Raising Hogs Profitable In Poor Farms Of The South
There is great demand for hogs and hog meat in our own region where hogs prosper on small rations. Many farmers lack know how to raise hogs, but they are easily raised and cheaply fattened. A hog is hardier than a dog and provides for itself in dust and dirt. Shelter for hogs in bad weather is essential, with straw bedding and a plank floor to keep dust down. Feed in a trough or on a clean plank floor, feed at night, and let hogs forage by day. Keep lice away with insect powders or turpentine spray to produce brag hogs for the community.
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Stive
Merits of Wire Fencing in the South
The article extols woven wire fencing for plantations and gardens citing economy durability and ready construction. It notes strong southern adoption fueled by low steel prices and mass manufacture of Bessemer galvanized wire. Call on Tf D Smith at the Progress office for styles and prices.
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South
Tf. D. Smith
Progress Office
World’s Largest Ship Ready for First Run to New York
The ship, completed in London, measures 700 feet and will carry 3000 passengers and over 20,000 tons of freight on its inaugural voyage to New York. In Georgia, Rochelle New Era argues for higher teacher wages while urging every Wilcox County teacher to subscribe, framing a broader clash between newspapers and educators. Only two Dooly county teachers read the Progress last year at their own expense.
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London
New York
Rochelle
Plaster Wire Build Techniques and Marsh Farming Innovations
A New York Times excerpt describes plaster coated poultry wire installation with careful spacing from walls, two coat plastering methods, and wet floating to resemble stone. It also covers Long Island marsh farming using snowshoe plowing, progressive field work, chemical treatments, and crimson clover to fix nitrogen.
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Hollister
New York Times
A Good Game to Stick To and Farming Notes
Rewa and Notes discuss air needs for lettuce at thawing temperatures. Peat bog development gains attention in New England Illinois and Wisconsin. A gasoline engine boom is seen and American capitalists buy 2,000,000 acres in northwest Ontario to settle about 12,500 families. An Ohio opinion favors fat mutton export and advises on sheep and lamb feeding emphasizing alfalfa and ear corn and selecting open fleeced lambs for better feedlot performance.
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Rewa
New England
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Ben Davis
Ontario
United States
J. B
Ohio
Cure for Rheumatism Promises Free Story Mail Offer
A plain businessman in Bloomfield Indiana offers a free booklet claiming to cure rheumatism of all forms. He invites readers suffering chronic, acute, muscular, inflammatory, deformant, sciatic, neuralgia, gout or lumbago to mail their addresses to Victor Rainbolt for the story and a copy for friends, asserting many doctors have failed and urging immediate contact.
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Victor Rainbolt
Bloomfield
Ind
Nervous Prostration Cure Promoted by Local Drug Store
An advertisement touts a medicine guaranteed to cure nervous prostration from overwork. It claims to restore vitality and manhood, relieve nervous troubles, and renew vigor, offered and guaranteed by Vienna Drug Co.
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Vienna Drug Co
Dissolution Notice Forms Coleman Bros At Byromville Ga
The firm of Coleman and Fitzgerald at Byromville Georgia dissolves by mutual consent with O J Fitzgerald disposing of his interest to J L Coleman. The firm becomes Coleman Bros and assumes all obligations. Dated December 22 1908. O J Fitzgerald transfers his share to J L Coleman and endorses continued patronage for Coleman Bros, regarded as worthy of public confidence.
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Coleman & Fitzgerald
Byromville, Ga
O. J. Fitzgerald
J. L. Coleman
Coleman Bros
Byromville
O. J. Firzauraton
Berry's Early Big Boll Cotton claims and endorsements
A series of affidavits and endorsements from farmers and officials across Georgia and beyond praise Berry's Early Big Boll Cotton. Testimonies from T. R. Nutt in Spaulding County Griffin in 1908, G. W. Freeman in 1909, R. F. Crittenden and J. J. Conner in Shellman Cartersville, and others cite higher yields, larger bolls, and superior drought tolerance. Several growers describe testing seed from Griffin and expressing strong confidence in Berry's claims despite earlier criticisms. Additional notes mention seed availability and pricing.
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J. Lu. Berry
T. R.nutt
Spaulding County
Griffi, Ga
Berry
Henry Bass
Griffin
Georgia Experiment Station Bulletin
Mr. Berry
Truitt
Barry
G. W. Freeman
Griffin, Ga
A. J. Burr
Col
R. J. Redding
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JROWN
J J Cooper
Col. Crittenden
J. J. Conner
State Agricultural Society
Cartersville, Ga
Georgia Experiment Station
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Sol
Valdosta
Johnson
H. Heaton
Nocona
Tex
Vicksburg
G.I. Boney
Duckport
J. Ll’ Berry
Criffin, Ga
H- D. Smith
Agtmvienna
Cutter-Toyer GO
Boston
Bass
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