This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
5
Worthington and Rontota residents visited in Hindostan Falls and Loogootee. Rexall Store advertises sodas while noting upcoming Old Settlers festival and Edwardsport homecoming with a full premium list to appear next week.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture urges breeders to join the Better Sires Crusade to improve livestock quality nationwide. The Monthly Bulletin calls it a shift from scrub stock to better bred animals, promising greater production and prosperity. County agents or the division of extension in Knoxville are advised for guidance.
Sparks World Famous Shows announce a Thursday Linton visit featuring elephants led by Big Zula, Caesar the high jumping horse, dancing horses, marbles statues, dog acts, the Five Cornallas and Flora Medini. A two mile parade with four bands and two calliopes leaves at 10 30 a m daily.
In Terre Haute Mrs Clara A Lindsey 60 credits improved health after taking Trutona the Perfect Tonic. She reports relief from kidney and bladder troubles back pain and sleep issues and says she now enjoys meals and morning refreshment. Trutona advertised as a reconstructive tonic sold by Odon Drug Company. Also notes painting of Dan Gantz residence by John Williams using Dutch Boy Lead paint amounts.
A farmer buys more beef than he consumes from the farm with only about 10 percent of farm meat being beef. Regional consumption varies from nearly 300 pounds per family in the north and west to under 100 pounds in the south. Beef comes from steers cows or unproductive heifers. Veal is rare on farms and fresh meat preservation is limited in warm weather.
In Braxton County West Virginia the farm bureau plans a demonstration by sending one carload of buck lambs to market to show the value of castration and docking for market readiness.
First class draft horses are scarce. Pigs grow best when fed with all they will eat, cleanly. Docking lambs makes them neater and more uniform. Lone tailed lambs shed dung, risking maggot trouble in heat. Ambitious breeders should learn the best feeding practices to improve breeds and reputation. Gooseettings notes say goslings do not need feed until 14 to 36 hours old.
A reader warns against using dead paint on silo interiors and recommends carbolineum or a preservative. Reports say lead paint caused poisoning in silos, with seven deaths after feeding silage.
The unit is formed to improve poultry strains for more eggs of good color and size and to reduce waste. It aims to pack uniform clean eggs to guarantee quality, market directly to consumers, buy supplies cooperatively, and extend benefits to members and the community.
The article advises culling all old hens not needed for next year after the breeding season. It recommends confining them in a small space and feeding them for two or three weeks to fatten them for sale, aiming for a good profit despite high grain prices.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.