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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1913
Page
3
The silo is praised as a key farming tool boosting live stock industries and saving corn crops. It promises cheaper stock production, higher beef and butter yields, and efficient forage storage, with silage fitting cattle sheep swine and poultry. The method reportedly doubles corn value, triples carrying capacity, restores soil fertility and yields a full annual return on investment.
The article urges farmers to write to the state experiment station to obtain proper fertilizer formulas and mix indoor plant food on rainy days. It argues conservation means saving every dollar spent on middlemen, wages, and freight, benefiting the farmer’s pocketbook.
The Progressive farmer advises using No 12 wire or larger from upper sills of farm bridges. Anchor with posts five feet deep on the bank or tree up the bank fifty yards from the stream. Nail planks with recycled nails. well secured bridges withstand high water and freshets even at eighteen inches.
Practical guidance on dairy cow care including water supply, tank heaters, and shelter. Advocates early calf exercise, concrete floors for drainage and climate control, cautious beet tops feeding, and complete milking to sustain milk secretion per Hoard's Dairyman.
The article quotes Coltapiella from the first century ALIS warning against aged Earth and urging rational manage ment. It praises alfalfa and vetches as virtues and recommends their cultivation as a remedy to perceived sterility and untaught oversight.
Iowa farmers find it pays to harrow after planting to curb weeds and speed crop establishment. Delayed planting can still yield early ripening if soil warms and surface tillage liberates fertility. Keep icy spots covered in yards and paddocks to protect stock. even stable manure helps.
A device illustrated promises to ease lifting barrels with less back pain and finger strain. It features a six inch band grip, a metal hook over the barrel chine, and a curved wooden crosspiece. For heavier loads the handle can be extended up to twelve inches for extra leverage, as noted by Orange Judd Farmer.
A garden note cites Aunty Septic as a pruning aid for blighted branches and warns on safeguarding bark with whitewash and corrosive sublimate. It advises cooling ashes before fertilizing grapevines and trenching away from roots, plus radish soil with rotten manure and thinning after sowing.
Doctor orders off work, but you must keep going. Electric Bitters promised to give tone and vigor from the first dose. Thousands bless them for health and strength with a guaranteed satisfaction or your money back. Only 50 cents at druggists.
The Robert Hoe library auction drew professional book dealers to new price levels led by James F. Drake paying 1200 dollars for Pierre Corneille tragedy Rodo gune printed in 1760 in the apartment of Mme. de Pompadour at Versailles.
Advertisement claims Dr King's New Life Pills for four weeks stimulate the liver improve digestion remove blood impurities and clear pimples with better health. Urges immediate use and purchase at all druggists. See sale bills for details.
Henry Wheeling a twelve year old from Crawfordsville Indiana was found wedged into a large tire on the rear of a transcontinental car at Pomona thirty five miles east of Los Angeles He claimed he rode the entire distance for two months without spending a cent and was given food and a comfortable ride for the remainder of his journey.
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The text offers a $100 reward if any case fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials, listing F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as makers with pills for constipation sold by druggists.
In Fountain Circuit Court February Term 1913 Absalom Nelson and heirs and spouses are named as defendants in a real estate quiet title action. Non residents are ordered to appear by April 12 1913 or the case will proceed in their absence. Clerk Leroy Sanders signs the notice with Stansbury and Billings as attorneys.
Washington news prints Pastor Russell's acceptance of a call to Washington Temple New York Avenue and Thirteenth Street. He preaches from Psalm VIII 6 linking Messiah's Kingdom to a dawning age, warns of a coming dark hour, and outlines divine plans to roll away the curse and uplift humanity through the sanctified body and God's reign.
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