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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
8
The article stresses that clean pig quarters aid health and lower losses from disease, noting that bad sanitation fosters more severe germ infections. It describes methods like movable small pens, thorough cleaning, disinfectants, and rotating hogs between quarters, urging farmers to improve cleanliness within economical limits.
A Vermont woman describes keeping a flock of 75 Rhode Island Red hens laying 30 to 36 eggs daily in winter and spring. She outlines feeding, coop routine, sale prices, and personal efforts to fund her household, noting hard work and independence from her husband’s wages.
The article outlines three essentials for a poultry house: a tight roof, solid foundation, and especially tight side walls. It compares old up-and-down board walls with battening, stresses the superiority of drop siding nailed to good studding, and notes painted walls protect against wind and dampness. Proper walls plus a tight dropping board keep hens comfortable and productive in cold, windy nights.
J TH Andre of Tioga County New York argues farmers overfeed hay to winter horses and warns it wastes oats. He urges grain as the core ration with hay to balance it, and less of both when horses rest. He notes overfeeding hay early can leave horses in poor shape for spring work.
A cough that lingers signals danger and Dr. King's New Discovery promises quick relief. Mrs. A F Mertz of Glen Ellyn Iowa reports six weeks of doctoring failed before the cough was cured. Promoted as best for coughs colds throat and lung troubles with money back if it fails. Sold by druggists and by mail from Bucklen Company Philadelphia or St Louis.
St Louis Globe-Democrat outlines fall fallow practices for gardens, patches, and small fruit plots. Use well rotted manure and poultry droppings with coal ash. avoid wood ashes. Apply in fall, plow deep, leave rough for weathering, and improve water retention. Emphasizes drainage and surface ditches to prevent waterlogging.
Two years ago ten acres of bath corn in Oklahoma funded a $400 silo and fed twenty nine 2 year old steers from December six to April twenty two gaining two pounds daily at seven dollars sixty cents per hundred. Net profit reached five hundred dollars. It costs about eighty cents a ton to silo corn. A Vermont feeding test favors letting corn stand till fodder frosts, grain matures, and frosting only slightly reduces silage value while grain gains offset losses. Good pasture grass is the best single ration for cows, with alfalfa hay as close. Keep old hens for breeders. they improve flock vigor even if egg count dips. Golden Bantam sweet corn proves superior, dwarf and quick to mature. Do not let sweet clover become woody before cutting. Expect less hay than stock relishes. Old straw stacks breed black stable flies. spread out to prevent rotting in one place. A fuzzless peach is being grown. a fuzzless, fussless man would be ideal. We can peel a peach. Blackleg or anthrax is in the West and may move East. vaccination is the only preventive. Whitewash mixed with cactus leaves becomes sticky when dry. Silver scarf can be killed with formalin. Infected potatoes must be examined and rejected. Kansas plants about one million acres of milo and kafir each year.
A historical note on dog carts used in England before 1830 as the sole means of locomotion for workers, with dogs drawing heavy loads over long distances. Mentions the origin of horsepower, a Parliament ban, and a brief ad for Barker's Remedy for Coughs Cold and Rheumatism sold at drug stores.
A Pike County New York advisory outlines early winter prep for poultry: clean and disinfect houses, repair roofs, apply whitewash, and prepare nest boxes. Deeply plow runs with mixed grains for green feed, then cull to keep healthy, vigorous birds, noting comb health as egg-production indicator.
H F Grinstead of Polk County Missouri advises on storing pumpkins and squash after harvest. A light frost won’t injure them but they must not freeze. Handle skin carefully to avoid bruising and rot. Place in a dry room or shed, with straw or hay in the wagon, and store in a dry hay loft to keep midwinter or later. Pumpkins from a corn fodder shock remain in good condition until Christmas or spring when stored properly.
The notice claims stomach disorders and constipation cause insomnia and promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a remedy. Sold by Engbretson's Pharmacy in the ad format typical of a local newspaper.
Advertisement describes headaches caused by torpid liver and constipation. Recommends Dr. King's New Life Pills as a fast relief, stimulating organs to work properly. Promises a regulator for liver and bowels, 25 cents per box, available at druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Also promotes Doan's Regulators for constipation at 25 cents in stores.
Notice to all interested persons to appear at Winneshiek County Court House November 10 1913 at 2 00 PM to show cause why the will of John W Mikesh deceased Calmar township Winneshiek County Iowa should not be admitted to probate The clerk confirms by seal dated October 15 1913 OLAT KALLEVANG Clerk District Court
Costly, labor intensive plowing turns billions of tons of earth yearly. In the previous year 275 million acres were plowed at 450 million dollars, equating to vast distances and a furrow encircling the globe. Purdue tests with three modern tractors and fifty plows cut an acre in four and a quarter minutes.
Advertisement claims Mother Gray sweet powders relieve feverishness headaches and teething troubles. They promise to move and regulate bowels destroy worms and break up colds in 24 hours. Sample offered free with address A 8 Olmstead Le Roy New York.
Notice is given that appraisers, appointed in the estate of Alice T. Donald, will assess property subject to the Collateral Inheritance Tax. The valuation will occur at 10 o’clock a.m. on November 20, 1918, at the County Clerk's office in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa.
Professor Budlong’s eczema case becomes a showcase for the famed D D D Prescription. A Connecticut hospital physician reports near-total relief after using two bottles, praising the life-saving remedy and its value.
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