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Newspaper

Plainfield Messenger

Location

Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1920

Page

5

Indiana farm teams win in state livestock contest

Blackford county led by Mark W angdon Charles Clamme Jr and aughn Johnson captured first in boys livestock judging at the state fair earning a $200 trophy and a trip to the Chicago International Live Stock show. Dearborn county won first in dairy cattle judging and will represent Indiana in Chicago. Second through fifth places went to Madison Wells White Tippecanoe and Jay counties.

Indianapolis Blackford County Mark Wangdon Charles Clamme, Jr Aughn Johnson Blackfordounty Boys Chicago Decatur Tipton County Madison County Jay County Dearborn County Eam Indiana Ocober Madison Wells White Ad Tippecanoe South Bend Michigan Jeffersonville Board of Commissioners Clark County Anderson Valparaiso H. IL. Crumpacker Porter Superior Court James Red) Parker Thomas Albert Batchelor Dan Trkulja Herman (Ecker State Bank Torleston Lake Crown Point State Supreme Court Columbus Stephen Sparks Sparks Richmond Wayne County Lafayette Purdueniversity University Registar Terre Haute Vigo County Evansville

Marketing costs on sheep and hog carloads report

The study shows 54 carloads of sheep with 11 single deck and 48 double deck cars costing 0.019 per 100 pounds live weight for loading and bedding. Other expenses including freight ranged from 0.239 to 1.97 per 100weight, with shrinkage 3.53 to 8.57 percent. Hog carloads, 253 in number, averaged 1.5 cents for loading and bedding per 100 pounds, feed 8–9 cents, commissions 4–10 cents, misc 2–10 cents, totaling about 33–50 cents per 100 pounds, with weight shrinkage 9.88 to minus 4.59 percent.

Federal Trade Commission United States Department of Agriculture

Texas stockman touts purebred Hereford bulls in Brown County

A Brown County Texas stockman, newly joined to the Better Sires Better Stock campaign, stresses he has bred purebred Hereford bulls for 35 years and rejects mixed breeds. His operation includes 245 cattle plus 700 goats, 600 sheep, and 380 swine kept for breeding.

United States Department of Agriculture Texas Brown County Tex

Most Valuable Sheep Feed Rye for Ewes at Weaning Time

Rye offers high protein content among cereals and suits two aims. It pairs with fat-rich feeds like corn to balance protein deficiency and supports bone and muscle development in young animals. When wintering sheep on roughage, rye helps compensate for low protein.

Cheap production of pork using stubble fields after harvest

The article notes hogs can efficiently fatten in fall by feeding on grain scattered during harvest and from stubble fields. This method yields excellent gains without extra grain inputs.

Divided Pastures For Hogs

Hogs perform better on young shoots than old stalks, so divide pastures and rotate hogs between pastures every week or ten days to improve gains.

Keeping Our Bodies Strong In Lesson For September 19

Lesson centers on Proverbs 23:19 21 29 35 urging abstinence from wine and excess. It catalogs woes of drinkers including pain sorrow quarrel misfortune and blindness to danger, ending with the warning that the drunkard shall not inherit the kingdom of heaven.

Hell Kingdom of Heaven

Melancholy Sees Skulls Behind Beautiful Faces

A reflective line contrasts gloom with perception, noting how melancholy distorts beauty into foreboding. It frames sorrow as a lens that erodes cheer, turning a lovely countenance into a bare skull of fear.

Wise Words on Thinking and Speaking

A reflective aphorism contrasts private thoughts with spoken words. The quotation emphasizes restraint, urging thoughtful communication and discretion in expression.

Delany

Surface Christianity and Good Breeding Quotation

A compact quotation attributed to O. W. Holmes argues that surface Christianity equates to good breeding, framing moral virtue as outward polish rather than inner faith.

O. W. Holmes

Three Years Without Hope Remedies for Catarrh

Rozalia Kania of New Britain Connecticut attests to relief from three years of cramps and distress after using PH RU NA. The ad promotes PH RU NA for catarrh digestion and general health, claiming faster recovery with early use and urging readers to keep a bottle at home. It ends with a generic motivational quote about leisure.

Rozalia Kania Silver Street New Britain Conn

Freezone touted as quick relief for corns

An advertisement claims Freezone instantly stops corn pain and lets a corn lift off with fingers. The product is sold by druggists in a small bottle for a few cents and promises removal of hard or soft corns and between the toes without soreness.

Wisdom From Carlyle Despising the World for Reverent Work

A compact reflection on Carlyle’s view that one must despise and neglect the world to truly revere it and engage with it meaningfully. The quote frames work and purpose as a response to worldly distraction.

Carlyle

Eatonic Promise Greatest Benefits After Weeks of Use

Chicago advertisement claims thousands of reports show Eatonic works best after a few weeks with one or two tablets after meals. It says belching bloating heartburn and stomach misery fade as excess acids and gases are removed, leaving the user well and energetic. Regular use advised with pharmacist guidance.

Chicago U. S Adv

Reduced to It

The dialogue portrays a character feeling depleted by emotional strain, described as limp like a rag. A companion notes the exhaustion stems from heavy emotional tearing.

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