. H. Alford explains October to November 1 15 as prime sowing window in cotton belt. Oats comparable or better than corn for forage and soil humus, with grazing data from Baton Rouge trials showing notable weight gains. Emphasizes oats as winter cover, soil builder, and profitable crop, plus notes on fertilizer, sowing methods, and red rustproof oat varieties. Also mentions new state fire marshal law with duties and funding.
Card of Thanks to those who assisted during illness and death of wife and mother. Thanks extended to Modern Woodmen of America Court of Honor for floral tributes. John L. Fields and Family.
Warns against ointments containing mercury that damage the system and advises using Hall's Catarrh Cure made in Toledo Ohio by J Chen ey Co. and J. Casanay & Co. It claims the remedy contains no mercury and is taken internally to treat catarrh. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials available.
The notice urges readers to file mortgage exemption claims from March 1 to May 1 each year. It explains that up to seven hundred dollars of mortgage debt unpaid on March 1 can be deducted from assessed value, with annual sworn statements required, and exemptions available through the county auditor using notarized forms.
A vintage ad promising quick relief from sick headaches sour stomach indigestion and billiousness. It claims the pills purify the blood and renew vigor, with every pill helping every box guaranteed. Price 85 cents. Endorsed by Irvin & Willard.
A quip from New York Proms contends that some see true wholesomeness as grim and facially austere and that a person who never laughs is untrustworthy. The remark mocks pretentious piety and the belief that graves and coffins symbolize virtue.
In a letter from New Haven Connecticut Mantford VanDorn Druggist Covington reports a frail sickly child improved after three bottles of Vinci Vinol. The tonic combines cods livers elements with blood making iron to build strength and appetite. Money back if no improvement.
Capt Caldwell led a Delaware regiment famed for cock fighting and drill. Known as Caldwell's game cocks, his theory claimed no cock is game unless from a blue hen, giving the nickname Blue Hen Chickens to his unit and eventually to Delaware volunteers after the war.
Paulding banker C H Allen touts sugar beet culture as a driver of prosperity in Ohio and Indiana. He cites a $20 million rise in farm land value by year end and $5 million increases in Paulding County seedbed of beet factories. He notes higher tillage and labor, improved yields on beet land, and predicts 25 beet sugar factories in both states as thousands move from cities to farms.
A testimonial from J R Wells of Floydale Texas praises Dr King's New Discovery for treating coughs and colds and claims a 15 pound weight gain. The ad urges readers to try the medicine with a money back guarantee and mentions availability at local stores.
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