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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1923
Page
4
The 46 dollars from last year’s state fair premiums funded seeds for crops vegetables and melons not grown locally. Keith County Nebraska expanded its planting with 450 exhibits to the state fair and county fair, featuring over twenty crops and new varieties like milo feterita orange cane broom corn Iowa oats and Japanese millet.
Ducks need soft easily digested foods such as meals grasses vegetables and small meat scraps for rapid growth. When green range is limited feed clover alfalfa grass and similar greens cut small and offer a mash two daily parts wheat bran four rin meal one low grade wheat flour fine grit and meat scrap percent parts.
Over one million Habrobracon brevicornis Wesmael parasites have been raised and released in New England to control the European corn borer. Canadian authorities approved assistance to introduce the parasite into southern Ontario after a visit by a Dominion entomologist to Arlington, Massachusetts. Other promising corn borer parasites from France are being reared there and another species will soon be ready for liberation.
DeKalb County adviser Tom Roberts cites Prairie Farmer on using simple panels to separate hog lots in mixed loads. Quick installation with rough lumber can prevent fights, reduce damage, and save costs even if one builder is spared.
United States Department of Agriculture reports in Bulletin 1957 that spacing between corn hills affects yield per plant and per acre. Prolific type outproduces single-ear across varied environments, increasing ears per plant and overall acre yield, while single-ear increases ear weight. Bulletin available free by writing to USDA in Washington, D. C.
Experimental evidence shows that long term heavy use of acid phosphate does not sour soil and may slightly reduce acidity. The material, a trade name for treated phosphate with sulfuric acid, will not injure soil and is expected to yield beneficial results.
New Jersey agricultural experiment station tested skim milk for market pigs. Two groups of ten pigs each fed identical grain rations with the second group getting 50 pounds of skim milk daily. Gains increased enough to justify milk cost, and pigs reached market sooner. pasteurization advised if milk from tubercular cows.
Milk is a valuable feed for young chicks promoting growth and preventing disease. Sour milk or buttermilk is suggested as a remedy for ailments and aids in warding off diseases like coccidiosis, making milk essential for the first eight weeks of chick development.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that 75 percent of dairy bulls in use are grades or scrubs from non breeding lines. Purebred calves were under 80,000 in 1921, with most unused or slaughtered, and only 8 percent of cattle are purebred, suggesting inadequate supply to improve milk production nationwide.
Responses from top U S duck producers to a Bureau of Animal Industry inquiry outline standard fattening rations. Diets emphasize cornmeal and grain blends with bran beef scrap and limited green feed, plus confined housing and regular feeding schedules.
Advice from T C Stone Iowa State College on choosing breeding rams. Look for masculine stamp, broad face, large nostrils, thick neck, rugged build, good chest capacity, spring and depth of rib, strong back, dense long fleece, pink skin when healthy, dry fleece signals poor conditions, ram should be calm and low to the ground. Emphasizes care in selection and link to sire quality.
The necessary concentrate amount to keep a sow and her litter thrifty is small with rare need for supplements. On dairy farms skim milk provides the best protein feed. if unavailable, alfalfa clover soybeans or hay can suffice. Feed low in racks in the lots for easy access.
A new Thompson Institute for Plant Research proposed by Col. William B. Thompson near Yonkers plans a $500 000 plant science center akin to the Rockefeller Institute. Dr William Crocker reports use of electric lamps to supplement sunlight and cranes to lift lights over greenhouses while flue gases are scrubbed to provide carbon dioxide as fertilizer.
London. Fear is not responsible for airplane accidents says Maj. H. Greame Anderson consulting surgeon of the British royal air force. He says nerves and exhaustion cause crashes soon after flights begin as pilots lose mental faculties. He proposes a system to free the cabin in fire with a parachute for crew and passengers.
Commercial traffic through the Panama Canal in the past fiscal year rose sharply. Vessels numbered 8,067 and tolls collected totaled 17,508,199.57 dollars, a performance exceeding any prior year.
A Louisville Courier-Journal brief describes a picture titled Masque of the Seasons showing spring nymphs by a brook and summer by the sea in light attire as the seasons change. The narration includes Maw urging departure before winter.
A horse pulling a light delivery wagon outran a speeding passenger train for three miles near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Startled by the train the horse stayed ahead until exhaustion forced it off the tracks where the owner recovered it.
The Green Castle Common Council adopts an annexation ordinance for territory adjoining the existing city. The description defines a tract along the current corporation line with platted lands and city streets extending into the area. The parcel begins 20 feet east of the southwest corner of the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 21 and runs 680 feet east along the city line, then 200 feet south.
Property boundary description places Plummers Addition in Greencastle Indiana in Putnam County. It sets centerline points along 720 feet and 410 feet north to the beginning, referencing Section 28 and the P C C and St L railroad line. Mayor Charles F Zeis and City Clerk Gwinn Ensign sign the July 24 1923 ordinance.
Putnam County Commissioners announce a private sale on August 11 1928 at 10 30 a m in Greencastle Indiana to sell sixty five acres more or less of real estate in Jefferson Township described as parts of sections 20 13 3 west with terms cash or installments. Auditor R E Knoll and commissioners David J Skelton Reese R Buis and Wm F Davis oversee the sale.
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