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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
8
A farmer outlines canning methods for old hens and fowls to preserve meat in glass jars. The process uses quart jars, salt, water, and a boil then cool method, noting ease of use for busy households and avoiding last minute slaughter.
Eastern apple growers found success marketing fruit in small bundles to consumers and retailers. Farmers used half bushel peach baskets, carton packs of 12 to 15 apples, or 50 to 100 fruit boxes, with varied profitability and more labor for sorting and packing.
A poultry expert notes pullets that miss laying before freezing weather face seasonal loss. Mediterranean hens hatched by May 1 should lay by early winter with high protein feeds, beef scrap, bran, middlings, and oil meal. Provide green feed and exercise to boost lay and health.
Forget Your Aches. Sloan's Liniment claims to ease rheumatism gout lumbago neuralgia and back pain with easy application that penetrates without rubbing. It is promoted as cleaner and more effective than ointments, handy for strains or sprains and available from druggists for 25 cents.
An Iowa correspondent cites a Wal lace s Farmer piece advising each bee colony keep about thirty pounds of honey for winter. It covers winter housing, straw bedding, syrup feeding recipes, ventilation, storage conditions, and timing to prepare hives by Thanksgiving.
About twenty thousand dollars worth of dairy cattle were brought into Marinette county Wisconsin through a banker farmer cooperative plan. Howard I Wood notes the program funded by twenty five thousand dollars with bankable securities, three to five year payments, and six percent interest. The effort expanded to grains grasses and seed potatoes last spring.
Fall planting yields green bunching onions weeks ahead of spring sowing. The potato onion variety from T use in Perm and Home is recommended. Plant large bulbs and sets in rows 18 to 20 inches apart. large onions six inches apart, sets three inches. Bulbs for green onions go deep to create long white stalks while sets are planted shallow. Mulch with strawy manure before freezing weather. Fall onions require little work beyond wheel plowing to mix manure and soil.
Public notice announces bids to buy school building bonds of Independent School District No 8 Burr Oak township Winneshiek county Iowa. Bonds total 1800 dollars in 200 dollar denominations interest 5 percent payable semi annually. Maturity schedule starts 1919 then annually to 1927. Sale cash on delivery. Dated 26 1916. Charles Dawley president Alice Price secretary.
Forest planting may succeed in spring after frost or in autumn before frost. Wood lot work is possible year round but fall or winter use is cost effective due to labor and foliage conditions. Gordon Dorrance of the Maryland state board of forestry cites growing opportunities and federal Smith Lever funding aiding state demonstrations.
C F Curtiss dean Iowa State College praises the Chicago International Live Stock Exposition scheduled December 2 to 9. He says the event fills a vital gap in U S livestock industry since 1913 and will be unusually beneficial to livestock interests nationwide. He emphasizes the expo as the culminating and most important event in North American animal husbandry.
The editor advises a sharp ax to kill infected birds and bury or burn carcasses. Treat roup like a cold with permanganate of potash in drinking water for a wine color, disinfect yards with 5 percent carbolic acid, and press nostrils then dunk head in 2 percent permanganate for 20 to 30 seconds, repeated twice daily until symptoms vanish.
Mrs. Anna Byrd of Tuscumbia Alabama describes relief from back pain and fatigue after using Foley Kidney Pills. The ad claims kidney and bladder disorders cause rheumatic pains swollen ankles and sleep disruption and promotes Dean's Regulats as a simple laxative option at 25 cents per box.
Notice names Alice Pierce as the permanent administratrix of Emily Palmer late of Burr Oak township Winneshiek County Iowa deceased intestate. Bond filed under law. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay to administratrix at Decorah Iowa dated Nov 11 116. Roice and Hook Attorneys.
Notice states Mary Wagner is appointed executrix of the Wagner estate, late of Winneshiek County Iowa. It asks all creditors to present claims and all debtors to make payments, with the date of November 4 1916 in Decorah Iowa.
A reader asks how to fix hens whose eggs smell foul. Vent greet is a venereal like disease spread by males. affected birds should be culled. If vent greet is absent, check housing for odors from paint, lice powders, stale straw, strong foods or cleaners. treat only if internal causes are present.
Mrs E O Irwin of New Kensington Pa says Chamberlain Cough Remedy gave her son Edwin relief from croup and urges mothers to keep a bottle at home and use as directed. The ad notes it is sold by R A Engbertson. An item claims 70 millionaires receive their mail daily at Lenox Mass and another note says Chamberlain Tablets relieved indigestion for Mrs Thomas Casey of Geneva New York. The Enbertson ad is listed again. The piece ends with a remark on gasoline prices not reducing joy riding.
If you are troubled with sour stomach you should eat slowly and masticate your food thoroughly then take one of Chamberlains ac For sale by R A Engbert.
Amendment adopted at special meeting in Decorah on October 11 1916 to insert vehicles and automobiles after farm implements in Article Six. 46 members voted yes, 1188 policy holders total. certification by John Hegg and William Linnevold. Notarization by Ellis J Hook on October 20 1916.
Poultry prices high this year prompt strict culling, urged by the Lincoln Nebraska College of Agriculture poultry department. Breed only vigorous males with strong bone and bright eyes. discard crow heads and weak legs. Retain late-melting hens, sell early-moulting hens, immatures, and only disease-free stock. Free range for breeders emphasized. avoid winter confinement until snow arrives.
Look out for serious disease when a cold lingers doubling up as new infections. Unberlain's Cough Remedy, trusted by thousands, reputed to cure, costs a quarter and sold by R. A. Engbertson. Also notes Roumania area versus New York and Massachusetts.
An advertisement urges parents to treat worms in children with Kickapoo Worm Killer. It claims pale fretful symptoms signal infestation and touts the product as pleasant tasting with mild laxative effects, sold by druggists for 25 cents a box.
A reader shares success with Doctor Pierce's Anuric tablets for kidney and bladder troubles. She reports relief from scalding urine, backache, rheumatism, and swelling after using the New York physician’s remedy from Buffalo. The note urges others to try Anuric through drug stores, noting doctor endorsements and the physician’s long history.
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