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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1928
Page
7
A survey of enduring and odd credulities includes burglars carrying charmed coal for luck, arsenic amulets during London plague, quicksilver quills, toad powder, and beliefs linking bats to weather. It notes child baptism safeguards and Portuguese coin luck signs for children who swallow coins.
A brief 1928 Western Newspaper Union note recounts old beliefs on storms linked to Drake’s era and sea life. It mentions the idea that two parallel planes bounded the world and the tale of Drake shooting the gulf with a pistol. It also lists signs of storms from seabirds, dolphins, sea urchins, and remora fish.
The use of we by kings traces to the Roman empire when two emperors ruled from Italy and Constantinople. Both issued identical decrees under joint authority, giving rise to the royal plural tradition.
The article lists vice presidents who died while in office: George Clinton Elbridge Gerry William R King Henry Wilson Jesse A Hendricks Garrett A Hobart and James S Sherman.
The international date line is an irregular Pacific line near the 180th meridian where navigators adjust their calendar. It marks the boundary for daily dates across time zones and helps maintain consistent timekeeping for ships crossing the ocean.
John F. Dowler of Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station finds that home grown feed quantities and prices mainly influence horse diet. In 1927 oats fed per horse rose on 20 Putnam County farms as corn prices shifted, while hay use increased and corn stover decreased. Farmers prioritize economical horse work costs over horses appetite, Dowler notes.
The Illino i ois experiment station notes spring pigs harboring intestinal roundworms become unthrifty with coughing and poor coat. Treatments include santonin in grains per pig plus calomel, chenopodium oil 2 cc per 60 lb, castor oil, and a purgative such as Epsom salts per weight.
Prof J D Brew of New York State College of Agriculture at Farm and Home week discusses milking machine care. He cites operator error and sanitation opposition as key hurdles. He notes misinformation by some agents and lack of hot water facilities as main causes of inadequate cleaning and sterilization.
There is much sweet clover on roadsides and waste places nationwide so farmers can obtain seed cheaply by binding a few bundles and threshing after oats. Some can grow it without lime and unscarified seed may suit farm use better than scarified seed. This method helps farmers save labor and start sweet clover in spring with wheat or rye.
Sweet clover may be sown late in the fall if desired. It should be sown late enough so it will not germinate until spring. If sown earlier it could be killed by freezing. Early spring seeding is good, but fall sowing may start quicker once growing weather begins. If conditions are favorable, you should be able to pasture it by June first.
Purdue expert L H Schwartz advises fall culling of nonproducers to improve housing, reduce feed costs, and boost remaining birds. Mark high producers for next year, as nonlayers molt or fatten. adjust ration to support laying, with grain and meat scrap.
A traditional guide on whitewashing henhouses to brighten interiors during winter. It details lime preparation, mixing with salt rice whiting blue and water, addition of molasses or soap for better adhesion and finish, and recommended application heat.
Wing feather pulling to prevent Leghorns from flying fences is slovenly and harmful. Cutting wing feathers supports proper development. Use a commercial pallet mash from reputable feeder firms to save labor and ensure quality.
Advice on making a mash for hens based on skim milk availability. With ample skim milk use a mix of middlings ground oats wheat bran and corn meal plus small amounts of meat scraps or tankage. Without skim milk include 15 to 20 percent meat scraps or tankage in the mash.
The piece advises choosing hens with strong feed capacity as profitable layers. It notes small short hens struggle to consume enough feed and suggests evaluating ration if high feed use still yields poor results. It warns many feeders err by giving too little feed rather than too much.
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In Miami Pia the oldest member is John W. Boucher aged eighty four who served with the A E F construction forces in France and joined Pershing’s army at seventy three. The youngest is George FE Mackenzie age twenty three who ran away from home to enlist at scarcely thirteen.
A lighthearted exchange in Stray Stories contrasts warnings about neglecting a cold with the claim that friends are already looking after it.
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