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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
8
The article outlines methods for breaking virgin land with many stumps, recommending a strong team or tractor, a narrow 12 inch plow with a standing cutter, and an ax for root work. It stresses planting soon after frost, downhill furrow planning, deep tillage, frequent cutter and ax use, and harrowing with an A harrow.
Experiments at Bellaville Maryland by the Bureau of Animal Industry show open sheds yield more milk with lower housing costs. Cows in open sheds consumed slightly more feed but required less overall labor due to reduced bedding and construction costs, making open sheds somewhat more economical over three years.
The text insists on direct sunshine into every pen, ample fresh air, open air exercise, dryness, warmth, and freedom from drafts as essential for healthy pigs. It emphasizes these six conditions as foundational to preventing losses from fires and disease noted by a U.S. Department of Agriculture farm fire prevention bulletin.
This feature urges dairies to demonstrate clean milking practices by customers entering at milking time. It calls for clean barns milkers cows and pails to ensure sanitary handling and avoid visible sediment in milk bottles.
Advice on hygienic milking practices to prevent milk contamination. Emphasizes clean stables, grooming, udder washing, protected handling, clean attire, dry hands, sanitizing, quick milking, immediate milk transfer to the milk house, and accessible soap and towels.
Water must be regularly renewed for poultry with both open vessels and closed drinking fountains. Open vessels are dirtier but easier to clean, while closed fountains stay cleaner longer but harder to sanitize when foul. Elevating open vessels reduces litter contamination. thorough rinsing daily and scalding fountains weekly keeps them adequately clean.
The Bureau of Animal Industry of the USDA reports 472 active cow testing associations, with 12,088 dairymen owning 216,831 cows. The past year sees a 37 percent rise in associations, and testing covers about 1 percent of U S dairy cows, with the Western States showing the strongest growth. Also notes advice on poultry house litter to encourage hens to exercise for grain and health.
A USDA representative summarizes best practices for moving dairy cattle. Recommendations cover cow readiness, horn handling, car loading density, season and temperature considerations, feeding and watering, bedding, attendant presence, and contingency supplies to minimize loss and injury during long shipments.
Guidelines on keeping hens healthy and productive through proper ventilation. Open doors and windows enough to dry walls, use cloth windows for light, and avoid over-closure. In severe cold, place dry straw overhead to absorb moisture and protect hens. Male birds may need temporary warmth separate from hens. A wife’s handwriting often echoes her husband’s over time.
A farmer describes fixing a worn main shaft bearing using clothesline as a sleeve, filling with babbit metal, and reseating with oil and emery to restore operation. He advises farms to carry babbit metal and powdered emery for similar emergencies.
In modern dairies a small-top milk pail reduces bacterial contamination by limiting openings for dust and dirt. The design keeps milk cleaner, with a hood converting ordinary pails into small-top versions, and these pails are widely sold.
Advice on using arsenic solutions to kill flies on large animal carcasses that cannot be promptly burned or buried. Instructions include skinning, slashing flesh, applying a boiled arsenic solution, turning the carcass after a few days, reapplying, then burning or burying the remains.
The potato likely originates in the mountainous tropical Americas from Chile to Mexico and possibly as far north as southern Colorado. It reached Europe from Peru via the Spaniards in the 16th century, spreading to Holland Burgundy and Italy mainly as a curiosity. It was first used as animal feed and later promoted to avert famine. formal cultivation began in England around 1663 and expanded across Europe in the 18th century, with limited early North American cultivation known.
Mrs. EB J Bedard of Cowich Washington praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough and cold remedy. The note claims it heals raw surfaces eases hoarseness loosens phlegm and relieves coughing. Eng bertson's Pharmacy. a How slowly the hours pass to the unhappy Saurin.
The winter brought heavy snow and cold with many suffering from illnesses. Mrs. Edward Strevy of Clinton, C says Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best remedy for coughs and colds and for children. Russian leather stocks nearing exhaustion.
A suggestion urges people over sixty to rest in bed for one or two days when catching a cold to speed recovery using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Advertised by R A Engbertson. Walter Everitt of Volga City learns of his youngest brother's death while serving with British forces at the front.
Advice urges proper stable ventilation to keep air pure and cows comfortable with 500 cubic feet of space per animal. Odors signal poor ventilation. Information available from the Dairy Division of the U S Department of Agriculture. A Massachusetts inventor has created quarter turn tightly locked fire hose couplings.
Local farmer T. J. Hagen credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing his kidney trouble after hard farm work. He reports irregular kidney action and back pain eased after one box bought at Engbertson's Pharmacy.
Iowa residents report relief from kidney and bladder problems after using Anuric from Doctor Pierce. Testimonies describe backache relief, reduced swelling and improved bladder control, with claims of uric acid reduction and stronger overall health. Doctors at the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo are cited, urging readers to obtain a trial package and consult a local druggist.
Notice states that John Hegg has been duly appointed as executor of Annie Severson's estate in Hesper township Winneshiek County Iowa. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay to the executor. dated Decorah Iowa February 20 1918 by Willett & Nelson Attorneys.
A letter from C. F. Reynolds of 412 Herrick Elmira New York describes constant kidney trouble and severe illness. He says Foley Kidney Pills started his recovery day by day and within a few days he was out of bed. The note mentions relief from rheumatic pains backache biliousness sore joints and fatigue and references Engbertson's Pharmacy Ady as the recommender.
Mrs Frank Crocker of Pana DL recalls her five year old son Paul suffering a severe cold last winter that settled on his lungs and caused terrible coughing spells. A neighbor recommended Chamberlains Cough Remedy and the first dose helped greatly leading to a full cure. For sale by R A Engbertson. Adv.
Citizens are urged to read The Decorah Republican and The Weekly Kansas City Star to stay informed on the great war at hand. Subscribe by mail for $1.75 to receive full coverage of international conflict and mid west events.
Notice states the executor of Caroline Dahly’s estate, late of Decorah township Winneshiek Iowa, has taken the trust and bonds. Creditors are to exhibit claims and debtors to pay Fred B. Thomas. Dated Decorah Iowa February 6 1918. M A Harmon Attorney.
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