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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
5
RHOOD NEWS lists visits and travels of residents, holiday gatherings, illnesses, and local shopping. It names Dora Gerhard, Miss Loretta, the Erhart sisters, the Bretz and Limp families, and others visiting Ferdinand, Huntingburg, St. Anthony, Evansville, and nearby towns. The column records Christmas and New Year activity across families including travel for relatives, medical concerns, and business trips.
In St Henry, Edmund Hassfurther and Albert Luebbehiusen shared Christmas with their best girls at Moriah Hill, a local observance noted by residents.
Bretzville notes affable greetings to the Filipisango News. The Christmas program at St John church drew a good crowd. John Limp Louis P Bretz and Philip Klein were in Ferdinand Saturday. Jakie P Bretz took a business trip to Huntingburg Thursday. Mr and Mrs John Limp and daughter Rene of Mackey spent Christmas with relatives. Children returned to Evansville after a week with home folks. Basil Schafer and Leo Horny made a flying trip to Huntingburg Saturday.
Local news notes John Oberweyer returning from Louisville and Mrs. Mary Birchler coming home from Owensboro. Frank Schaffer and Miss Gusta Collignon visit St. Louis. A January 4 meeting in the schoolhouse aims to discuss erecting a new creamery here. Tobacco buyers report prices from 2 to 7 cents and limited acreage. George Fischer of Owensboro is on business. Lindauers from Jasper College spend holidays home. Prospects for the creamery look good with stock subscribed and land donated. farmers must supply cream to operate, boosting dairy and farmland.
Mr Whitehead of Salem Ind spent a few days in this vicinity buying timber Jimmy Friedmann spent Tuesday at Jasper There is a perceptible shortage of coal this winter despite living in the coal area Doc Harders curly beard has disappeared but it cost him a fat it
MARIAH HILL and Mr and Mrs John Busby of Havre Mont visit the Nord and Uhl families and others in town for Christmas. Relatives include Martina Nord Tina Balbach Cornelius Spayd Jos Balbach Roy Yellig and Raymond Yellig. Miss Tillie Schatz Fulda guest this week. Louis Meyer visits Louisville friend. Sophia Horlander travels to Louisville. Tillie Ender departs for Chicago. Fred Horlander of Rome Ky visits. Peter Rupprecht Fulda stops by. Louis Heicken Louisville guest of grandparents. Mrs Andrew Gogel hosts a pleasant evening with refreshments. A baby girl Mildred born to Mr and Mrs Frank J Wirtarberger.
Kansas agriculture secretary urges farmers to build and use a simple dirt road drag to improve muddy roads. The device costs little to up to 250 dollars, requires no patent, and can be made from a log or two planks with a steel shoe. Regular dragging after rains and during thaw reduces rutting, with results seen after time.
In the dying hours of Congress Senator Simmons of North Carolina champions the first federal road appropriation since Henry Clay. The bill allocates 500000 for experimental work with a matching 2-to-1 local contribution, directing funds through the U S Office of Public Roads to curb graft and spur national highways as dawn nears.
Good roads are essential to farmers worldwide. They reduce wagon wear and animal loss, speed market access, and increase profits and comfort. Improvements cost little in money, time, and labor.
The article explains that poultry food should be palatable and varied. It notes rye is not ideal as the principal feed but can be mixed with other grains, and highlights common farm grains like wheat oats corn barley millet seed and more. Also mentions grit shells and charcoal as part of the feed.
In Spottsylvania County Virginia farmers spent 100000 on road improvements three years ago. The investment boosted farmland values with noticeable gains across parcels, reflecting enhanced farm accessibility and efficiency for agriculture.
A description outlines the sheep yard as a heat drained area atop a dry knoll where water drains away in all directions. It calls for a moat suitable layout and stresses the need for pure air. Winter sheds should have proper ventilation with a few ventilators in the upper part to ensure airflow.
When time to wean arrives, reduce the sow's water and hay ration to dry her up safely. Avoid giving excess milk as pigs are removed to prevent udder injury and potential damage to the sow’s milk supply.
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