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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
4
A crooked eyed man asks which boy should carry his bag to the station. The crowd murmurs and responds with a pairing of names amid confusion as they question and point, the moment ending with an uncertain choice and a silent gaze toward the children.
The report examines the belled feeder concept for hogs, comparing feeds and methods to promote rapid growth with lower cost. It covers feed efficiency, nutrient balance, and farm-tested results from government and agricultural studies, noting advantages in fattening pigs while reducing labor and expenditures.
A vintage advertisement touts Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound as a method to darken gray hair. It describes preparation with sage tea and other ingredients, dampened application, and the appearance of darker, shinier hair after use. It notes no cure or prevention of disease.
Results from state experiment stations show self-fed hogs outperform hand-fed in daily gain and feed efficiency. Lot three produced 349.1 pounds of mixed feeds per 100 pounds of gain, while hand feeding averaged 1.23 pounds gain daily vs 1.2 for self-fed.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the text explains that tuberculosis affects both hogs and dairy cows and can pass to humans via dairy and meat. It urges strict sanitary practices, testing, isolation of diseased animals, pasteurization, and keeping hogs away from dairy herds to prevent spread. It outlines feeding, housing, ventilation, and cleanliness measures to maintain healthy livestock and prevent transmission.
The text discusses protein essential to sow diets, noting alfalfa hay as a cheaper, balanced protein source. It mentions grinding alfalfa to improve digestibility, with references to various feed forms such as shorts, tineage, and shield wrapped. It emphasizes vigor in sows and a high protein percentage in forms suitable for feeding.
A fragment stresses the value of a ground planter for correct seed placement and cultivation. It contends improper use leads to poor stands and unsuccessful beginnings, warning that neglect or a fancy tool alone won’t ensure a good crop.
Describes method to distribute salt evenly through butter while kneading. Mentions achieving a smooth, fortified texture and a waxy, bright appearance. Notes salt evenly disperses as mixture is worked, likening broken steel when tested.
A fragment notes plums thriving in a henyard with trees protected by laid stones around their roots. The passage suggests this practice may shield trunks but implies eventual damage as the description trails off. The source reads as unclear about outcomes.
The article urges dairymen to raise calves for future milk and meat, stressing prudent stock care. It covers birth care, navel disinfection, early feeding with cow milk, weaning by day four, regular feeding schedules, and precautions against digestive disorders. It also outlines gradual milk reduction during illness and the transition from cow to whole milk feeding.
Classic 19th century dairy guidance on calf rearing and feeding. Emphasizes gradual milk intake, grain mixtures of cornmeal bran and linseed, hay as a supplement, and keeping calves on milk two to six months. Stresses maintenance needs for cows, proper ventilation, rapid herd improvement, and value of one good cow over a scruffy herd.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a miracle corn and callus remover with bold claims of painless removal. The fragment references cost of living war rhetoric, a curious gun rumor, etiquette book satire, and a cabaret line about a soldier visit, all within a shuffled page excerpt.
A garbled newspaper fragment items humor and stray phrases. It references a nurse overhearing a boy spying on a sister and a boarder asking about corn. Other bits mention a liver remedy and a kitchen invention with a laxative pellet. The text is noisy OCR with scattered quotes.
A collage of humorous snippets from multiple papers includes jests on debts and forgetfulness, a line about chicken feed and table d hote pricing, etiquette about lateness, weekly visits until bills are paid, and remarks on wealth and graft. The humor spans Puck, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Chicago News, Washington Star, and Kansas City Journal, with light social banter and character sketches.
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