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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
2
The Herald Entered as Second Class mail matter at Greencastle post office. Charles J. Arnold editor announces subscription terms by carriers and by mail with 10 cents a week and 2 cents per copy, 3.00 a year.
The auditor of Indiana, William H. O'Brien, is praised for handling immense public funds with expert staff. His banking background and leadership are credited with delivering top service to the people, likened to General Hancock at Gettysburg.
The article argues President Wilson upholds party promises on tariff reform and currency reform. It notes the Democratic party platform from Baltimore, the control of both houses by Democrats, and the expectation of relief through collaborative legislation. It emphasizes public service over personal preference.
A chronic dyspeptic claims Chamberlain’s Tablets gave more relief than any other medicine after years of suffering. The quote is from W. G Mattison of Sherman Street Hornelleville, with the note that the product is for sale by all dealers.
Discussion on using a queen excluder between brood and supers to stop worker bees from laying eggs in partially filled sections. It describes lifting or adding supers, using finished sections as bait, and risks of removing sections one by one including bee disturbance and honey damage.
The Agricultural Bulletin urges early season space for storage, frequent honey removal, and extra supers for certain colonies to curb swarming. Open hives weekly to destroy queen cells, ensure ventilation and shading, and manage comb honey vs extracted honey. yet prevention remains imperfect and laborious.
Rearing queens profitably requires careful stock selection and pure breeding. First cross stock yields high variability, so queens should be pure or fixed cross. Queen rearing needs attention but is not beyond a honey producer’s reach. Beginners should gain experience before attempting queen rearing.
Field and Farm notes bees can be stimulated to early brood rearing by feeding finely ground meals as pollen substitutes. Beekeepers differ on best choices but commonly favor rye flour, oats, pea meal, wheat flour, and cottonseed meal with others like barley meal and corn meal also proposed.
A reflective piece urges readers to stay true to their purpose, like wild flowers that grow unruffled through storms. It argues to ignore criticism, trust one’s will, and maintain self respect to keep happiness and progress on the chosen path.
A menu item describes two thick bread slices spread with tart jelly if fruit is tart, then layered with fresh or canned fruit and topped with a rich chilled custard thickened with gelatin or cornstarch. Serve with whipped cream and flavor custard to match the fruit.
A recipe describes making a two layer sponge cake filled with chocolate blancmange and topped with whipped cream served with tea or coffee. The note highlights a new aluminum tasting fork with a long handle for safety and a three page paper stationery innovation adding blank sheets and extra pages.
The guide explains problems in butter production when cows’ cream refuses to churn. It covers separating cream from different cows, checking temperature, diluting with water, removing excess churn contents, and handling fine granules or floating buttermilk to aid butter formation.
A New York Experiment Station test on ten cows compares two feeding regimes. On the dairyman’s routine feed the cows yielded 148 pounds of butter fat per head. After a liberal grain ration and forage at the station the first year rose to 328 pounds, then 277 pounds the next year, before returning to the original owner’s care and dropping to 190 pounds.
The article warns against backing a calf into a corner or placing a hand on its head while teaching it to drink. It argues such restraint increases anxiety and disrupts suckling, recommending a mechanical calf feeder as the best option for calves removed from their dam. It also notes stanchions influence training and handling.
When mange breaks out among calves, disinfect quarters with weekly spray from a watering pot. Provide fresh straw daily and good ventilation. If lesions appear near eyes or elsewhere, apply a carbolic acid glycerine linseed mixture rubbed in. Stay watchful at first signs of disease.
A practical note on dairy yields asks how many pounds of cow milk produce one pound of butter. It suggests testing the ratio, noting that fourteen pounds of milk per pound of butter is a very good result when weighed directly from the cow.
A lesson in forestry practice encourages working through Amberland to cut fallen trees trim dead wood and remove hazards that could injure other growth. The activity emphasizes careful selection and removal to protect healthy trees.
The piece warns that buying a patent right or engaging in get rich quick schemes robs a person of wealth. It argues a man can also rob himself by continually growing and selling crops without reinvesting or improving the land.
The article explains raising poultry on small farms is feasible and profitable with careful management. It covers housing, free range limits, feeding from own grain and garden scraps, green fodder, straw and corn husks, exercise, yard cleanliness, and using edible waste for compost to support a sustainable flock.
Interest in pecan cultivation rises in the South where growth reaches a peak. The illustration explains budding and grafting to fit tree size and age, using dormant buds or cleft grafts. If no suitable branches exist, a pollard is formed and main branches are stubbed to allow shoots for grafting. Buds or grafts take about six months to establish.
Fresh blood from slaughterhouses boosts egg production for chicks and fowls. Indiana Parmer advises mixing one pound blood with three pounds ground grain for a bread mix, or boiling blood in a bag to create meat substitute. Blood keeps in winter and also enriches compost as a nitrogenous fertilizer.
The article argues exercise benefits both humans and birds. It states lack of activity plus high feeding causes diseases like dropsy. Exercise keeps birds from gaining fat by increasing lung activity and burning calories, preventing fat buildup in the body.
Mrs. W. H. Johns of 403 N Indiana St Greencastle Ind credits Doan's Kidney Pills with instant relief from hip and side twinges and overall health improvement. The ad cites family benefit and urges readers to specify Doan's Kidney Pills when seeking kidney remedies, with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole US agents.
Monon Route announces monthly sale on the first and third Tuesday to Western, Northern, Southern and Southwestern points with cheap round trip fares. Going trip limited to fifteen days and return within 25 days from sale date. sleeping car reservations and fare routes available by applying at the office or calling Monon depot. J D Ellis Agent.
The undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Wingfield S Fellows, late of Putnam County, Indiana, deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Dated October 2, 1913. John L. Fellows, Administrator. Byon & Peck, Attorneys. 3t Oct 10.
Trustee's notices announce weekly office hours for Madison Township at the trustee's residence on Wednesdays and Saturdays to conduct township business. A separate notice states Jackson Township trustee Benjamim Wall at his office each Friday to transact official duties.
Monon Route colonist fares one way to Portland Dallas Los Angeles San Francisco Seatr o Spokane. For further information address Agent Monon Route who will furnish any information desired to other points in territory. J D L MIS, Agent. phone 5’.
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