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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
2
Widespread farm woodlots contain unutilized timber suitable for firewood. Removing dead or defective material would provide fuel and improve remaining timber for better growth. Farms could save coal by leveraging timber for cooking needs and woodlot health.
A Charles C. Wentzler article explains June beetles take three years to mature from egg laid in meadows or cornfields. It notes their attraction to lights and the damage caused by the white grub stage feeding on plant roots, with birds feeding on them and beetles swarming city lights.
The article explains beetles feed on corn each spring. Different beetles mature yearly while some lay eggs in meadows. Planting in newly turned sod increases damage. remedy is plowing and cultivating to destroy food supply and starve pests. Chickens following plows also reduce numbers.
Kansas State Agricultural college begins a feeding test on Bossy the cow using sunflower silage to measure milk production across several weeks. If results match or exceed sorghum or corn silage cows, sunflowers could become a valued Kansas crop and butter source.
Sweet clover also known as melilotus or bee clover, once seen as a weed, proves adaptable to extreme temperatures and poor soils. Practical farmers report its feeding value and soil improving effects, with growth where alfalfa and other grasses fail.
Candling provides a fixed standard for trading by removing guess-work. It enables a fair price to careful producers of good eggs, shows who is responsible for bad eggs and waste, improves overall quality, conforms to law, and saves freight and space by eliminating handling of worthless products.
The article outlines economical wintering of cattle with emphasis on adequate feeding to avoid flesh loss. It recommends straw, beet pulp, and sugar beets. cows wintered on hay or kafir silage plus cottonseed meal. shelters or windbreaks. and sample rations for non market fattening, citing I. Beay from Live Stock in Colorado.
Administrator of the estate of Jemina H Baird informs Daviess Circuit Court that full settlement accounts are on file. A February 2, 1920 hearing is set to approve the account. Interested parties must appear to show cause and prove heirship or claims to the estate.
A fragmented diary style passage recounts a night with a Berglar encounter and a home scene. The narrator recalls a loaded gun under a bed and a command to come out. The piece moves through a weekend of school absence and reflections on family marriage and church.
A fragment describes a Wednesday incident where someone left Pisford after an accident leaving only a steering wheel and top. The text recalls a Thursday of cutting paper and making dirt on the floor and a threat of corporal punishment if quitting.
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