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Newspaper
Indiana County Agent
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1915
Page
6
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We solicit advertisements of meritorious articles needed by the farmer. Unwholesome immoral and quack advertising are excluded. We will notify readers of bad faith or lack of business honor. Advertisers recognize Indiana County Agent readers as a profit and satisfaction oriented farming audience.
Indiana County Agent invites inquiries on agricultural topics and household economics with mail correspondence and postage details. Hendricks County plans a motor club affiliated with Hoosier Motor Club, a meeting postponed due to illness, and calls attention to county corn show December 16-18 with prizes for corn wheat oats clover seeds soybeans rice and popcorn.
Farmers urged to install an up to date smoke house this fall to cure hams and bacon with hickory chips. Officials say farm cured meat could fetch strong demand and help farmers profit during the winter months. preparation advised now for higher returns.
The hog cholera station saved Hendricks County thousands of dollars this year and officials voice support to keep the county agent office. Randolph County farmer Ralph Bales visited Indiana County and lauded C A Mahan, noting the agent’s high demand and a county appropriation for an assistant. Two years of effort have boosted Randolph County farm production and local merchant business, prompting talks of an agent for Mr Bales’ home township and a county wide agent system.
The auto on the farm is described as a great asset for both practical use and social value, highlighting its importance to rural life.
The auto has opened city style benefits at the farm. It has increased visitors, spurred home improvements, and lessened monotony for the farmer and his wife. Cars help save time selling dairy and farm goods, with some using trailers for hauling hay and market work.
The county board of education may move the hog cholera station to another county if it terminates the County Agent office. The USDA requires county agents for experimental hog cholera work. Trustees should be urged to support keeping the County Agent position to protect farmers’ thousands in losses.
Congressman Moss shipped 32 head of choice beef cattle from his Clay County farm to Chicago last week. He sold at the top market price of 510.35 per 100 and kept the cattle on feed for 100 days after grass summer grazing. Moss notes experiments show Indiana farms can fatten cattle profitably despite hoof and mouth disease affecting markets this year.
The article describes a county case first of its kind where delays in contacting the Cholera Station allowed spread. It warns farmers to call a veterinary promptly when hogs show sickness and not to sell hogs until herd health is confirmed.
The piece extols the farmer as the backbone of the town and country. It argues that national prosperity follows farming success and that a bad harvest harms shops and business, urging the town to work in harmony to support agriculture.
Clayton Press urges mutual support between farmers and townspeople to build a prosperous community. He calls for courtesy, patronage, and brotherly cooperation, arguing it benefits all and strengthens local ties.
A humorous pose from a columnist notes rural Ohio schools will teach etiquette and table manners under the slogan Finger bowls on every farmers' table. The piece warns Indianapolis residents to boil city water when contamination is suspected and urges towns to follow city water cautions.
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