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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
4
G L Christie state food director says households should mix foods from each group at every meal to save costs. The guide lists Proteins breads and starches sugars fats and fruits, with tips on peas as a cheap protein and careful handling of meat costs. It also provides planting notes for beets turnips and garden spacing to boost supplies.
The guide advises planting pole beans one to two inches deep four feet apart in rows three to four feet apart. It covers cabbage, celery, sweet corn, and carrots with seed rates, row lengths, germination times, and soil preferences. It also urges planning for next year with manure, cover crops, and fall sowing of rye and other grasses.
This week emphasizes early weed control and successive planting of beans and lettuce. Spray Paris green for pests, sow for succession in partial shade, harvest radishes early, and plant fall crops like cabbage and beans. Till land, train tomatoes, sow turnips, and dry corn for soup blends. herbs such as celery tops parsley mint sage require washing and sun drying.
Indiana reports record farm land under cultivation totaling 21 660 186 acres with 16 931 252 improved. The state has 220 297 farms, land value at 1 328 196 545 dollars and improvements worth 1 809 135 238 dollars. About 340 000 people work in farming in a rural-population of 1 554 481.
F B Tressey of Richmond Kentucky reports a strong opinion of Chamberlains Tablets calling them a wonder and stating he never sold anything that beat them. The notice urges trying them for indigestion or constipation and notes sale by The Odon Drug Co.
Instructions describe drying young sugar peas in the pod, blanching six minutes, drying at 110 to 145 degrees, and outlining steps for shelled garden peas and corn. Provides blanching times, moisture removal, tray drying, and temperature progression for preserved produce.
Manuel Humerickhouse of West Main Street reports a three crop harvest from a single garden plot. Early March plantings produced a first crop sold for 16 dollars, with additional rows digged later and the ground now yielding a second crop rising a foot high.
Farmers report a busy week cutting clover hay with good veld. West of town yields praised while eastern hills show less. Weather has been favorable and most crops are in excellent condition with little hay for sale locally.
Farmers report extended heat lifting corn growth as hot days and nights push fields toward swelling, with fields looking well and rapid growth observed across the area.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages through bloodstream action. The ad promises $100 if any case is not cured and invites testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. sold by all druggists for one dollar.
Township Trustee R. D. McCarter states he will be in Odon at 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 Madison township business.
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