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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
8
The Iowa State Dairy Association extols ensilage as a key feed for livestock, noting silage lowers feed costs, boosts milk and butterfat efficiency, and stabilizes year round nutrition. It argues many stalks go to waste unless silos store corn, saving millions nationally and improving manure for soil.
The article urges farmers to drill winter wheat rather than broadcast seed. After thirty years of growing winter wheat in central and southern Iowa, the author stresses the disk drill as essential for reliable stands, noting good crops but varying conditions and the need for a prepared seed bed and timely access to a drill.
W. Jackson in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat argues the first years after planting require careful cultivation to establish roots and conserve soil moisture. Reduce top growth to prevent sun and moisture loss, remove excess shoots, and consider growing a cultivated crop like corn to use soil nutrients, shade trunks, and maintain moisture. Use a two-horse cultivator up to the trees and avoid leaving weed strips.
A Whitlow Ark man recounts severe constipation and indigestion trials with costly medicines in St. Louis and New Orleans before finding relief with Chamberlain's Tablets, sold by Engbretson's Pharmacy. The ad pattern favors Burdock Blood Bitters as a cleansing blood tonic, recommended for disfiguring eruptions and related ailments.
A guide explains using harvested grain stubble as pasture for cattle horses and swine. It notes green fence-row grasses drought-safe areas and ditch corners yield valuable forage after harvest and that rotating pastures boosts health and productivity while reducing weed growth and soil neglect. It cites cattle sheep hogs and other livestock and stresses fencing for effective use.
A Decorah reader reaffirms four year old public praise for Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs Mackenstadt of Maple Avenue notes lasting relief and urges friends to try the remedy backed by home testimony. The ad urges asking for Dean's Kidney Pills, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Practical tips for poultry housing and crop practices plus commentary on rising living costs. Discusses dropping boards in poultry houses, causes of high prices from population density, demand in cities, luxury versus necessity, monopolies, tariffs, and gold depreciation. Includes anecdotes on safety matches, rice, horse balkiness, sowing clover, rape for hogging, cowpeas, chick feeding, milk inspection, hog cholera cures, crop insect loss, and Pekin duck costs.
A feed and farm bulletin explains gapes in chicks caused by gape worms in the trachea. It notes how the worms attach to the mucous membrane, their sizes, and how coughing or swallowing expels them. It warns of death by suffocation and advises sanitation steps and remedies.
The New York Cornell station tested whether it pays to raise weak pullets among White Leghorn and Barred Plymouth Rock fowls. Weak pens used more dry matter per pound of egg and weight, yet strong pens showed better fertility hatching and heavier chicks, with lower feed per egg and per pound of weight.
The Sheffield Yale study by Doctors Rettger and Sperry tests fresh eggs under sterile conditions, showing white and yolk may kill bacteria like typhoid. Experiments reveal germ counts decrease over time, sometimes sterilizing cultures. this supports eggs as protective wound dressings. Coleraine Constitution.
A Snow Hill North Carolina man narrates a two month struggle with dysentery tied to weight loss and weakness. After trying doctors and remedies without relief he credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with permanent relief after two bottles. The ad notes Engbretson's Pharmacy as a supplier. A tangential wedding by Miss Sweet and a bystander gag close the clipping.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Cure is internal, affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure, prescribed by leading physicians, combines tonics and blood purifiers. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
O. O. Lomen administrator seeks court order to sell the deceased Ida Bertina Tufty estate land in Winneshiek County Iowa to pay debts and expenses. Hearing set before the District Court in Decorah on September 22 1913 with appraisers to value the property and a bid not below appraised value. Nearby heirs and spouses are notified to appear.
Sheriff L H Flemming announces a general execution against S B Blace also known as Sam Blace in Winneshiek county Iowa. Property described as part of Lots 7 and 8 in Block 2 South Decorah is offered for sale at the courthouse front door August 23 1913 to satisfy a $582.39 judgment plus interest and costs from May 12 1913. N Willett attorney for the plaintiff.
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