Last of a Carload Fertilizer Sacks Put on Sale
A seller offers the final sacks of a carload of fertilizer for potato patches gardens or field trials. Limited small lots are available and buyers are urged to order now as quantities will sell quickly.
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1911
Page
4
A seller offers the final sacks of a carload of fertilizer for potato patches gardens or field trials. Limited small lots are available and buyers are urged to order now as quantities will sell quickly.
The article argues dairy farming yields profit for enterprising farmers who select good stock and feeding methods. It highlights advantages over crops, including quick returns, fewer risks, year round work, and greater financial security, but notes success requires knowledge and skill.
The illustration describes a simple concrete milk cooler construction. Build a box outer shell with an inner box eight inches smaller, creating a four inch wall. Use one part Portland cement to five parts sand and gravel, tamping walls. Include a lower center overflow and ensure the tank height allows cooling milk cans quickly with ice if desired.
The Baltimore American notes a simple breeding plan at Fillmore Farm: select top type heifers and cows, mate with the best bull money can buy, and let offspring develop fully. Early results are satisfactory and promising stock among the new arrivals may prove the method effective.
The article extols dairying as a cash basis business on par with groceries, praising Holstein efficiency and model stalls to prevent soiling. It urges cows yielding at least 5,000 pounds of milk yearly, frequent watering, proper cream handling, and silos as essential, while criticizing slipshod farm methods.
In a local option election Hamilton township voted dry by 63 with 673 ballots. Dry 368 and wet 305. Precinct tallies show Mildred 121 wet 71 dry, McKee 143 wet 134 dry, and South 163 dry 41 wet. strongest wets in No 1.
Henry Ransford a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars died Thursday at age 87 in Fairbanks township, born there in 1824 and longtime county resident. He worked as a rail-maker and was known as an eccentric character. Surviving Mexican War veterans in the county are Henry T. Pearson and Captain Josiah Stanley.
The damage and injunction suit by Frank M. Nead of Jackson township against Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Company was decided Monday by Judge Henderson in favor of the plaintiff. Nead received $195 damages and a permanent injunction, upholding land owners against injurious water flow along a natural water course.
Belvil C. Payne and Amanda L. Clinton were issued marriage licenses. The filing confirms the union between the two individuals in the local record.
The report lists several locals returning from business trips to New York Seattle and Bloomington. Deaths are reported including Vincent Cooksey of Jefferson township and Colville widow Mirenna Magill. Other items mention visits to Indianapolis Buffalo and Evansville along with court proceedings and a presbytery meeting.
Notice in the District Court of Indiana sets the first meeting of creditors for Charles G. French, a voluntary bankrupt from Dugger Sullivan County, on May 4, 1911, at 3 30 p m in Buff and Stratton law offices Evansville. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt in Evansville April 21 1911.
A reflection on benevolence stating that doing something, even small, to aid others elevates humanity. Quotation from Lord Avebury frames kindness as the noblest aim and strongest hope guiding human actions.
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