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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
8
Readable fragments describe a vague event with no clear people places dates or organizations. The text is garbled and cannot determine a concrete news item or outcome.
The article urges expanding hog herds to lift pork output, noting 5 to 60 percent production gains across states. It recommends farm auctions, larger herds, pasture and forage crops, self feeders, hogging down grain, and finishing hogs to 275 pounds, with disease prevention measures.
United States Department of Agriculture urges wider cultivation of balanced forage crops to stabilize rations amid high grain prices. Emphasizes oats for silage, separate hay or seed crops, and prefers fine-stemmed faba beans for hay with cottonseed meal substitute to raise protein content.
The article describes perishable stock movement from Parma to markets, stressing long hauls, rail delays, and the need to reach rail points quickly. It explains refrigerated cars with ice and salt to keep meat cold, and how delays or wrecks threaten meat quality and price. It notes the distance between production and consumption centers and the reliance on transportation to deliver fresh meat promptly.
Fragmentary editorial style notes a city perspective on feeding a population during war. The text references realization and time as key factors in managing supply and daily life in the city amid broader national effort.
A May 14 meeting in Kanana City launched a state effort by the department of agriculture to mobilize farm labor for crop harvesting. A coordinating committee will manage registrations in cities and enlist city employees for vacation work, with an estimated 80,000 helpers needed and 20,000 already pledged by city businesses.
An army of 5651 extension workers is part of the agriculture department's food production and conservation campaign, up 405 from last July. 8049 workers cover 2450 counties in various roles including home demonstration and boys and girls clubs. In the 18 Southern states 2024 workers implement the plan, while 3027 serve in the Northern and Western states. Last July 1040 Southern and 606 Northern and Western workers were employed. In the South 140 Negro county agents and 160 Negro home demonstration agents are noted.
Sixty seven inspectors of the bureau of animal industry in the U S department of agriculture are with the army inspecting meat and meat products for soldiers. Eighty others are similarly engaged with the navy. Operations are federally supervised from live animals entering slaughtering houses to finished product delivered to mess cooks in good condition.
The Bureau of Markets in the United States Department of Agriculture compiles monthly inventories of grain flour meat and other food stocks. The new publication Food Surveys has released its first two issues and collects data from April 1 each month.
The piece surveys a prolonged global war, blaming Russian dissolution for delays and predicting German dominance across Europe and Africa. It notes Western Front reinforcement and Berlin press debates on indemnity, with expectations of a vast German victory and world influence, echoing wartime rhetoric.
The article traces beard taxes from Peter the Great’s 1705 levy on noble nobles and commoners worth 1 kopek, through later enactments under Catherine I Peter II and Empresses, noting public discontent yet continued enforcement into 1748 and beyond.
Farmers and laborers rely on Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder sprinkled in shoes to reduce fatigue and prevent blisters. The product promises refreshed feet, less soreness, and comfort after long days, with bold endorsements from retailers.
Parachutes released from rockets ignited by the French sent bright burning fuses across the sky. The slow descent and flare blinded enemy aircraft, rendering them poor targets for antiaircraft guns.
Suulcura Complexions professes that Cuticura soap daily and Cuticura ointment as needed improve complexion scalp and hands. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura, Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 or 50 cents.
The note claims Rudyard Kipling is the highest earning short story writer with pay rates cited at $500 per thousand words. It adds a caution about envy and its distance from the object of envy.
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