Gray Percheron Geldings Favored for Circus Drafters
A farming columnist reports that gray Percheron geldings weighing 1700 to 1800 pounds dominate circus heavy draft work. Ringlings, Sells Floto, Barnum & Bailey and others buy largely from Wisconsin and neighboring states, with fifty horses on a big van common. Quality, color, and conformation drive purchases, while wrecks and winter care shape pricing and supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal McAuler
Chicago
Mike Dwyer
Wisconsin
Towa
Illinois
Preventing Joint Ill in Foals Through Cleanliness and Care
The article explains severe septic arthritis in newborn foals traced to dirty stables and contaminated navels. It urges immediate navel antiseptic soaking with carbolic acid or iodine, cording up the cord, and thorough stable sanitation to prevent infection. It notes possible treatment by a competent veterinarian and vaccination to lower mortality.
Why Do We Cultivate Corn
The article explains reasons for cultivating corn including perfecting the seed bed deep early cultivation to aid water uptake, weed control with various tools, forming a mulch to conserve moisture, and breaking crusts after rain. It notes weed pollution from certain plants, practical depth considerations, and that cultivation frequency varies by conditions.
Apple Blotch Control Bulletin Advises Bordeaux Mix
The article outlines apple blotch development and spraying timing. It recommends Bordeaux mixture as the proven control, with schedules from F. W. Faurot including three applications at four to six week intervals after blooming and codling moth considerations. It notes arsenate of lead paste additions and cautions about stronger mixtures increasing injury risk. It also advertises Dean's Ointment and a fly swat line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Faurot
University of Missouri
Potato Crop Rotation Promotes Soil Health In Wisconsin
James S Milward of the Wisconsin Potato Growers Association cites that rotating crops with clover improves soil, reduces disease, and boosts fertility. He notes common rotation patterns and warns against overcropping new soils with potatoes before plowing down clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
James
Milward
Wis
Potato Growers’ Association
Get Rid of Your Rheumatism with Chamberlains Liniment
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Liniment as a remedy for rheumatism with a testimonial from W R Eckhard of Homer City New York claiming complete cure after one bottle. It notes Eng bretsons Pharmacy as a seller and mentions other ad lines for Dean's Regulats and a general rhyme about duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R Eckhard
Homer City
N. Y
Engbretson
Adv
Dean
Cora Hackett
Plum
West Union
Miss ‘Hacktt
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
Backache and Kidney Health Advert and Tax Notice
An advertisement urges kidney health with Dean's Kidney Pills citing symptoms such as backache and fatigue. A separate legal notice announces a Special Execution by Winneshiek County Iowa, dated May 11, 115, levying on described real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottfried Heuser
Decorah Township
Winneshirk
Iowa
Friedertka Heuser
Decorah
Town
Boice & Hook, Attorneys
Winneshiek County
Towit
Soft Cooked Eggs
Instructions describe placing an egg in boiling water and simmering it in hot water for seven to eight minutes to achieve the desired consistency.
Fitch argues dandruff caused by dirty condition not germ
F. W. Fitch states that a germ does not cause dandruff, but a dirty condition allowed to exist by ignorance money or will to spend on a remedy that will do the work. This view emphasizes hygiene over microbial causes and critiques access to treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
van Poses
Bulfela
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Sells-Floto
Middle West
Joint Il
Wallaces
Rexare
John G. Schimming
Euyroyee
Wysiva
Swanevd
England and
Wales
Day & Paine
Said
H. A. Warner
Said County
Swenson Valve Company
C. O. Ellingson
N. Willett
Reardon
Druy and Transfer Line
James Reardon
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. W. Fitch
F. W. Fitch Co
Boone
al Oe
J. C. Beard
Anic
California
San Diego
San Francisco
L. R. Schrempf
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
the Adams Seed CO
Ingvoldstad & CO
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