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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
6
A Nebraska Farm Progress piece argues many farms should shift to bigger draft horses capable of heavy work. It cites farmers on 40 to 320 acre units, notes a trend from small horses to sturdy mares and stallions, and warns about handling and market risks while stressing durability for hard pulls and rough roads.
The article argues for soft water at home to ease labor on wash day and throughout the house. It promotes a faucet system with warm and cold water, reducing heavy lifting, tubs handling, and disease risk from cold exposure. It notes soft water improves cleaning, dishes, floors, and bodily care, and cautions cistern water is not ideal for drinking or cooking.
Advice urging gentle handling of cows to prevent stress and maintain steady milk flow. Warns that kicking or thrashing worsens behavior and disrupts milking, emphasizing animal sensitivity and humane care. Encourages calm management to protect animal welfare and productivity.
The article advises using plain water to thwart the red spider, stressing moisture as the key defense. Spray plants thoroughly at least three times weekly, ensuring underside leaves stay moist. Inspect leaves for yellowing and tiny pepper-like webs to detect the pest, then maintain ambient humidity and regular spraying as the main control measure.
The piece argues increasing dairy production without more land is best achieved by alfalfa and silage. It stresses maintaining dairy cattle to maximize returns from these feeds and notes two agencies support this approach.
An address to the Utah Farmers Institute explains why wheat alone cannot yield profitable eggs. Using a 3.5 pound hen daily wheat intake of 3.25 ounces, maintenance uses 2.75 ounces, leaving only 0.5 ounce for eggs with 0.06 ounce protein, meaning four days needed for one egg. Wheat lacks proper egg making materials. corn fares worse.
An Indiana man has invented an egg testing device using a lamp and conical metal tube with apertures and shields. Insert eggs into the collars and illuminate to reveal freshness, functioning like an X ray for the contents of the shell. The device includes heat escape at the cone tops.
No eggs from thriftless hens and decapitation cited as remedy for ailing chicks. Emphasizes strong parents for strong offspring, avoiding mites from sparrows, keeping water clean, scalding vessels, Cresol disinfectant, preventing roosting in storage eggs, and sprouted oats as green feed.
The canyons reveal hidden beauty through intimate exploration. Each canyon has a unique character, easy to lose one’s way in, with varied seasons offering birds, flowers, and mineral sights. Geologists, botanists, and nature lovers find endless fascination in the diverse landscapes.
The Times cites Dr Leonard Hill noting rarefied air in mountain resorts lowers oxygen. A Royal Society paper on Pike's Peak by Miss Fitzgerald finds arterial blood holds more oxygen at altitude than at sea level. Lungs ventilate better and alveoli extract oxygen even with thin air, with effects persisting after returning to sea level.
A humorous exchange features a man asking for dinner and a lady serving a dory. The other speaker quips that a sensitive fellow should have a social secretary to act as a buffer, reflecting light banter and social grace.
In a short dialogue a question asks if every man has a price and the reply notes that while not true for all, it would not be surprising if many men desire wealth. The exchange reflects a skeptical view of motive and value.
A proverb-like line reflects on honesty returning to a person, suggesting moral accountability and direct consequences shaping character and actions.
In North Bangor and Ann Arbor letters, women describe relief from menstrual and female weakness symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They report headaches backaches hemorrhages and improved health, urging others to try the remedy as proven and beneficial.
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