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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
8
A five pound package of Alabastine is combined with two quarts of cold water and stirred for about one minute to create a ready to apply tint. The copy notes that new shades can be achieved by mixing regular tints to produce soft buffs greens and blues pleasing to painters and households worldwide.
Public notice offers a free book titled The Mystery of the Lost Woman and free color scheme cards. Callers may request copies while supplies last and pick up at the designated city library and community center.
Special stencil offer with border designs. Regular price would be one dollar per stencil but you can get stencite free with a free book. Color scheme guide included. Request the free book and Color Scheme Card today by mail.
A 1916 letter from J F Ward of Donalda Alberta praises western farming conditions, yields, and prices. He reports 2600 bushels from 65 acres, oats 60–100 bu per acre, wheat 25–52 bu, hogs and cattle prices, and stock sales. He touts soil, water, climate, and tax comparisons with Iowa.
The article stresses that farrowing time is critical for swine breeders. It argues profit hinges on how many pigs a sow rears, not just how many she farrows. It recommends separating the sow a week before farrowing and feeding a high protein laxative ration, citing Missouri experiments with a corn shorts bran and linseed meal mix.
Guidance on managing a sow near farrowing including reducing ration, minimizing bedding to prevent crushing, keeping the sow quiet and separate, using a lantern for warmth if needed, and handling piglets gently. After birth, move piglets to a warm box, revive chilled piglets in hot water, provide water, withhold feeding for a day or two, then start with thin slop and gradually increase to a laxative milk-producing feed by two weeks.
An Osceola Wisconsin reader dated February 16 1916 credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing long standing kidney trouble after ten to twelve years of illness. He is now seventy two and able to work, endorsing Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo New York products and other remedies advertised. The note includes multiple brief product mentions and light moral quips.
The Bureau of Plant Industry notes a method to deter corn ear worms by creating a uniform sweet corn strain mixing sweat seeds and prolific habits with the long harsh husk of southern field corn. Poor laying hens need balanced feed to boost winter egg output. Ducks require fresh water three times daily and droppings boards should be cleaned regularly.
Professor Trueman's limestone trials at the Nova Scotia College farm show clover yields increasing on limed plots, especially on medium soils. on very rich land no difference, and on poor soil only small gains. Soil tests indicate acidity, justifying liming, with future plans to apply 1650 tons of ground limestone and guidance to farmers on rates of three to four tons per acre for long-term fertility.
The article surveys German farm methods to reclaim potash by capturing urine and urine leachate from manure. It describes cistern and conduit systems linking stables and piles to collect urine, pumped into barrels or loads of manure, and alternative rectangular pits with pumps to gather drainage from stalls into a deep, impervious pit.
Cream sales outpace farm butter production as home buttermaking dwindles. Farmers in small towns face tighter butter supplies and rising demand. The illustration showcases various butter workers that reduce labor and speed up processing for home production.
Careful experiments show hen diets influence egg color and flavor. Green foods and yellow corn deepen yolk color, white corn wheat and buckwheat yield paler yolks. Free range hens lay more color than caged ones. Excessive green foods may alter odor and flavor with onions and cabbage also affecting taste.
Vegetables for hens like turnips and pumpkin are best fed to chicks after thorough cooking and steaming, mixed into mash. The ax has no place in the orchard or pruning tasks. Prepare in advance before chicks hatch.
An old advisory promotes daily hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach and internal organs. It claims internal sanitation improves complexion, aiding women with pallor, headaches, and bad breath. The dosage suggested is a quarter pound of phosphate per purchase.
A quirky tale notes a man bought a manufactured old master under the belief it was genuine Van Dyke. The piece humorously contrasts belief with reality and hints at fabrication.
A fragmentary exchange shows Bualheea Poor admitting to raisin chicken stock while claiming a nighttime catch. The dialogue hints at a rural dispute or mischief over poultry, reflecting a colloquial speech pattern and local color from the period.
Deaf 76 year old Mrs. N. M. Flint testifies Anuric from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel Buffalo eases backache rheumatism and kidney trouble. Note explains Anuric is a potent uric acid remedy vastly stronger than lithia, claimed to relieve headaches and pains associated with rheumatism.
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