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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
3
Citizens urged to dispose of surplus roosters during Rooster Week June 18 to 23 to cut feed costs and improve egg quality. Infertile eggs favored for storage and sale. urban flocks especially benefit from removing roosters to reduce noise and nuisance. Local dealers offer premium prices and advertisements push “Rooster money” promotions.
The month had an average temperature of 56.3 degrees across 63 stations, 6.2 below normal and cooler than 1907. Frosts from the 2nd to 14th brought subfreezing temperatures at several stations, with 24 degrees at Knox and Wheatfield on the 10th. Rain totaled 4.89 inches statewide, with over 5 inches in south central and west central counties and over 8 inches in Monroe, Brown, and Jennings. heavy rains on the 27-28th swelled White and Wabash rivers, flooding bottoms and causing damage along with wind and hail.
State and United States June 1 forecasts report oats hay and peach yields in bushels and tons with final last year estimates. Prices list a mix of wheat corn oats potatoes hay eggs cotton and their June averages vs prior year across states and the nation.
Raspberry handling for winter use with wild or cultivated berries. Wash hull and pack in jars, hot syrup added, sterilize jars for sixteen minutes, avoid higher temperatures than boiling. Includes marmalade jelly and combinations with apple currant juice for varied jams.
The monthly report notes wheat and oats improving in the south, with four to forty bushels per acre. Corn fruit and vegetables suffered from rain hail and tornadoes. Oats in the northwest and south show fine shape. harvests begin in about three weeks in the south. Hay and pastures improved though fruit crops like apples and peaches were damaged by rain and cool weather.
The June crop summary from the Bureau of Crop Estimates reports Indiana wheat forecast at 24.3 million bushels for June, up from last year's 19.44 million. United States June 1 forecast at 656 million bushels, compared with last year’s final 639.886 million.
Thin crowded vegetables and harvest strips of greens from beet tops. When striped beetles appear on melon and squash, spray with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green or dust with lime. Cultivate and weed in cool mornings to avoid sun scorch. Pinch grape shoots to leave one or two eyes and plant succession crops of corn, beans, peas, beets and lettuce. Keep soil loose, fertilize quickly, and remove bean and pea vines after harvest to sow cabbages and turnips. Watch for green worms on currants and gooseberries and spray with Paris green and water.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh at all stages through internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad promises one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials from customers. The product is sold by druggists for 75 cents, with address to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
Evansville and Terre Haute schedule details released for the Evansville and Indianapolis line. The timetable covers departures and arrivals between Evansville, Terre Haute, and intermediate stops with emphasis on morning and afternoon services.
John 8. Talbot is identified as General Traffic Manager based in Terre Haute Indiana. The note lists his role without further details.
Odon Realty Co offers farm loans at five percent interest for five years with prepay privilege.
A Richmond Kentucky reader F B Tressey hails Chamberlain’s Tablets as a wonder saying he never sold anything that beat them. The ad urges indigestion constipation relief and notes The Odon Drug Co sells the tablets.
Trustee R D McCarter says he will be in Odon at the E T Laughlin building on West Main Street Wednesdays and Saturdays each week and on all other days at his residence to attend to Madison township business.
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