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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
6
A collection of anecdotes shows political mercy and blunt wit. References to czarist margins on a prisoner document, Lincoln stories with Quarles and others, and a Denver banquet misprint turning Small Cap Shafter into a nickname highlight humor and historical notes from public life.
Montana Experiment Station notes corn substitutes for pig fattening. Peas from Utah and South Dakota stations prove superior to corn for fattening swine. Barley favored by Danish producers for bacon. barley and corn nearly equal for pork value. Oats lightening rations. rye and barley similar. Grain foods excellent for pork with nitrogenous forage and winter root crops aiding supply.
A bulletin quote from Prof. Wilburn Fraser discusses dairy economics and quality. It argues patrons and creameries share interests, and dairy education has benefited operators more than patrons. It laments declines in milk cleanliness since the separator era and warns that one dirty delivery spoils the batch.
An experienced orchardist describes land preparation as deep tillage for successful planting. Best done in late fall to be ready for early spring or fall planting. Western growers favor opening furrows for tree rows, then back furrowing between them to create central tree rows and improved drainage.
A quirky note on bull hoof care notes winter conditions. A breeder explains he keeps the old bull on runners, citing a simple method of sawing and trimming hooves with a small saw. Short Course students challenged the practice, but the breeder defends it as practical winter care.
Thornwell Haynes United States consul at Rouen France notes a French writer's view that artichokes can yield alcohol. He cites price differences with $3 for combustible alcohol in France nearly double what it costs in Germany. The piece mentions Jerusalem artichoke as a proposed source and Ireland’s potash role.
The article discusses producing alcohol from crops yielding over 30 tons per acre and 60 gallons per acre, with by products for stock feed and dried stems as fuel. It extols fertilizers like well rotted barnyard manure and unleached wood ashes, compares chemical blends, and outlines a cavalry horse standard for sound, well bred horses 15 to 16 hands high and 950 to 1150 pounds, with rigorous inspection.
Agé No Barrier. That age is no barrier to scholastic attainments is frequently demonstrated. Dr. Philip Arthur Reppert won the Benjamin Rush medal for highest scholarship over four years at Rush Medical College from a class of 227. He had previously won the Freer medal, a first in the institution to hold both honors. Reppert, once a Burlington railroad train dispatcher and later a dispatcher and trainmaster on the Union Pacific, entered Rush at 28 after a warning from the dean about his pace.
A jumble of old time patent medicine pitches and ad rhetoric hawks various tonics powders and cures. It touts Hardlig’s Headache and Neuralgia Powders Gore repairs for shoes and feet Magnet Piles cure and a Defiance Starch sales pitch with prices and testimonials by unnamed sources and customers.
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