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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1919
Page
4
Trustee announces weekly office hours in Eaglesville and rest of time in Van Buren township for business. John L. Beasley offers for sale dry stove wood and money to loan with 5 percent interest on good farm loans for five years with prepay privilege through Odon Realty Co.
Practical notes on calf digestion and feeding dairy stock, fence maintenance, and hog nutrition. Emphasizes thorough farm disinfection after contagious disease, with explanations of micro organisms including bacteria and spores and how they survive in soil, litter, and buildings.
A list of practical cautions for shepherds covers feeding and housing, tagging before breeding, exercising bred ewes, lamb feeding, parasite prevention, and proper shearing timing. It urges keeping salt and fresh water available, avoiding moldy feed, and consulting the county agent or Washington for guidance.
Animals fattening for market and young stock do not require large amounts of cheap roughage. Through winter, horses cattle and some sheep classes can be fed rations with substantial roughage if properly supplemented with nitrogenous seeds like leguminous hays linseed or cottonseed meal.
Do not throw straw or hay in heaps for sheep. Use a long rack for feeding. When storms come, keep sheep indoors and feed them in a long manger built for this purpose.
The article stresses ventilation as essential in barns since animals, like humans, need fresh air to stay healthy. It argues good airflow improves conditions for livestock and overall farm productivity.
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