Poultry Show Sets Big Indiana Exhibit in Indianapolis
The National Fanciers' club will stage a major poultry show in Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis February 27 with over 3,000 birds expected. National and state clubs including Barred Plymouth Rock White Rock and Langshan will hold meetings. Prizes total more than $300 in cash plus cups ribbons and badges. Judges include W. Pierce Indianapolis and C McClure New London Ohio among others. Farmers and stock raisers gather for Purdue event January 15 as Indiana live stock breeders meet.
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National Fanciers’ Club
Tomlinson Hall
Capital City
Indianapolis
Indiana
Plymouth Rock Club
Madison Square Garden
National
White Rock Club
Black Langshan Club
S. C. White Leghorn Club
Partridge Wyandotte
Ralph Woolery
Fred C. Gabriel
South Bend
S.C. Black Minorcas Club
W. C. Pierce
Charles McClure
New London
J. Sewab
New York
J. B. Richardson
Hixville
W. W. Zike
Morristown
B. O. Swain
Zionsville
B. H. Scranton
Rising Sun
C. R. Milhouse
Mississippi River
H. ©. Dipple
United States
Indiana Historical Society Elects 1914 Officers and Members
At a meeting of the executive committee of the Indiana Historical Society held at the Union Trust Company offices in Indianapolis, 1914 officers were named and several new members elected. New members listed include Mary Stewart Carey, Mrs Roscoe O. Hawkins, Mrs Sarah F. Atkins, Joseph T. Ellist, all of Indianapolis, with Charles W. Brown of Milford and Ornest Shookngy of Bloomington.
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Indiana
Moody
Indianapolis
Mary Smith
W. E. Longley
Enoch Hogate
Law Department
Indiana University
Odd Fellow Lodge
Ralston
Indiana Historical Society
Union Trust Company
Mary
Stewart Carey
Mre
Roscoe O. Hawkins
Sarah F. Atkina
Joseph T. Eilistt
Charles W. Brown
Milford and Ornest
Vu, Shookngy
Bloomington
Dormant season lime sulphur insecticide guide
A Missouri Farm Progress note praises lime sulphur as the best dormant season insecticide and fungicide for San Jose scale and similar pests. It describes preparation, dilution, and application for large orchards and small family plots, plus safety steps and post use cleaning.
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San Jose
Bordeaux
Missouri
Seed selection and climate drive crop productivity
A. F. Woods argues that natural variation and climate shape agricultural outcomes. Human selection can improve a seed strain if it uses nature's methods, continuously fostering desirable traits and eradicating the rest. Without persistent selection, superior varieties fade and diversity is lost.
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A. F. Woods
Dairying Is Supreme On The Farm
The fertility livestock provides moves dairy farming to the forefront of farm practice. Dairy ing is supreme in livestock farming, delivering clear advantages in productivity and overall farm success.
Whitewash Benefits for Hog Sleeping Quarters
Fresh whitewash coats the interior sleeping quarters to improve appearance for buyers and help deter vermin, according to livestock care notes. The simple upkeep suggests visual appeal and pest control as practical benefits for hog facilities.
Separate root cellar benefits for year round feeding
Farmers should rely on water rich feeds as animals are mainly water. Green feeds and silage support growth and health year round. Pumpkins stores and roots like carrots turnips and beets feed stock from fall to mid winter. A frost proof cellar keeps perishable greens through winter for better gains.
Farm Conditions in Indiana Demand Higher Production
A study of Indiana farm conditions shows potential growth remains unrealized. Despite broad interest from farmers and business groups, production must rise to meet population demand. Better cultivation, fertilization, and cooperative marketing are urged to raise incomes and stabilize prices without burdening consumers.
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Indiana
United States
Advertising Pays for Farmers with Reputation and Care
The piece argues advertising works for farmers who build credit, trust, and quality. It compares a banker’s eye to a farmer’s thrift, housing, fences, pastures, and machinery, urging selective ads that showcase cleanliness, fertility, and progress. It cites examples of well-presented horses and well-kept farms increasing value and satisfaction.
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Berkshire
Gale
Breeders’ Gazette
Remarkable Hen from Purdue Poultry Department
Purdue University reports Miss Purdue a White Leghorn hen that laid 443 eggs weighing 41.5 pounds over two years. Weighing 3.5 pounds she produced 11.8 times her weight, consumed 1382 pounds of feed, and yielded one pound of eggs per 3.2 pounds feed. Eggs sold at 27.4 cents a dozen, production valued at $10.11, profit $9 after feed.
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Purdue University
Miss Purdue
Purdue
Agriculturiste
la Fayette
Ind
Misa Purdue
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Indiana Live Stock Breeders’ Association
the Journal Publishing Company
North
Manchester
A. Hopkins
B. Hidy
T. A. Kircher
W. H. Ball
Woodmere Cemetery Association
Gary
George W. Butler
C. P. Buman
M. S. Shepler
All of
Chicago
Halgread Company South
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
State Fair Grounds
Association
W. E B. Stone
Ernest P. Wiles
Evansville
J. B. Pearcy
Anderson
Adelaide S. Baylor
Miss Snow
Court of Domestic Relations
Jenkin Lloyd James
G I. Christie
Ay C. F. Gobble
Department of Antenal Husbandry
Purdue University School of Agriculture
Purdue University Agricultural Extension
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