Mississippi Bushel of Corn Movement urged to aid Belgians
Mississippi citizens urged to donate shell corn or cash to ship a relief cargo to Belgium. A nine-member Central Committee in Jackson coordinates with county groups and railroads offering free transport, with receipts and audits, to ensure every cent and grain reaches the starving 7,000,000 Belgians. The appeal emphasizes a food-only shipment and asks ministers teachers and press to spread the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Mississippi
J. M. Hartfield
Jackson
J. H. Morris
Enochs
H EF Blakeslee
W H Smith
Eri
T B Lampton
Treas
Miss
Central Committee of
New York
Davis
Commission
Feed the Dairy Cows Well by H. M. Cottrell
Guidance on year round dairy feeding emphasizes balanced rations using silage sorghum hay and legume hays. Recommends native pasture rye wheat forage when available, warns against overreliance on sorghum hay, and notes cottonseed meal as a balancing feed. Encourages generous silage and hay to maintain high milk yield and profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Cottrell
Soil erosion in the South study notes vast land loss
The annual report on soil erosion describes large areas in the South being lost to agriculture. It outlines erosion types from sheet to gullies, links rate to soil composition, and cites a new method called christophers to manage storm water. It also urges growing crops beyond cotton, corn, and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Soils of the Department
Keep the Morse Busy and Feed Ends of the Equine Health
The article argues a horse or mule, to stay healthy on a tight budget, should be kept busy and fed cheaply. It recommends bay roughage plus two pounds of cottonseed meal daily, with minimal corn, and questions readers about subscribing to fund the paper’s operations.
Diversified farming urged to cut costs and boost independence
The Agriculture Department urges Southern farmers to diversify beyond cotton. By growing home produce, cereals, legumes, poultry, dairy and livestock, farmers can cut living costs, improve soil with nitrogen, and shift part of crops to stock for meat. The plan targets reduced dependence on one market and wider home consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trorrtt
Secretary of Agriculture
South
United States Department of Agriculture
National Dairy Show Association
Towa
South Carolina
Iowa
North Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Florida
Mississippi
Civil War action at Eastport and Johnsonville 1864 account
Soldier’s memoir details an 1864 operation to destroy a railway between Iuka and Bear Creek. Gunboats Key West and Undine supported a landing near Eastport, facing a masked battery. Chaos followed as ships burned and troops were rearranged, with four guns lost and 74 total killed, wounded, or missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsonville
Tenn
U.S. Col. Int. and Co. G
Mo. Light Artillery
Cairo
Tennessee River
Clifton
Eastport
Iuka
Bear Creek
Key West
King
Lytle
Bouls
City of Pekin
Kenton
Aurora
Col. Inf
Grant
Gro
Hoar
Ballard's Snow Liniment Ad for Rural Households
Farmers and others living far from a drug store should keep a bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment at home. It heals cuts wounds sores sprains or rheumatism and acts as a powerful penetrating remedy. Prices 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle sold by Model Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Model Drug Store
Liver symptoms warn against delay use Liv-Ver-Lax
An old advertorial urges readers with tiredness pale complexion and liver symptoms to use Liv-Ver-Lax as a safe calomel substitute. It promotes White's Cream Vermifuge for worms, lists prices, and shifts to a set of U.S. court subscription notices, urging readers to advertise to boost business through printed ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LK Grigsby
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Commonwealth of Mississippi
G. A. McIllhensny
Forest
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Federal
United States Court
Tidwell
P. D. Holcomb
Jourdan’s Drug Store
T. G. Riley
General Transfer
B. Massey
G. T Carmichael
E. N. Boail
D. Swift
Seveni Sath
Abe Lincoln
Wheeler
Business College
Birmingham
Ala
ROACH
Royal Grocery Co
Corinth
H. J. Nelson
Arthur S. Cromwell
Luka
Joe B. Hal
My Barn
Belmont
G. T. Jordan
J. C. Jackson
Macon & Andrews
Main and Union Streets
Memphis, Tenn
THE
Gregg
Cardus
Amelia Wilson
Alma, Ark
Lever
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