Wonderful Cures Reported in Germany
Report highlights revived German practice using herbs as remedies over concentrated inorganic drugs. Dr. R V Pierce promoted Golden Medical Discovery from native roots like goldenseal, Oregon grape, mandrake, queen's root, and black cherrybark as a harmless cleansing and stomach tonic. Testimonial from J Donato Matheson of Ossining claims relief from years of gastric and nervous heart symptoms after using Discovery and Pleasant Pellets.
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Germany
N. Y. World
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of
Buffalo
N. Y
Oregon
Doctor Pierce
J. Donato Matheson
Ossining
Thomas
Planting Alfalfa for Iowa Farmers
Iowa State Dairy Assn offers practical alfalfa guidance focusing on field drainage and soil pH, fall or spring planting timing by region, inoculation benefits, seed bed prep, and proper seeding rates. A small test acreage is advised to learn the crop before expanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State Dairy Ass'n
Leg Weakness in Young Birds Cited in Wallaces' Farmer
Leg weakness is caused by too rapid growth and heavy body weight or by overheated poorly ventilated quarters. It can be mistaken for rheumatism but differs in swollen joints. Treatment includes more green food and skim milk, replacing corn with bran wheat and oatmeal, a tincture of nux vomica in drinking water, and for valuable birds rubbing legs with tincture of arnica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaces
Care of the Farm Egg Prompts Fresh Handling Rules
United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 160 reports on egg losses due to poor production, marketing and shipping practices. It finds infertile eggs resist deterioration, hot weather raises spots and blood rings, and most losses occur on farms. Five rules urge clean nests, daily gathering, cool storage, biweekly markets, and culling mature males after hatching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Cyclone Cave
Guaranteed Eczema Remedy Ad Claims Long Use
An advertisement touts Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a proven cure for eczema and related skin conditions. A Bath resident, J. C. Eveland, reports twenty five years of suffering ended after trying the ointment, which the label attributes to a physician’s formula. The ad notes availability from druggists or by mail through Pfeiffer Chemical Co.
Removing Fly Breeding Places to Fight Disease
An Illinois Farmers' Institute piece warns that flies spread diphtheria typhoid and tuberculosis via contaminated food water and waste. It argues breeding places are manure piles rubbish and filth and urges communities to remove them to protect families and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaughlin
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Whey Use in Feeding Pigs and Calves
The Wisconsin College of Agriculture reports fresh whey fed with grain boosts pig nutrition, valuing 1000 pounds of whey at 100 pounds of corn meal. Separated whey loses fat value, requires replacement milk, and sour whey is unsuitable. Calves can thrive on whey after six weeks old with hay and grain, but not as well as with skim milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaces
G. C. Humphrey
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Feed for Fowls from the Globe-Democrat
The article urges a balanced threefold diet for fowls comprising green food grain and animal protein with daily servings of each. It warns against a restricted diet causing indigestion and diarrhea, emphasizes green food’s importance, and notes a shift away from dry feeding toward warm wet mashes. It welcomes compatible advice from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Summer troubles with chicks in crowded coops
Summer troubles with chicks arise from overcrowding high weeds and mixed flocks. Chicks grow fast and crowded coops trigger colds sore eyes and stunted chicks. Mosquitoes and mites spread chicken pox through contact and in wet warm weather transmission rises. Isolate diseased birds treat with creolin wash and iodoform dust, feed younger birds separately and reduce cockerel numbers to boost pullet profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaces
Maine Experiment Station
Plymouth Rock
Surprising Cure of Stomach Trouble Ad Story
Mrs G Stengle of Plainfield shares a testimonial about relief from stomach upset and constipation after using Chamberlains Tablets. She reports improved appetite after nearly three quarters of a package and says she can eat almost anything now. Engbretsons Harmony sells the tablets. ad men and women are peculiar creatures.
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G. Stengle
Plainfield
Tate
Chamberlain
Engbretson
Harmony
Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for cuts and burns
In home use guidance Bucklen's Arnica Salve is recommended for burns cuts wounds and scalds with a testimonial from J H Polanco Delvalle Texas about saving his daughter's cut foot. Advertising copy claims the salve is the world's best at 25 cents and endorsed by dealers Burdock Blood Bitters is also advertised with a customer anecdote from Sunberry Ohio.
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Bucklen
J. H. Polanco
Delvalle
Tex
R. No
Adv
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised by Cheney Co Toledo
Frank J. Cheney swears as part of a Toledo firm that Hall's Catarrh Cure will cost one hundred dollars for each cure. The notice claims the remedy is taken internally and works in the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials are offered free. address F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sale through local merchants.
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State of
Ohio
Toledo
Tes
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
A. W._GLEASON
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
D. ‘Te
Glenwood Farmers’ Telephone Company
Nasset
Iowa
Decorah
Winneshiek
Alfa
A. D
Melvin Blegen
Jens Kallevang
Christ Fortun
Junder
Oyen
Rudolph Ruen
Torkiel Martinson
A. Halvorson
H. Teslo
M. Hanson
B. Geving
Nelson Womeldorf
K. Graves
Mineral Matter For Animals From Daily Mineral Needs
Scientific note explains that animals must receive daily mineral matter through diet as tissues break down and rebuild. It notes that cows horses and sheep seek salt or mineral matter and will eat earth if needed, while poultry crave grit shells sand and shells for egg production and bone maintenance.
Breeding Lessons Emphasize Domestication and Fowl Choice
The article argues hardihood matters in breeding yet domesticated fowls can rival wild stock. It advises farmers to select one improved breed for practical farming, highlighting Plymouth Rock Wyandotte and American Dominiques. It notes that confinement is needed for village poultry but free range benefits range birds. It cites old letters fetching high sums as a nod to old writing methods.
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St. Louis Globe-Democcrat
Hardihood
Plymouth Rock
Wyandotte
Fertilizing with Forage Crops in Farming Practice
Farmers nationwide shift to manure and forage crops to restore humus and soil fertility. Plowing under cover crops proves economical for organic matter, while integrating hogging down crops can offset lost feed value. Decaying plant matter remains key for soil improvement.
A Good Investment in Chamberlain Medicines
W D Magli of Whitemound Wis bought a stock of Chamberlain medicines to supply customers. After receipt he fell ill and says one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more to him than the cost of his entire stock. For sale by Engbrecht sons Pharmacy. Adv. Oleomargarine produced in large amounts last year and some was mistakenly eaten as butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Magli
Whitemound
Wis
Chamberlain
Engbretson
Allen's Balsam Advertises Tonic Cough Relief
An Anglo advertising note touts Allen's Balsam as superior for women's beauty and virtue, claims relief from deep coughs and colds, and notes sales over fifty years with bottles priced 25c, 50c, and 1.00.
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Allen
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ad copy touts women’s relief
Athens Texas resident Mrs Saran R Wuatey reports relief from a long running illness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims widespread success, notes 30 years of use, and invites letters to the Lynn Massachusetts lab for confidential female guidance.
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Athens
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Saran R
Wuatey
R. F.D
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Burdock
J. H. Walk
Sunberry
James H. Dixon
St. Judes
Christ Church Cathedral
Montreal
Stever
Lyman Brown
Murray St
New York
N.Y
Florsheim Oxford
Ben
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
WOOL
Pri
THE
Adams Seed
Water Street
Amrore
Mor Munn & Co
DOVER
Lex Perience
Chicago
Christ
Fortun
G. 8. Oyen
R. A. Nash
Albert —. . Nelson
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