Scrub Cows Improved by Pure-Bred Bulls in Iowa Study
An Iowa State College experiment in Ames shows scrub Arkansas cows, neglected before, yield far more milk and butter fat when bred to pure-bred Holstein and Guernsey sires. Crossbred offspring outperformed dams significantly, indicating clear value in pure-bred sires and noting bulls used were affordable.
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Wallaces
Iowa
Ames
Arkansas
Corn Belt
Guernsey
Jersey
College Farm
Town Station
Kildee and
McCandlish
Boy's 10 Cent Investment Grows To 20 In A Year
A ten year old neighbor fed 10 cents into cucumber seed. He earned 86 dollars from produce, bought a ewe lamb with the rest. The sheep later bore twins, now valued at 10 dollars for the mother and 5 dollars each for the lambs. Wool sale adds 2.45, saved as a bank start.
No Wonder Hogs Root
A Farm and Fireside crop note states only a little more than half of al clover crop is above ground. One expert reports that for each ton of clover hay cut, about 1,600 pounds of root and stubble remain, meaning five ninths of the crop was cut and four ninths left in the ground. The Bosporus channel to the Black Sea spans about seventeen miles, with width ranging from just over a third of a mile to two miles.
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Bosporus
Black Sea
Constantinople
Scutari
Potato Bug Control Methods For Gardens And Fields
The article explains two main poisons for potato bug control arsenate of lead and Paris green. It provides preparations for large areas using powder and paste, mixing guides with water, and small family garden dosages. Dusting methods include using muslin sacks and timing with morning dew, plus mixing with air slaked lime to adjust amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Green
Paris
Weeded Fields By Early Dish and Plow Method
Wallaces' Farmer advised disking corn ground before plowing to curb weeds and save moisture. With ample spring moisture, those who followed the method report fewer weeds after early dishing plowing and cultivation. Fields plowed late and left to grow have become highly weeded and require extra cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaces
How Children Can Make Money on the Farm
Farm and Fireside notes children can raise pigs, sheep, chickens, poultry, and pigeons for sale. Contests offer prizes for best pigs, but starting their own business yields experience, fun, and cash as the real prize.
The Most Bloodthirsty of Insects
Farm and Fireside notes cattle ticks in the Southern tick-infested region reduce beef output. It reports 550 pounds of blood loss per herd and that average cattle weight falls to about 450 pounds there versus 1,000 pounds in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
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Farm and Fireside
South
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Milk as an Excellent Pain Killer on Farms
Farm and Fireside urges milk or cream as a ready remedy for eye irritation. A few drops relieve tar, cement, or gnat in the eye and work quickly when medicine is unavailable. The piece highlights milk as an always accessible farm remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mrs Laura Beall Reports Relief After Foley Kidney Pills
Mrs Laura Beall of Plattsburg Mississippi says in a letter that after illness beginning in April with persistent left side pain and symptoms resembling Bright's disease she took Foley's Kidney Pills and now feels entirely better. The ad claims quick relief for back ache rheumatism aches and pains and bladder troubles. Engbertson's Pharmacy distributes the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Beall
Plattsburg, Miss
Bright
Foley
Engbertson
Dip Sheep Now Urges Dipping For Parasites
A. E. Patterson of Kansas State Agricultural College urges dipping sheep to kill external parasites such as mites ticks and lice and improve skin and wool growth. Warm dipping solution 100 to 104 degrees is recommended with a minute to a minute and a half in the tank. Dipping should be followed by a second dip after fourteen days. A galvanized 8 by 2 by 4 ft tank with a chute and drainage works best. Any coal tar dip up to 2 percent may be used and several prepared dips are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Paterson
Kansas State Agricultural College
Dr. Patterson
Montessori Methods Applied to Horses Training Techniques
Farm and Fireside advocates humane horse education over breaking to preserve spirit and energy. Begin with early handling to gain trust, teach leading, then introduce harness gradually. Train the colt to respond to commands like Get up and Whoa, before hitching to a wagon. Emphasizes horse sense and patience as key to successful training.
Green Feed for Hogs Pasture Economics
The article argues farmers should provide well managed pasture to raise hogs profitably. Green feed reduces production costs, supports weight gains, and keeps animals in thrifty condition. It notes early-year green feed is best and that grasses supply muscle and bone forming nutrients.
How Earth Absorbs Air Moisture
A dry soil will absorb moisture from moist air. Farm and Fireside notes a thousand pounds of dry sand gains about two pounds in twelve hours. Loam soil gains about 21 pounds and clay loam about 25 pounds.
Liniment ads boost travel gear and medicines
A vintage advertisement page promotes Sloan's Liniment for muscle soreness after activity and as a remedy for toothache neck and back pain. It includes traveler claims about packing Sloan's, plus Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild laxative for constipation and indigestion and an ad for a one year Common English course at Waldez College targeting eighth graders and future teachers.
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Sloan
Waldez College
Ady
Get Rid of Insects in Poultry Hens and Mites
Controlling mites and lice is crucial for poultry success. Mites feed at night, hide in crevices, and lay eggs in dirty cracks. sunshine and dry, clean conditions curb them. Treat infested areas with kerosene emulsion, lime, tobacco, or Cresco dip No 1 and spray every ten to fourteen days.
Planter's guide to June sowing and seasonal crops
The article outlines recommended crops and seeding rates for early June. It advises planting standard early corn, with two weeks of sorghum or cane at 60 to 80 pounds per acre. By July first Sudan grass or millet is safer, with Sudan grass hay at 20 to 30 pounds per acre and millet at three pecks. After July 10 buckwheat, after July 20 alfalfa prep, noting alfalfa dislikes wet feet, while sweet clover tolerates low wet soil and should yield hay if seeded August 1 for a June harvest next year.
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Sudan
The Black Sea’s Changing Names Through History
The Black Sea has borne varied names reflecting human sentiment and history. Ancient Greeks called it Pontus Axenos, the inhospitable sea, due to savagery seen along its shores, then Pontus Euxinus, the hospitable sea, possibly for a more favorable image or growing Greek trade. Turks later named it the Black Sea, noting its sheltered, stormy, foggy character vs the bright Aegean.
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Black Sea
Pontus Axenos
Pontus Euxinus
Aegean
Wool in Early Virginia Spurred Home Textile Efforts
Virginia early days encouraged wool raising and manufacture. The assembly estimated five children under thirteen could spin and weave enough to clothe thirty people. Rewards included six pounds of tobacco for a yard of homespun cloth and twelve pounds for a dozen pairs of hose. Slaves were taught to spin and wool wheels and cards appear in planter inventories.
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Virginia
County Court House
Foley Kidney Pills Relieve Long-Lasting Backache
Joseph G. Wolf of Green Bay Wisconsin credits Foley Kidney Pills with easing a severe backache that lasted months. The ad urges Foley Kidney Pills for kidney related pain, weakness, and sleepless nights as Engbertson's Pharmacy sells them. Belgian women embroider American flour sacks. the sacks will be returned as souvenirs.
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Joseph G. Wolf
Green Bay
Wis
Foley
Engbertson
America
Dr Kings New Discovery for Cough and Colds
Hacking coughs weaken systems and Dr Kings New Discovery offers relief with pine balsam and tar to soothe passages loosen mucus and aid healing. Also notes perils of travel without Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and urges preparation. Sold by R A Engbertson Adv.
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Dr. King
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
Scaly Leg Sign of Neglect in Poultry
A historical poultry care note explains scaly leg as a neglect sign preventable by greasing under scales and destroying parasites. It recommends lard kerosene and sulphur for prevention or treatment, soaking in warm soapsuds for severe cases, and using an old toothbrush to apply the mixture. For rapid cure, carbolic acid can be added sparingly to the grease, with repeated applications every few days until scales fall off.
Rings on the Oyster Rings Show No Fixed Age Rule
Miss Ann L. Massy tested Oysters from Ardfry in Galway Bay and found ring counts do not reliably indicate age. After examining over six hundred samples from eighteen months to six years, she notes 18 month oysters show two to five rings, three summers show two to six rings, and four-year-olds show three to eight rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann L. Massy
Ardfry
Galway Bay
Miss Massy
Iowa Crop Totals Report July 1 Crop Estimates
The Iowa crop report shows corn at 323 million bushels on July 1, up from last year’s 303 million. Winter wheat is listed at 6.8 million to 10.95 million. other crops totals span barley oats apples etc. Hay condition stands at 95 percent of eight year average. pasture at 104 percent of ten year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Ancient Baths of Caracalla Size and Scale
The Caracalla baths could accommodate 1,600 bathers at once. The enclosed area covered 360 square yards and included a foot racing course. The bathing complex measured 240 yards long by 124 feet wide, with walls eight to ten feet thick and up to fifty feet high in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracalla
Biliousness and Stomach Trouble Story in Lima Ohio
Miss Emma Verbyrke of Lima Ohio describes frequent stomach trouble and bilious attacks two years ago. She reports rapid improvement after trying Chamberlain's Tablets sold by R A Engbertson. A note adds that music boosts work speed aboard ships during coaling based on naval regulations and experiments.
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Emma Verbryke
Lima
Ohio
Chamberlain
R. A. Engbertson
Uncle Sam
Foley Cathartic Tablets praised by Mrs. Slauson in Norwalk
A reader from Norwalk Connecticut says Foley Cathartic Tablets are wonderful and notes hot weather worsens digestion. She mentions constipation and related ailments as caused by clogged bowels and commends Engbertson's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinebeth Slauson
Norwalk
Conn
Engbertson
Long Baghtche tunnel opens in Turkish Bagdad railroad
The Baghtche tunnel, three miles long, pierces the Amanus mountains on the Asia Minor Syria border. It is the longest in Turkey and its completion removes major construction difficulties for the Bagdad railroad. Engineers faced extremely hard quartz rock and used special boring machines. The line crosses eight steel bridges and nine small tunnels as it connects isolated track sections.
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Turkey
Bagdad
Amanus
Asia Minor
Syria
Baghtche
Alps
Baghthhe
Scientific American
Gave the Baby Rest in Night Cough Remedy Ad
Mrs. Wm Leonard of Pottsville Pa reports her baby with a bad cough found relief after the first dose of Foley's Honey and Tar a family cough medicine advertised by Engbertson's Pharmacy The note warns that children cannot stay covered at night leading to cold and stresses the product as reliable despite containing neopiates or harmful ingredients.
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Foley
Wm. Leonard
Pottsville
Farms for Sale Near Red Wing Minnesota
240 acres five miles from Red Wing on Main road with plow land pasture wood and buildings. Price 84.00 per acre with 5000 cash and balance at 5 percent. 200 acres eight miles from Red Wing two miles to station possession after crops. 115 acres plow land stock and grain farm with buildings price 67.50 per acre. 100 acre farm near town with buildings all plow except 5 or 6 acres timber. 12000 total price with 2000 cash and balance 5 percent long time. BRYAN LAND AGENCY Red Wing Minn.
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Red Wing
Bryan Land “Agency
Minn
Notice of Appointment of Administrator for Martin Toyen
The undersigned is appointed administrator of the estate of Martin I Toyen who died in Decorah township Winneshiek County Iowa intestate. Bond filed as required by law. All creditors must present their claims and debtors pay to ENRY C TOYEN Administrator Decorah Iowa June 26 1916 Willett and Nelson Attorneys
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Martin 1. Toyen
Martin I. Toyen
Decorah Township
Winneshiek
Lowa
Enry C. Toyen
Decorah
Towa
Willett & Nelson
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Eugene
Knight
Wilmington
N.C
J. C. Beard
THE
Adams Seed CO
Marsh
Ingvoldstad Lumber Co
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
North Dakota
New England
Cannon Ball Valley
Hettinger and
Stope Counties
N. D
United States
Mortenson & Elliott
New England, N. D
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