Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 December 1920 — Page 2

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THE GREENCASTLE HERALD

THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 1920

The HERALD

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NOTICE OF BALE OF REAL ESTATE BY ADMINISTRATORS

Cause No. 5591 The undersigned administrators with the will annexed, of the estate of Isaac S. Peck, de _ ceased, hereby give notice that by virtue of an orddr of the circuit court of Putnam county, Indiana, they will at the hour of 10 o’clock a. m. on the 17 day of January, 1921 at the office of Lyo n & Lyo n in Greencastle, and from day to day thereafter until sold offer for sale at private sa^ all the interest of said decedent in and to the following described real estate in Putnam county, Indiana, to-wit: Part of the west half of the southwest quarter of section eleven -11", township thirteen (13) north, range four (4) west, in Putnam County, Indiana, described as follows, towit: Comencing on the south! ine of said half quarter at a point eight chains east from the southwest corner thereof and running thence north parallel to the north line thereof; thence east on said north line eight (8) chains and sixty seven (67) links; thence south parallel to said west line to the south line of said half quarter to a stone marked (40A); thence west eight (8) chains and sixty seven (67) links to the place of beginning, containing 34.82 acres, also a part of the west half of the north west quarter of said section eleven (11) township and range aforesaid described as follows, to-wit: commencing on the south line of said half quarter at a point eight (8) chains east from the southwest corner of said half quarter; thence north parallel to the west line of said tract four (4) chains and seventy nine 79 links to the center of the National road; thence north seventy (70) degrees east with the center of sai ( ] road nine (9) chains and | twenty fiv P (25) links; thence south parallel to said west line seven (7) chains and forty three (43) links to the south line of said half quarter to a point three (3) chains and thirty i three (33) links west from the south

FEEDING APPLES AND PUMPKINS Euptrimant* SHowad Good but Eapan vva Galna. Faraiera genarwlly regard Jumpklnt highly as a lall pi* feed. They are succulent, palatable and nutrltloua, and properly fed, give profitable returns. Experiments at three atatlons where the utility of cooking pumpkins was studied show that ths practice added little to the efficiency of the ration. The galna from feeding were good In all cases and economically produced. Pigs fed on raw pumpkins and grain showed gains at a coat of 262 pounds of grain and 376 pounds of pumpkin' per 100 pounds of gain where the pumpkins were fed raw, and 222 pounds of grain and 1,160 pounds of pumpkins for each 100 pounds of gain when they were cooked Another test at the same station with a ration of cider or windfall apples and pumpkins, equal parts, cooked, showed good but expensive gains, the high cost being attributed to the apples,

Management of Manure. The need of keeping manure moist Is especially marked in case of horse manure, which Is naturally dry and decomposes with great rapidity. 'I he same Is true In a less degree of sheep manure. The common and harmful "fire-fanging” is the result of an insufficient supply of water and may be readily checked by sprinkling. A method employed In the preparation of this well-rotted manure In France, described In Farmers’ Bulletin. Is as follows: The manure ts placed on slightly Inclined plats of packed earth or cement, so arranged that the leaching* drain out Into a pH,

,-i which they are pumped up distributed over the manure heap. It usual to provide two manure plats, so arranged that when one is full (when the manure Is & to 10 feet high) It may he allowed to ferment undisturbed while the other is used. The manure is carried from the stables to the top of the manure heap In wheelbarrows over an Inclined plane of boards. Care Is also taken to smooth down the sides of the heap, to prevent the too free access of air and the loss of teachings, as described in the Illustration.

Feeding Sheep for Market. The farmers who think they would like to feed sheep for market should be sure to convince themselves that it Is a business by itself and that regularity and uniform attention must be the constant rule. We would place first and above everything, proper qualification to carry on the business. The fitness must consist of untiring energy, perceverence and a reasonable amount of discretion and financial genius, with a natural Inclination to pay careful attention to detail-—a concentration of ideas on one subject. With a man fitted for the business must go proper surroundings. A dry, sunny spot should be chosen for the corrals. If possible, get a gentle south slope for the ground, so that natural drainage will be secured. Running water is desirable If well arranged. It should be so encompassed that It will run through a trough with force sufficient to keep it fi ni freezing. If this cannot be done it should be shut off at night.

FOB TAR MACADAM ROADS. They Reduce to tlie Minimum Fore* Required to Hnui a Load. The treating and mixing of tar macadam, says Good Roads M&gatine, was done by hand in this country until Mr. Arthur Brown, the city engineer of Nottingham, co-operat-ing with Herbert G. Clark, another | engineer, Invented an apparatus to ! supersede the crude method of heating granite chips on an Iron slab and then mixing them with hot tar. a disagreeable process, which ha* been found to produce sundry’ throat troubles. The new apparatus consists first of a hopper, Into which the material to be treated Is delivered directly from carts or wagons either by Upping or other suitable methods. The material Is ted Into a cylinder from the hopper by mechanlam which regulates at an even rate the supply of the material, slag or otherwise, and delivers It Into the cylinder. which is divided Into longitudinal compartments, and so Inclined as to pass through It readily the material delivered Into It. It Is mounted on antl-frlctlon rollers to minimi re the driving power. Inside thle cylinder Is an Inner cylinder or trough, containing a worm conveyor. Under the apparatus are two combustion chambers In which coke fire# are maintained for supplying heat to the outer cylinder and Its longitudinal compartments, and also to the outside of the Inner cylinder or trough containing the conveyor. Tbeee combustion chambers supply chat also to two tanka bolding the tar >r other mixture, which are situated at the lower end of the apparatus In the form of a saddle over the cylinder. Connected with theee tanks are pipes, which are coupled to a piece of mechanism for automatically distributing or spraying ths tar onto the slag or other material. The process Is, therefore, ae follows: Slag or other material is delivered Into the hopper and fed automatically into the longitudinal pockets In the cylinder. As this cylinder ts Inclined, the material la slowly passed through ss It revolves, Is thoroughly dried and heated, and then falls Into the lower end of the Inner cylinder, where It receives the proper amount of tar, and Is turned over and mixed In the trough which contains the worm conveyor, when tt Is delivered at the upper end thoroughly mixed and coated. The quantity of tar Is adjusted to the speed of the feed of the machine, and there can be no surplus or deficiency of tar. It Is claimed that the inventors have solved the difficulty, never before overcome, of drying, heating, and mixing the material In one apparatus at one operation, and that the cost of the mixing Is at most onefourth the mixing by hand. The process, from the emptying of the granite chips Into the hopper until they are ready to put down on the road, occupies about four minutes. The appartus Is now being manufactured In this city. Respecting tar-macadam roads In general, It Is claimed that they give the maximum amount of mud and dust, and that they reduce to the minimum the tractive force required to haul a load A good sample of such a road Is a favorite drive along the river Trent, England, which appears to be In perfect condition after five years' use It Is stated that Belgian engineers sent to this country by King Leopold to Investigate tarmacadam roads, after visiting several pla***is pronounced this the best they had seen: sind that the eventual r 'iilt was the construction of a similar road from Ostend to Blanlcenberg, Belgium, principally for the use of the King In motoring.

east corner of said half quarter; | thence west eight (8) chains and I sixty seven (67) links to the place of beginning, curtaining 5.29 acres, ' both tracts conta’-n'hg together 40.11 acres

Said sale will he made subject to 1 Ihc approval of said court, for not levs than the full appraised value of said renl estate and upon the follow ing terms: said real estate will be so],| for cash. otto B Rector. William B. Peck, | Adnenisti.-it'irs with the will annexed. Tht : ■ .18 28-80 Jan C. Posters.

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Shelter for Animals.

When sticking straw either In the fielq or barnyard, a good shed suitable fi,r cattle, sheep or hogs, or even rough farm tools and Implements, may be made with little work. Before threshing. secure six posts, eight feet In length uud forked ul one end If possible. At the place the sta< k Is to be

built, set the pests two feet deep In the ground In rows of three posts on

each side, the r apart, and posts Take two poles place one ou w crossplect s to ho poles six or oigti of the crossph i

Jw' eight or ten fn-t line feel apart In row, ■ach feet long and >cb row of posts lor d the top. 1-ay aspen t inches apart on :op “s and set ordinary

poles slanting around the frame, leavInc one end open. The poles should be close enough together to keep the straw from fulling In or being pulled out. Build the stocks on top of this frame and a comfortable shelter will ue

provided.

Feed the Sheep Salt. It Is very desirable that sheep should be kept so tame as to be easily caught and handled, and the weekly salting Is a powerful aid In making the sheep docile. The salt may be dropped. In small handfuls, on the sod, or put into small boxes kept in the field. If the salt Is dropped on obstinate weeds, or tuft of coarse grass, the sheep will eiadlcate them, and better herbage will take the place. With a little time spent each week In letting the sheep eat from the hand, or the dish, the whole flock can be kept very tame, and the time will be amply repaid whenever It Is necessary to move the sheep to other pasturs, or to catch any for other purpose*.

Care of Need Corn. Seed corn should be so well oared for that It will contain no ears that will not germinate, and seed testing should be employed as a demonatraUon of the fact that the seed has received proper attention rather than as a screen to separate the w orthleas from the poorly preaerved aeed.

Hollow Concrete Block*. A recent farmer’s bulletin sayst Amone tt.u n 1 vantages claimed for hollow coucr« te Mock construotion may be mentioned (he folovylng: Hollow I lock construction intro duc s a saving of material over brick or stone masonry. The co t of laving concrete blocks !i dae to the fact that the blocks, being liu r. r* quire a much smaller i f than.solid brickwork. \ wi ;i << ru d of good concrete blocks is u < strong or stronger than n h: i 'k wall of equal thickness. Concrtiu blocks, being easily molded to .iiiy dei-ired form, will prove to be u fur more economical building material than stone, which has to be dressed to shape. Ex cr. ■ bus proved concrete to he a most excellent fire resisting material. Concrete blocks, being hollow, tend to prevent sudden changes of temperature within a house, making it cool In summer and easily hentad In winter. The hollow spaces provide an easy mean* for running pipes and electric wires These spaces may also be used wholly or In part for heating and i ntllatlng flues.

The Selling Cheese of To-Day. One of the most popular forms of cheese now on the market Is called the square which Is about four Inches high and twelve Inches long, lightly marked off In one pound spaces, *o that the retailer* can cut off that weight with one stroke of the knife. These come In cakes which weigh about ten pounds, two In a box A similar device la to take the reyiilur twenty-pound daisy and mark It off on the top In twenty equal parts, making one pound between each mark. Such cheese cornea a little higher on account of the extra cost tn making them exactly ten and twenty pounds each.

PROFIT IN DUCKS AND GKF.SK.

Pekin* are Good Kgg Producer* and Mature Early. The gray Toulouae geese are bred In large number* by farmer* and are fairly well thought of for market purpose*. Their fle*h la a trifle too roane and flabby, when compared with aome other geeae, to be prized very highly for table purposes. They are termed a Chrlstms* goo*e, a* being later In maturing than the other* they arc just about right at the holiday Mm*. They are fairly good layer*. averaging about 40 eggs In a season. There Is profit In duck* If properly managed. Duck* require more fresh air and will stand more cold than chick*. Do not pick during winter, nor during the laylrgr season. Always give duck* plenty of water to drink, and It should be near the feed trough,, for ducks wash their food down with water and are liable to choke If they do not have It. The Pekin duck I* the largest of all known breed* of ducks. For early maturity, laying quality and as table fowls, they have no superior In this country. Their feathers being pure white always command a good price. Do not let the duck* out of the house !n the morning until they have laid, as they are liable to drop the egg* anywhere. They usually lay early In the morning, though occasionally a duck will not lay until eight or nine o'clock. With proper care a duck will lay from a hundred

Gray Toulouse Goose, to a hundred and twenty-five eggs In a season, but to do this they must have a good shelter and plenty of egg-producing food. No one can successfully raise ducks unless they can be kept apart from the other feathered fowl of the farm, especially the chickens and turkeys. They foul the drinking water und gobble up nearly all, If not all, of the food within sight. A wire netting fence two feet high will do to enclose a dockyard. It Is not necessary to have a stream or pond for them, but If either Is near, and ran be Inclosed wholly or partly In the yard, do so. The ducks must have a house or shed as well as the chickens, and some place to stay at night and for protection from driving rains and storms. The floors should be well covered with a litter of straw or leaves and this should be changed often.

Duck Feathers. The feathers of ducks are their covering und protection, which should admonish farmers not to pluck them during a cold spell, or lr. winter. It costs something tb produce feathers, as they are grown only from the most nourishing foods. Ducks that are In poor condition or that are not w 11 covered with foathers, should not be pluckecL The rule Is to pluck the feather when they are "ripe," which may ho known by the birds dropping them In the yards or b" t sting a few from the breast, the ripe feathers having no blood or colored fluids In the ends of the feathers. When In good condition some dueks w ill product feathers every six weeks, or even more frequently, much depending upon the food. The feather* of the Pekin and Aylesbury ducks, being white, are nearly equal to those of the goose, and as both kinds are large of size, the feathers are an important part of the profit. The common puddle duck, however, I < of but llttlo value compnr d with the-purc breeds. The Ayle 1 nry, Rouen, and Pekin ducks not only give a fair proportion cf feathers, bet also produce large and desirable carcasses. The feathers may be steamed, and then sun dried, but some experience Is necessary to properly dry them for market.

Packing Egg* for Market. Instead of parking eggs In oats, sawdust or bran, for transportation to market, try placing a newspaper on the bottom of the box or basket. Put in a layer of eggs, laying them closely so as to prevent moving about. Over this lay two thicknesses of newspaper then another layer of egg*, and *o on till the receptacle Is filled. Cover the top layer with a blanket or shawl. This will be found more satisfactory than the old way.

Salt Lake County, Utah, was at one time the banner bee county of the west, having over 10,000 colonies. Many of the beekeepers made large profits, but since the advent of the smeller*. Instead of profit It has all been losses. Many of the beekeeper*, having dope so wall with their bees, when they began to die off bought more hoping to retrieve their losses Thousand* of colonies were bought, but they died even faster H'on the first ones.

FEEDING THE CALF EKIM MILK. «• Experiments Have Shown Profits Derived from This Method. The aklm-mllk calf ts an unknowa quantity to a good many people, but It boa a mission to perform, and we will probably know more about It later on. The Kanaaa experiment station be* produced a bunch of skim milk calves which weighed as much when finished for market aa did calves of the same age running with the cows until six months of age. The question to determine la simply this: Is the cream wortn more than the coat of milking the cows and feeding the calves by hand? If It Is. then a man should run a dairy In connection with baby beef feeding. When butter fat Is selling at from 18 cents to 20 cents a pound at home and the right kind of cows are kept, there Is no doubt as to the profitableness of milking. At the Idaho station It was found that calves 1 fed skim milk and oats yielded a net ! profit of f18 more a head than those I fed whole milk. » A Simple Cooler. ! It Is desirable for every dally farm - to have a never-falling cold spring, a ! good well, or a supply of Ice, so that means for cooling milk will always be ! at hand. The cooling of milk should ■ receive the same attention In winter aa

In summer, lu the Illustration is shown a cooler used when running water Is not available. This cooler holds a volume of water to which ice has been added.

■wr _ When to Dip (tattle. Experience has taught that It la best to dip twice for entile In the fall of the year, regardless of the condition of the cattle but In the spring there Is not so much necessity for the i double dipping as the animals are not now ao likely to reinfection. | There are numerous dip* on the ' market at the preaent time and no I doubt they all have merit, but many failures have been made tn dipping possibly due to the fact that the dip was not efficient. The coal tar preparations are effectual In curing mange. When using these however | It Is well to tost the water. Where •oft water cannot be obtained add to the hard water sufficient washing soda or sal soda to break It. This la beat done by taking a small sample of water and determining whether It will saponify readily. Otherwlee * these preparations may not perfectly i mix.

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