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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
2
A 1900s note advises using alfalfa hay with corn to lower fattening costs by about half. It emphasizes conserving old sows to rear early litters and keeping purebred swine focused on bone and muscle development rather than fat. Proper feeding and care prevent rapid herd degeneration.
W. Rivers and his wife hear a fortune teller talk of a cave near Nestucca beach containing Captain Kidd’s treasure marked by a cross and two horseshoes. They found a cave marker and a togy but dug the wrong end first. Rivers seeks capital to finance the venture.
The article emphasizes proper green feed and skim milk for growing pigs destined for breeding. It notes that high quality fed stock fetches higher prices and outlines practical rations including alfalfa, clover, corn, and protein concentrates. Clean, well kept housing also aids sale appeal and price.
A Kansas farmer argues that many young men leave farming due to dissatisfaction with their parents. He asserts farming offers health wealth and purpose and urges seize the opportunity to sustain a noble calling for future generations.
An agricultural snippet discusses selecting asparagus seed in the fall of year two from vigorous stalks, soaking berries to separate seeds, and proper storage. It also advises consulting fence makers for wire fencing details, checking galvanizing and end protections, and choosing heavy gauge wire after ensuring correct spacings. Linseed meal is noted for cattle fattening, with linseed meal outperforming cottonseed meal in a Nebraska study.
The articles urges steady liberal feeding of growing colts through winter to avoid stunting. It stresses use of nitrogenous feeds like oats and bran, some clover hay, and warns against reliance on straw alone. Proper care through age three can add 74 to 100 dollars in value. W. H. Tomhave, Extension Division Minnesota Agricultural College.
Dr. D. McIntosh outlines how curb arises from stress on the hind hock ligament and from kicks or whiffetree impact. The piece details swelling, heat, lameness, and two-treatment regimes including a lead acetate tincture wash and a blister paste, plus guidance for cases with swelling but no heat.
The Indiana experiment station reports the best winter ration for fattening cattle uses two and a half pounds of cottonseed meal per 1000 pounds of five weight plus all the corn silage an animal will consume, with a small amount of dry roughage such as clover, alfalfa, corn stover, or oat straw. Steers on this mix show top gains, finish, and economy.
A jewelry collector recalls buying a bracelet once worn by Atossa the Egyptian princess. In Cairo a jeweler revealed the bracelet’s perilous tale. Atossa thrown it to her maid Maroda before capture, and it has passed down through generations until the present sale.
Deputy fish warden Lou Rathbun described unusually large salmon runs up the Upper Willamette. He noted schools leaping the ladders at Willamette Falls and delayed passage due to late gate removals for water conservation. The fish travel toward the McKenzie River where a state hatchery operates, while anglers may fish within 200 feet of the falls.
A joke told by an Irish member of parliament recounts a man troubled by a servant breaking china. The Englishman suggests firing her, the Scot argues wages should cover the damage but cannot, and the Irishman proposes raising wages. A separate note adds that wood fibers are strongest near the trunk center.
John Wilkins, a bachelor, learns he is guardian to Alice Burroughs, his late friend Edward Burroughs daughter. Alice arrives, reveals herself as nineteen, and the pair confront a future without fortune or family support, while housekeeper Mrs Hawkins offers care and possible guidance.
Dana Burbank, 81, of Barnard, Vermont, walked five miles to attend an old folk dance in White River Junction. He learned to dance at 76 and now embraces dancing as joyful, saying it keeps him from feeling aged and that he enjoys it more than anything.
Dr Jo Eo Sw Wert assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania was held in 400 bail by Magistrate Haggerty on a cruelty charge. A woman testified she crawled through a fence to reach university kennels and evidence cruelty using a small gallows like device to break animal backs.
Ithaca reports 1,080 Cornell undergraduates work to fund their studies with combined yearly earnings of 184,906 dollars, averaging 173 dollars per person, equal to 32 percent of expenses of 4573,794. Only 123 students cover room and board, with 380 earning 100 to 200 dollars, 218 200 to 300, 51 300 to 400, 31 400 to 500, and 42 over 500 dollars.
Mrs. Caroline McGrese aged eighty four of Brazil Indiana is said to be earning her third set of teeth. Eight teeth of the third set have come out so far preventing her from wearing the false set.
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