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Newspaper
Indiana County Agent
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1916
Page
2
Instructions describe numbering eggs in incubator with a screen cage before hatching and matching chick bands to the mother. It notes top pullets Lulu Parmitta with 61 eggs in 90 days and Little Avis with 50, urging select foundation stock and strict culling for strong bloodlines. Feb is expected to yield best month yet.
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, outlines a federal tick eradication drive with a dip campaign. Posters in post offices urge counties to build dipping vats, provide arsenic, and dip every steer and cow to end tick infestations and allow free cattle in stockyards. The plan costs under 50 cents per head, funded by local dollars for vats and arsenic. The effort will be supported by agricultural experts as counties commit to the dipping program.
Our fair young friend Chlorinda claims some women fail to marry because they talk too long, leaving men no chance to see. The remark appears in the New Orleans States.
The guide advises washing white woodwork with whiting and water using a soft cloth to avoid removing paint. For very dirty outside window sills, use a mixture of ammonia and water carefully, noting it can strip some paint along with dirt.
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