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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
3
Proper feeding two to three weeks before slaughter improves fowl color and market appeal. In American markets fat birds with yellow skin fetch higher prices, best achieved cheaply by a corn-heavy grain ration.
Granulated oats with hulls removed are an excellent food for young chickens. They may be fed after the second or third day along with bread soaked in milk. It is good practice to keep oats before the chicks at all times.
An Indiana Farmer excerpt extols apple orchards as value boosters for farms. It argues young, thrifty labor adds double the orchard’s value, noting a well cared for orchard attracts and sustains workers and uses simple tools to revitalize neglected land.
The passage advocates regular inspection and timely repair of earth roads, especially in spring and fall. It argues neglect leads to deterioration, while daily attention prevents major repairs, and notes a Russell steam road roller can perform multiple tasks from rolling roads to crushing stone. Continuous care keeps roads improving.
Massachusetts road costs range from 6000 to 25000 dollars per mile while a 15 foot wide broken stone road costs about 5700 dollars per mile in Massachusetts and 4700 dollars in New Jersey. Topography and construction methods explain the price gap with steeper grades retaining walls and bridges adding expense.
In France merchants wagons use wheel tires from three to ten inches wide with four wheeled freight wagons commonly six inches. Rear axles are 12 to 14 inches longer than fronts so rear tracks widen the road surface. Austria assigns tires for 2% ton wagons at 4 1 3 inches and for 4% ton wagons at 64% inches. Bavaria fixes wheel tire width by law.
The article discusses profits in breeding thoroughbred sheep and using weedy pastures for grazing. It warns against overworking animals, suggests timely crop planting for pigs, and notes brood sows need good pasture after weaning. It also covers turning yearling steers with dairy cattle or separately, and cautions about mixing feeding steers with sheep.
Harold Bolce argues in Appleton's that scientists target animals from mosquitoes to oysters and now the horse as unhealthy and costly. He cites New York City street cleaning at 6 million dollars yearly and hospital costs at 4 million, urging a staged move to a horseless city with a date of January 1 1914 for legal transition.
The Argonaut notes a form of English aristocratic maneuvering backed by wealth as a cabal forms to boycott Americans in London society. It argues wealth buys access while moneyed outsiders can bypass social bans, and it critiques mutual assumptions about social value in Britain and America.
The text notes Kipling and Shake communities in Canada and Oregon while lamenting the lack of Shakespearean place names in North America. It contrasts many other English authors by count and mentions Browning clubs despite no Browning towns in the US, as observed in the Springfield Republican.
Cuban customs officials debate whether a turtle should be treated as a reptile or an animal. The issue echoes a U S precedent where frogs legs were classified as dressed poultry.
A New Jersey man with a bald head for thirty years shows new hair growth after his wife’s recent death, though experts say no proven link exists and he does not credit the loss with the change.
The Christmas meeting of the New Era Club is set for Tuesday at 7 30 with Mrs J W Carver. Mrs William McDonald and relatives visited in Brazil Sunday. A Putnam Auto Co executive and others were in Brazil for business. Hal Coffel will lecture on Birds next Wednesday in the High School Auditorium. Van Denman Thompson will give an organ recital Monday at the First Evangelical Church. The grand jury will be convened soon to review the shooting of Miss Hilda Varney by William Sackett. Varney’s condition improves. Sackett mistook her for an auto thief. Several Greencastle residents attended a Daisy Douglas Barr meeting in Brazil. Funeral services were held today for Ruth Eileen Pierson aged 5 days. Varney’s condition remains encouraging and the bullet did not penetrate the lung.
In Greencastle a Battery Company window display advertises Side Souare offerings for gifts. The brief notice directs shoppers to view the display and consider items for husbands presents.
The Putnam County Council of Indiana will meet in Greencastle on Friday December 31 at 10 a.m. in the Commissioners Room to address county business for 1920 and 1921. R E Knoll auditor.
A farm and fireside tale recalls a clever girl who detects a doctored horse trade. She inspects the horse for turpentine signs and lame feet, tests its eyes and nose, and exposes the dealer by noting high heaves. The crowd laughs at the trader as the trick is revealed.
King Albert I of Belgium spoke of Belgians as compatriots not subjects during a 1910 visit to Paris and spent time incognito touring Belgium with his wife. The pair sought to live like the common people and even visited fishing and sailor communities, praising their experiences as unique among European monarchs.
The text notes war impoverishes many previously well-off in England. It warns parents cannot guarantee their children’s future wealth and urges the value of teaching youth to work, with farming as a lasting, universal trade and the best asset for resilience.
A traditional method restores whiteness to aged linen by boiling in a milk and white soap lather. After boiling, rinse twice in clear water with a dash of blueing in the final rinse.
Classifieds list a straight salary of 35 dollars per week plus expenses for a man or woman with a rig to introduce Eureka Eye Producer from Eureka Mfg Co East St. Louis and also notes a lost crown set with a diamond off a Knight Templar chain with a reward at Heraly Office.
Several short classifieds announce a permanent Herald Office position for a diligent learner and a girl for reporting and other work. Also offered is a registered Duroc boar for sale and a note about finding Xmas cards at Ed Hamilton's Book Store.
Night milk changes hinder cheese making and should be kept no longer than to the next morning. Immediate cheese making after milking avoids difficulties. A simple method with common farm tools lets anyone skilled with milk produce good cheese consistently.
Help wanted notice from John Eitel & Son of Greencastle Indiana seeking 40 to 50 bushels of new corn for a project. Contact W H Evans to arrange delivery or purchase.
The Presbyterian church hosts a Xmas bazaar on Tuesday December 14 and Wednesday December 15. Lunch is served after 5 o clock Tuesday.
Local ad offers Christmas trees in large sizes at five tenths and one half cent units with home delivery for fifty cents and five cents per tree. Call 65 or leave orders at Herald Office.
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