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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
7
A promotional piece touts Lydia K Pinkham Vegetable Compound for uterine weakness and related symptoms. It urges self care, mentions a Sanative Wash, and includes testimonial claims of cure. Also promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute.
An archive of vintage notices and ads tout health pills and tonics promising beauty through purification of blood and liver function. Claims include Cascarets for digestion and glowing skin, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Piso’s Cure, and various unverified tonics. Also brief items on Maine trout, a Toledo notary, and a Brazilian yellow fever prize offer.
The piece discusses Leghorn hens as non sitters with broodiness possible under confinement and high feed, noting they can be good sitters and defenders of their young. It argues against costly permanent pasture unless irrigation is planned and outlines a field method: summer fallow, heavy manuring, deep tilth, and diverse grasses including Kentucky blue and red fescue to form a durable sod with periodic fertilizing and controlled grazing.
The article argues for keeping detailed yearly accounts for farms and households alike, treating the farm as a person to evaluate profit, improvements versus repairs, and household economy. It emphasizes recording every credit transaction to offset memory lapses and ensure clear profits each year.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure painful feet and bunions, claiming instant relief and comfort. It promotes Allen’s Foot-Phase for easy use in light or low shoes, enticing readers with a free trial and 25 cent price via stamps.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a safe coffee substitute that strengthens the nervous system and avoids fatigue. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee, offers a mocha color, costs about a quarter of coffee, and is sold by grocers in 15 or 25 cents per package for all ages.
Experiments at New York Correll University Station led by P Roberts show on strong or clayey lands adding plant food beyond soil fertility often saves cost by avoiding fertilizer purchases. Climate limits wheat utilization of soil nutrients, and land preparation can negate modest manure benefits.
Every crop, animal, and hire is an investment requiring sound planning. Farmers often plant or stock impulsively, ignoring costs and markets. Simple farm accounts can measure profitability, guiding crop choices and changing practices for safer, data driven decisions.
Do not feed grain as exclusive diet and provide constant care for fowls. Breeders prosper by raising fewer animals with training. Beekeeping and fruit growing together can yield two crops on the same land. Broodmare ancestry boosts trotting breeding. For berries, select well drained soil with prior hoed crops. Extracted honey attracts demand, while white comb faces competition from cheap substitutes.
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