Self-Feeder for Hogs Promises Faster Growth
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin details self feeders for hogs, showing pigs on self feeding gain faster and with less feed per 100 pounds gain. Tests at Beltsville and other stations, involving Berkshire pigs and rye pastures, support superior efficiency and reduced labor. The system uses a hopper and trough to provide constant access to varied grains, with adjustable openings and multiple compartments to balance rations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin 906
Beltsville
Berkshire
Poultry Feeding Tests Show Egg Yields Vary By Diet
In USDA Bureau of Animal Husbandry trials Leghorn pullets produced 147.3 eggs annually on a wheat free ration. Replacing beef scrap with cottonseed meal raised egg quality and quantity, while full replacement reduced both. Substituting fish meal up to 25 percent did not alter egg flavor. Farmers urged to optimize labor via farm management. Cantonments for training soldiers cost 94 million dollars with contractors netting 2.98 percent profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
United States Department of Agriculture
Extermination Campaigns Cut Farm Pests in Western States
The Bureau of Biological Survey reports large scale campaigns against ground squirrels jack rabbits prairie dogs and mice across North Dakota Oregon Nevada California and other states. Poisoned bait reduced crop losses by over 1 million dollars in North Dakota and similar efforts are expanding with state extensions.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
Bureau
State Extension Service
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Nevada
California
New York State
Regulating Hens Exercise and Feeding Practices
Guidance on balancing daily feed for hens to ensure good nutrition and exercise. It covers mash proportions, feeding in troughs or litter, and adjusting grain based on hens’ eating pace. Also notes cleaning and sterilizing cream separators to prevent souring.
Louis Buckner's Claim For Foley Kidney Pills
Somerset Virginia resident Louis Buckner writes he was run down with back pains fatigue and sleep disturbance before using Foley Kidney Pills. He reports feeling like a new man after taking the remedy and lists backache rheumatic pains stiff joints sore muscles swollen ankles and bladder issues as helped by the product.
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Louis Buckner
Somerset
Foley
Adv
Start a Hen Pen Backyard Poultry Guide
Government supplied guide on starting a small backyard flock to produce eggs and chicken meat. It covers benefits, cost savings, odor and noise concerns, rooster management, confinement, and planning for future stock, with emphasis on beginner to suburban keepers and public guidance from Beltsville specialists.
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Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Are Your Sewers Clogged In Constipation Remedy Ad
An advertising notice extols Chamberlains Tablets as a mild gentle laxative that eases constipation and aids digestion. It promotes a mail order trial offer from Foley & Co with a 5 cent slip for a sample pack including Foley products for coughs colds croup kidney pills and cathartic tablets.
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Chamberlain
R. A. Enghertson
Mal Samson
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Official Publication Assessment of Railways 1917
The report details assessments of railways ex press telegraph and telephone and electric light companies for the year 1917. It lists the authorities responsible and outlines the valuation methods and tax implications for these utilities. The document serves as a formal accounting and regulatory record of the period.
War news and native life noted in Decorah paper
The Decorah Republican urges readers to follow the global war, noting Eskimo life, bone and copper tipped weapons, and seal and fishing subsistence. It discusses Germany's destruction of churches and hospital ships as asserted wartime aims and promotes subscribing to the Decorah Republican for full war coverage.
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Decorah Republican
Kansas City Star
Notice of Equity Foreclosure in Winneshiek District Court
Original notice in Winneshiek County District Court 1918 case Vangsness vs Weldum et al. seeks $2,091.15 plus interest on a March 8 1911 note with a mortgage on the defendants real estate, asserting junior liens by United Tire Company G B Todd and others are inferior. It requests foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged premises and costs including attorney fees, with appearance required by February term 1918 in Decorah Iowa.
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District Court of
Winneshiek County
Erick J. Vangsness
Martin Weldum
Jorina Weldum
H. H. Weldum
Metia Weldum
United Tire Company
G. B. Todd
G. Summers Company
Hans Roberg
District Court of Iowa
Iowa
Martin Woeldum
Nels E. Bakke
Melia Weldum
Martin Woldum
Jorina Woldum
H. TH. Woldum
Melia Woldum
G. B. Rodd
G. Summers & Company
Towit
District Court
Decorah
Stop Listen Look Both Ways Rail Safety Message
The Rock Island Lines Safety Bureau warns of dangerous practices near railroad tracks in Decorah Iowa. It urges stopping and looking before crossing, not trespassing, supervising children, keeping away from moving trains, avoiding boarding or leaving moving cars, and not projecting bodies or baggage from trains to prevent injuries.
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Rock Island Lines
Safety Bureau
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