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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
3
A sketch outlines using a rope over the hip and in front of the udder to prevent cow kicking. The method is claimed not to reduce milk yield, though Breeders' Gazette warns risk to the mammary veins may occur.
H. C. Searles urges dairymen to establish test associations to cull unprofitable cows and raise overall herd quality. He advocates milk scales and Babcock tests, daily cow-by-cow records, purebred sires, and economical management. Cows should stay indoors most of winter and receive succulent feed, ample hay, water, and a balanced grain ration.
Three cows without salt produced 66 pounds less milk in a week in an experiment station test. Only clean tin milk utensils should be used. Patched or rusty tinware should not be tolerated. When you buy four separator units, choose ones that run easy wash easy and skim clean for best results. Whitewash inside cow barn looks nice and helps quick cleanliness.
Officials in the dairy division of the department of agriculture plan a scorecard that rates butter and cheese as well as buttermakers and cheesemakers. The proposal could surprise factory managers with low scores and would teach dairy students and boards overseeing creameries and cheese factories.
A fragment discusses the dairy industry, arguing the typical dairyman is poor by true standards. It contrasts current farming methods with those from ten years ago, suggesting only limited progress amid skepticism about overall efficiency.
A farmer who shifts to winter dairying can raise annual butter output from a savaging cow to about 200 pounds. Freshening in fall yields longer high price milk seasons, better use of pasture, lower summer feed costs, and a yearling calf at low cost. The higher feed expense is offset by doubled receipts.
A writer from Farmers' Review contrasts creameries in the county, noting dirty facilities with dust, old milk, and strong smells versus clean ones with cement floors, screened doors and windows, and utensils smelling freshly washed. The piece argues public awareness could push dirty creameries out of business and boost dairy quality.
A brief guide describes selecting a sturdy green timber to form a bow to deter a cow from jumping a fence. It instructs obtaining four slats from tough wood, sizing long enough to thwart the animal, and threading each end of the bow with a pin.
A Callaway county Missouri farmer says he treated a cow with eight snakebites on the neck by applying a poultice of soft soap and gunpowder. He recalls a boy cured of a copperhead bite by the same method. He claims the remedy is as effective as whisky for snakebite.
A widowed narrator recalls a sagas of heartache after a bachelor girl returns from the South to reveal quarrels and broken promises. A tense comic yet rueful conversation follows about men, marriages, and a ten dollar loan as the two women cling to a fragile pact while facing an upcoming wedding and lingering resentments.
A Northumberland Household Book entry outlines 16th century nursery breakfasts for Lady Margaret and Master Ingeram Percy. Daily meals include manchet bread, barley beer, butter, salt fish, sprouts or white herring, and sometimes boiled bones or buttered eggs. Milk is absent. beer of the era is noted as milder than today.
The Field recalls a Swansea magistrates case from October involving a defendant aged, accused of worrying sheep and placed under contract terms. The fragment highlights the court action and the social context of sportsmen’s prose.
A brass band leader notes that learning to blow a horn can ruin a singer. A former bass singer laments losing his voice after using a cornet mouthpiece. A neighbor asks how to account for it and recalls the leader’s good voice. The exchange ends with shared regret over the tradeoff.
In a policyholder address President Kingsley of New York Life Insurance outlines norms for administration. He stresses strict economy, broad publicity, world-wide status, regulated new business, and prioritizing policy-holder interests. A Judge excerpt follows with a farmer and hobo vignette about open-air living and modest comforts.
A north of Ireland country doctor, a bachelor famed for brusqueness, blocks by an old bog-woman guiding an ass laden with peats. She moves the beast aside, he mutters “Women and asses are always in the way,” then drives on in silence.
The article reports that federal workers in Washington receive about 30 days of annual leave costing roughly $2,000,000 yearly for a seashore or mountain outing. It notes leave rules evolved from ten months’ work to 30 days plus 15 and then 80 days, with sick leave often avoided. It highlights a policy shift barring women clerks from acting as private secretaries to male chiefs and discusses leave governance, health claims, and widespread payroll totals of about 31,000 Washington-based federal employees with annual pay over $1,200 each.
President Wilson prohibits women from serving as private secretaries to bureau chiefs. He allows stenographers for dictation but bars reassignment to duties requiring after hours work or visits to chiefs’ homes. Past scandal involved a secretary whose role drew notable disapproval, and most chiefs oppose women in such posts despite occasional endorsements.
The 28 by 80 foot Star Spangled Banner flag from Fort McHenry, loaned by Eben Appleton for two years, is displayed in the Hall of History at the Smithsonian. It bears canvas backing by Admiral Preble and may be wall-mounted for close viewing. The flag’s journey began with Col Armstead and passes through Appleton to the nation.
Ethel Roosevelt plans a debut ball for Miss Michel next January in the East Room. The event, tied to her finishing school, aims to outdo the late Alice Roosevelt debut in scale. Attendees would include leading youths from New York Boston Philadelphia and Washington.
A testimonial describes headaches nervousness and biliousness from coffee ending after switching to Postum Food Coffee. The narrator and mother remain well without coffee for two years. A neighbor plagued by side pains and fatigue also improves after stopping coffee and using Postum.
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