Model Pennsylvania dairy farm lifts mortgage through manure plan
A southeastern Pennsylvania farm, 15 acres with 13 under cultivation, is hailed as a twentieth century model. Owner, a minister, paid off a mortgage by 7 years through stable manure use, disciplined feeding, and stringent hygiene. The herd of 17 registered Jerseys yields about 26 gallons daily, netting around 2400 dollars yearly, with minimal veterinary costs.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Quincy
Stewart
Big Editorial Office in Government Agriculture Department
The Department of Agriculture runs a large Division of Publications editing and revising about four items daily. Last year 1,463 new publications passed through, nearly 400 from the Weather Bureau, with 12,000,475 copies printed for the rest. George William Hill leads the division and promotes short, crisp, practical bulletins favored by farmers. Joseph A. Arnold is assistant chief and editor, central to editing and distributing these agricultural publications.
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Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
George William Hill
Mr. Hill
Joseph A. Arnold
Manure Handling Key To Efficient Dairy Farm System
A Pennsylvania dairy operation highlights a year round stable system that enables saving all manure both liquid and solid and applying it daily to fields. The method, requiring a educated manager, shows remarkable yields across farm portions and could be adapted to other farms with pasture land and differing land costs.
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Denmark
Pennsylvania
Farmers urged to use farm bulletins as vital library
A Department advocate praised farm bulletins as a vast mine of agricultural information ready for farmers. They cover practical subjects and, bound together, would form major volumes from leading experts. The notes cite ongoing medical missteps where doctors opt for confident care over honest uncertainty.
King Alfonso Shops For Hats In Paris Humorous Tale
A Paris anecdote recounts King Alfonso of Spain visiting Rue de la Paix and entering a hat shop with three young nobles. The ladies monitoring the street alerted the proprietor, the king asked for three hats for his mother sister and aunt, each in a quiet style, and the hats were to be sent to his hotel. The shop mistress courted him with compliments as he selected, leaving staff charmed by the royal visit.
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Alfonso
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Demoiselles de Magasin
King Alfonso
Bread pill remedy in medical belief
A physician says the bread pill, a harmless sugar pellet or sugar water mix sometimes with gentian, is the most important remedy known to medicine. It is often given to patients who imagine they have a doctor and seek medical reassurance, highlighting belief in its psychological effect.
Division's Work Shown In Large Building Space
Division's operations occupy an entire four story building as the printing outlay for the past year totals 258172 dollars. Mr Arnold notes the extensive distribution of farm bulletins while discussing a peculiar remedy called the bread pill used for difficult patient cases.
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Arnold
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