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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
8
The article traces historic feed preservation from ground pits to upright silos, detailing materials such as wood, clay tile, concrete, brick, and steel, and factors like moisture, airtightness, and door fit. It notes capacity formulas and a table of silo sizes with corresponding volumes and heights.
The sixth annual state fair judging contest offers four Purdue University agriculture scholarships totaling 100 75 50 25 dollars to aid winners in pursuing long or short courses. Indiana boys aged 16 to 20 not enrolled in agriculture schools may enter and must be ready to enroll within a year if they win. Previous winners gained valuable experience and some have graduated Purdue graduates now work in agriculture. Full details available from Purdue University agricultural extension.
A New York jewelry seller recalls a Pennsylvania town incident at a general store. A farmer challenges a five percent discount promise, paying 96 cents for a tobacco half pound and other goods. The farmer buys a five cent pocket comb to "square" the deal after the advertised discount applied only to one dollar purchases.
In Battle Ground the Epworth Institute session closed with election of officers led by President Rev. A. L. Miller of Rockville. The five inning ball game between students and preachers ended 19 to 17 in favor of the preachers. A two inning girls game favored Northwest conference.
Indiana Baptist assembly closes at Franklin College. Dr George Guille and Rev William E Chalmers deliver lectures on church and religious education. Miss Mae Nicholson and Claude Hanna provide music. Over 200 delegates attend with 60 certificates awarded.
A list shows large sums for interurbans and transportation firms including telephone, express, telegraph, sleeping car, pipe hose, and other transportation companies. The figures range from millions to hundreds of thousands, detailing company financials.
Farm Journal staff including Paschall Gussman Westermann and Jenkins are on a six week tour interviewing farmers in four states. Paschall praises Indiana as having better roads and strong education with six children in one Terre Haute farmer family, five graduates from State Normal School and three daughters teaching. The trip aims to learn farmers interests and schooling choices.
Indiana rural mail carriers will be paid under a new method starting this month. Vouchers from the Indianapolis post office total $215,000 for 2,600 carriers statewide for July work. The system bases wages on route length, mail pieces, and weight, with no pay cuts and increases for many. state payroll rises about $20,000 from previous $195,000 monthly. Standard routes exceed twenty-four miles. new wages start around $480.
Demand for coal rises at Indianpya mines especially for domestic quality. Retail dealers across cities using Indiana product offer winter supplies at lower prices than midsummer years. Operators sell at low margins to keep mines running as steam coal demand remains soft. Railroads provide prompt service and dealers with orders can secure carloads to consumers.
Dates set for annual meeting September 17 and 13 in Fort Wayne with Harry Darling Senator McCormick and Secretary Charien J. Hiederwolf among arrangers. Governor Ralston and George T. Birnovngham to deliver principal addresses. Articles of Incorporation filed for Ogden Fiber Gear & Tire and Ridenour Emison Agency with stated capital. Notice also of Carthage Telephone company dissolution.
The article outlines a practical, rule based approach to pruning grapevines. It emphasizes leaving two fruitful canes per vine four to five feet long with ten to fifteen buds and selecting two long jointed canes near the ground cut to two buds for next year. It notes fruiting canes differ from non fruiting wood and advises pruning from fall to spring.
An entomology column notes methods to curb currantworms on currant and gooseberry bushes using white hellebore when leaves are dew-wet. It cites flea control via crude petroleum emulsion, pest parasites for gypsy moths, bird balance for insect control, tent caterpillar in orchards, and cabbage worm deterrents including road dust, wood ashes, flour, and soap suds.
The article contrasts pumpkin growing in the States with France. It notes rough, neglectful methods in the U S and describes France uses hotbeds cold frames and well manured hills. It explains pruning single fruits per stalk shade and spacing eight feet apart.
The note advises planting trees in the fall when the growing season ends. Trees will be less affected by seasonal shifts as they establish roots before winter. The guidance emphasizes preparing for orchard growth by choosing suitable species for autumn planting.
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