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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
4
The article urges farmers to raise and fatten pigs using potatoes and by products to maximize profits. It cites conversion efficiency, weight yields, and regional potential, arguing hog production suits diverse regions and small operations can profit from slaughtering and marketing cured pork products.
The Iowa Agricultural College guidance explains pig feeding ratios by weight. For 30 to 60 pounds a pig should eat one pound of protein per four pounds of carbohydrates. At 100 pounds the ratio shifts to one pound protein per five pounds carbs. For 150 pounds it is one to six, and fattening hogs from 240 to 800 pounds fare best at one to eight.
A National Crop Improvement Service article extols gentler sows and managing farrowing. It suggests handling sows to reduce aggression, housing moves before farrowing, temporary housing for piglets, and a simple pen fender to prevent piglet loss, claiming increased litter survival and crop yield.
The sow should start light for four to six days and then be increased as piglet demand rises. Coarser feeds yield to richer concentrates like skim milk, buttermilk, tankage, middlings, crushed oats, and ground barley. Commercial blends can help when ingredients are scarce or feeders lack experience. Offer feeds as a slop. liberal feeding drives rapid, economical pig growth.
A practical feeder design advises a non tapering hopper to avoid clogging with gluten feed or shorts. Build a large bottom with slats to reduce waste and add partitions to hold several feeds at once. This enables tankage and pluten feed to flow freely for hogs.
A folksy reflection questions fame and wealth in the summer sun. The speaker yearns for steady work, a mule and a patch of ground, tax and rent relief, and contentment on the road to a quiet, honest life.
A compact guide explains quick divisibility rules for common numbers. It covers divisibility by 2 3 4 5 6 8 and 9 with digit sums and last digits, shows examples like 1728, and notes that 7 requires full division.
The United States Information and Education Service notes women chemists gain equal standing with men as wartime industry expands. Grace MacLeod reported to Vassar undergraduates that among 868 chemists in 16 plants, 78 were women, about 21 percent, excelling in research and analysis to a standard matching male peers.
A magistrate candidate sought support from a former poacher he jailed for a hare rabbit dispute. The man refused, noting the motive behind the jailing rather than the rabbit claim. The exchange underscores subtle reasons for voting choices and fitness for office.
A fragmented OCR item lists foods and condiments including salmon, oysters, crackers, tomatoes, pickles, catsup, olives, honey, canned fish, fish flakes, chile con carne, mustard, tea, coffee, sausage, dressing, pepper sauce, cocoa, and potted ham. The line appears as an unstructured catalog from a bakery and restaurant.
Mendersville, Ky veteran Mrs. Cynthia Higginbotham, aged 65, testifies that a sluggish liver, poor digestion, and constipation improved after taking Black Draught. She says appetite returned, strength rose, bowels became natural, and only a few doses were needed. The ad touts twenty years of use and urges readers to try it with a 25 cent package price.
M J Hutcherson of Tomkinsville Kentucky recounts eight years of rheumatism left him helpless for months before using Ziron. He credits the remedy with restoring strength, noting it acts on the blood and helps rheumatism indigestion anemia and general weakness. He invites others to ask their druggist about the first bottle guarantee.
A traveling salesman asks what kind of town Torpidity is. The Right Place store owner in Petunia dismisses Torpidity as slow and jokes that its terrapins slow discussion so that three men talking about the weather draws everyone’s curiosity, per a Kansas City Star quip.
At a city exchange a man named Fortune, a notably unlucky member, was surprised when his wife bore him twins, two daughters. The next morning the wall above his seat bore the bold inscription Miss Fortunes never come singly, much to the amusement of all present.
Advertisement notes box shipping to any address for a dollar. Mentions Pure Herb Tablet Co of Ashland Ohio and agent W B Townsend of Dahlonega Georgia. No dates or additional details provided.
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