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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
14
A collage of farming guidance covers potato scab prevention with sulfur and corrosive sublimate, dairy cow selection focusing on bone and udder qualities, and poultry care emphasizing lime for shells, ventilation, water, and vermin control. It cites experiments on potato varieties, egg production records, and general husbandry practices for sustainable returns.
A method of selection builds laying strains by year to year breeding from top producers. Use only pullets from eggs laid by the best layers of prior years and select males from the top egg records. Maine station reports 1898 trials starting with 140 pullets and 82 trap nests. 40 birds averaged 120 eggs, 24 exceeding 180 eggs. The following year narrowed breeding to 160–200 egg records with carefully chosen mate selections.
In fall and early winter a goose market forms at Warsaw drawing up to five million geese. The birds march to market on foot from distances of 100 to 150 miles. To protect their feet they are tarred and sanded, becoming shod with a tarry sand cause designed to endure the long journey to market.
The piece reviews Commissioner Smith’s rebuttal to President Moffett of Standard Oil Indiana over 18 cent vs 6 cent freight rates, filing practices, and alleged concealment. It disputes Smith’s claims about Dalton Illinois filings and argues Standard Oil’s defense stands, noting a large fine tied to unverified rate statements and criticizing the broader government crusade against Standard Oil.
An advertising feature extols excess soil nutrition to boost plant growth and yields. It asserts that economy lies in quality to cost ratio, promotes Virginia Carolina Fertilizers as best value, cites million tons sold to Southern farmers, and advises writing to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company for a Year Book of Almanac. The piece lists offices in Richmond Durham Norfolk Charleston and Baltimore.
A line from the Nashville American questions a notorious figure as a bandit or soldier yet insists he did not fit either label. The dialogue hints at a sensational, possibly sensationalized remark about a violent man and his affiliations.
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