Tinks and Democrat Press Explains Its Local Reach
The Times-Democrats notes its large Van Wert county circulation and up-to-date news from Theler telegraphic service. It highlights city happenings, farmer and housewife articles, and plans to add country correspondents while launching a new weekly by William Jennings Bryan ally Rebben and a prospectus for a Commodore paper defending Kansas City platform principles.
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Theler Telegraphic
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Wm. J. Bryan
Trans-Democrat
Trires-Democrat
Bryan
Game Times
Kansas City
What Must We Do to Keep The Rows On The Farm
Joel Shomaker argues in the Journal of Agriculture that urban lure and defective farm methods push young men from farms to cities. He cites high city wealth, farm dim prospects, bad housing, and organized capital against farmers as causes. He urges fair wages and secure land tenure to keep youth on farms.
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TR Rame
Moodern Laventoon
Board of Trade
Joel Shomaker
The
Journal of Agriculture
Advertise in the Weekly Papers to Reach Farmers
Farmers seek bargains and a trusted store. weekly papers link merchants and farmers. The Lima Times Democrat cites ads as profitable, urging Van Wert merchants to invest in newspaper space, noting a dry goods firm's $3,000 yearly ad spend and exclusive use of papers for local and mail order trade.
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van Wert
Iown
Harris-Amery Company
Basement court house rooms remodeled for new use
Remodeling and papering of basement office rooms in the Court House progress. The former Dr. Davis room will house the Prosecuting Attorney office.
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Court House
Tne
Dr. Davia
Fighting Lice On Hogs and Pasture Plans
A practical guide on controlling hog lice using kerosene emulsion and knapsack sprayers, stressing ongoing treatment, proper timing, and cost effectiveness. It also outlines next summer hog pastures with bine grass, clover, rape, and cow peas, and discusses markets for fat lambs at 100 to 150 pounds with ideal frames for market.
Cotton seed and meal feeding for cattle and soil fertility
At current prices cotton seed meal is valued as a superior feed when fed with cotton seed. Feeding two pounds of cotton seed meal daily to steers improves growth, especially with corn or kafir stover. Feeding locally grown cotton seed meal keeps fertility at home and can offset feed costs, making cotton byproducts valuable as both feed and fertilizer.
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Oklashoma
Cure for halter pullers from Farm and Home
A method to stop a horse from pulling the halter by passing a half inch rope eight feet long under the tail and through the halter, drawing tight across the chest and back to create a jerking effect when the horse pulls. The instruction, attributed to Lewis Olsen in Farm and Home, warns to use a long halter rope through a stall ring and keep a usable rope length for safety.
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Lewis Olsen
The Cost Of Pork Per Pound And Its Rail On Farmers
The cost of pork per pound shapes farmers views on swineraising. Some claim they can buy their own pork cheaper than raising it. Experiments at Maryland show pork costs as low as 2.5 cents per pound under favorable, healthy conditions, with milk byproducts and near creameries boosting efficiency. Pork is cheapest on young hogs, though outcomes depend on feed access and health.
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Maryland Experiment Station
Notes for Stockmen How to Feed Hogs for Winter
Hog shipments to market or pork barrel noted. Feed bleached bays and weathered feed if not moldy, gradually to avoid starvation. Use bulky foods like clover hay, tonpking, manglex, or pumpkins, beets, and barley to keep hogs thrifty through winter. sequence feed to improve quality by spring.
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