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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
6
Multiple local birth announcements greet nine pound boy s and bright eyed baby reports. Mrs Christina Fox advertises NONSPI and household tips while Mrs S M Sears visits from Hyannis en route home. Real estate updates include H H Jenkins renting and renovating Second and Niobrara property. Alliance Greenhouse notes and school prize fund appropriations complete the item.
The Alliance Herald lists polling places and election officials for the April 18 primary across wards and precincts. It names polls sites Central school house City Hall McCorkle building Episcopal parish house Hemingford opera house and others with judges and clerks for each location.
The article outlines strict disinfection measures for farms to prevent contagion in livestock. It lists substances such as lime, chloride of lime, carbolic acid, corrosive sublimate, and cresol, and specifies steps from sweeping and cleaning surfaces to removing decayed wood and replacing earth floors. It endorses using a 3 percent cresol solution, applied with a spray pump, on interior surfaces, feeding troughs, and drains, and recommends immediate use after an outbreak and periodic annual applications.
A veterinary aid uses two pivoted jaws with teeth plates to cover a horse's teeth. One jaw ends in fixed teeth that engage a latch on the other jaw. A strap secures the device to the horse's head, allowing the mouth to stay open during examination.
The guide explains sheep aging by tooth development. One pair of permanent teeth marks a yearling, two pairs a two year old, three pairs a three year old, and four pairs a four year old. After four, age cannot be reliably determined. Buyers should check teeth to ensure none are lost or long and worn.
The note discusses fitting a sheep herd into farm plans, urging careful evaluation of advantages and drawbacks. It advises considering next year's schedule, and for limited funds, starting with quality grades and upgrading with a purebred ram to gradewise improve stock.
The text notes the vital stock function on farms as a market for crops, turning grasses forage crops and legumes into higher priced finished products and returning plant foods to the soil. It emphasizes converting farm outputs into value while sustaining soil fertility.
The section details a happy marriage at the Methodist parsonage in Hyannis between Prof Homer E. Alder and Ruth V. Shotwell amid school circles. It covers church socials, teas, and programs hosted by Mrs. J. K. Tash and various guilds, plus a wedding at the parsonage of Albert Bauer and Miss McCary. Community members attend greetings, musical evenings, and a library board meeting naming William Lunn janitor.
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