USA > Indiana > Shelby County > The Farm journal directory of Shelby County, Indiana : (with a complete road map of the county), 1916 > Part 29
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29
395. Sixty-day and Kherson Oats.
396. The Muskrat.
398. Use of Commercial Fertilizers in the South.
399. Irrigation of Grain.
400. Profitable Corn-planting Method.
401. Protection of Orchards from Frosts. 402. Canada Bluegrass; Its Culture and Uses.
403. Construction of Conerete Fence Posts.
404. Irrigation of Orchards 406. Soil Conservation.
107. The Potato ax a Irik Crop.
408. School Exercises In Plant Prol '1m 409. School Lessons on Cors.
410. Potato Culla as a Source of Alcobl 111. Feeding Hogs in the Fon h
413. The Care of Milk and I' C'se
414. Corn Cultivation.
115. Seed Corn.
417. Rice Culture.
420. Oats: Distribution and l'den.
421. Control of Blowing Soil.
122. Demonstration Work S utbeen
Farms.
123. Forest Nurseries for Schools.
424. Oats: Growing the ( rop.
426. Canning Peaches on the Farm.
427. Barley Culture in the Southern States. 128. Testing Farm Seeds.
429. Industrial Alcohol: Manufacture. 431. The Peanut,
432. How a City Family Managed a Farm. 433. Cabbage.
434. Production of Onion Seed and Bo's
436. Winter Oats for the South.
437. A System of Tenant Farming.
438. Hog Houses.
439. Anthrax.
440. Spraying Peaches.
441. Lespedeza, or Japan Clover.
442. The Treatment of Bre Di cases.
443. Barley: Growing the Crop.
444. Remedies Against Mosquitoes.
445. Marketing Eggs Through the Creamery
446. The Choice of Crops for Alkali Land 447. Bees.
448. Better Grain-Sorghum Crops.
449. Rabies or Hydrophobia.
450. Some Facts About Malaria.
452. Capons and Caponizing.
453. Danger of Spread of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
454. A Successful New York Farm. 455. Red Clover.
456. Our Grosbeaks and Their Value.
458. The Best Two Sweet Sorghums.
459. House Flies.
460. Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing
461. The Use of Conerete on the Far.
462. The Utilization of Logged-Off La: 1
463. The Sanitary Privy.
464. The Eradieation of Quack-Grass.
466. Winter Emmer.
467. Chestnut Bark Disease.
468. Forestry in Nature Study.
470. Game Laws.
471. Grape Propagation, Pruning. Training
472. Farming in Central New Jersey.
474. Paint on the Farm.
475. Ice Houses.
476. Dying Pine in Southern States.
477. Sorghum Sirup Manufacture.
478. Typhoid Fever.
480. Disinfecting Stables.
481. Concrete on the Live-Stock Farm.
482. How to Grow Pears.
483. Thornless Priekly Pears.
484. Spotted Fever.
485. Sweet Clover.
487. Cheese in the Diet.
488. Diseases of Cabbage, etc.
489. Two Imported Plant Diseases.
490. Bacteria in Milk.
492. Fungous Enemies of the Apple.
493. English Sparrow Pest.
494. Lawn Soils and Lawns.
495. Alfalfa Seed Production.
496. Raising Hares and Ral bi.s.
498. Texas-fever Tick.
500. Control of the Boll Weevil
501. Cotton Improvement.
502. Timothy in the Northwest. 503. Comb Honey.
221
Roads of the
SHELBY COUNTY
Handy Things to Know
A rod is 161/2 feet, or 51/2 yards.
A mile is 320 rods.
A mile is 1,760 yards.
A mile is 5,280 feet.
A square foot is 144 square inches. A square yard contains 9 square feet. A square rod is 2721/4 square feet. An acre contains 43,560 square feet.
An acre contains 4,840 square yards. An acre contains 160 square rods.
A quarter section contains 160 acres.
An acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long.
An acre is 10 rods wide by 16 rods long.
An acre is about 20834 feet square.
A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
A pint (of water) weighs 1 pound.
A solid foot of water weighs 621/2 pounds.
A gallon (of water) holds 231 solid inches.
A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds and 10 ounces.
A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. A barrel of salt weighs 280 pounds.
A barrel of beef weighs 200 pounds. A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds. A barrel of fish weighs 200 pounds.
A keg of powder equals 25 pounds.
A stone of lead or iron equals 14 pounds.
A pig of lead or iron equals 211/2 stone.
Anthracite coal broken-cubic foot- averages 54 pounds.
A ton loose occupies 40-43 cubic feet. Bituminous coal broken-cubic foot- averages 49 pounds.
Cement (hydraulic) Rosendale, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
A ton loose occupies 40-48 cubic feet. Cement (hydraulic) Louisville, weight per bushel, 62 pounds.
Cement (hydraulic) Portland, weight per bushel, 96 pounds.
Gypsum ground, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
Lime, loose, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
Lime, well shaken, weight per bushel, 80 pounds.
Sand at 98 pounds per cubic foot, per bushel, 1221/2 pounds.
18.29 bushels equal a ton. 1,181 tons cubic yard.
MEASURING HAY AND CORN
Hay is often sold in the mow or stack where the weight has to be estimated. For this purpose 400 cubic feet of hay is considered a ton. The actual weight of 400 cubic feet of hay will vary ac- cording to the quality of the hay, time of cutting, position in mow, etc. For making an estimate in a given case multiply together the length, breadth and height of the mow or stack in feet and divide the product by 400. The quotient will be the number of tons.
Corn is measured by the following rule : A heaped bushel contains 2,748 cubic inches. To find the number of bushels of corn in a crib it is therefore necessary merely to multiply together the length, width and height in inches and divide the product by 2,748. The number of bushels of shelled corn will be two-thirds of the quotient. If the sides of the crib are slanting, it will be necessary to multiply together one- half the sum of the top and bottom widths with the height and length.
The legal weight of a bushel of shelled corn in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia is 56 pounds.
In Pennsylvania, Virginia and Mary- land 32 pounds constitute a bushel of oats; in New Jersey, 30 pounds.
A bushel of wheat is placed at 60 pounds by most of the states of the Union.
Pennsylvania recognizes 56 pounds as a bushel of white potatoes. In Mary- land, New Jersey and Virginia the legal weight is 60 pounds.
A bushel of clover seed in Pennsyl- vania must weigh 60 pounds; in Mary- land, 60 pounds; in New Jersey, 64 pounds ; in Virginia, 60 pounds.
A bushel of timothy seed in Pennsyl- vania must weigh 45 pounds, and the same weight in most adjacent states.
To estimate the amount of land in different fields under cultivation use the following table :
5 yards wide by 968 yards long, 1 acre
10 yards wide by 484 yards long, 1 acre
20 yards wide by 242 yards long, 1 acre
40 yards wide by 121 yards long, 1 acre
70 yards wide by 69 1/7 yards long, 1 acre
80 yards wide by 601/2 yards long, 1 acre
60 feet wide by 726 feet long, 1 acre
110 feet wide by 396 feet long, 1 acre
120 feet wide by 363
feet long, 1 acre
220 feet wide by 198 feet long, 1 acre
240 feet wide by 181y feet long, 1 acre
440 feet wide by 99
feet long, 1 acre
222
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Seed Per Acre
It requires less seed per acre to sow in hills or rows than to sow broadcast. The hill or row system permits of after cultivation, which is not possible with a broadcasted crop. In all calculations for hill and drills it must be remembered that an acre of land contains 43,560 square feet. A square piece of land, 209 feet on a side, contains about an acre. The following figures are merely suggestive, as practice varies with locality :
ALFALFA, 25 to 30 1bs, broadcast.
ASPARAGUS, 4 to 5 lbs. in drills; 1 oz. to 50 feet of row.
BARLEY, 11/2 to 2 bushels drilled; 2 to 21/2 bushels broadcast.
BEANS, bush, 11/2 bushels in drills.
BEANS, pole, 10 to 12 qts., in hills. BEETS, 5 to 6 lbs., in drills.
BUCKWHEAT, 1 bushel, broadcast.
CABBAGE, 14 1b. in seed bed, to be trans- planted.
CARROT, 3 to 4 lbs., in drills.
CELERY, about 1 oz. for 2,000 plants; 1 1b. per acre.
CLOVER, red, 8 to 10 lbs., broadcast.
CLOVER, crimson, 15 1bs., broadcast.
CLOVER, white, 6 lbs., broadcast.
CORN, field and sweet, 8 to 10 qts.
CORN, ensilage, 12 qts., in drills.
Cow PEAS, 1 bushel, in drills; 11/2 bush- els, broadcast.
CUCUMBERS, 2 lbs., in drills.
EGG PLANT, 1 oz. seed for 1,000 plants : 1/4 lb. to the acre.
GRASS, lawn, 2 to 4 lbs., broadcast.
LETTUCE, 1 oz. of seed to 1,000 plants ; 1/2 lb. to the acre.
MELON, musk, 2 to 3 lbs., in hills.
MELON, water, 4 to 5 lbs., in hills.
MILLET, 1 bushel, broadcast.
OATS, 3 bushels, broadcast.
ONIONS, 5 to 6 lbs., in drills; for sets. 30 to 50 1bs., in drills.
PARSNIPS, 4 to 6 lbs., in drills. PEAS, 1 to 2 bushels, in drills.
POTATOES (cut) 8 to 10 bushels.
PUMPKINS, 4 to 5 lbs., in hills.
RADISHES, 8 to 10 lbs., in drills.
RYE, 34 to 11/2 bushels, in drills.
SPINACH, 10 to 12 lbs., in drills; run- ning sorts, 3 to 4 1bs.
SQUASH, bush, 4 to 6 lbs., in hills.
TIMOTHY, 15 to 20 lbs., broadcast, if used alone; less if sown with other grasses. TOMATOES, 1/8 1b. in seed bed, to be transplanted.
TURNIPS, 1 to 2 lbs., in drills; 2 to 3 lbs., broadcast.
WHEAT, 11/2 bushels, broadcast.
Suitable Distance for Planting Trees
Apples-Standard . . 25 to 35 feet apart each way Apples-Dwarf
(bushes) 10 .
Pears-Standard . . . . 10 to 20 ..
Pears-1)warf
10
..
..
Cherries-Dukes and Morrellos 16 to 18
Plums-Standard
. 16 to 20
..
..
..
..
Nectarines
16 to 18
Quinces
10 10 12
Currants
3 to
4
Gooseberries
3 10
4
5
Blackberries
6 10
7
Grapes
8 to 12
..
Shingles Required in a Roof
Double the rafters and multiply by length of building. Multiply this by 9 if exposed 4 inches, by 8 if exposed 412 inches, and by 7 1/5 if exposed 5 inches to the weather.
One thousand shingles, laid 4 inches to the weather, will cover 100 square feet of surface.
Eight hundred shingles, 5 inches to the weather, will cover 100 square feet. One thousand shingles require 5 pounds of four-penny nails.
Five to ten per cent. should be al- lowed to these figures to cover waste and shortage.
One thousand laths will cover 70 yaris of surface, and take 11 pounds of nails Two hundred and fifty pickets will make 100 lineal feet of fence.
Nails Required
For 1,000 shingles, 312 to 5 pounds 4d., or 3 to 31/2 pounds 3d.
For 1.000 laths about 7 pounds 3J fine, or 8 pounds 2d. fine. For 1,000 feet clapboards (siding). about 18 pounds 6d. box.
For 1,000 feet covering boards, abou :: 20 pounds Sd. common, or 25 pounds 104
Nails-Common
Size
3d
48
6d sd
10d
123
Length
500
300
165
00
62
15
Size
16d
20d
30₫
40d
504
6 1
Length
.315
No. to lb .. 35
24
18
13 10
Eighteen to twenty-five pounds
of nails are required per 1.000 feet of lumber.
Grease a nail and it won't split wood.
..
..
Peaches
16 to 18
Apricots
16 10 18
..
2
3
3
No. to 1b.
6
5
-
Cherries-Standard . 18 to 20
Raspberries
3 10
SHELBY COUNTY
Concrete
Concrete is made by mixing together Portland cement, sand and stone (or. gravel). Various proportions of each are used, depending upon the use to which the concrete is put. About half an hour after mixing these materials together, the mass begins to stiffen, until, in from half a day to a day, it be- comes so hard that you cannot dent it with the hand. By a month the mass is hard as stone-indeed, harder than most stones. The best way to buy cement is in cloth sacks. Manufacturers charge more for cement in cloth sacks, but allow a rebate for the return of the empty sacks. A bag of cement weighs 95 pounds, and four such bags make a barrel of 380 pounds.
It is important that your stock of cement be kept in a dry place. Once wet, it becomes hard and lumpy, and in such condition is useless. If, how- ever, the lumps are caused by pressure in the storehouse, the cement may be used with safety. Lumps thus formed can be easily broken by a blow from the back of a shovel.
In storing cement, throw wooden blocks on the floor. Place boards over them and pile the cement on the boards, covering the pile with a canvas or a piece of roofing paper. Never, under any circumstances, keep cement on the bare ground, or pile it directly against the outside walls of the building.
Do not use very fine sand. If there is a large quantity of fine sand handy, obtain a coarse sand and mix the two sands together in equal parts; this mix- ture is as good as coarse sand alone.
Sometimes fine sand must be used, be- cause no other can be obtained; but in such an event an additional amount of cement must be used-sometimes as much as double the amount ordinarily required. For example, in such a case, instead of using a concrete 1 part ce- ment, 21/2 parts sand and 5 parts stone, use a concrete 1 part cement, 11/4 parts sand and 21/2 parts stone.
Besides being coarse, the sand should be clean. The presence of dirt in the sand is easily ascertained by rubbing a little in the palm of the hand. If a little is emptied into a pail of water, the presence of dirt will be shown by the discoloration of the water. This can be discovered also by filling a fruit jar to the depth of 4 inches with sand and then adding water until it is within
an inch of the top. After the jar has been well shaken, the contents should be allowed to settle for a couple of hours. The sand will sink to the bottom, but the mud, which can be easily recognized by its color, will form a distinct layer on top of the sand, and above both will be a clear depth of water. If the layer of mud is more than one-half inch in thickness, the sand should not be used unless it is first washed.
To wash sand build a loose board platform from 10 to 15 feet long, with one end a foot higher than the other. On the lower end and on the sides nail a board 2 by 6 inches on edge to hold the sand. Spread the sand over this platform in a layer three or four inches thick, and wash it with a hose. The washing should be started at the high end and the water allowed to run through the sand and over the 2-by-6- inch piece at the bottom. A small quantity of clay or loam does not injure the sand, but any amount over 5 per cent. does.
Great care should be used in the selection of the stone or gravel. The pebbles should be closely inspected to see that there is no clay on their sur- face. A layer of such clay prevents the "binding" of the cement. If neces- sary, stone or gravel may be washed in the same way as above described for sand. Dust may be left in the crushed stone without fear of its inter- fering with the strength of the cement, but care should be taken to see that such dust is distributed evenly through the whole mass, and when dust is found in stone, slightly less sand should be used than ordinarily. As to the size of stone or gravel, this must be de- termined by the form of construction contemplated. For foundations or any large thick structure, use anything from 1/2 to 21/2 inches in diameter. For thir walls use 14 to 1-inch stone. The best results are obtained by the use of a mixture of sizes graded from small to large. By this means the spaces be- tween the stones or pebbles are reduced and a more compact concrete is ob- tained. Moreover, this method makes it possible to get along with less sand and less cement.
Water for concrete should be clean and free from strong acids and alkalies. It may be readily stored in a barrel
4480
224
THE FARM JOURNAL MAP
OF SHELBY COUNTY
INDIANA
Railroads - Interurban Electric Lines
Improved Roads
SCALE OF MILES
0
The roads in each township are numbered on this map to correspond with the Farm Journal Farm Directory of the County
PUBLISHED BY
WILMER ATKINSON COMPANY
WASHINGTON SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA
Copyright, 1036, by C 8 Hammond & Co. N Y
H
A
N
C
0
C
K
C
O
.
L
HO FOUNTANITOWN
21
73
14
120
23
2.5
72
76
51
50
45
F
19
tô
2
34
3
30
20
33
92
60
69
83
10
A N
B
RE
H
N
V
E
65
36
6
THORD &7
14
35
68
6
35
55
BB
89
4
40
39
67
BROOKFIELD
90
42
44
48
4
52
56
27
23
49
46
97
1
42
51
102
10
47 LONDON
56
103
100
108 109
TO-
-
3
6
46
5
-
4
30
20
2
20
9
21
10
20
5
12
22
19
2
4
13
27
29
BRANDYWINE
A
1
C
M
3
A
14
FAIRLAND
6
18
15
=
28
30
12
32
2 26
33
35
36
5
Forema
43
5
5
5
46
45
5
56
C
R
B
K 54
5
57
5
45
RAYS 69 CROSSING
19
56
S
31
57
52
43
SI
5
44
49
50
10
21
20
76
32
2
N
36
4.
47
46
45
62 -1
46
AB
4'
4
77
b
12
-
56
15
53
4
52
34
54
0
14
2
15
3f
35
3
24
23
29
26
25
22
145
26
21
46
50
15
4
42
3
2
25
4
30
33
H
EN BENGAL'
D
R
I
C
*
S
54
40
Deer
20
65
A3
34
Blue
TO
8
BO
84
16
FENNS
44
66
54
45
ODLETOWN
N
19
74
70
6
72
5
6
5
52
2
54
76
80
63
4
48
64
6
6
1-57 57 56
13
7
4
MARIETTA
12
=
20
13
17
2
15
19
C
3
7
69
C
24
75
21
78
12
22
R
24
26
WA
N GT
0
N
73
75
25
M
GENEVA
45
31
42
32
6
66
44
3
43
44
5
17
69
3.
J
4
47
6
41
40
70
6
12
40
5
6
42
55
54
5
5
47
43
WINTERROUD
5.
59
49
35
52
45
4
48
1,
E
B
AR
TH
0
L
0
ME
W
C
0
2
24
27
C
9
26
4
40
39
4
45
BOGGSTOWN
41
453
25
42
18
10
CO
73
65
PA.
64
59
A
D
66
6
63
33
50
Lillle
Shelbyville
33
MELTZER
14
16
3
10
Riverl
Fork
Z
5
24
20
48
43
3
2
25
19
46
44
3.5
36
8
24
12
5
54
.25
27
5
7
AZ
4
B3
4:
PRESCOTT CE
26
53
3.0
S 36
F 45
B
Y
3
37
74
16
37
5
44
72
SMITHLAND
50
Fork
ST. L
WALORON 95
85
Middle
C O.
H
12
15
ST. PAU
Fork
2
4
South
7
76
-
A
10
Lewis
73
80
0
35
34
C
K
0
N 30
50
30
MOUNT AUBURN
LEWISCREEK
82
#3
6
26
64
85
80
T
3
5
62
43
.
62
FLAT ROCK
34
63
61
54
3
CA
D
CE
74
16
43
39
4
45
4
18
35
6
55
₩ 53 Morristown
-
80
8
82
15
MORAL
FREEPORT
54
& D.
WYNNEVIL
E
85
16
34
$3
62
55
6
58
19
2
O
6
6.4
4
sugar
24
5
5.4
22
U
-
25
Blue
on
O
BRADY
21
CT
2
14
23
3
23
B
3
3,
30
3
11
NOAH
40
3
C
Brody
Little
BRANDYWINE
48
River
(3;
42
4
41
4
H
Sugar
2,5
Brandywine
14
44
N
Z
5
Bro
3
.
14
44
4
45
U
S
47
53
IBERT
29
41
52
30
. 4
32
31
3
North "
71
67
45
ST. PL
WILSON
16
19
CÍ
24
23
15
2.5
26
5
27
N
0
B
E
12F
72
75
BYN
72
4
46
49
48
UR
Flat
39
40
29
Hills
21
22
26
5
14
7
16
6
Branch
M
1
R
58
34
R
A'
L
0
12
65
10
3
64
.91
17
44
=
10
MARION CO.
F
.10
75
4
63
3
59
C. H.
12
17
BLUE RIDGE D
9
R
COATS
58
3
6
29
C
59
cr
Tough
40
45
36
3!
44
26
4486
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.