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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
4
A farmer explains how tax assessments rise with improvements and property value. He notes that even neglected assets like thistles and waterlogged ground are spared, while better-kept neighbors face higher valuations. He jokes that his own property appears worthless, avoiding taxes with a quiet tactic.
A veteran judge argues for speaking clearly and meaning what is heard. He warns against talkers who sound persuasive but conceal true thoughts behind words. The piece stresses frankness to avoid being deceived, noting smart listeners learn to value honesty over insinuation.
United States Department of Agriculture reissues peach grades with changes chiefly in quality factors and color and blemish criteria. No minimum size specified. pack size and count must be stamped. No. 1 aims to remove damaged stock while emphasizing mature firm one variety fruit. Fancy No. 1 requires specified red color. Adoption spreads through growers and trade. Sand Hill Fruit Growers’ Aberdeen NC and Western New York Fruit Grow are adopting.
The bulletin explains swarming risk in apiaries and how ample brood chambers and strong queens reduce swarming. It notes that distributing colonies to multiple locations aids management, and that good combs and careful breeding lessen swarming tendencies. It also lists swarm-preventive measures and references industry adoption of United States grades for peaches and packing practices.
The article advises how to address employee tardiness tactfully. It suggests avoid on the clock reproach and consider hour based work with fair treatment for fast workers. It notes that excuses may be real and urges giving the worker the benefit of the doubt.
The Department of Agriculture and University of Wisconsin experiments produced about 4000 pounds of Wisconsin All Seasons cabbage seed highly resistant to cabbage yellows in Washington in 1921. Additional Wisconsin Brunswick seed and other resistant strains are being developed and distributed to growers and packers.
Two theories explain May as a girl's name the first as a contraction of Margaret meaning pearl and the second as a calendar name from the fifth month. The piece notes May may have dual origins, cites pearls and emeralds as lucky gems and flags Sunday as lucky day and five as lucky number.
The article discusses grinding grain for fowls, favoring some ground grain moistened with milk or water and some dry. It notes gizzard power and benefits from steady exercise, warns against overdoing soft-feed, and mentions feeding times with varying opinions and West Virginia USDA findings showing egg production similar whether mash is fed morning or night.
A poster notes livestock breeding ratios from a 200000 head survey by the United Cattleman and provides stallion to mare and ram to ewe comparisons across cattle horses swine sheep goats poultry and other birds. It argues purebred sires transfer quality to many offspring making scrubs undesirable.
The chief virtue of sandy soil is easy root penetration and the main fault is rapid drying. Clay soil retains water but tends to compact. Both soil types benefit from stable manure to loosen clay and help sand hold moisture.
A Chicago conference of animal husbandry and marketing extension workers urged live stock production systems to focus on economy and efficiency. Delegates from the US Department of Agriculture and extension workers across the Central West highlighted animal selection, ration choices, and sound care and management as key factors.
A compact portrait of Red Jacket, Seneca leader and Wolf clan member known as Shagdewatha. He advised neutrality in the Revolution, joined the British, became famed for council oratory and satire of missionaries, faced witch trials defenses, warned against white customs, and died January 20, 1830 in Buffalo after later losing and regaining his chiefship.
The Adirondack renowned hunter Pieskaret called a terror to the Iroquois for years. In 1644 he conducted a bold night raid killing and scalping multiple foes near Lake Champlain. After a long pursuit he fled and later died in a governor’s visit ambush.
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