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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
6
A diet piece listing wheatless breakfast options and meat substitutes. It describes oat meat, corn bread, rice muffins, bran bread, and other uses of cornmeal, plus techniques for cooking oatmeal, mush, and rice dishes. It also offers tips on ice storage, celery prep, and a lemon filling for a cake.
The article argues for pruning to create low, broad topped, well balanced trees on average farms. It covers starting height, top to root balance, open head sunlight, and techniques for cutting and wound care to prevent damage and promote healthy fruit growth. Orchard renewal trends show reshaping mature trees for larger, better matured crops.
Articles discuss winter protection for raspberries noting burying canes with soil three to four inches deep is safest and most efficient. Covering should occur after freezing temperatures end but before ground freezes. Uncover in spring only after buds start to avoid damage and even, level feeding areas to prevent ridge formation.
Skim milk stands out as a top feed for young pigs. When combined with grain and green forage, it yields economical gains in growth and efficiency.
The Department of Agriculture reports on experimental fruit farm tests to see if high planting reduces canker in heavy soil. Ten years show high planted trees not outperforming standard ones, with slightly less canker attack. Cutting back transplanted branches can be delayed before active growth without injury. delaying into summer harms trees for years.
Use only the best eggs for shipment and discard cracked or poor quality stock. The note advises sellers to curate inventory, shipping prime eggs while keeping damaged or imperfect ones for home use to enhance market appeal.
A note warns overcrowding of a space planned for 100 animals would push the flock beyond comfort and health limits. Crowding could reduce vigor and well being of the birds.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears to the Toledo firm’s promise to pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The notarized statement cites internal use and bloodstream action and lists testimonials and contact details for the Toledo firm.
The item presents a series of short quips and advertisements. It contrasts a cavalryman’s humor about teaching a horse with a remark on Dr. Peery's Dead Shot as a worm remedy and a motto about striving for professional excellence and cash business practices.
A worn handkerchief shows a steam propelled airplane claimed to fly to China in 24 hours. The 1848 Scottish inventor's craft reportedly made nine days of tests with balance flaws. Sailors tell of parachute drops and Malta and Bombay routes to the emperor in China, while satirists mocked the fragile machine.
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as blood purifiers and tonics. It includes testimonials from Cleveland and Mansfield readers praising appetite restoration, reduced aches, and relief from rheumatic symptoms after using the products in 1915.
A collection of old jokes and anecdotes featuring politicians and everyday scenes. It includes a tale of two senators debating laziest men, a shopkeeper replying to a customer, a biting bee causing a kiss, and a child joke about missing buttons.
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