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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1921
Page
5
In a small town gathering on a windy day Mas Heal and Dorthy Dearmin headed a community meeting. Key figures Henry Mignaew and Hildred Connell joined with Amy Senef and Katheva Plormin to discuss local concerns.
The Madison Township advisory board presents the 1920 financial summary listing funds such as LIBRARY FUND SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND ROAD FUND and TUITION FUND with balances receipts and disbursements. It shows total balances outstanding warrants and indebtedness and is signed by John Mumaw and colleagues on January 4 1921.
Bureau of Markets notes price gaps between grower and dealer margins amid a 1.1 billion pound annual cowpeas trade. Poor handling and mixed varieties depress wholesale prices. better thinning, purity, larger lot selling, and proper packaging could raise profits. Domestic cowpeas value approx 36 million dollars yearly with 70 percent entering commercial channels.
The piece argues against using inferior stallions and favors sound, well balanced sires free from conformational faults. It emphasizes considering independent horsemen opinions, stallion reputation, past offspring performance, and the sire’s lineage to guide selection while noting the higher value of distant, proven studs.
Farmers at Town Station fed spring pigs buttermilk with corn and tankage. Each pig consumed about four gallons of buttermilk daily plus grain and tankage, outpacing pigs fed corn and tankage alone. Buttermilk and skim milk showed similar feeding value, suggesting limited risk of overfeeding when at least two to three pounds of grain per pig daily are provided.
Iowa experiment station reports vaccinating pigs a week to six weeks old with simultaneous serum and virus inoculation yields immunity up to nine months. Of 171 immune pigs treated, three died of other causes, none from cholera. No ill effects from simultaneous inoculation were seen.
Farmers make hog mineral mix from burnt corn cobs burnt bone and ground lime stone but often forget to add dry ingredients. A home made recipe suggests three bushels charcoal two quarts lime eight pounds salt and one bushel wood ashes mixed and fed to hogs.
United States Department of Agriculture aims to restore the Morgan horse breed nearly extinct. In a recent Marine test, ten entries finished with the sixth and seventh being Miorsan horses, one bred at the department stock farm in Massachusetts. The horses were prepared to travel 60 miles daily for five days carrying a 245 pound load.
The article advises culling unthrifty chicks early to avoid feeding losses and identifies some cockerels that mature quickly as valuable breeders. It emphasizes prudent farming practice and selection for profitability.
An old milk can is repurposed as a rat trap. Place bait such as pinece bacon rind cheese cracked walnuts at the bottom and set the can in a favored spot. Rats enter the can and have difficulty escaping once inside.
A father explains to his son that charity is rewarding, as his mother enjoys lecturing more than he enjoys listening, revealing a humorous family insight about generosity and listening.
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