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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
2
The Faith Christian Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 and Social Service at 10 30. A special program will be presented and all are invited. Rev Floyd Tucker of Vandalia Illinois is expected to visit on the next Sunday July 1 and further announcements will follow.
The ad invites customers to shop a line of watches while money is plentiful and suggests visiting to discuss a real watch purchase. It promotes KEGS as the jeweler and optometrist for this sale.
Diary style entries narrate a family week with a dog finding puppies named Cato Pluto and Alto. notes on work, Sunday church, a chicken sale, travel plans, garden thoughts, and a movie visit. The child recalls school, a preacher’s rebuke, and a shy moment with a girl during a cinema outing.
Flora Flinn and daughter Genevieve visited Blooming ton Illinois where Ora Flinn underwent appendicitis surgery. Mrs Frame Bair Mrs George Yockey of Strassburg Ohio and others from Decatur Illinois Odon and nearby towns spent Thursday with James Evans. James Dyal’s came home from overseas and John Coleman with wife from Indianapolis visit relatives. Pansy Dyal returns to Indianapolis after a few days here. John Critchlow Sand and wife visit sister Juda Stuffle.
A summarized guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture outlines four main advantages of road dragging earth roads. It stresses simple, low cost contrivance, operator skill, moisture timing for best results, and using interested locals to perform dragging when not otherwise engaged.
Harm and Fireside argue road surface shape should be oval but flat as possible given material and land. Brick or concrete allow flat ovals due to stable water flow, while water bound macadam requires higher ovals to resist water and frost. Earth roads depend on soil quality, seeps, and longitudinal pitch for drainage and strength.
The article explains that patching is often neglected and tends to create two ruts from one. It advises patching when the road is wet with standing water so workers can gauge gravel needs. If the rut is small, shove gravel from the wagon directly into the rut rather than dumping from the sideboard.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines a two yard system to provide green feed year round. In each period crops are rotated between yards with specific selections for North South regional adjustments. The plan favors thickly sown crops for succulent fodder and shade.
In large poultry houses hens lay eggs in litter under the dropping boards. A eight handled rake helps collect them with minimal breakage and less crawling under the house.
Fowls are natural scavengers consuming weed seeds and insects that would harm crops, while also gleaning vegetable matter that few other domestic animals utilize. This feeding behavior highlights their role in pest control and waste reduction on a farm.
Ollie Bruner of Washington clerks in C I Wilsons store. Cordia Grove stays with Mrs Jesse McGuire. Delpha Hindman and son Harlen with Miss Alice Carter visited Mrs Lula Myers. Chas Standley of Odon visited relatives. Ruth Carter Detha Osman and Debolt with Jesse Thompson family Sunday. John Grove family visited Tink Fisher. Zelma O brian visited Nellie O brian.
Mrs Ruth Grove spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Thomas Wilson. Mayme Ritter of Olney IL is visiting her parents. Delpha Grove returned to Elnora after visiting Elmer Myers. Vernal and Thelma Wilson visited Dennis Dow family. L E Cummings and John Odon and Mrs Emma Gootee visited from Washington. Dr Myers of Plainville made a call. Virgil Rogers of Washington was here Sunday. G W Tomey and son Chas drove to Elnora. James Daugherty was in the neighborhood. Gather the eggs twice daily. All hens two years old or over. Elmer Myers family, Bernard Singleton, Fiddler families picnicked near Loogootee Sunday. J T Pruett and Ed Scott motor to Washington. The text notes frequent clan houses, self-promotional lines, and poultry guidance. The chicken crop is important and duck raising is profitable. Additional local visits include Alfred Grove to Jesse McGuire, Margaret Tomey of Plainville, Elmer Hardy with W E Isenogle family, Joseph Browning to Plainville, and remarks on Chinese geese. Late hatched pullets often infest with lice. need proper chick care with grit, oyster shell, charcoal and clean water. wheat cutting largely complete. Mort McCord of Washington spent Sunday with W V Hagar.
Farmers demand better wagon roads to curb high haulage costs. The current rate is about 23 cents per ton mile for wagon freight versus 7.29 cents per ton mile by railroads, highlighting the efficiency gap.
Clover has a mechanical and nutritive effect on soil. Apply lime when sowing clover to balance wheat needs. Typically lime is applied at sowing time. Twenty bushels of air-slaked lime or one ton of ground limestone suffices per acre.
The piece argues that about 160 million dollars yearly is lost due to poor shelter for farm equipment and rusted gear left in barnyards. It contrasts farmers who stay up for a calf’s life with neglecting to haul tools to proper shelters, urging better care and storage of implements.
Severe heat harms young birds and eggs in hatchery use. A turkey gobbler’s strong limbs pose risk when angered, capable of injuring children. Do not market weak pullets as they reduce early laying potential.
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