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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1928
Page
3
Advertises Fletcher's Castoria as a pure vegeta ble remedy for colic constipation and diarrhea in infants. Claims harmless gentle action and that doctors often endorse it, noting a care guide included with the product.
A short ad copy urges readers to locate the signature of E. W. Grove on a Brom Quin ine laxative box. It presents the product as safe and proven and ends with a directive to look for the signature.
A persistent woodpecker chewed two holes in wooden protection on pipes from a large tank in Emmons Minnesota. The holes allowed water to escape when subzero temperatures froze the pipe and split the tank, leaving the village without water.
Agricultural expert W E Carroll of the University of Illinois reports that sows going down in the back after nursing litters stems from poor lime use or improper calcium balance in the diet. Vitamin D absence and low lime intake deplete sow bones, risking vertebral cracks that pressure the spinal cord and paralyze hindquarters. alfalfa hay and green pasture can prevent this and alfalfa meal added to farrowing rations helps. Pasture can replace alfalfa when available, improving rebreeding condition for fall litters.
New Hampshire station outlines a 1927 laying hen ration from the New England agricultural colleges conference. Mash formula and grain formula specify corn meal, bran, middlings, oat products, meat scraps, fish scraps, steamed bone meal, dried milk, salt, and cod liver oil as a winter supplement.
A Farmer article notes geese require two to four ganders per flock and productivity hinges on careful feeding. Geese eggs range 30 to 85 per female with hatch rates improved by quality roughage, corn meal mixes, and occasional meat scraps. Proper feed includes alfalfa cuttings, hay, skim milk, and small amounts of sand and whole corn at night.
A Prairie Farmer writer notes soy bean hay is a good roughage for fattening cattle while soy bean stems offer little value. He advises using hay shock corn or silage during early feeding, then full corn feeding allows two to four pounds of hay per head daily, with cottonseed meal as a cheap supplement at about two pounds per 1000 pounds live weight per day.
The piece argues that switching chicken breeds alone won t increase egg output. It notes that only constructive, within-strain breeding yields real gains and cites high egg records by individual hens and cows in various breeds.
Dwarf Essex rape provides satisfactory pasture for pigs and sows, with soybeans also recommended. A mix of crops including cowpeas sorghum millet oats rye and clover or alfalfa can yield a varied season long pasture, with succession plans from early spring to fall.
The piece weighs flooring choices for hog houses noting concrete as easiest to clean cheap and long lasting with a rough finish to prevent slipping. It warns concrete can feel chilly and suggests an ideal but costlier option a concrete base with cork brick or creosoted wood block upper layer.
Two patients near Stockholm who had ceased breathing were revived at Moerby hospital after heart operations to remove clots. Dr Clarence Crafoord and Dr J P Stroembaek performed the incisions, restoring circulation and improving prognosis. The method, first used by Doctor Trendelenburg, has few prior successful cases in medical history.
The article explains contagious roup as an easily recognized illness starting like a cold with thin watery nasal and ocular discharge that has a foul odor. It notes inflammation in facial passages and eye regions, coughing sneezing and noisy breathing, mouth breathing when blocked, and reduced appetite and lethargy in birds.
Advice warns against opening boxes too soon after arrival to prevent toe picking. Keep chicks with each other briefly, ensure feed is available, and place them in a larger house with litter and a feed hopper to reduce idleness and bad habits. The text notes idleness breeds issues across poultry ages.
At the Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs Sixth district conference a committee chair corrected a speaker who mixed Republic origins. The report praised disabled veterans in the hospital and noted a boy asked for Plato's Republic as Christmas reading, drawing little laughter.
A Los Angeles Times quote has actress Venus arguing Irving Thalberg promised her the Venus role in Hell's Paradise before Kay objected citing a vaccination mark on her arm. The exchange frames tensions with industry executives over casting and appearance standards.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal presents a sidewalk dialogue about risk and survival with a poet's line about not living forever and a skeptical reply from an actuary. The exchange, though terse, frames mortality and certainty within a city newspaper voice.
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