Garland farm sale auction listing horses cows and tools
A public auction at the Garland farm near Yedda and Cates on Saturday January 17 1914 starting at 10 am offers a large lot of draft horses bays roans and mares plus cattle hogs sheep farm implements hay household goods and vehicles. Additional items include two Jersey cows two spring calves eight shoats and a variety of plows hay rakes binders and drills. Terms: cash for 5 and under, over 5 with 9 month credit at 8 percent and 5 percent discount for cash on notes. no removal until terms complied. Dinner served by Kingmin Christians women.
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Garland Farm
Yedda
Cates
Harveysburg
Towit
John Allen
Joan Shortrn
Rock Island
Florence
Sail Art
William M. Sowers
Braffitt Mitchell
Local residents pursue new ventures and visits
Cates and family head to Covington to start new business. Miles Lindley plans Colorado home. Hershel Holland visits Indianapolis relatives. Revival meeting continues with good attendance. Scheyler Cates and wife visited Covington relatives. Curtis and wife visited Claude Witsman. Joe Starkey did business in Covington. Joe and wife had Sunday dinner at Prior Holland's. Mrs. Jennie Holland spent Tuesday with Lizzie Pavey. Mr. Carrington now runs the local restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershel Holland
Indianapolis
Scheyler Cates
Covington
Curtis Holland
Claude Witsman
Joe Starkey
Joe Cates
Prior Holland’s
Jennie Holland
Lizzie Pavey
Cheese from Buttermilk Prompts Dairy World Stir
Wisconsin experiment station bulletins describe making cheese from buttermilk, Hoards Dairyman notes the method stirs dairy circles as it uses vast wasted buttermilk. The piece compares agricultural shows in England and America and highlights a Holstein head from a recent London show.
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Wisconsin Experiment Station
Hoard
Dairyman
England
America
London
Agricultural Hall
Buttermilk Cheese A Perishable Dairy Alternative
The article explains buttermilk cheese as a perishable product similar to cottage cheese. It notes a short shelf life of a week to ten days at 50 to 60 degrees, or longer if cooled, and outlines packaging, coloring, and low-cost production methods using standard creamery equipment.
Fences as Vectors in Disease Spread Warned by Farm Journal
Quoting Farm and Fireside, a doctor describes a postmortem scene and a surgeon’s claim that barbed wire can spread tuberculosis through scratched skin and dried infected blood. The piece argues barbed wire endangers livestock and horses, urging careful fencing.
Keeping Robber Cows and Calf Indigestion Issues
The article urges accurate dairy inspection with scales and Babcock tester to detect grafters and prevent robber cows. It notes indigestive calves stem from unclean milk or feed, dirty vessels, poor stalls, irregular feeding, or sheer weakness.
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Babcock
Orange Judd
The Profitable Cow and Cabbage For Silo Debate
A historical note asserts a well fed cow yields greater returns than other animals, while cabbage is good feed for dairy cows but too watery for silage. Hoard's ieee
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Ieee
The Bleat of the Sheep Breeding Advice
Broad back and square shoulders mark a good sire. You can keep 100 sheep on fifty acres of good land. First class males are valuable and some breeders refuse to sell their best ram for 1000 dollars. Wool price should be secondary to lamb profits. Let ewes graze cornfields after grain is removed. Quiet handling yields better fattening results.
Milk goats as a money saver for rural households
A correspondent argues goats offer cheaper nutritious milk with tuberculosis resistance. Keeping goats costs about 8 cents per day per head when grass is available, requires daily movement, and a good goat may yield around two and a half quarts daily. Toggenburg and Saanen are noted as top American climate milkers.
Choosing Breeding Stock for Cows and Bulls
Advice on selecting dairy cattle emphasizes the cow as a milk producing machine with strong physique and udders. It recommends mature sires from high testing lines and yearly herd tests, noting long-lived, proven sires are best. Also discusses worms in hogs and improving corn rations with tankage for better pig growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
W. J. Kennedy
Iowa Experiment Station
Local visitors and business in Danville area noted
Mrs. Byron Thomas visited her father G. J. Sines in Danville last week. Nellie White returned from Clay City Indiana. Mrs. Wm. Banta and son Rich ard of Crawfordsville visited Elwell family. John P. Hartman of Seattle visited here. M. W. Marshall of Leon Kansas and Helen Allen of Danville visited Redenbaughs. Perry Glascock in Indianapolis. Lulu Shoaf of Kingman visited. Elwell and Myers transacted business in Covington. Tom Norris of Kingman Visited. Wm. Gray from Covington was here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Thomas
Danville
G. J. Sines
Wm. Banta
Richard
Crawfordsville
H. Elwell
John P. Hartman
Seattle
Wash
Covington Residents Attend Marching Events and Family Visit
Scott E Ratcliff was in Covington on business Wednesday. Mrs. Harry Glascock was called to Covington Monday morning to care for her aged mother who fell and was badly injured.
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Scott E Ratcliff
Covington
Harry Glascock
Mrs Lum Lee Dies After Illness. Funeral Held Monday
Mrs. Lum Lee, ill for months, died Friday night about 11. The Baptist Church funeral was Monday with Rev. P. W. Waphaw in charge. Attending from out of town were Mrs. Parks of Terre Haute and Mrs. Calvin Abbot of Chicago. Nearby residents visited and shopped locally as noted, including Rexor Rattr cliff grocery ad emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lum Lee
The
Baptist Church
P. W. Waphaw
Parks
Terre Haute
Calvin Abbot
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Steinbaugh @ Jones
Col . G. Madden
Scott E. Ratcliff
Kingmin
Mr. Holland
Miles Lindley
Colorado
Carrington
Robinson
American Press Association
Kansas
Missouri
Indiana
Ancman
Aincman Milling
Kingman
Ind
Kingman Grain and Milling Co
Yeddo
Nellie White
Clay City
M. W. Marshall
Leon, Kans
Helen Allen
Paul Redenbaugh
James Philpott
Veedersburg
Perry Glascock
Innessay
Lulu Shoaf
S. H. Elwell
W. H. Myers
Tom Norris
Wm. Gray
Silverwood
Ruby Wallers
Near
Albert West
William Briggs
Mrs
Mauda Ganley Friday
C. P. Thompson
Edd Lewis
Cayuga
Rector&Ratcliff
Ace Mann
Fowler
Alice M. Howell
Victor Ladies Tailoring Co
Harper
Hingman Hardware Co
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