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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
11
The article warns farmers that crown gall and woolly aphis injure nursery stock and young orchard trees. It explains how galls girdle trunks, starve foliage, and spread through contaminated stock, with root dipping in kerosene emulsion as a treatment and urges buyers to obtain official inspection certificates.
A guide on feeding laying hens stresses a balance of hunger and fullness, with a daily wet mash and evening feeding favored. It recommends straw litter for winter feeding, encourages exercise to prevent obesity, and notes Leghorns’ activity levels. Comfort and undisturbed space support best laying results.
The article discusses bitter rot threats to apples and methods to manage cankers by pruning infected limbs and applying Bordeaux mix. It also advises checking poultry fence posts for rot to prevent winter damage and suggests engaging farm work for young men with small fruit cultivation.
New York charity circles recall Miss Helen Miller Gould and her devotion to giving. A story shared by a charity worker tells of a poor young minister who gave away all his clothes to those in need, shoes to coats to gloves to overcoats until he finally came to himself.
A column blends social quips and aphorisms about New York living. It notes cramped five thousand dollar flats, a Brander Matthews remark about a dog, mistletoe and a joke about gifts, and ends with witty lines from John Galsworthy and a pun on fashion and vulgarity.
A pithy reflection on intellect in finance and art. The phrase suggests that clever thinking benefits both saving and composing, implying skill elevates practical and creative endeavors. It frames genius as the force bridging discipline and expression.
A short, stylized cartoon-like dialogue mocks race and parenting with a prowling patriarch figure and a child. The ad copy promotes Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain claiming gums soften and wind colic cures at 25 cents per bottle.
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