The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 February 1929 — Page 4
THE GREENCASTEE DAIRY BANNER, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19.1929.
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DAIRY MEETINT.,"
Fefcruary 22: Dairy Legume Day
Every farmer in
whether he is a dairyman or not can not afford to miss both the morning and afternoon sessions of the dairy legume meeting. Every farmer is interested in the growing of legumes and practically every farmer has trouble in producing alfalfa, sweet clover and other legume crops. Mr. K. K. Beeson will deliver two talks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon i n the value of and production of le-
gumes.
MART as the new season— and as fresh as tomorrow’s news — comes our wonderful selection of Shoes. Of particular interest is our feature showing- at
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URGE UTTERS WELL FED VITAL TO HOG PROFITS
AVERAGE NUMBER PIGS PER LITTER.
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PROFIT •• LOSS AMYE FEED COST Pt* LTT71K
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LOSS
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PROFIT PROm 142.57 *68.22
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| the agricultural colleges show that it costs .$ll..'!7 |>er hundred to produce | 100 lbs. of |s>Vk on litters averaging * ' | 1 jdgs, and oidy lO.fiK per hundred on The More I’igs Raised Per Litter, ■ littei ■ averaging ’>.7 pig-.
I he Lower Tile tost Of Produc—• ing Pork.
On the small litters, as illustrated in the accompanying chart, there was a loss of $f).2. r i on each small litter when hogs sold for $10 per 100 lbs., and a profit of only $4.2<i when hogs sold for $12 per 100 lbs. On the large litters, having an aver-
Ilog profits in any farming year depend in great measure upon the number of pigs raised by each brood
ow, ay the lllue Valley < leamery iage of 5.7 pigs to the litter, ther
Institute. As the aveiage number of a profit
pig raise I |>er litter increases, the cost of producing 100 lbs. of pork dicna es. Dairy farmers and general fanners in the Mississippi Valley, where the hulk of .the world's pork apply i ■ produced, are making great-
joint banquet of Greeneastle Cham1 her of Commerce and Putnam County farmers, Monday evening, March 4, fi:.T0 p. m. Mr. H. S. Hannaman, general manager of the Sugar Creek Oeamery company, a Guernsey breeder and judge will be the main speaker. Mr. Hannaman was judge of the show on the Guernsey Isle two years ago. Has a Guem-ey herd of his own and ha- developed on his farm several record cows in butter fat production. Mr. Hannaman also is a pleasing -peaker. He was on the program of the National Chamber of Commerce convention for Every farmer is urged to attend; price of the banquet tickets, 75c and can be secured either from Miss Helen Black at the First Natiemal Bank nr the County Agent’s office. April 10: Dairy Sire Special The Baltim>ire and Ohio railroad in co-operation with the United States department of agriculture, Purdue University, The American Jersey Cattle Club, America^ Guernsey Cattle Club and the American HolsteinFreisan association will operate a better dairy sire special train over their lines making a half day stop at Rus--ellville on the afternoon of Wednes-
day, April 10.
The special train will he made up of six coaches, including one lecture car, two cars of educatirnal exhibit.-, one car of registered Jersey hulls, anti one car of registered Holstein Bulls. The bulls will vary in ages and will he from dams of 400 pounds of butter fat or better. These bulls will be for sale and will afford an excellent opportunity for anyone desiring a good hull at a very reasonable price. The various breed organizations consider this as an advertising proposition an<l offer some of the best bulls available at a figure much lower than the usual price in order to promote their particular breed of cattle. Lectures will be held in the lecture car and the head of the better dairy sire work nf the t\ S. Department of Agriculture, a man of recognized authority along these lines, will address the meeting. Mr. Wallace of the Dairy Extension department, Purdue University, will also Is- on the program, along with several other spe-
cialists.
WHO WILL WIN THE BILL A number of the townships are
showing a great deal of interest in the |s
_ , . .drawing of the pure-bred registered aB u nam coun >,, j )a j r y l j lat u :|j g-jv,.,, away | si
Friday the 22nd. It is not to late yet =| for others to g k busy and win this |E valuable animal. He is a credit to any = community around him. He is a regis- ^5 tered hull, will !> a year old in March = solid color, good conformation win- 3j|| ning the blue ribbon in his class at == the Annual Clay ( ounty Fall Fair. ==
Hi- dam has a record of 4.T.T lbs of , butter fat in lo months. This record was made in a contesting association and she was fii-t in her class and Grand Champion cow at tiie Clay County Fall Fair. The cow and calf took first in the .w and calf class at the same fair. The sire of the calf to Ire given away is from an imported
sire and dam.
The mles of winning this calf are simple, .-o if you are not already busy trying to get. bi n for your community i == get busy, call y .1 neighbors by phone =2; have them call -"ine of the others in X| the township and when you come inJ^S bring a car full "f farmers. You willies all enjoy the day, gain a lot of Irene- , =j filial information, and if you are the'S lucky one in winning the bull you will S£ he taking an animal home with you j sf that will lie a r-al a-set to the coni- l ^S munity. Remenil>er this prize is being == purchased at u high figure by the = Greeneastle Chamber of Commerce and given away absolutely free.
March 9:
Commerce-Dairy men's
Banquet
f $42.57 per litter when hog-
-old for $10 per hundred and a profit i f $<;k.22 when they sold for $12 per
hundred.
A little extra care of newborn pigs providing comfortable quarters, sanijtation so as to do away with worms,
ei effort than ever before to save and lai very pig Isirn. During Unpa s'. 24 months, the various agricultuial colleges have been placing -picial emphasis on the absolute nec-
i ity of pi during the greatest er factor involved, it i- absolutely weiei.t po ible in each individual necessary to save and raise every pig ow' litti i a. quickly as possible, horn. Without litters, production costs lo t ai ount records in Indiana and are high. With big litters, production lilinoi- Kept under the guidance of costs are almost cut in half.
and pl-ntiful feeding on skimmilk, corn and alfalfa pasture for spring pigs, with a little tankage added as the pig- ini-lease in ize, pays and I pays well. But regardless of every oth-
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( I LI KK VI ION FEB. 25 INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 19. (UP)— Dr. James A. James, dean of the Noithvke-tein University graduate ehool and outstanding authority on In. tory of the c-ttlement of the northwc t territory, is to lie the principal peaker at the one hundred and fifti' th nnuiver.sary celebration of the enpture of Fort Sackvillc at Vincennes, Feb. 25. , Dr. James recently published a biography of George Rogers Clark. Gov, Harry G. Le-lie will speak also. Members of the general assembly will attend. • Tiarh Mail-hand and his “troubadoui ” from Montreal, (JuelM-c, will ing ongs sung by the old French inhabitants of Vincennes at the time of the rev> lution.
SOI TH ( LINTON Mrs. Thelma Humphrey and snn Janie- spent last Friday with Lida Pie rc-e. Goldie Ih-e, Minnie Mrattin and Sallie Green spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Bament. Pauline anil Autumn (Toe spent Saturday with Norma and Betty Jean Surlier. Charlie Hart and family and Dalton Spencer and family railed on John Bee and wife Saturday night. Mi . Rose Hall of Brazil spent Satu.- lay night with Mrs. Geo. Pierce. Ed Bettis, wife and son spent Sunday with Charlie Miller and family. A he Sigler and wife called on George Pierce and wife Friday night. Lilly Mae Burk called on Eula Ins' i, Saturday. Charlie Hart and family and John
Bee and wife -pent Sunday with Dalton Spencer and family. Millie Goddard ha- been sick with the flu. m | Tom Holland and wife called on John Bee and wife Sunday night. Arvil Roach and family of Greencastle and Clay Bettis, are moving to the Mrs. Cook farm. Dr. Veach of Bainbridge was called last Sunday night to see Mrs. George Pierce, who is very sick.
Attention Farm Friends We are equipped to repair any kind of footwear. We fix ’em all work shoe, dress shoe or the daintiest pump or strap slipper. ()ur service is guaranteed or money back. Weber Shoe Shop OPPOSITE POST OFFICE
WEDNESDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIOS WEAF and NBC network, fi:T0 p. in.—Bourdon’s orchestra. WPR and Columbia network, 7:-T(l p. m.—Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera, “The Mikado.” WEAF and NBC network, K:50 p. in.—Haenschen’s orchestra, Frank Munn and Virginia Rea. WJZ and NBC network, R:.T0 p. m. —“The Cabin Door.’’ WJZ and NBC network, 9 p. m.— The Continentals, excerpts from Wagner’s opera.
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CONTRIBUTES MUC H CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 19. (UP)— The conservation department is contributing more to the state than any other Indiana governmental unit, Richard Lieber, director of the dej paitment, declared in an address before the Cincinnati Audubon society.
Headquarters FOR TRADESMEN LABORERS FARMERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHO NEED M-O-N-E-Y We welcome you to open an account with us. Budget Your Bills Bi rrow the money from us and pay them in full. $ 7 Mo. Repays $100.00 Loan 14 Mo. Repays $200.00 Loan $21 Mo. Repays $300.00 Loan This is all you pay. Nothing deducted or added. Indiana Loan Co. 24 V4 K. Washington St. Phono 16.
“New Konjola” Surely Did The Work In My Case” I Man Declares That He Never Found V Bit of Relief I ntil New Medi- = cine Was Given a < hance.
EVERY FARM HOME y \ SHOULD HAVE A ; COMPLETE MEDICINE CHEST If not a well-filled medicine chest, at least a First Aid Kit should he found in every farmer’s home. No one knows when an emergency will arise— when a serious accident will occur on a farm. Even a little injury can develop into serious nature unless given propel- attention. Sickness also sometimes comes without warning, especially among the children. A physician is not always available in the rural districts so it is up to you to be prepared. MULLINS DRUG STORK WEST SIDE SQUARE
menu ry. But thin i- not all; Konjola has made me feel better in every way than I have in years. 1 hope for the sake of all sufferers that Konjola always stays on the market. The world
needs Konjola.”
Konjola is sold in Greeneastle at the Owl drug store and by all the best druggists in all the towns throughout
this entire section.
country
this
MR. RAY D. GRAY “Indigestion and chronic constipation had me just about down and out when I began taking Konjola, and it soon had me hack on my feet again,” said Mr. Ray D. Gray, Burnettsville, Did., a short distance from l^igans-
)»ort.
“Everything had previously failed to give me the slightest relief. The stronge-t laxatives helped f ( ,r a time hut left me worse off than before. Nothing touched the indigestion. I lost in weight and strength; I felt had all over, for my system was full
of poisons, was in a
was run out of the
deed.
Taylor ha- at least 1,000 descendant- in 17 states. They have organised a society to perpetuate his mem-
ory.
Obidiah’s father and five brothers also served in the Revolutionary war. T he father was one of the minute men who man bed on the alarm of April 19, 1775. Taylor emigrated to Lake
TO HONOR PIONEER j county Irom Rens-elear county, New GARY, Ind., Feh. 19 (UP)— AJ- York tn Wfi when he was 74 years
though the tombstone of Obidiah Tay- old.
lor, Lake County’s only Revolutionary Taylor was a cousin of President soldier, wu- dumped into Cedar Lake Zachary Taylor and one of his daughby Jack Burke, a notorious "had ters-in-!nW, a former resident of Lake man” of the old days, (',00 Hoosier County, Lucy Winchester Taylor, was descendants of the pioneer hero have a tir-t cousin of President Taylor, united to keep his memory green. Among the descemients of Obidiah'*
It children who now live in Indiana
Mr. and Mrs. (’. C. Fidd, fJ and Chts Stillson, Loyal kauj Elmer Vinnedge. Plymouth: Mr. and Mr-, f. |.|| durant, Mr. and Mr-. .Mar-MlT jran, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy AusmJ and Mrs. Edward Kanarr. Willard Field, Richmond;Vn] ma Edwards, Valparaiso.
W H AT OF IT! There are 216,107 serny»< n fit in tie United State- rveplj dry morning.—Woman - Hm-'| panion.
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The story of Burke and the tombstone was revived by the descendants •‘cenily at ceremonies incident to the naming of the Lowell chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution as the Obidiah Taylor chapter. It was relate*! that the heirs of Taylor deeded the old West Point cemetery, where the soldier was buried, to Center township, Lake County, for a park. Later the commissioners
You can readily see that sold it to private parties and it eventvery hail tate of health. |uully came into the hands of Burke.
are: H.» nmond: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buse, George Stillson, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Green, Jasjier Palmer, Oliver Palmer, Chus. Fuller, Geo. Muuck, C. P. Pi.xley. John Wheeler, Geo. Evans, F.rnest Wartena, Harold Nichols, James Palmer, H. O. Palmer, Theodore Cutler, Mr. ami Mrs. J. D. Wolt-
STIRS GRASSH0PPFJS |
IN FIELDS NEAR
While the fact that (tii*( are jumping around in th* down around Alamo may not I sarily lie a sign of an early ■ neverthele-s is true, and if I doesn’t believe it all Iv ha-t*l vi-it th< farm of R M K ated one mile south of that I Mr. Elmore was walking tltf a pasture early Sunday when he noticed something m around on the gr unit. At 'ntj thought what he aw wm * 1
er, .Mr.-. (,'. F. Thompson, Mr. and
Mr.-. Burr O. Wheeler, Robt. Palmer, hutched crop of miller- hat John Taylor, ('has. Palmer, Herman observation found them to M
"But Konjola did the work, and This ‘ tough chwraeter” who had an Stillson. Mrs. Sadie Skellenger, Mr*, grown grasshoppers. Som* quickly. I n ally never expected such aversion for war heroes in general Stella bussert and Mrs. Kay Wheeler urfti some were brown and tkffl wonderful results. It- effects were {and Obidiah Taylor in particular, up- B* oson. hopping around in the i-nowaS( practically immediate. In two weeks rooted the stone and dumped it into South Bend: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. ed to lie delighted with th* constipate n and indigestion were a 20 feet of water. It is said Burke Lumber, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Stillson,—Crawfordsvilte Journal.
Pictorial Pedigree of A Pure-bred and A Scrub Bull
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