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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
2
William A. Radford discusses home independence in American towns, noting varied roof styles and proportioned designs. He explains how individual plans create unique streetscapes, urges sensible building restrictions, and details features like a 23 by 34 feet house with a large living room and open staircase.
Sir Ray Lankester notes Alexander Agassiz challenged Darwin and Dana on reef formation. E H B Poulton highlights Funafuti bore as key Darwin test drilling 1,100 feet with shallow-water fossils only. The result appears to bolster Darwin’s atoll theory for the Pacific.
The Indiana flood commission led by Governor Ralston will survey property losses from the 1913 floods, collaborate with federal engineers, and propose unified relief plans. W. K. Hatt of Purdue will direct engineering work with two assistants, and a conference date with the executive committee will be announced.
Automobiles are being sold in Indiana at about 150 per day this summer, with 53 511 licenses issued to Indiana owned machines so far this year. Officials expect sales to be higher than last year though a precise comparison is not possible since the new automobile law is not fully in effect.
James E. Clark and H. C. Garman examined witnesses in Washington on a proposed $70 000 Pike County Telephone bond issue for completing the plant. Opinions were divided as inquiries continue. State statistician Thomas W. Trolley probes employment agents misrepresentations toward western jobs, possibly affecting licenses. Authorities seek enforcement under amended Indiana law. Articles of incorporation filed for Nature Study Club of Indiana and Sron Creek Coal Mining Company with several listed directors.
The article explains how strawberries propagate by seed and runners, noting varieties with few runners yield larger fruit, while excessive runner growth weakens crops. Hedge row planting, with 8–10 inch spacing and careful pinching of runners, improves plant health, air circulation, and fruit quality for better harvests.
Farmers back mongrel hens for their low initial price and similar upkeep costs to pure blood. Once acquired, mongrel stock requires no more maintenance, and yields better results, making the bloodline appealing despite questions of purity.
It is generally conceded that the tendency to large egg production is transmitted by the mates rather than the females. If breeding a bred to lay strain, keep this in mind. Buy no males except sons of large producers.
A reader outlines planting catalpa groves to supply fence posts. An acre can yield three to four thousand posts in about fifteen years, worth about eighteen cents each now and potentially twice as much later as timber scarcity grows. Planting details include eight foot rows, plowed ground, and pruning after initial growth.
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