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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1924
Page
7
A Chicago woman testimonial claims the Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved monthly pains and avoided surgery. She describes severe cramps, prior doctor visits, and eventual pregnancy after using the remedy, recommending it to others with female trouble.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for facial care and skin improvement. It advises applying the ointment on rising and retiring, then washing with Cuticura Soap after five minutes to address dandruff itching and rough hands.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports heavy pork losses from mange mites in hogs. South Dakota data show about 40 percent of hogs slaughtered in 1923-24 were infested, affecting hams and bacons and lowering market value. Prevention includes herd-wide treatments using dips, medicated wallows, sprays, or kerosene lard mixtures. Farmers' Bulletin 1085 outlines control methods.
The article notes heavy clay soils are highly productive when properly managed but present special challenges. Its fineness retains water, risks baking if worked when wet, and requires gradual depth changes, timely fall and spring plowing, and careful cultivation to improve porosity and workability.
Volunteer wheat serves as the primary food source for Hessian fly larvae. Favorable germination conditions for volunteer wheat also trigger early fly emergence, leading to infestation of the main crop. Destroying all volunteer wheat before planting is crucial to control Hessian fly.
Soy beans may be cut for hay from full bloom to when leaves start turning yellow, about five weeks later. Yield ease of curing and hay quality determine timing. The maximum single-cut yield comes from cutting when about one fourth of the pods are yellow.
A table from Iowa Agricultural College endorsed by Ithaca animal husbandry workers explains silage weight by depth. It shows pounds per cubic foot at depths from 10 to 60 feet and demonstrates calculating remaining silage in a 12 by 40 foot silo after settling, with a sample result of about 59 tons left.
New Jersey experiment station endorses a DIY spray to repel cattle flies. A mixture including coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil oil of tar and laundry soap applied daily after milking will not harm coats and can cover about 40 cows for ten days at roughly one cent per cow per day.
The article reports trials at Missouri and Kansas stations finding no significant milk flow increase from liberal spraying during milking. Kansas sprays reduced cow fires during milking at a cost of one to two cents per cow daily. Declines in milk flow are linked to short pastures and hot weather. ensuring feed water and shade is crucial.
The passage urges fertile soil and eggs as incentives, advises gathering eggs twice weekly in summer, and highlights silo use when corn is hail or drought damaged. It notes that hog cholera caused over 27 million dollars in U S swine losses in the year to 1924 and stresses feeding earlier maturing hogs and cattle to maximize return.
A Boston Transcript item quotes the candidate urging voters to choose the genuine article over a pig in a poke and to vote for him. The remark emphasizes authenticity and warns against uncertain promises.
Early Egyptians taught each man has a Ka or double self that represents him in the spirit world and wanders if not fed after death. A portrait statue helps the Ka recognize its home, with Tutankhamen’s Ka statue noted as a premier example of ancient sculptural art featuring wood, quartz eyes, and bronze eyelids.
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