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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1920
Page
8
A simple device combines stovepipe and a wooden box 10 by 10 by 4 inches. Place the box on the floor and hang the pipe from the roof about 4 inches above the box. Fill the pipe with dry mash. it will feed into the box as chickens eat.
Market the eggs at least twice weekly and keep them in a cool dry room or cellar. Eggs provide essential protein and minerals, making them an excellent food supply.
The advice covers nest management at a rate of one nest per four hens and notes chicken mites raise egg costs. It recommends whitewashing the poultry house annually or twice a year, and suggests selling or caging male birds after hatching season. It favors White Leghorns or Anconas for egg production and values good cockerels.
Mrs. Carrie Rude of Worthington visits J. C. Flint family this week. Rexall Store offers masks and Halloween novelties. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boyd and family and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Freed visit Jasonville relatives. Mrs. Ray Garten of Indianapolis and son Billie visit local relatives. Wanted cider apples paid 1.00 per 100 lb delivered at mill Thursdays. W. R. Neeremer and Edith Freeman return from Wheatland trip. Miss Freeman accompanied home by Dott Kinneman Ilene Moore Thelma Dorotha Wedding Tom McLorey and Kenneth Kinnaman after visiting Freeman.
Odon clothing, relatives visits, and sales notes include six Jersey cows for sale, fresh eggs, washing tablets, and pumpkins. Local residents and visitors from Bedford Terre Haute Clay City Pikeville Indianapolis and Wisconsin are listed with short social updates and store notices. The Rexall Store advertises Puretest lines and aspirin tablets.
William Stuart of Weiser Idaho, fourteen, won the state pig show with a Poland China pig he bought for 17.50. The victory earned a 175 trip to the International Live Stock Show and joined thirty other boys chosen from across the country. The achievement highlights the growing value of farm youth programs funded by the extension system and supported by banks. The second lecture course by high school seniors is set for November 2 at 8 PM in the M E church.
Spraying arsenate of lead in a one to ten mix with a touch of laundry soap guards potatoes. Cucumber muskmelon and squash beetles respond to lime and lead arsenate dust. Black Leaf 40 is used on many plants. purchase and follow directions. Early action and annual spraying protect all garden plants from disease and insects.
Public warning urges strict fire prevention in woods. It stresses that a single match can destroy many trees and urges not to use lighted tobacco, brushes, or campfires. It advises extinguishing fires quickly, seeking help, and practicing forest protection.
Specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture warn that oats rank close to corn and wheat in acreage and value but receive far less attention. They say yields have often been unsatisfactory and the crop sometimes unprofitable due to neglect.
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