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Newspaper
Indiana County Agent
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1916
Page
2
A Plainfield shopkeeper extols local merchants who stay current with modern methods and offer goods at competitive prices. He notes a willing attitude to order items not in stock, from penny articles to threshing machines, while praising rivals who keep fresh stock and fair prices.
An Indiana County agent notes competition between mail order homes and the Metropolis stores. The report highlights consumer options and potential market impact, with Plainfield and Route RR identified among relevant locations.
A reader argues farmers deserve choice in spending, lamenting poor town shopping and grocery practices. He cites wife shopping, meat markets, and dry goods handling, urges loyalty to mail order options, and adds farming tips on hog feeding and disease control.
With grade pigs it takes seven to eight bushels of corn to gain 100 pounds of pork. Good feeders get better results from properly fed corn, while cold wet weather requires more corn. Put hogs to fatten in clean pens and avoid crowding. feed what corn they will.
The article explains that box stalls produce manure with low labor but need more bedding to keep the animal clean and create breeding grounds for flies. If manure is kept evenly distributed over the floor, it will remain manageable and presumably minimize odor and fly problems.
The passage notes that a compacted litter sustains only a small nitrogen loss while the animal remains, but after removal significant nitrogen loss occurs as ammonia and free nitrogen due to drying, uric acid breakdown to ammonium carbonate, and bacterial action on organic nitrogen compounds.
Hogs should have ample fresh water at all times. It is best to furnish water from a well or spring on the farm. If hogs have access to streams that run through other farms first, there is danger of disease being carried to your hogs.
A clipped quip from the New Orleans States notes that some women fail to marry because they do not stop talking. The comment reflects a humorous view on courtship and male patience.
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