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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
8
Pasturing hogs reduces grain needs and can raise profitability with permanent pasture or temporary crops. A mixed feed strategy using leguminous forage and careful use of high-energy concentrates can yield 1 pound daily gain on pasture and bring hogs to market earlier, balancing cost, quality, and risk.
The Indiana Association of Veterinary Practitioners volunteers to aid federal and state authorities in hog cholera control, supplying a no charge livestock exchange and transferring surplus stock to farms in need. Through county networks, hog cholera has largely been contained, with few herd outbreaks since 1916, and milk spoilage guidance emphasizes proper handling.
The Iowa State Fair will host an open air pageant titled Modern Warfare aimed at educating the public on twentieth century combat. Displays will show trench warfare tanks siege operations and other war machines highlighting how modern engines of destruction transform peaceful land into barren waste.
The Iowa State Fair sheep department showcases a dozen breeds with generous cash premiums. The Corriedale, native to New Zealand and Australia, is the latest addition. It offers a promising dual-purpose type for Middle West farmers, noted for hardiness, easy keeping, and self-sufficiency under range conditions. A few Corriedales impressed at last year’s fair.
The piece contrasts Colorado land sales for corn with Iowa output noting Colorado produced 7,362,000 bushels last year while Plymouth Woodbury Pottawattamie Crawford and Kossuth counties alone Cribbed 84,554,000 bushels. It argues Iowa counties outperform several western states and ends with a quip about a silent wife.
A 1916 portrait of the Iowa hen highlights incubators and brooders freeing hens from maternal duties while boosting egg output to 115 million dozen in the year. The piece notes hens as vital economic players in homes and markets, alongside a brief local ad for Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil and cash for eggs at Reum's Market.
The article extols Finland's wood industry with pine and birch as key exports. It describes vast forests, thousands of lakes, and river and rail networks conveying logs to Kotka for export. Logs, cut into boards and planks by steam sawmills, are shipped abroad, notably to England.
The sea lily resembles a common lily but is an animal of the starfish family. It has a two foot stalk and a disk body with tentacles closing around it. Fossils called stone lilies mark its ancient origin, once thought to be plants despite evidence.
Warning to travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, noting attacks can be sudden and severe. Promoted as unavailable on trains or steamships, with sale through R. A. Engbertson in Ady.
Iowa dairy workers celebrate progress over the past year with cow testing expanding from 15 to 30 active associations by May. In April 7 814 cows were tested, 33 yielded 60 pounds butterfat, 70 reached 60 pounds, and 406 achieved 40 pounds. The state dairy association and Ames college dairy department plan a cow test demonstration at the state fair using cows under test for a practical profit showcase.
The Iowa state fair faces a growing auto show with limited space. Officials plan to use the amphitheatre area for cars and machinery hall across the street for accessories. The 1917 show is expected to outdo 1916 as management eyes larger facilities for the future.
Iowa State Fair officials push a big food conservation program with canning clubs led by Professor Bishop from the Iowa College of Agriculture. From August 22 for ten days, the fair grounds will serve as a hub for demonstrations on canning, packing, and preserving with booths on cabbage fruits home curing and poultry.
The U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Chemistry suggests an alcohol test to set sugar amounts for juices. Mix juice with 95 percent grain alcohol and observe pectin precipitation to decide sugar levels from full cup per cup juice to three quarters or half depending on lumps. If no precipitation, juice is unsuitable alone and should be blended with apples or other pectin rich juices.
Helps asthma and hay fever season onset. E. C. Schaaf of Creston, C. says Foley's Honey and Tar loosens phlegm so he can sleep, noting it is the only relief. Contains opiates. Eng bertson's Pharmacy. Adv. When a man is said to mean well it implies he isn’t doing well.
Advertisement promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a bowel cleanser and liver aid for indigestion biliousness bad breath bloating gas and constipation. Urges regular bowels and frequent use from Engbretson's Pharmacy to keep fit and feel fine.
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