Indiana State News highlights across towns and projects
Reports from Hartford City Petersburg South Bend Kokomo and other Indiana locales describe the SOAR premorind suite honoring Blackford County ex servicemen. Pike County raises pay and a Lafayette area farm extension exhibit tour with Purdue staff. County finances tax changes highway work and political nominations appear alongside rural farm group formation and public notices.
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Cantaloupes Demand Proper Handling and Cooling Methods
United States Department of Agriculture specialists report most western cantaloupes reach consumers underripe or green. They stress picking at full slip, packing carefully, and using ventilated cars with racks and bedding to speed cooling and preserve flavor.
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Grain quality and elevator responsibility in grain trade
The article explains how impurities moisture and foreign matter lower grain value. It notes that cleaning and drying equipment is costly but essential. elevators cannot pay full price for dirty or damp grain and farmers should deliver clean dry grain to earn premiums.
Dairy Hints Spur Spartanburg Dairy Growth and Bull Association
An early 20th century report describes how a U S Department of Agriculture led bull association in Spartanburg County South Carolina boosted dairying. From a few cows five years earlier to rapid progress, aided by shows, talks, and community cooperation with Clemson Agricultural College and the State Jersey Breeders.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Spartenburg County
S.C
Clemson Aericultural College
Fromm
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State Jersey Breeders’ Association
Wis
Orien
Molting Period Affects Hen Laying and Feeding
Many poultry owners believe hens do not need feed during molting though it is a taxing period. Feathers require nitrogen rich substances and oil coating, making proper nutrition essential for recovery and continued laying afterward.
Guineas Use Waste for Poultry Power on Farms
Poultry specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture discuss guinea fowl as efficient converters of waste. They note guineas roam thickets and fields beyond chickens and turkeys, acting as proline layers during egg seasons and offering a valuable addition to farm operations.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Eax
Air Conserves Board Floor
Board floors last longer when air circulates beneath them. Openings in the formation walls aid ventilation and should be closed in winter. A floor of sand with scratching material works well and can be refreshed. Ensure foundation walls prevent rats from entering beneath wooden floors.
Fowls Need Green Feed in Summer
Farmers should supply greens and vegetable food to yarded fowls in summer as they do in winter. If yards are bare, add clover to the mash and feed weeds from gardens and lawn clippings to the birds to keep them nourished through the hot months.
Spray to Keep Flies Away for Milking Sessions
A portable sprayer built from a half barrel is used to deter flies. Two workers operate the device, spraying after morning milking and before afternoon milking, with a mix including tar and coal products to deter pests.
Purebreds Replace Scrubs At State School Farm
A Louisiana State Normal school in Natchitoches parish shifts to purebred stock under the Better Sires Better Stock movement. Officials say all livestock on the school farm including cattle swine and poultry now mate only with purebred sires.
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Louisiana State Normal School
Natchitoches Parish
United States Department of Agriculture
Best Time to Select Calf in Dairy Herds
The best time to choose a calf is a few months old while with its dam or before weaning. Watch the calf's mother for size and milk. a wide well nourished cow suggests a strong calf sired by a good bull will become a useful dairy animal.
Young Girl Finds Relief After Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Evansville Indiana teenage millinery worker describes irregular periods headaches backaches and fatigue improved after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She urges others to try the remedy and shares her testimonial to help similar sufferers.
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Evansville
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Stella L. Nx- Wiler
Second St
Indiana
Racial population balance prior to the war
A broad view of prewar global racial maps shows 1.7 billion people, with 550 million white and 1.15 billion colored, meaning colored races outnumber whites by more than two to one.
Cuticura Promotes Comfort for Baby Rashes
Advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing itchy rash on babies. Hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and light dusting of Cuticura Talcum are claimed to offer relief and purity.
Four Jerusalem Cisterns Expanded Reservoir Near Jerusalem
The ancient reservoir built by Pontius Pilate about 2,000 years ago, located 13 miles south of Jerusalem, has been enlarged to capacity 5,100,000 gallons. Previously the city relied on unreliable rainfall and some cisterns had not been cleaned for a century or more.
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Handkerchiefs Get Fresh Start with Ball Blue Wash
A terse ad notes that children's handkerchiefs look hopeless after laundry, advising to wash with good soap and rinse in water blued with Red Cross Ball Blue for best results.
Governor assigns forger to sign papers after practice
The governor commissions the arriving forger to learn his signature within a week to forge official documents, a plan cited by Pearson's Weekly.
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