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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
4
A long list describes diverse Central Indiana enterprises and services from elevators to brick works. Notable inclusions cover brass bands, saloons, farmers markets, mills, doctors, attorneys, hotels, churches, schools, railways, lenders, and manufacturers. The passage notes a growing booster base and fewer detractors.
Grain and produce prices listed for wheat corn potatoes onions butter hogs and hay. Wheat ranges around 1.10 to 1.13 per bushel, corn about 7 to 8 cents, potatoes five cents per pound, onions at one cent, butter 26 to 28 cents, hogs about 8 to 9 dollars per hundredweight, steers 8.00 to 8.74 per hundredweight, hay around 8.60 to 9.00 per ton, timothy 35 dollars per ton, clover 13 dollars per 100 pounds.
Train schedule lists depart Huntingburg at 8:12 am arrive Louisville 12:28 pm with return legs leaving 4:40 pm and arriving 8:00 pm. Attractions include a baseball game Louisville versus Columbus. For more information contact F. N. Westerman A.G.P.A. St. Louis Missouri.
A plan excerpt from a mail order plan book presents an up to date and sanitary hoghouse design. It emphasizes that profits depend on proper hog care and that modern housing supports better outcomes for hog farming.
An article extols a 22 by 16 foot hog house with four ventilators, multiple outside doors, and ten pens arranged in two rows. It highlights sunshine, fresh air, and proper ventilation as key to disinfection and pig health, noting winter use and easy pig movement between pens.
The plan describes individual pens useful for weaning and the ability to shut in a pen for special care. It highlights advantages of the Cuts house design, noting its adaptability to fit any reader’s needs and the option to add a feed bin and bedding storage.
A farmers guide to making a seed bed by burning a sheltered south side area to mix ashes into soil and kill insects. After cooling seed lightly, rake and cover with brush straw to protect from birds and pests. Final warming the bed helps establishment for transplanted crops.
Advice for brood mares on preparation for foaling stresses the value of light work and calm handling. It recommends regular feeding regimes, quiet discipline, and turnout on nice days, with careful timing of rest after foaling and avoiding overwork to protect milk and colt health.
A Wisconsin Agriculturist note describes a stretcher that uses a worm and worm wheel to wind a pull chain on a drum. A small force on the handle yields a large pull on the fence and the device holds slack without pawls or ratchets.
Fragmented agricultural tips encourage tested seeds and good soil, crop rotation, alfalfa hay for cattle, pasture grasses on waste land, and maintaining seed beds. It promotes efficient farm management, a small sheep flock, garden profitability, and neighborly farm home ambiance amid garbled OCR.
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