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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1894
Page
3
The article outlines starting dairy operations on a budget, caring for cows to maximize yield, and selecting breeds like Holstein or Jersey. It also cautions against sour or frozen milk, advises cool clean water to prevent spoilage, and notes rising British poultry demand with import statistics and need for better fattening and dressing methods.
The article offers guidance on selecting full breed dairy cattle with strong milk and butter production, raising heifer calves, and humane cow care. It also covers pig care, winter housing for pigs, and the value of uniform water temperatures via a well and windmill heated system. It notes poultry production statistics and regional leads, highlighting the rise of egg-focused methods.
A poultryman reports Field and Farm that car bolated vaseline cures severe roup in fowl. He greases the head and has the birds swallow a hazelnut sized pill of the preparation. The carbolic acid version is prepared cheaply at drug stores.
Report from Geo. W. BarMan in Practical Farmer chronicles feeding six teen bushels of Fultz wheat to sixteen shoats from Sept 10 to Sept 29 1894. Hogs rose from 1040 to 1225 pounds totaling a 195 pound gain or 23 1 16 pounds per head while consuming two bushels of wheat per hog and yielding 57 3 16 cents per bushel.
The Live Stock Report states a pig at birth weighs about three pounds and gains monthly: 15 30 48 73 103 135 170 210 225 with a target of 300 pounds at ten months. It adds pork food cost rises fifty percent from month five to month ten.
Local market reports strong interest in medium sized turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Vendors note steady orders as shoppers seek reliable, smooth birds for holiday meals.
Epigrams on gastronomy praise salt as essence of flavor and note spiced peaches as dinner staples. Southern tradition favors colored cooks for oysters while the chafing dish gains fame since colonial days. Hermits and sailors are joked as onions eaters. codfish balls and Welsh rarebit hint at enduring culinary arts.
A charity event anecdote recalls a woman criticizing attire at church. Her husband retorts that the finest garment is the mantle of dignity, joking that some husbands prefer that wives wear such a mantle.
A poet lies about his work to his wife asking him to sing castles in Spain. He responds with pensive softness while his eyes flash. She urges him to be constructive, hinting at building in the sunny future.
The annual Hostetter Company pamphlet debuts with a guide to the tonic and alterative, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, plus calendar and astronomical data. Eleven months of preparation precede its free distribution through druggists and country dealers in multiple languages.
A mother advises her son on etiquette before visiting a wealthy uncle. She suggests refusing dinner politely at first to avoid appearing too eager, implying he may be asked again. The exchange centers on manners and social caution in a family setting.
How's This a fragment claims a catarrh cure sold by F J Cheney Co Toledo We the undersigned have known F J to the last fifteen years and believe honorable in all business transactions We offer $100 reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's family pills 25 cents Testimonials free.
The Davis Rankin Building and Manufacturing Company at 240 to 254 Lake Street offers dairy equipment for turning milk into marketable products. Farmers and communities can acquire devices to establish creameries. Also promotes Burlington Route Excursions to the Pacific Coast with comfortable trains from Chicago and Omaha, led by J Francis, Genl Passr Agent.
Trade offer for Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards with postpaid delivery. Advertisement mentions stamps or payment to Jno Sebastian, General Passenger Agent, and engraved Whist Rules. Includes a note on French female labor demographics and a subscription pitch for the Des Moines Twice-a-Week News at 50 cents yearly.
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder claiming it is stronger purer and better in every way than all other powders. It argues grocers push inferior substitutes for higher profit and warns readers to suspect any claim of a substitute. The copy asserts there is no substitute for Royal.
The item promotes land prices and production costs with a contact in Chicago for a rail line agent. It also quips on wax tree beeswax, fashion tips, and social fads noting changes in color popularity, parasols, goad bells, and hair color trends with light satire.
The Modern Mother finds Syrup of Figs provides gentler laxative relief for children and is more acceptable to them than other remedies. The true remedy is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. The latter line notes a religious remark about baptism in ice.
A promotional notice offers a free one year copy of the Twice-a-Week News in Des Moines Iowa to anyone sending six new subscribers. The blurb cites broad postal card variety and lists various advertising lines from the era.
The readable text mixes health product claims offering a cure or money back and medical price notes. It also quotes a line about a preacher trading horses, then cites a statistic of 1804 silver dollars said to be worth $1,000 each and a reflective remark on civilization and women's worth.
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