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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1923
Page
5
Detroit News notes Antiochian archeological finds in Asia Minor reveal Sardis artifacts from Croesus time. Excavations unearthed gems jewelry sculptures and architectural pieces with thirty Croesus coins among the newly found relics.
A garbled 19th century style scene describes a man trying to woo a woman while bystanders heckle. He vows to win her as his wife, amid a crowd shouting insults and a sudden dramatic reaction from the woman.
Ad text promotes Ball Blue laundry bleach with a slogan appealing to mothers seeking clean, well groomed clothes for daughters. It suggests a dainty appearance admired by girls and frames the product as essential household care. The tone mirrors era advertising.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports a humorous fragment about a wife and her husband’s pockets. The text is garbled but suggests a cartoonish scene with comments on a wife’s actions and a man’s confusion.
The bulletin summarizes back-yard poultry keeping emphasizing hens for steady egg production. It covers flock size, housing, sanitation, feeding, pest control, hatching, and egg preservation. Plans for low cost coops, roosts, nests, and green feed devices are described, with note on mulberry feed and durable equipment.
A recipe for whitewash to treat a chicken house. Mix lime, water, and rock or Portland cement, then apply with a brush. The solution acts as a disinfectant against vermin, penetrates wood to destroy rot, and leaves walls bright and scentless.
The piece argues strain matters more than breed in choosing chickens. It notes nine test breeds and urges picking a proven strain with a record and buying from the strain’s principal breeder or direct stock, emphasizing quality stock within budget.
A farmer warns that clear water is essential and ducks must dip their heads fully for drinking. Oats rye and new corn fail to fatten poultry well. Limiting feed to one bucket leads to limited egg production and milk yields.
An experiment at the Connecticut experiment station compared early and late calving heifers. Late calvers produced nearly double in first lactation and higher totals over subsequent lactations, suggesting late calving may be sound commercial dairy practice despite small sample size and short duration.
Dairy feeds fall into concentrates and roughages says the North Dakota Agricultural College dairy department. Concentrates include oats and by products corn barley and wheat middlings with high digestibility. roughages like hay and chaff provide fiber. Corn cob meal and oats offer bulk. barley should be ground. wheat bran is rich but costly. middlings are less digestible. barley complements corn and should be ground for dairy rations.
The article argues heavy grain feeding often fails to boost net profits, benefiting only dairy farmers near strong markets with high hay and dairy product prices. When roughage is fibrous, farmers must use more concentrates to balance rations.
A USDA summary of nearly 500 stockmen reports shows improved breeding yields about 39.6 percent higher gains than scrubs when fed the same way. Pure breds often use better feed and care, with several farmers citing 50 percent faster growth or higher market value as proof. About 60 percent success probability is noted for adoption. Details available from the Bureau of Animal Industry, USDA.
A road machinery maker introduces a dashboard mounted device to chart pavement irregularities. The instrument records front wheel surface variances on a continuous chart with inches and feet scales, covering ten miles of road for maintenance guidance.
A study outlines how to cut costs in hog production by ensuring inexpensive, ample proteins and minerals in the feed. It highlights growing crops to supply nutrients, reducing disease risk and parasite exposure in crowded hog fat operations.
Kill a scrub bull Monday. On Tuesday you will be better off. If you plan to raise good pigs, start planning for next year's pig crop now. Exercise for the gifts and especially the old sows is necessary for strong healthy pigs.
The bureau of public roads reports definite designation of the federal-aid highway system in 34 states. Most cities over 5,000 are on the network, with many connecting via improved roads and over 90 percent of Americans likely to live within ten miles of a federal-aid highway.
Judge M. M. Allison of the Dixie Highway Association in Chattanooga announces that Richard J. Finnegan and William G. Edens of Chicago were elected as Illinois directors. The highway is complete from the Indiana line into Chicago, but other states have much work to do between Indiana and Miami Florida. Meetings are planned in Kentucky Tennessee Georgia and Florida to organize local efforts to finish sections of the north south trunk line.
Climate data from the Walla Walla weather station shows cooling moths avoid egg deposition below 60 degrees F. Most eggs are laid between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. If 60 degrees F or higher at 8 p.m. for two to three nights, spray timing should start as eyes appear in one to three weeks. Cold snaps after eyes form lessen spray duration. Thermometer shelters aid in determining proper spraying dates for orchard control.
Leaf spot is the most serious disease affecting strawberries, attacking only leaves with purple then white centers. It spreads from old infected leaves to new growth, reducing leaf area and plant vigor. Recommendations include selecting disease-free sets, removing spotted leaves, and spraying Bordeaux mixture after transplanting and during the season, plus burning the field residue after harvest carefully to avoid crown damage.
The foliage of pear and cherry turns brown midsummer as a slimy worm eats leaf surfaces leaving skeletons. Orchards look burned. the insect weakens trees by removing foliage and hindering hardening and bud development. Control with dry dust or dry arsenic spray. two broods in some regions. Prompt treatment yields easy control.
The text warns that dirty eggs are repulsive in appearance and will not sell, so prices are cut. It recommends clean straw in nests and clean litter on the floor to keep fowls feet clean, especially in mud, to prevent egg soil.
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