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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
7
Farm writer touts Single Comb Rhode Island Red as best all purpose fowl for families. Describes large birds, industrious nature, early rising, bright eyes, and strong plumage. Provides figures from 1909: seven hens laid 109 eggs in January and 140 eggs in March, with $416.25 earned from eggs and stock.
A Wisconsin State bulletin by Prof. C. A. Ocock outlines sanitary cow stalls emphasizing cleanliness comfort and economy. The illustrated design uses movable crossbars hinged doors and a gutter arrangement to separate cows reduce stepping on udders and aid feeding milking and cleaning with an estimated cost of $60.33 for ten stalls.
A practical leveling device is shown with a steel smoothing plate, beam structure, and cutter. The wheeled leveler uses a driver standing on a plate to push forward for cutting and pull back to raise the edge, spreading earth and smoothing depressions.
A rural note on garden shapes and tenancy contrasts with farming woes. The piece argues bed shape is irrelevant while a tenant farmer faces weed trouble and receives less than half the crop. It hints at persistent rent and land use issues.
Postoffice lists uncalled letters for ladies and gentlemen with names such as Emma Kinnel Lizzie Rals Atwood Burt Bedwell Harmon Jusia Shaw Weber and others. Letters will be advertised and sent to the dead letters office if not claimed within a week. Plus a dated notice for second hand stoves buyers.
Webster county reader Thomas C Boyle describes James P Condon’s hog house design built with hollow cement blocks and a rubberoid roof. The 64 by 10 by 10 foot structure includes a cement feed lot, windbreak, sunning area, sand bedding with straw in severe weather, and frost proof walls aiding herd health.
Automobile manufacturers see farmers as a growing market as harvests rise. The author argues for a light weight 1,200 to 3,000 pound car with simple design and easy maintenance to handle poor country roads, field work, and quick trips to town for repairs, boosting efficiency during planting and harvest.
A Baltimore American writer recommends seeding worn land to clover for one crop and leaving the second growth to plow under. This method, with manure and fertilizer concentrated on the remaining half, yields more income than full cultivation. After a year or two in clover, the other half can be plowed. Fresh sod responds well to chemical fertilizers.
The passage notes a sow producing two litters annually is valuable, worth two or three times pork prices even when prices are high. It cautions against fattening a reliable sow only after she ceases to be reliable.
In Sullivan County Indiana the case involves William T. Dudley. Court records reference a local proceeding with a person named Dudley and regional civil matter. Details are sparse in the fragment but indicate an official action related to property or estate.
Notice by the administrator of the Susannah Walters estate that a public sale will be held at the deceased’s late residence on North Broad Street in Sullivan City Sullivan County Indiana. Sale date to be announced with details to follow.
Sealed proposals due June 6 1910 for thirty Sullivan city bonds each 250 dollars issued to finance real estate and improvements to serve as City Hall and Fire Department headquarters. Bonds bear 5 percent interest, mature in three annual installments starting 1911. Sell to highest bidder at par with accrued interest details required. Right to reject any bid reserved. Proposals sealed and labeled Bids for City Bonds.
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