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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
3
Instructions describe dividing chick flocks with wooden and wire partitions to reduce crowding and enable multiple ages in one building. Also includes crop pest sprays for cabbage and potatoes using arsenate of lead copper sulfate nicotine sulphate and bran mashes with detailed mixing and application notes.
Farmers in this section ready large acreages for navy beans with soil prep prioritized. Seed bed quality and careful soil readiness are emphasized as essential, with rows spaced 24 to 28 inches and beans 4 to 6 inches apart. Cultivation to begin once beans reach row height, despite high seed prices limiting some plantings.
An advertisement listing typewriters and all grades with Remingtons at 15 dollars, instruction book with each magazine, and Empire Type Foundry in North York offering type and printer supplies.
Local campaign promotes eradicating surplus roosters to cut losses amid wartime prices. Authorities estimate potential savings of thousands of dollars if poultry keepers dispose of excess cocks before week ends.
A farmer-oriented column urges readers to advertise surplus spring vegetables and livestock in the local paper to reach nearby buyers. Pointing to cost savings, it notes neighbors may buy fresh home produce, and even carload cattle can be diverted to local buyers, avoiding transport and extra commissions. Encourages trying ads to gain capital with minimal risk.
We can furnish five percent money on a good farm loan for five years with prepay privilege.
An editorial urges readers to visit town gardens and farms to celebrate local growing efforts while highlighting potato crops and multi harvests. It stresses wartime food conservation, endorses rat extermination to protect grain and poultry, and calls for intensified efforts to eliminate rodents and prevent food waste.
A home remedy suggests scattering coffee grounds on soil in beds or containers to repel ants. The guide notes grounds are not a fertilizer but will drive pests from flowering plants and surrounding soil. keep grounds spread and dampened to be effective.
The Southeastern Line schedule lists No. 8 south bound journeys with stops at Jasonville Linton Beshanter Elnora Odon and Bedford and No. 4 6 2 northbound trains toward Terre Haute. Timings show a mix of afternoon and morning departures with multiple daily arrivals and layovers.
A Farmers' Bulletin review by R A Oakley and Ji L Westover surveys nine distinct commercial alfalfa strains in the United States, detailing their traits and climatic adaptation. It notes winter hardiness, drought resistance, seed quality indicators, and cautions against growing alfalfa seed in humid Eastern states.
A Richmond Kentucky customer extols Chamberlain's Tablets as a wonder for indigestion and constipation. The Colon Drug Co. offers the product for sale local to readers.
R. D. McCarter, Township Trustee, states he will be in Odon at his office in the E. T. Laughlin building on West Main Street on Wednesday and Saturday each week and on all other days at his residence to attend to Madison township business.
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