Do Not Be a Slave to Cotton Say Wise Farmers
The article urges maximizing profit per acre, not total crop size. It argues farmers should know costs, diversify, and avoid overproduction. distribution and cost control matter more than chasing high prices. It compares farming to manufacturing and warns against excessive specialization or empty cash crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Baackes
American Steel & Wire Company
Middle States
United States
Bureau of Markets
Pig club boy shows progress in hog improvement efforts
National Crop Improvement Service highlights pig club boys as catalysts for hog industry change. Bankers now finance brood sows when county agents endorse them, valuing immunized young sows higher. The story argues farmers should focus on hogs over cotton for better living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crop Improvement Service
Pig Club
South
Hog Cholera Serum Gains Steam From Government Tests
The U S department of agriculture notes increased use of hog cholera serum due to strong government inspection results. Dr C P Fitch of Minnesota says serum prevents but does not cure the disease, and districts using it report no sweeping losses, underscoring its efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crop Improvement Service
United States Department of Agriculture
C. P. Fitch
Minnesota
Feeding Young Pigs Efficiently in Limited Stomachs
A note on advised feeding for piglets from early life stressing small frequent meals. Emphasizes that pigs have small stomachs so feed should be given three to four times daily in small, quickly cleaned portions to promote good business and growth.
Pie Theft Tale Sparks Exchange At Oven
A resident recalls an incident when a visitor asked for a slice of pie and offered no security in return. The moment was described as casual yet curious, highlighting a harmless, if unexpected, kitchen encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Pigs Need Exercise for Thrift and Growth
The article stresses that exercise boosts thrift and growth in pigs. It advises starting gradually and requiring even young pigs to move about to prevent stunting.
Mineral Mix for Hogs Recommended by Colorado College
The National Crop Improvement Service cites a Colorado agricultural college recipe to keep hogs fed with a mineral mix that aids digestion, bone growth, and worm control. Ingredients include soft coal, salt, air-slaked lime, ashes, sulphur, and copperas dissolved in warm water, fed continuously via a trough or self feeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crop Improvement Service
Colorado Agricultural College
Where to Get Pigs for Boys and Clubs
The leader of the boys and girls clubs can locate purebred stock from leading breeders at affordable prices this spring. Buyers may delay payment by note with bank arrangements until the pig purchase is complete, helping boys build early business ties with local merchants as a path to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crop Improvement Service
Benk
Pig Club Arithmetic Confuses Sower and Bank in Texas Tale
Hamill Brook of Jacksonville Texas explains borrowing twenty dollars to raise nine pigs after a sow dropped ten. He sold eight pigs for forty dollars kept one valued ten and sow twenty five. Feed cost seven eighty and loan repayment twenty one seventy five leaves twenty nine ninety five net profit. He adds his son will find pigs soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamill Brook
Jacksonville
Texas
Food For The Family In Rural Living
A Southern farmer is urged to rely on his own soil and climate to raise hogs and hominy rather than buying canned food. The piece promotes self sufficiency and local farming for nourishment and savings.
Grocery List From an Old Advert
A readable fragment lists Salmons Oysters Crackers Tomatoes Pickles Catsup Olives Honey Canned Fish Fish Flakes Chile con carne Mustard Tea Coffee Sausage Dukees Dressing Pepper Sauce Cocoa Potted Ham. The items suggest a vintage merchant inventory or household pantry note from a past era.
Pays to Be Agreeable For Health Wealth and Happiness
A short moral urging early cultivation of agreeable traits to reduce heartache. Gentle speech and cultivated manners improve health wealth and happiness. The piece promotes being natural yet courteous without servility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Silks of Seville and its Silk Trade History
Four hundred years ago Seville led western Europe in silk culture with Spain exporting the finest silks worldwide. The Sierra Nevada near Granada provides fine silk worms that once fed a thriving silk industry, with worms living up to 560 days and rapidly increasing weight in early life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seville
Spain
Europe
Sierra Nevada
Granada
What Color Is Aunt Jen
A five year old boy on a southern trip asks his parents about a distant aunt named Jen, then notices many black people at stations and blurts out his fear with the question what color is Aunt Jen, reflecting childhood curiosity and race awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lttle
Jen
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nerves Torn All to Pieces
A Sooerton Georgia man writes how Ziron iron tonic revived his health after months of fatigue anxiety and poor appetite. The ad extols Ziron as a dependable strength tonic delivering red iron blood and steadier nerves with guaranteed satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Palmer
Soperton
Notice of Administration for Mary Brackett Estate
In Lumpkin County Georgia this notice informs all heirs and creditors that Brackett has filed for permanent administration of Mary Brackett’s estate. The hearing is set for the August Term 1919 of the Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary. Signature of W. Towssenn, Ordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumpkin County
Brackett
Mary Brackett
Court of Ordinary
W. B. Towssenn
EXECUFOR SALE IN HALL COUNTY ESTATE OF JAS A COTHERN
By order of Hall County Court the estate of Jas A Cochran will sell at the courthouse Gainesville Ga on the first Tuesday in August 1919 the farm in Lumpkin County Ga comprising lots 840 841 842 481 682 583 564 and six and one half acres off lot 282 in the 13th District 1st Section North Half of Lumpkin County known as the M H Conner Sr farm containing about 830 acres with a dwelling and outbuildings. Terms one fourth cash day of sale balance January 1 1920 with 8 percent interest or purchaser may pay all cash for deed. July 1 1919 Homme W Cochran Executor of Jas A Cochran deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Hall County
Court House
Gainesville
Jas. A. Cochran
Lumpkin County
Lampkin County
M.H. Conner
Homme W. Cormran
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General Merchandise
Townsend
Ziron Tronsonic
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
AMELS
Execufor's
J. L. Newton
Social Circle
H. A. Butler
Tanner
Tiger, Ca
H. A. Burner
G H McGuire
Dahlonega
Moore & Earlys
Merritt and Norris
Hall, White, Lumpkin
Danton
J. G. Collins
Mernirr & Norris
Mrs. T
Littlefield
Atlanta
Homer Hem
Danlonega, Ga
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