Dairymen Should Prepare for Late Summer Drought
Dairymen are urged to anticipate pasture shortages in late summer by provisioning succulent feed and silage. Build or adjust silos for summer use, plan small diameter silos, and consider sailing crops such as field peas oats alfalfa sorghum red clover sweet corn or cow peas to maintain green feed through drought periods.
Broom Corn Cultivation Tips For Indiana Farmers
Professor M N Fisher outlines broom corn as a viable Indiana crop on good corn soil. Plant late May, drill spacing 6 to 8 inches, harvest when seed nearly mature, table stalks at three feet, cure, thresh seed, and tie into brooms or sell. Seed not high grade feed. profitability depends on market and position.
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M. N. Fisher
Indiana
Ducks Do Not Yield In Wild Duck Hunt Gone Awry
Two hunters Kidder and a narrator chase ducks and rabbits through farms and fields near a town, misadventure and misfires mark a long dawn outing. They encounter a go devil, a cow, and a dog, with ducks eluding capture and a final verdict that it was a poor day for duck hunting.
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Kidder
Rabbit
Waterbury
Miser Anglade's secret buried fortune revealed in grave
Paris reporter recounts Anglade a Pau miser who hid his wealth after death. His wife opened the grave with a magistrate and found gold, bank notes, and bonds tucked in his armpit and within a bamboo cane buried with him.
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Anglade
Pau
Paris
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Studious Woman Sees Conversation as a Gift
A studious woman says conversation is a gift and Miss Cayenne adds that if people paid for talk there would be far less of it.
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Miss Cayenne
Combing Him Down a Bit
A humorous exchange sets up a marriage proposal amid finances. A man admits poor finances while a sister cautions about a bishop’s wedding vows and a peculiar moment of the proposed groom reacting to a girl chewing gum.
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Griselda
Stephen
Silence That Was Wasted A Family Tale Of Huffing
Aunt Melissa is an energetic talker while Uncle Silas speaks little. He frowns after a sharp remark about wasting sugar in coffee and goes into a multi day silence. A daughter notes the rift and the mother remains surprised at the length of his huff. The piece comes from Youth's Companion.
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Melissa
Famil
Silas
Janie Maud
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