Notice of Real Estate Sale by Administrators in Indiana
The administrators with the will annexed of Isaac S. Peck deceased announce a private sale of his interest in 40.11 acres in Putnam County Indiana. Sale subject to court approval and not less than appraised value. Terms require cash. Otto B. Rector and William B. Peek are the administrators. Auction slated for January 17 1921 at Lyon Lyon office in Greencastle with ongoing private sales thereafter.
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Isaac S. Peck
Circuit Court
Putnam County
Indiana
Lyon & Lyon
Greencastle
Feeding Apples and Pumpkins in Pig Diets Gains and Costs
Experiments at three stations show pumpkins as fall pig feed are succulent and nutritious but costly. Raw pumpkins plus grain yielded 100 pounds of gain for 262 pounds of grain and 376 pounds of pumpkins, while cooked pumpkins reduced grain use to 222 pounds and 1150 pounds of pumpkins per 100 pounds of gain. A cider or windfall apple pumpkin mix cooked also produced good gains at high cost, blamed on the apples.
Management of Manure for Proper Composting
The article explains keeping manure moist to prevent fire fanging in horse and sheep manure. It describes a French method using inclined packed-earth plots draining to a pit, with two sites to allow one to ferment while the other is used. Manure is moved by wheelbarrows up a board incline and sides are smoothed to limit air exposure.
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France
Farmers’ Bulletin
Feeder Sheep as Market Business Requires Careful Setup
The piece argues that sheep feeding for market must be treated as a dedicated business with regular, attentive management. It stresses qualification, energy, perseverance, discretion, and financial sense, plus meticulous detail. It advises selecting a dry sunny corrals site, with a gentle south slope for drainage and a reliable water trough to prevent freezing.
Stacking Straw Shed Advice for Animal Shelter
The article describes building a simple straw shelter using six eight foot posts arranged in two rows, crosspieces of two twenty foot poles, and aspen poles laid six to eight inches apart on top. Slanting poles frame the shelter to keep straw in place, with the top stocks built to create a protective cattle sheep or hog shelter.
Salt Feeding for Tame Sheep Notes
Feed the sheep salt weekly to keep them tame and easy to handle. Salt can be sprinkled on the ground or placed in field boxes. Hand feeding builds trust, aids movement to new pastures, and helps catch sheep when needed. Salt also helps eradicate obstinate weeds and improve grazing.
Care of Seed Corn
Seed corn should be so well cared for that it will germinate. Seed testing demonstrates proper attention rather than screening out poor seed.
Invention Cuts Tar Macadam Mixing Time
Good Roads magazine credits Arthur Brown of Nottingham and Herbert G. Clark with a new tar macadam apparatus. The machine heats dries and mixes slag and tar in one pass, cutting mixing costs to about a quarter of manual work. It speeds road preparation to four minutes from hopper to finished mix.
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Good Roads Magazine
Arthur Brown
Nottingham
Herbert G. Clark
River Trent
England
Leopold
Ostend
Blankenberg
Belgium
Hollow Concrete Blocks Benefit Builders
A farmer's bulletin touts hollow concrete blocks as economical and versatile come clay brick or stone. It notes savings in material and joints, lighter weight, equal strength, easy molding, fire resistance, and hollow cores for pipes wires heating and ventilation.
The Selling Cheese of To-Day
The article describes popular cheese forms the square and the daisy. Square cheese is four inches high and twelve inches long with one-pound divisions for easy slicing. Each cake weighs about ten pounds with two per box. A twenty-pound daisy is marked into twenty one-pound sections. The design adds cost, making these cheeses slightly higher priced.
Profit in Ducks and Geese
The article discusses Toulouse geese as a profitable but coarse meat breed with about 40 eggs per season, and emphasizes ducks as profitable with proper care. Pekin ducks mature early, lay 100 to 125 eggs annually, and fetch good prices due to white feathers. It advises separating ducks from other fowl, providing shelter, water near feed, and a two foot wire netting fence for a duckyard.
Duck Feathers and Market Value Across Duck Breeds
Ducks feathers serve as protection and profit, so plucking should wait for ripe feathers. White Pekin and Arvesbury produce large feathers comparable to geese. Aylesbury Rouen Pekin yield both feathers and carcasses. Quality depends on condition and feeding. feathers can be steamed then sun dried with care.
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Aylesbury
Rouen
Pekin
Packing Eggs for Market with Newspaper Layers
Advice on transporting eggs: line the box with newspaper, layer eggs tightly, add two newspaper sheets and repeat, then top with a blanket or shawl. This method aims to prevent movement and improve protection over the old packing method.
Salt Lake County Beekeeping Boom Turns to Losses
Salt Lake County Utah once led the West with over 10 000 colonies and strong profits from bees. Smelters arrived and profits vanished as many beekeepers, hoping to recover losses, bought more colonies only to see them die off faster than before.
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Salt Lake County
Utah
Skim Milk Calf Feeding Proves Profitable
Kansas experiment station reared skim milk calves that reached market weight as fast as peers fed with cows. Conclusion asks if cream is worth more than milking costs. Idaho station finds calves fed skim milk and oats net $18 more per head than those fed whole milk.
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Kansas
Idaho
A Simple Cooler for Milk Cooling Needs
The piece argues every daily farm should have a reliable cold spring well or ice supply to keep milk cooled. It stresses that milk cooling deserves year round, including winter, equal to other seasons.
Cooler Illustration Shows Standby Water cooler Use
In summer the illustration depicts a cooler used when running water is unavailable. The cooler contains a water volume with added ice to chill it for use.
Double dipping cattle in fall aids parasite control
Advice notes fall double dipping for cattle to prevent reinfection and notes spring requires less frequent dipping. It discusses various dips on the market and stresses testing water when using coal tar preparations to ensure proper mixing.
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