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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
2
A guide urges dairymen to build a sanitary reinforced concrete dairy house separate from stables, with water supply and ventilation. A 12 by 14 foot room suits 20 to 25 cows, featuring a concrete milk tank, a shared separator room, wash area, and storage, all under a simple roof at a cost not exceeding about 185 dollars.
American Gus Franklin in Paris witnesses a staged duel between two French politicians with a female intervener and attendants. He later learns the scene was filmed for a moving picture show, prompting Franklin to reflect on his brief moment of public visibility.
An Ohio inventor creates a milk bottle pitcher with a spout and lid held by spring clips. The device fits ordinary milk bottles in seconds, using a rod to bite into the paper cropper, enabling the cover to serve as a pitcher. After pouring, the attachment transfers to another bottle.
Implement feeding by giving producing cows clover or alfalfa hay when possible and avoid low value fodder. Use oats wheat bran oil meal and shorts to supplement. Include some ground corn but do not rely on it as the sole concentrated ration.
Advice on rearing dairy heifers emphasizes the first six to twelve months shaping future usefulness. Early care influences fattening tendency and can harm milking qualities, so develop proper foundation for productive cows.
Paris readers debate what it means for a man to understand women. Excerpts from opinions range from equal partnership to skepticism about any man truly understanding women. A reader praises a confidence giving man who lets women speak and feel safe in conversation.
George W. Smith and a companion, lost amid Colorado high country, found a warm cabin and drank five cups of coffee laced with strychnine intended to deter blanket thieves. After emetics and oil, Smith survived while authorities learned the owner had poisoned the coffee.
Everett Washington memory returns for Robert Carlson a logger brought from Arlington for insanity examination. He identifies himself as John Doe Christensen and recalls being in the upstairs corridor four years earlier. Jail records confirm his statements and location.
Autograph letters of Colonel Roosevelt sold for eight and four dollars each at the New York sale of the art collection of Miga Emily Grigsby.
Farm and Ranch highlights the silo as a key conservation tool to reduce waste in corn by up to 40 percent and lower feeding costs. It notes rising stock food prices shrinking the industry, with silage boosting butter and beet production efficiency, increasing land carrying capacity and soil fertility.
The Gleaner cites a cost efficient method urging each farmer to write to the state experiment station to obtain the proper fertilizer formula for any crop and mix indoor plant food on rainy days. It argues this saves money by eliminating middlemen profits and freight costs.
From the Progresssive Farmer guidance describes using No 12 or No 9 wire anchored at upper sills to trees or planted posts on river banks, five feet deep, and with twenty penny nails to secure planks so high water from freshets won’t wash away bridges.
Advice on dairy farming covers cow drinking water quality, tank and shelter for feed efficiency, calf exercise after a week, concrete floors for drainage and climate control in cheese rooms, cautious beet tops feeding, and avoiding milk removal to prevent secretion issues per Dairyman guidance.
Paulding banker C. H. Allen says establishing sugar beet industry will add about 20 million dollars to Ohio farm land value by year end. He notes Paulaing county gains of 5 million, 5 million more invested in nearby factories, and a back to the farm movement increasing tillage and labor. He cites higher yields on beet land, with oats and wheat gains, and predicts 5,000 workers will move from cities to fields this year. Ohio should build 25 beet sugar factories, Indiana should match.
This advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to relieve feverishness headaches teething disorders and digestive issues. It claims to break up colds in 24 hours and cites 22 years of use by mothers. Available at druggists for 25 cents with a sample free. Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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