Making the Little Farm Pay Growth of seed crops drives farm profits and onion seed success
The article champions seed farming as profitable for farm economics and education. It highlights Miss Maude M. Griffith of Missouri growing English blue grass seed, its high seed value, and benefits such as multiple harvests per seeding. A Mitchell County, Indiana, onion seed operation demonstrates high yields, strong profits, and soil enhancement practices. long-term land value growth is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude M. Griffith
St. Claire County
Miss Griffith
Griffith
Mitchell County
Hoe
Han
Rouen
Poultry Raisers Urged to Profit from Free Range Hens
United States Department of Agriculture offers guidance on profitable poultry keeping. Advice covers letting hens range, removing males after hatching, boosting infertile egg production, timing hatches in February and March, preventing mites with kerosene and whitewash, feeding table scraps and milk for eye production, and contacting local agents or the Agriculture Department in Washington for free Farmers' Bulletins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Annual Weeds and Control Methods Mentioned
A classification of weeds into annuals biennials and perennials notes annuals weed seeds sprout and die within one season. Common western annual weeds include pig weeds wild oats ragweeds goosefoot shepherds purse foxtail crab grass sow thistle and others. Clean tillage after germination and cultivating crops like potatoes or beets help prevent seed production and weed spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Robins
Colorado Station
Deafness Cure Claim By Catarrh Cure Ad
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and vows a cure with Catarrh Cure. It promises free trials and claims the remedy can restore hearing by removing inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evetarra
Cina MY & Col
Toledo
Onto
Sahl
Drugeistes, the
Southeastern Line Time Table No 9 From Terre Haute
Chicago Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway releases timetable No 9 effective April 2 for southbound and northbound trains. It lists origin stops Terre Haute Jasonville Linton Bedford or Elnora Seymour and Odon with arrival and departure times. The schedule includes numbers and station names in a dense OCR format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Jasonville
Linton Beehuuter
Elnora Gon
Badford
Seymour
Wisconsin students judge horse points in era note
Opinion among horse raisers links European war to rising demand for quality draught horses. It argues only pure bred sires will yield good specimens, as farmers focus on breeding for strength and stature. The picture depicts University of Wisconsin students evaluating a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Smiley
Indianapolis
University of Wisconsin
Orchard and Garden Care for Indoor Plants
The article advises proper air around roots and drainage for potted plants and explains rhubarb and beet care indoors. It warns against standing water in Jardinieres and suggests soap wash for scale and mealy bugs, rain water over well water, and careful watering of flowering plants from Christmas stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lergy Cady
University Farm
St. Paul
Trustee Notice for Madison Township Office Hours
Trustee I will be in Odon at my office in the KE Laughlin building on West Main Street on Wednesday and Saturday each week to attend to the business of Madison township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon
KE. T. Laughlin
West Main Street
Madison Township
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United States Department of Agriculture
Elnora
Elmore Townships
Inc
Toad
France
Chicago
Jezonville
Lidon
Peehonter Wawel
Teta
Corydon
Avery
J. J.C
Fuller & Johnson
John Deere
Fuller and Johnson
OL Humerick
A. L. Huff
A. M. Williams
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Shiloh Church
Jersey CO I
Loogootee, Indiana
J. T. Flynn
Georgetown
Ind
John Weaver
Wm. Patterson
Aucs
W.R. Neeriemer
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