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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
3
Guidance on feeding and housing pregnant ewes to optimize lamb quality and survival. Emphasizes moderate grain with hay, avoid mouldy silage, keep silage fresh, and provide high dry sheds with sunshine. Warns against fattening grains and narrow doorways to prevent abortions.
A Terre Haute booster event showcased a mammoth corn exposition with 18 by 90 foot exhibits and 1000 dollars in premiums. J A Stainbrook won the grand premium and John Durham claimed the Vigo county sweepstakes as Purdue agr extension highlights drew crowds and officials praised the high quality exhibits.
A Kansas Farmer note warns to monitor separator speed by turning the crank weekly. Missing one or two revolutions per minute slows the bowl 600 to 700 revolutions, risking fat loss in the milk. Small adjustments prevent waste and cow losses after much effort.
The article explains that warm, well designed hog houses enable two litters per year, with cost estimates per pen for single and double-walled structures. It describes a model 22x36 foot house with ten pens, ventilation, and versatile layout, and notes the three leading hog breeds Poland China, Duroc Jersey, and Berkshire, highlighting the Duroc Jersey’s advantages and origin.
Proper winter care keeps horses and mules healthy and productive. Provide warm, well bedded stables, regular grooming, ample food and water, daily stable cleaning, and sunlit shelters. Use blankets to prevent draft exposure, carry blankets for horses kept outside, and prefer oats and corn for work meals. Mules tolerate work well and graze on attached pastures when possible. Stable during rain and avoid turning out on wet ground to protect the sod.
An England report in The American Bee Journal states cloths soaked in a weak carbolic acid solution placed over filled supers will quickly drive bees out. Supers can then be removed. If the honey’s taste is unaffected, this is a short cut in harvesting the crop.
Hoard's Dairyman notes dairy cows from Jersey Ayrshire Guernsey or Holstein need similar care to sustain milk function. After a cow begins to struggle for living she loses dairy value. environment and feeding influence modern milk production across breeds. The Ayrshire may hustle feed harder due to harsher origin climate and rougher pastures.
W. B. Hewitt reports a potato crop of 550 bushels per acre on a one third acre plot in Kennebec county Maine. The Green Mountain variety was grown with manure fertilizer and sprayed six times during the season.
Kafir corn fodder has about the same feeding value as corn fodder and can be used in the same way.
An article outlining daily feeding needs for hens and flocks, detailing daily quantities, grain mix ratios, and a dry mash formula. It advises six ounces per hen per day, a two thirds grain share with wheat, cracked corn, and oats, plus optional seeds, and a dry mash made from bran, alfalfa meal, oats, corn meal, salt, and pepper.
A. J. Hallock of Long Island notes a duck sickness case where soft feed was fine but the sand used near the creek produced impurity. Leeching from duck yards contaminated the sand, causing disease. Replacing with clean sand cured the issue, illustrating purity's role in food safety.
The article urges clean, well ventilated henhouses and dry floors to reduce disease and digestive troubles in fowls. It warns against ducks in confined spaces, recommends lime sulfur spray to combat lice, and notes feeding strategies and nesting tricks. It also mentions camphor bread, Venetian red as a water additive, and housing hens off trees to prevent frozen combs.
A boiler explosion on a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton freight train near the east end of Indianapolis hospitalizes two men. Brakeman Frank Bird and student fireman A. F. Duty were badly hurt in the latest of three recent wrecks on the line.
Plainfield resident Mrs Tamir Eatman colored claims a 110 year age based on memory of events from 1812. Born in Canada she learned to read as a child and recalls reading war accounts aloud during the War of 1812. Her father Richard Hopewell died in Brunswick at 103. She later moved to Boston and Philadelphia where she now resides.
Connersville, Jan 6 William Fitz a local druggist has vanished from his home. He was last seen in Greenfield where he visited his wife and planned to meet her in Cambridge City. Mrs Fitz has begun an inquiry but no clues yet. His finances are described as tangled.
South Bend reporter says Alexander Bright eighty dies at daughter Delia Masterman home a day after learning of his daughter-in-law's death. Bright had long suffered rheumatism and the shock was blamed for his demise.
Walter Lemmon of Petersburg north of here tested a liquid from a barn can and it ignited. He was burned as flames set his clothing ablaze and outbuildings caught fire before the local department extinguished the blaze.
In Columbus on January 6 S E Hillburn a 30 year old plumber from Grand Rapids Michigan working on a new mechanical filter project was buried under two tons of dirt for fifteen minutes after a ditch side caved in. He was rescued barely alive.
Fort Wayne reports the city is second in Indiana for new building in 1912 with permits totaling 2 870 000. Evansville follows with 1 252 576 and Terre Haute total permits around 500 000.
Fort Wayne residents report wagon loads of dead bass pickerel pike and suckers found in the St. Marys river south of the city. Fishermen suspect pollution from nearby sugar beet factories at Decatur is harming the water and fish.
South Bend January 6. A team of horses pulled a wagon with the body of Harvey Goff a 42 year old St Joseph County farmer to his home after he died suddenly of heart failure while driving home relatives found his body in the barnyard.
Edward McCloskey of Porter County celebrates his 102nd birthday in Laporte Indiana. He remains mentally sharp and attributes longevity to his regular tobacco use.
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