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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
3
A farm notice outlines profitable duck breeds for market and points to housing needs. It covers shelter size for a duck house, ventilation, water supply, feed troughs, and the importance of clean litter and access to water. It emphasizes durable pens, proper ground posts, and safe roosting to support large duck flocks.
A dairy calf six to eight months old should have salt in a permanent box in the pen and ample clean water daily, with shade available in pastures. After weaning the calf should be fed a roughage mix such as alfalfa or peavine hay and supplemented with minerals and fattening feeds to promote growth.
Poultry specialist Dr E. Chayman of the agricultural extension division notes culling about one third of flocks this season. He urges immediate removal of hens with small combs yellow legs and poor vigor to boost remaining birds and use sale proceeds for feed.
In a demonstration with 47 Rhode Island Red cockerels weighing 60 pounds, birds gained 23 pounds in 11 days, averaging about a half pound per bird. They were fed a mix of wheat shorts and corn meal with milk, had one square foot of space per bird, and were offered feed for 20 minutes twice daily. Current market prices made costs under five cents per pound.
Disease can enter a healthy dairy herd through purchased infected animals or contaminated milk. The report urges buying only from TB free herds or those under eradication supervision and warns against feeding calves milk from tuberculous cows.
Farmers should boost milking cows with grain and silage during late summer. A suggested mix includes cornmeal, cottonseed meal, ground oats and gluten feed. spraying cows with a extermination spray reduces flies and improves milk production.
A concrete sheep water trough designed to avoid decay and overturning. The trough uses a mix of cement sand and crushed stone, with a smooth interior for easy cleaning. It sits low and deep to prevent freezing and suit sheep access.
United States Department of Agriculture reports a milk substitute recipe for calves after two weeks. The mix includes ground vorn linseed meal rolled oats dried blood sour skim milk powder and salt with water. Feeding schedules guide transition from whole milk to substitute over seven weeks with adjustments for scours and milk price.
Advice from J. S. Montgomery of University Farm St Paul on horse welfare during harvest. Feed limited hay in morning and moon feeds, ample grain with 10 20 percent bran. Water before and after feeding, limited water at noon if hot, then feed and water again. Night feeding similar, water freely. Water mid shift is encouraged. Use salt wash at night to prevent shoulder galls and sore necks. Regular cooling breaths and careful harness cleaning.
The principal highways of every state should be rapidly constructed and maintained by state highway departments. The public pays for good roads, saving gasoline and wear on vehicles, while counties struggle to fund feeder roads and rely on state funds for main state road networks.
Highway engineers study safer intersections reducing serious motor accidents. Y shaped connections divert traffic and improve sight lines at key junctions. States and counties widen rights of way to install long curves where needed. Tourists praise these safety measures adopted by highway departments.
Building 50 000 miles of national highways will provide steady employment for idle and unemployed. It pledges to add at least 300 million dollars to annual wealth and save 500.66 million in vehicle wear and tear. It claims lower living costs and travel gains, urging Americans to see America first and keep money at home.
Horticultural guidance explains thinning fruit to about one third of its size to boost size and reduce pests and rot. Overloading trees harms vitality, may kill branches, and can barren trees for years. Discard small rot specked fruit and keep larger healthy berries with proper spacing.
The article notes many apple growers use two or more pickings per season to improve size and color, though two harvests cost more. Early apples may require additional pickings, while low quality fruit may not justify extra labor.
Red raspberry spur blight appears mid July with irregular brown splotches on new canes. The disease kills or halts growth of fruit spurs. control by box deux spray on canes six to eight inches high every two weeks until harvest. Remove pleds after harvest and apply final spray. Recommends adhesive Bordeaux mixture with rosin fish oil soap at 60 gallons.
A simple remedy using white hellebore powder sprayed on currant and gooseberry bushes destroys worms. Mix one ounce in a bucket of water and spray thoroughly. Best applied in the evening per Casc ado Agricultural College expert C. P. Gillette, though any daytime spray works. The powder is poisonous to the worms but will not make the fruit unsafe to eat.
The article notes that proper care of currants and gooseberries greatly boosts yield. Individual bushes vary in production, and the number of berry boxes per bush depends on variety and attention given.
A farm grows and markets cherries with strong demand for surplus fruit. Local growers emphasize that cherries are most welcomed and in steady demand when harvests yield a surplus.
The Old Codger of Kenbuckle jokes about an unorganized club of paralytics whose members all had strokes. They meet anywhere and talk of nothing in particular, sizing each other up and leaving convinced others look worse than themselves. He recalls Dad Donner's sympathy at his own appearance.
An advertisement extols a refined woman’s appeal through a perfume and a bath using Cuticura Soap with hot water to cleanse pores, followed by a dusting of Cuticura Powder to yield clear healthy skin.
The Simplon tunnel through the Alps spans twelve and a quarter miles with five and a half miles on Swiss soil. Entrance mined for quick blockage in case of Italian invasion. Difficulties included draining hot springs and overcoming rock pressure, costing $800,000 for fifty yards after eighteen months work.
A compact reflection notes that statements about criminal lawyers often reveal more about the speaker than the profession. The line hints at bias and raises questions about perception and trust in legal professionals.
Lawyers arrive at the office triggering a sudden shift in mood as romantic feelings surface among colleagues and blend with professional tensions. The scene hints at personal dynamics amid legal work.
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