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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
2
Sunday visits mark a busy period with George Blackmore from Scotland spending time with Clarence Porter. Several families from Odon Elnora Antioch and Furlen share visits, with Marie Toon staying in Odon and Dan Porter in Elnora. Real estate ad notes money loan options at six percent via Qdon Realty Co.
Three women from Terre Haute report goitre relief after using Sorbol Quadruple. They share their experiences and provide addresses for outreach. Sorbol Quadruple is sold in small bottles and advertised by Ulrich's Drugstore and the Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio.
Carrots for horses prove a superior feed offering moisture and nutrients beyond cereals. The succulent juice provides a dietary value that should not be ignored in livestock feeding strategies.
A description of a scratch feed for chickens to be fed in deep litter using straw hay or shredded corn stover. It suggests a composed mix including cracked corn wheat oats spelt and hurley to provide variety so each hen can pick the grain she prefers.
Farmers urged to dry up manure and apply plaster dust to the henhouse waste to trap ammonia. The instruction frames ammonia as the "tongue" that speaks to crops, claiming this practice preserves nutrients for the coming season.
Keats or young guineas are easier to rear than turkey poults. They are nimble and escape harm rather than encounter it. With a clean dry setup and proper food they grow rapidly.
The article reviews crops that maximize dry matter per acre with minimal water use and least corn stunting. Rape emerges as the best interplant, with sowing rates of 20 to 30 pounds per acre, while hairy vetch, soybeans, and cowpeas have drawbacks. Small grains like rye reduce corn yield by moisture competition. A mixed broadcast seed option for permanent pasture uses Boliue grass, timothy, red clover, alsike, and red top, costing $3 to $4 per acre.
Sunday School at 9 30 Junior Endeavor at 2 00 Senior Endeavor at 6 30 Intermediate Endeavor on Sunday Choir rehearsal Thursday at 7 30 Preaching services at 10 30 and 7 30 Weekly timetable for church activities.
Reverend R R Chaver leads morning service May 23 from 9 30 to 11 00 with an evening service at 7 30. The church continues a series on Christian Unity titled Factors Working Toward Christian Unity. Bible school Tuesday at 7 30. C E Prayer Meeting Thursday 7 30 and choir practice Friday 7 20.
Pleasant Hill U B Church led by Rev J W McCurtry holds Sunday School at 2 30 am and preaching at 7 45 pm Edith Walls leads Y P C E at 7 15 pm Bethany service at 9 30 am with preaching at 10 45 am Mud Pike Sunday School May 23 at 9 30 am Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7 30 pm Mud Pike attendance 71 and offering 5 40.
Guidance on efficient grain use for poultry feeding urges keeping grain clean and dry, avoiding moldy feed, balancing rations for growers and layers, and substituting cheaper grains for wheat where feasible to protect flock health and profitability.
Missouri researchers note Angora goats in the Ozarks rapidly brush clear dense undergrowth while producing mohair and kids. Landowners rent goats for brush control at 50 to 75 cents per animal per season, with nannies yielding 3 to 3 1/4 pounds mohair and many kids. Two years of browsing clears an acre. overbrowsing prompts range adjustments.
Concrete roads develop cracks from poor drainage or subgrade prep. Cracks act as expansion joints and, when filled with tar and maintained, do not affect pavement wearing quality.
Guidance suggests hens require exercise and can achieve this by indoor foraging. Providing litter with ample grain feed, such as eight to ten inches of chaff and straw, helps hens stay active without needing outdoor access in bad weather.
The article notes poorer sandy soils can be renovated at reasonable cost to produce profits. Data from using fertilizers on light soils show proper use with suitable soil and weather conditions increases crop yields. It urges every farmer to apply fertilizer annually.
The cowpea is described as the most extensively grown bean used across the southern and central states for soil improvement and feeding purposes. Farmers are said never to plant too many acres of this legume.
SCOTLAND Measles return keeps Miss Leona Stone home then she resumes school at Terre Haute. Sunday visits span several families including Essie Johnson from Terre Haute, John Critchlow with Loogootee friends, and multiple gatherings with Stout Henderson Richardson Nichols Dobbins Hasler and Nicholson families. Rev McCann listed sick.
The notice states I will be in Odon at my office in the BE. T. Laughlin building on West Main Street on Saturday of each week and all other days at my residence to attend to the business of Madison township.
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