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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
15
An advertisement touts Jad Salts as a safe remedy to flush clogged kidneys and ease urinary irritation. It claims four ounces in water before breakfast restores kidney function, neutralizes urine acids, and prevents serious disease, framing it as a long trusted health aid. The copy ends with a joke about a man blaming his dyspepsia on his wife.
Important to Mothers urges careful inspection of Castoria bottles to ensure the signature is present, noting the remedy has been in use for over eight decades. The ad mentions Fletcher's Castoria and features a child care message.
An advertisement extols Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross, claiming safe use for colds headaches toothache earache neuralgia lumbago rheumatism and joint pains. It notes small tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists. Also promotes Cuticura products for pimples and skin care followed by a generic ethics line and a note about Germany electrifying its railways.
Experts in agriculture urge extensive sowings of oats as a key small grain, noting rising oat acreage and a stable role in rotations. Farmers in the corn belt are advised to use good seed, proper grading, and drill sowing, with 2 to 3 bushels per acre and varieties like Sixty-Day Towar Albion and Silvermine favored for different regions.
Horseradish should be grown in every garden and may be profitable as a cash crop for market growers. Best results come from spring planting. roots should be uniform in length and planted in hills as for corn. The plant does not produce seed, so propagation must come from roots.
Spread manure liberally on worn pasture and supplement with acid phosphate or basic slag. Apply early in spring a quickly available nitrogen source to give grasses an early vigorous start and begin pasture use sooner to reduce feeding costs.
Experiments with greenhouse lettuce and tomato crops show rich garden loam is not inferior as a basic soil to sod. Large amounts of turquoise? in the soil increased yield, but a dry amount of sand degraded it as extra sand displaced fertilizer.
Local farmers unveil a safety and care plan aimed at protecting newly hatched chicks. The program emphasizes shelter, nutrition, and vigilant supervision to reduce losses.
United States Department of Agriculture reports on cost reducing feeding plans for growing heifers. Dairy Division experiments tracked birth to age one and two, recording hay grain silage and milk intake to assess cost efficiency. One trial raised 11 calves to one year at about 72 dollars per head using calculated feed costs.
The report shows 8,051 pounds of silage used and a total cost of 157.06 to raise a Helfer from birth to two years. It stresses cheap feed like pasture and silage and the need to cull to avoid rearing inferior cows.
Guidance from M H Keeney University of Missouri on balancing roughage and grain. Maintenance requires substantial roughage and grain in proportion to milk output, with Jersey Guernsey and Holstein breed variations. Feed all roughage and three meals daily to maximize intake.
Fragmentary dairy notes describe dry cows in winter and feeding with alfalfa. Mentions a rough equivalence of four tons of alfalfa to 120 bushels and references to lightening interior spaces and a gavel. The text is garbled with unclear names and numbers.
Ad claims Garfield Tea purifies blood to treat rheumatism dyspepsia and many chronic ailments. presents Jonah as a conundrum whale reference. promotional language emphasizes health benefits amid dated wording.
The piece riffs on Prester John and Abyssinia, noting the fabled waterless sea and rolling sand bars in his land. It treats the legend as vivid but likely imaginative, then pivots to a humorous aside about deponents and farmers and their work.
A young man on the beach weighs bets and loyalties as Hazel and Betty, two dames, converge in a summer entanglement. A whispered voice teases him with clues about his true beloved, forcing a reveal amid confusing romance and uncertainty.
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