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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
USDA notes ewes wintering success with lower grain intake when fed proper hay. Supplementation like linseed meal helps maintain condition, while legume and protein feeds support rumen health. Trials show clover hay led to faster early gains than timothy during the first 60 days.
Professor J.B. Fitch of Kansas State Agricultural College advises careful cow selection and herd development, stressing community breed choices and purebred bulls. He warns land idle time and proper farm planning hinder profits, while efficiency and better organization can raise output amid wartime food shortages.
Dr. Theodore Macklin of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment station warns that idle or unimproved farm land wastes capital and rent, noting U S farm land totals and the need to put idle acres to use to boost profits and food production.
Immediate action is to inspect the wound and apply antiseptic solutions to prevent infection. Clean head and neck wounds, use hydrogen peroxide, and press or stitch only if needed to bring edges together. Apply iodine tincture or zinc oxide powder and maintain drainage while avoiding unnecessary suturing.
The piece extols alfalfa’s power to rebuild worn soils and boost humus and nitrogen. It notes comparisons of crops on alfalfa fed soil versus normal soil and urges wider use in rotations to counteract soil depletion from beets and other crops. It warns about sacrificing alfalfa hay land for beet cantaloupes or potatoes and rising prices hurting stock feeders.
Article advocates selecting desirable winter layers for breeding. It argues winter lay must be identified and promoted, cautioning against breeding the entire flock and urging focus on a few best birds to improve future generations.
The article urges farmers to raise and protect young cockerels for breeding and to maintain enough cockerels to match hens. It warns against keeping poor birds and stresses selecting birds by type plumage and individuality, with disposal of unsuitable stock to improve breeding outcomes.
A bulletin notes a method to ease feeding in snow by installing a steel bin in each poultry house. The bin would be refilled about once a week, reducing effort during regular feeding hours and keeping feed clean.
During cold weather feed poultry to promote exercise and warmth. Provide mash between ten o clock and noon and offer extra grain at night so fowl retire with full crops.
The article advises hatching general purpose breed pullets in February and March so hens mature before cold weather. It notes farmers often hatch chicks too late, risking fewer eggs in the fall.
A hallucinatory OCR fragment recounts Portuguese superstitions about spiders signaling letters with good news and coins in pockets, plus beliefs about whistling, talking alone, and firstborn daughters amid Azorean customs and fortune telling tales.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap with a free sample offer by mail. The text includes a Verdun era anecdote and unrelated quips about a police view and a boy’s supposed act, reflecting miscellaneous wartime and humorous items.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills from forty years ago, claiming they regulate liver and bowels. It also promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE to remove the cause of colds headaches and grip and notes a BW signature on the box.
Collectors in the United States seek postmarks stamped U. S. Army Postal Service from letters sent from American camps in France. They expect the postmarks to gain value if peace talks yield notable results and soldiers’ letters home become rare. Banana prices and import volumes are noted as context, with bananas described as cheap and nutritious at about five cents per pound.
The advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a quinine and iron remedy to drive out malaria and strengthen the system. It notes the formula printed on each label and lists a price of 60 cents.
The readable text fragment does not provide identifiable people, places, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
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