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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
3
Ohio experiment station tests show hogs gain less than a half pound daily when hogging rye. Harvesting rye as cash grain or feeding after thrash yields better efficiency, with about 611 pounds of rye per 100 pounds gain versus 321 pounds of concentrates for corn fed hogs. Hogs struggle to obtain enough rye and often eat only maintenance levels.
Poultry help by consuming white grubs and surface insects aids farming while avoiding angle worms which till and enrich soil. Angle worms are credited with soil preparation for human occupation, having digested and reworked every acre of farmland to keep soil fertile.
L V France of the University of Minnesota St Paul Beekeeping division warns bees often get lost when freed in April seeking pollen. He urges delaying freedom until pollen is plentiful on willows and soft maples and suggests providing pollen combs if needed. Also recommends warm water, ample sugar or honey, cold protection until mid May, and smaller hive entrances to prevent robbing.
It will be economical to inspect all farm machines and implements for repairs. A touch of oil paint on exposed surfaces is advisable. Overhauling before use can extend machine life for several seasons.
The notice lists dates and locales for the 1920 board of review sessions in Davie County. Townships and towns such as Barr Elmore Madison Washington Odon and others are scheduled for review and equalization. Mortgage exemptions and bank trustee items are planned, with officials named as Daniel I. Myers O M Vance and others.
Mrs. Julia Cryer a Muncie nurse at 1523 South Franklin Street testifies after ten years of indigestion and gas. She reports immediate improvement with Trutona and says it ends her need for laxatives. She recommends the medicine to hundreds of friends and praises its reconstructive and liver cleansing qualities. Sold by Odon Drug Co in Odon.
The June 1 condition figures show Indiana winter wheat at about 21 million bushels, spring wheat 42 thousand, oats near 61 million, with oats yield above last year and apples promising a large crop. Hessian fly, joint worm, and drought stress affect some fields while early sown oats look strong and apples may yield 6.6 million bushels. Washington Democrat reports tentative figures subject to change.
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