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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1914
Page
7
An article explains market demand for choice plump poultry and eggs, noting that buyers pay for quality. It highlights American breeds like Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Light Brahmas, and Leghorns as best suited, with emphasis on selecting breeds to fit customer needs.
An expert advises against choosing the biggest trees, recommending medium sized, thrifty specimens. Preserve root vitality by protecting roots during transport, soaking soil, and planting in a deep, wide hole. Avoid deep planting and ensure roots spread properly for thriving, lasting growth.
A rustic saying cautions against attempting to grow fruit and hay on the same plot. Proper farming practice favors committing land to one purpose to maximize yields and avoid poorer overall results.
A vintage instructions item explains extending a sled with 4 by 4 timber rails to carry larger loads of brush fodder corn stalks and light material. It covers rail length placement holes pins bolts and storage when not in use for next season.
The article details an easy to build portable A shaped hog house using 1 by 12 planks and 2 by 4 and 2 by 8 members. It explains skids for moving, bracing, and a rainproof ridge saddle, plus wind stabilization and relocation steps. It also covers cost estimates and notes the value of organic matter and weed control for higher corn yields.
The article urges careful poultry management to sustain winter egg output as egg prices rise. It emphasizes comfortable housing with ventilation, clean dry floors, and varied grain and mash feeds. It also recommends pure water, calm handling, and occasional charred corn to aid digestion.
The article asserts land quality can support good bean yields with proper soil productivity. It promotes white beans as a reliable cash crop with steady demand, suitable for rotation with wheat and clover, especially where manure is limited.
H P Miller notes pumpkins are worth about two thirds of ensilage for cows or sheep and should share space with grass in hog rations. A rough value of two dollars per ton is suggested for yield pumpkins used to feed cattle sheep or hogs. Do not confine animals to pumpkins alone due to high water content.
The speaker emphasizes scheduling the sow and piglet timeline, setting a due date, and quietly observing on that date. The guidance warns against disturbance while watching for needed actions and potential money flow through careful hog management.
Fragmentary OCR text references the poultry business with phrases like with Poultry and unknown context. No clear event, names, places, or dates are readable in the snippet provided.
Sufferers urged to treat early kidney trouble before gravel dropsy or Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills are recommended as the widely used remedy, to take at first backache or signs of kidney secretion disruption.
A collection of sayings from Mayor Mitchel of New York and President Wilson at dinners. Mitchel jokes that silence is safety and one should not seek opinions, while Wilson notes commercial honesty is improving and mocks caveat emptor. He suggests if millionaires lost fortunes they would demand jail.
At a famed aerodrome a young wag cracked a quip about a deadly “aeroplane poison” during a crowd watching air contests. When asked how much would kill a person he replied one drop, leaving the group stunned and among the spectators the less.
Albert is sent by his mother to fetch horseradish for pickles. After a long absence he returns tired and empty handed, explaining he checked every livery stable in town but found none.
The text notes that Brooks is relieved as he will not need to lie about his salary to the girl he plans to marry since he works for her father.
A Wisconsin woman describes quitting coffee and using Postum for eight years with positive health changes. She cites improved digestion and appetite, noting her family also benefited after switching from coffee. She stresses she is not a “gusher” but presents plain facts and invites readers to request the Road to Wellville booklet.
Judge Jeremiah Neterer granted a permanent injunction for Centaur Company of New York against Stewart & Holmes Drug Co of Seattle. The court ordered recall of infringing Fletcher's Castoria labeled products, and awarded $400 in damages plus costs. The case traced the culprits from Honolulu to Seattle.
A light city note reports Bill Smithers has left his witty persona and now works steadily at a new post, running the funny column in the Afternoon Squeak.
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