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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
3
Farmers build many silos and plan first silage feeding next winter. Begin with small rations to prevent scours, especially if no green feed is on hand. Do not feed spoiled silage. top spoilage may be buried or discarded as mulch. Quantity varies by cow.
At his Elkins Park country estate Peter A B Widener, a Philadelphia capitalist, runs one of America’s finest properties. Visitors seek pointers on country life as his greenhouses and flowerbeds astonish guests while a top quality dairy showcases fine stock led by a Jersey cow named Oxford's Bella and her calf.
Guidance on feeding silage to livestock including cows sheep horses and best practices. Advice covers amounts daily feeding potions and signs of overfeeding plus notes on silage as a non balanced ration and the need for protein supplements. Also describes road drag methods to smooth roads after rain and introduces a contest with inquiries to Director Page, Office of Public Roads, Washington.
Uncle Cornpatch reports from the Progressive Farmer that neighbor Jim Shiftless keeps a single pig in an eight foot square pen with an old door roof and a foul smell. Jim defends pasture hogs while Cornpatch criticizes the confinement and lack of profit and plans to not sell another pig.
A Beef cow is square and blocky while a dairy cow is wedge shaped and angular. The beef animal stores nutrients in her body whereas the dairy cow gives away much of what she receives. One is described as a miser storing all she gets, the other as a philanthropist giving away resources.
An orchard of silos is praised as an economical feed solution. One acre of silage can feed three cows for six months, whereas six acres of old fashioned corn fodder would be required to do the same.
The article notes alfalfa and corn silage as the best crops for dairy cows, highlighting their suitability and drought resistance as key advantages for feeding operations.
The Office of Public Roads in Washington issued a circular detailing a split log drag construction. It describes using two halves of an eight inch thick log, six to eight feet long, set with flat surfaces forward and braced, and hauled by a team hitched to a front log chain.
All trimmed hats and dresses cut to clearout prices. Hats once five dollars now gone. One rack of house dresses closes out at bargain rates. Tub dresses in chambray and gingham, linen and cord fabrics offered at backward season prices. Silk negligee in blue pink and white listed with reduced values. White serge shrinks advertised at a discount.
Advertises a backward season sale with women’s suits and summer outfits priced from $1.00 to $9.98 plus leather and linen staples. Includes linen suits skirts coats rain gear and numerous waists with heavy discounts and display flaws noted on some items.
Readable items announce a sale on petticoats fine silk and colored fabrics with prices starting below 2 dollars. Women’s long cotton kimonos middy blouses and children’s wear are discounted, including parasols and wash goods, highlighting backward season pricing and closeouts.
Dodder, a parasitic weed, threatens small grains and legume crops like clover and alfalfa. It often enters fields through cheap seed and can kill the attacked plant above the attachment. Control methods include avoiding infested seed, cutting infested crops, and rotating crops to prevent two consecutive unworked years on the same land.
Professor Hanson of the South Dakota Agricultural College brought back yellow flowering alfalfa from Siberia for drought and cold tolerance. Three years after sowing near Pierre, a stool weighed seven and a half pounds with stalks over thirty inches, suggesting strong performance in bleak dry regions.
Director Page extends the rural schools essay contest on The Maintenance of Country Roads to October 15. A gold medal and two silver medals will be awarded for the best essays. The aim is to highlight improving country roads using locally available materials with active teacher and pupil participation.
The Burlington railroad is testing catalpa trees for railroad ties on 125 acres in western Iowa. Eleven years after planting the grove, trees bloom fragrance fills trains as they pass. Despite early freezes and a hailstorm, many catalpas reach twenty feet with eighteen to twenty inch circumference. Untreated catalpa wood performs best as ties according to experiments.
The piece argues that truthful advertising builds lasting value for merchants. It emphasizes that a merchant’s honesty is the core asset behind ad effectiveness and consumer trust, warning against spreading falsehoods and urging readers to scrutinize ads for genuine credibility.
The elder Dumas was noted for loud attire and self created medallic decorations. He once attended an ambassador’s reception wearing a shirt covered with small red demons in flames, illustrating his flamboyant style.
Advertisement lists closing-out prices on ribbed vests and pants for women at 7 to 75 cents, lisle vests and pants, union suits, Swiss ribbed fabrics, ginghams, Zephyr prints, pearl buttons, hair pins, hooks and eyes, pins, and darning cotton, with various low price points and bulk packages.
Garrett P. Serviss compares Jupiter Earth and Mars as acts in a planetary drama. He notes Mars irrigation based civilization fighting extinction while canals are irrigation belts and the Moon ends the stage with no water. The piece links cosmic fate to Shakespearean imagery and ends with a quip about a bonehead turned practical.
The article credits Dr. Richard Mead with first establishing quarantine during the 1721 plague at Marseilles. It notes his view of the disease as contagious, his call for shipboard cleansing and flotations to Lazarettos, and his early medical police ideas. It also highlights his wealth, collecting passion, and social circle at Mead’s table.
A fellow inspector recalls Matthew Arnold examining a class of girl pupil teachers. Arnold awards all excellent marks and remarks they are all very nice girls, while the colleagueSuggests some may be better than others.
A step by step guide to folding a man's coat for packing. Lay the coat flat right side up with sleeves spread. Fold sleeves back to the elbow until the cuffs align with the collar. Fold the revers back and double the coat over along the center seam. Smooth wrinkles and place in the trunk.
A compact reflection notes that half the joy of life lies in small moments seized on the move. It attributes the sentiment to David Starr Jordan and frames daily instances as sources of happiness.
Subscribers served by city carriers who do not receive the Herald on Tuesday and Friday by 6 pm are asked to call City Messenger Co. at phone 72 to have a copy delivered immediately.
The Christian Science Church on First Street near Broadway offers Sunday service at 11 a.m. and Wednesday service at 8 p.m. Reading room at 321 Finch Building open daily except Sunday from 1 30 to 5 p.m.
Aberdeen Printing Co offers modern printing services at moderate prices. The ad highlights affordable rates for business cards brochures and letterhead with emphasis on quality and value.
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