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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1914
Page
3
A narrative tour of Mukden recalling its Manchu palace and two grand tombs Nurhachu and Tai Tsung. The article describes the city layout, walls, markets, and the arduous ascent to the mausoleum with guarded, jewel-filled halls and a blue tiled imperial pillar shrine.
A four year Ohio study finds spraying for blight raises yields by about 38 percent on average across 44 comparisons of sprayed versus unsprayed 50 foot vine plots. All plots received identical insect control and planting followed level and ridge methods with Bordeaux formula applications mid July to early September.
Instructions for preparing dressed poultry for shipment and notes on potato cultivation. Recommends 4 year crop rotation corn potatoes rye legumes, fall sowing, and use of specific fertilizers. Describes packing methods using a flat box, head wrapped, and layering with birds. Advises steady shipments through a permanent trade and proper case labeling.
In feeding cattle corn fodder or stover, provide a suitable rack with vertical slats spaced to allow the stock to reach through. The design prevents stalks from being pulled out and trampled, reducing litter in the feed lot.
The mongrel may be a large composite fowl of pure blood or a cross of pure bloods, or a cross of pure bloods upon common stock. In either case it differs from the scrub which is a small, common fowl with no trace of pure blood in its veins.
Ornamental trees and shrubs may be pruned anytime in winter if needed. Pruning should preserve each plant's characteristic growth pattern and avoid altering its natural habit.
Roup spreads rapidly through flocks with a large percentage affected and mortality varying by contagion virulence. Young birds face high death rates, while adults often recover.
The Oklahoma experiment station fed pigs averaging 75 pounds on an alfalfa field in April to measure gains. After 100 days the average daily gain was 0.26 pounds per head on alfalfa alone, 0.28 pounds with alfalfa and dry corn chop, and 0.07 pounds with alfalfa and half a ration of corn chop.
Advice warns against overworking salted butter as it breaks the grain, causing a greasy or smeary appearance and texture.
Instructions for dressing poultry note resting fowls without feeding for hours. Warns against tearing skin during dry picking and skin peeling if scalding water is too hot. Recommends plumping by alternating hot and cold water and hanging in a cool place.
Farmers advised to dust hens with insect powder sparingly, relying on a proper dust bath. Use about one pound of powdered sulphur per bushel of dust to boost effectiveness and reduce frequent treatments.
The hog belt of the future will extend to every section where intensely developed dairy and stock farms are found, signaling broad geographic growth in swine farming.
A flock of sheep will gain more substance on poor land and do more good for the farm than any other stock. The message emphasizes sheep usefulness in marginal pastures and soil health.
Goats love sunflower leaves pigweed and many garden weeds. They eat seeds and eagerly clear pastures of objectionable growth.
The article emphasizes that profits hinge on the performance of the individual cow rather than her name, highlighting breed traits, milk yield, and health factors as key drivers of dairy farm economics.
The farm horse is described as filling a more important place in production than any other animal.
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