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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
7
Practical guidelines by L. C. Corbett outline three core requirements: quality heads suited for storage, properly designed warehouses to prevent drip and condensation, and controlled ventilation and temperature to keep cabbage dry and firm. The article details bin versus shelf storage, ventilation, and winter-temperature management plus field storage when warehouses are unavailable.
The article advises on pig housing and feeding practices to reduce disease and improve growth. It stresses gradual milk feeding, selective breeding, clean cement floors with dry litter, and separate feeding for small pigs to prevent runts. It notes cold drafts under doors harm comfort and suggests design tweaks for warmth.
The farmer need not be highly educated in science to succeed. Adapt crops to goals, select seed with care, testing improves yield by 25 to 46 percent in one season. Nine tenths of the battle is proper cultivation with fertilizing, crop rotation, and constant soil work.
The article notes strong demand for well fed chickens while thin or range stock sell poorly this season. Dealers cut losses by buying ordinary stock cheap and paying five to seven cents less per pound for underfed birds. A fattening ration blends corn chop low grade flour and middlings with sour or buttermilk. Birds are starved 24 hours before feeding, then two daily meals with weekly grit, and 18 to 24 hours of starvation before killing to ensure empties.
Banestine Belle De Kol is declared the world's champion cow with 1 058 3 pounds of butter fat yielding 1 823 pounds of butter. Over a year she produced 27 404 pounds of milk at 3 86 percent, far surpassing ordinary cows.
During the past year many shipments of nursery stock from Angers France contained brown tail moths. The nests were found and destroyed in 85 states. The secretary of agriculture will seek a law for inspection and quarantine of all imported stock.
The piece recounts how the Forbes counterfeiting gang operated after the Civil War and how advances in security and detection made high quality forgeries a lost art. It follows Ned Ormsby’s recollections and the detective’s view on the inevitability of guilt being revealed.
Ned Ormsby recounts the rise and fall of the Forbes gang who forged Confederate notes in New York Harlem Flatbush and other cities. The crew included Ed Forbes Little Jack Vaughn Sam Stetson Curley Peters and others. They produced millions before a raid ended with federal prison terms.
A farmer article explains flushing ewes before mating to ensure better lambing. It recommends fall feeding of grain, rape, corn, pumpkins for lamb feed, and daily oats, stressing green, plentiful food to improve condition at breeding and synchronize lambing for market.
Detective Arnold, once with the U S secret service, explains how difficult it is to remove counterfeit money from circulation. He details treasury marks and defects used to test genuineness and recounts a Boston $100 counterfeit with a duplicated serial number and a flaw in Lincoln's forehead, linking multiple banks revealing a widespread fake operation.
An agricultural guide stresses preventing disease over curing in swine. It warns hog cholera and pneumonia strike rapidly, urging systematic care, disinfectants, and building herd resilience. When hogs are severely ill, culling and burning remains are advised for malignant cases, while many illnesses can be cured with proper treatment.
A writer notes success with fall planting of strawberries when set late, ideally by November 1. They caution against August or early September plantings and recommend very early spring setting if fall work is not possible, stressing crowns should be well formed before transplant.
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