Government Farm Experts Detail Hog Cholera Fight
United States Department of Agriculture reports ongoing hog cholera control efforts in Indiana Missouri and Iowa. The program includes inspectors and serum administration, with state vets enforcing livestock movement controls and disinfection to curb disease spread and protect prices.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Montgomery County
Ind
Pettis County
Dallas County
Towa
Agricultural Colleges
Poultry Keeping Tips From Agriculture Dept for Profits
Department of Agriculture offers guidance for farmers on nest management per four hens, egg handling, and marketing. Advice covers cockerel sale after weight, separate egg packaging by shell color, and using infertile eggs. emphasizes healthy stock diets and green foods to boost yields.
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Department of Agriculture
Potato Disease Quarantine Extended Indefinitely
The federal horticultural board keeps the potato quarantine against British Isles, Germany, Austria Hungary, Newfoundland, and St Pierre and Miquelon for an unknown potato wart or black scab disease. The move preserves U S potato crops and likely raises prices while ending most foreign supply for an indefinite period.
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Federal Horticultural Board
Department of Agriculture
British Isles
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Newfoundland
France
St. Lawrence
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
United States
Bermund
Canada
Soils of the United States bulletin issued by agriculture
The Agriculture Department releases Soils of the United States detailing 1850 soil types mapped nationwide across over 600000 square miles. It highlights the Atlantic gulf coastal plains as key early truck soil area and notes Norfolk fine sand as a premier example. It covers glacial loessial regions with the Marshall silt loam as a leading corn soil and its role in wheat oats alfalfa tobacco and sugar beets.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains
Long Island
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande
Norfolk
Marshall Silt
England Baptism Foot and Mouth Disease Eradicated
The secretary of agriculture announces that foot and mouth disease affecting cattle sheep and swine in England Ireland and Scotland has been eradicated and the importation prohibition is removed at the request of the British ambassador.
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Secretary of Agriculture
England
Ireland
Scotland
Seed Corn Shows Do Not Improve Yields or Quality
A. L. Goddard argues that prize ears and straight kernel rows do not boost per acre yields or corn quality. He cites Iowa's stagnation, Wisconsin's gains from improved varieties, and a Chicago show where high scoring ears yielded less seed value than lower scoring ones.
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Towa
Wisconsin
Funk
Ilinois
Chicago
A. L. Goddard
Hog Tonic Recipe Circulated For Hogs
An Illinois correspondent to Wallaces Farmer seeks a tonic to improve hog health and asks for a recommended recipe. A U S government formuala lists wood charcoal two pounds sulfur one pound salt two pounds bicarbonate two pounds hyposulfite two pounds sulfate one pound antimony sulfide one pound. Powdered and mixed, feed at a large tablespoonful per two hundred pounds of hog weight once daily. Continuous use is not advised but a tonic in feed may help when hogs run down.
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Wallaces
United States
Allen's Foot Ease Helps Dancers Ease Foot Pain
To enjoy popular dances the feet need comfort. Allen's Foot Ease anti fever powder is shaken into shoes before dancing to rest the feet. Free sample offer addressed to Amstead Le Roy NY.
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Allen
le Roy
N. Y
Pigeon remnant and farm notes on pests and progress
An Oregon professor mentions restoring passenger pigeons for insect control though questions linger about their grain feeding. The column muses on farming ideas from water buffalo to jinrikishas, discusses Russian thistles as feed, cider from culls, crop rotation with rye, road funding, and the danger of rotting hay stacks fueling pests.
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Oregon
Texas
China
India
Egypt
Colorado
Lincoln Memorial
Electric Bitters: Cure for Liver and Kidney Ailments
A 19th century medicine advertises Electric Bitters as a universal liver and kidney remedy. It claims Robert Madsen of West Burlington Iowa was cured after four doctors failed, promising safety and satisfaction with a one dollar bottle from H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia Saint Louis.
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Robert Madsen
West Burlington
Towa
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Preliminary Seed Corn Test Guidance
Wallaces' Farmer advises a preliminary seed corn test to decide on buying seed. Sample 100 to 200 kernels from stored seed, keep in warm moist conditions for six to seven days, and if 80 percent fail to sprout, consider purchasing seed from a reliable neighbor. This precedes the ear by ear test to be published later.
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Wallaces
Dr King’s New Discovery Proves Best for Coughs
A winter cough description notes Dr. King’s New Discovery relieves coughs and lung trouble. Henry D. Sanders of Cavendish Vermont credits relief after pneumonia and endorses the remedy for families and children. Price 50 cents to 1 dollar, available at druggists. H. F. Buecklen & Co. advertise Philadelphia or St. Louis addresses.
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Dr. King
Henry D. Sanders
Cavendish
H. FE. Buecklen & Co
Phila
Adr
Delphia
St. Louis
Bees Boost Crop Yields With Pollination Power
The bee’s value lies not only in honey and beeswax but mainly in pollinating fruit trees and farm crops. Experiments show bees improve apples and many seeds. Van Rensselaar and Southam leased a 50 acre Ohio orchard and added 50 bee colonies, harvesting 16,000 bushels of apples in 1913.
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United States
van Rensselaar
Southam
Cleveland
Ohio
Farmer Adopts Bulletin 359 Canning Method
A western Pennsylvania farmer, unhappy with low pea prices, cans peas using the agricultural department bulletin 359 method and the home canning guide. He uses ordinary fruit jars, sells to a local store, and plans larger production next year.
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Pennsylvania
Bulletin
Agricultural Department
Local Buckthorn Remedy Claims Quick Digestive Relief
Decorah residents are surprised by fast results from a remedy mixing buckthorn bark glycerine and Alderika, marketed by RB. A. Engbertson. The preparation is said to antisepticize the digestive system and draw out impurities, with a single dose claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation instantly.
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RB. A. Engbertson
Notice of Administratrix for Mikesh Estate
Notice of appointment of Albina Mikesh administratrix of the estate of Frank Mikesh deceased in Winneshiek Iowa. Creditors must exhibit claims and debtors pay to Albina Mikesh Decorah Iowa January 114.
Vinol touted for coughs and lung weakness in ad
Springfield Ohio resident Kate Heckman credits Vinol with curing her severe bronchial cough and lung condition. The ad claims Vinol soothes inflamed surfaces builds appetite strengthens digestion and helps fight incipient pulmonary diseases, with a money back guarantee. It also promotes Saxo Salve for skin trouble and names Decorah druggist R A Engbretson.
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Kate Heckman
Springfield
Ohio
P. S
R. A. Engbretson
Decorah
Notice of Appraisement in Tolen Nelson Estate
In Winneshiek County Iowa District Court appraisers Freeman Christensen and McMasters announce a scheduled appraisal of the Tolen Nelson estate for collateral inheritance tax. The appraisal will be held at 10:00 AM March 4 1914 at the County Clerk's Office Decorah.
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State OF Iowa
Winneshiek County
Tolen
Nelson
W. C. Brown
Ingeborg Michelson
Ole E. Qualey
Henry A. Evanson
Henry A. Hanson
Edward Evenson
Oliver Evanson
James ©. Nelson
Carl Clauson
W. C. Bergeson
Willie N. Wangen
John E. Wangen
Carl C
Co. Clerk's
Decorah
W. Freeman
C. Christen
C. McMasters
Appointment of Executor for Otto Thorson Estate
Ole J Sanden is appointed executor of the Otto Thorson estate late of Highland township Decorah Iowa. He has given bonds as required and all claims against the estate must be exhibited and all debts paid to the executor Ole J Sanden Decorah Iowa February 11 1914 Aubolee Nelson Attorneys
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Otto Thorson
Highland Township
Winneshiek
State of
Iowa
Ole J, Sanden
Decorah
Aubolee
Philo Milton Jewell
Executor of Jewell estate in Decorah Iowa
The executor Milton Dana Jewell of Decorah Winneshiek county Iowa has qualified and demands all debts owed to the estate be paid to him. N Willett attorney administers Smorstad estate Glenwood township Woodbury county. J M Williams administrator Decorah January 26 1914 Frank Sayre attorney.
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Philo Milton Jewell
Decorah Township
Winneshiek
Iowa
Milton Dana Jewell
Decorah
N. Willett
C. P. Smorstad
Glenwood Township
J. 8. Williams
Town
Frank Sayre
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