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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
1
A digest of global events notes Yerba Buena Island abandoned as a naval training site and calls to fund three minelaying submarines. It covers Mexican negotiations, a minor operation for RNC head Cordell Hull, veterans medical reforms, labor strikes, air power tests near Cape Hatteras, wildfires in Idaho, and pension estimates for WWI veterans amid global tensions.
Four Germans receive prison terms up to life at a French court martial for alleged espionage and military telephony infractions at Werden. A German Fascist council claims leadership and a invincible army in defense of conduct. A deadly train wreck near Krelensen station leaves 47 dead and 37 injured as the Hamburg Munich express collides with a stationary train. French troops seize five coal mines at Dortsfeld forcing miners to quit and forbidding return. Officials mark the twenty fifth death anniversary of Bismarck with a fatal interruption as Rev. Dr. Ruess collapses near the sarcophagus. A Vatican reception excludes improperly dressed women. Labor Secretary James J. Davis attends Welsh reunion in Chicago and American Legion in San Francisco with Lloyd George. Lady Astor’s liquor bill gains royal assent, restricting alcohol sales to under eighteens. British Steel Corp at Sydney closes after bomb damage disrupts water pipelines. The second Pan-Pacific scientific congress scheduled for Melbourne and Sydney gathers scientists from many nations. The ex-kaiser denies royalist plotting. Germany faces a looming Red Sunday. German police report Maj. Zormack, Lieut. Keller, and Knuth sentenced to death for espionage. Vancouver smuggling: 100 pistols and 15,000 rounds found at a Chinese-occupied house. Berlin becomes penniless as marks drop. Lloyd George to visit America with wife and daughter this fall. Bulgarian schools in Sofia impressed American educators praising balanced theory and practice.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the bulletin stresses careful handling of the early potato crop to shorten the marketing period. It outlines where to ship, how markets vary by year, and the importance of studying official reports for predicting prices and stock timing. Copies available by writing to Washington DC as long as supply lasts.
New York State college of agriculture urges patience with young purebred bulls. They warn many farmers sell calves before daughters reveal value, citing survey data on 76 bulls and the limited number of bulls old enough to judge breeding quality.
A Iowa State experiment shows pigs gain more with free salt access than with no salt or restricted rations. Leading researchers note pigs and brood sows should have salt in troughs or feeders, avoiding overconsumption when switching to free access.
Japanese millet can be used as green feed, cured hay, or seed crop. When used at 6 feed it outperforms other millets and has not caused kidney trouble in livestock. Like timothy, it is practically fool proof as a feed and many dairy farmers have used it as a selling crop.
Sunstroke in horses, caused by sun exposure, can be deadly if untreated. Move the horse to shade, apply cold water or ice to the head, avoid full-body drenching, and monitor for several days before gradually returning to work.
Farmers note that sheep need shade from June through fall with scarce shade in sunlit pastures. Some flocks shelter under shed shade or sunproofed stable spaces, removing windows and adding muslin to keep interiors cool and sanitary. Other methods include makeshift roofs from old lumber supported by posts to create cooling shade.
Research at the Wisconsin experiment station shows seven pure bred draft foals fed 11.4 pounds of concentrates and 6.4 pounds of alfalfa daily for 182 days gained 19 pounds per day on average and reached about 1141 pounds at 7.5 months. The study supports that with proper feeding draft foals can reach 1000 pounds by one year.
The Arizona prairie dog eradication program in 1922 returned about fifteen dollars in farm value for every one dollar spent, with a state and federal appropriation of 20000 dollars. Farmers valued crops, fruit trees, and range grasses waved in destruction at around 475000 dollars, roughly 15 times the investment.
A historical notice advises growers to dust or spray cucumber beetles with arsenate of lead, suggesting dusting when dew is on. It recommends a mixture of a quarter pound of arsenate of lead to two and a half to three pounds of nondered Mme. for small quantities.
Dealers are sometimes at fault in causing poor quality eggs received by consumers by holding quality eggs in a warm place after delivery and keeping them for too long. Quality eggs will not stay good under these conditions.
United States Department of Agriculture warns that continued shipment of immature lambs will flood markets with low grade product and cause sharp price declines. Committee of Trade Interests notes light receipts since May and high prices deter shippers from sending young lambs, though future heavy movements in June and July threaten price volatility if quality declines persist.
Leading to Better Care BR W Clark, livestock specialist at Colorado Agricultural College, offers mare care guidance for farmers. He notes foaling season has started, mares require careful handling, and heavy work should be avoided. Emphasizing sanitation, proper feeding, and gradual return to work, the advice urges personal attention and a gentle easing back after foaling.
In orchards with shaded ground, crops like vetch and clover struggle to establish, while alfalfa and rye fare better. Alfalfa remains popular but delays harvesting, and keeping it in bearing trees longer than three to four years can harm fruit production, suggesting careful crop choice and timing.
Dairy practitioners should keep official records on every cow in their herds. Early records may seem useless but later prove worth many dollars. Milk weighed and recorded ensures accurate production data, helps identify low producers, and adds value for surplus animals and proven bulls.
Herbert A. Shearer explains from the Los Angeles Times that integrating poultry with fruit orchards benefits both crops and hens. The plan adds fertilizer, controls orchard pests, and requires weekly cleaning. a 12 by 10 feet house suits 50 hens, with micro houses for larger flocks.
New York college of agriculture researchers report barley with tankage nearly matches corn for hog fattening. Six groups of eight hogs tested with combinations of corn, barley and tankage. the top gains came from a diet of 46 pounds corn, 46 pounds barley, and 8 pounds tankage per day.
The article notes pasture as the cheapest hog feed and a key factor in profit. It explains that pasture can reduce grain needs by about 30 percent to reach 100 pounds of pork, with blue grain and alfalfa listed as valuable though short-lived. Rape and clover are recommended summer and fall pastures for hogging down, enhancing gains and profits.
Portable hog houses offer a practical sanitary solution for large herds by allowing frequent relocation to fresh ground to prevent unsanitary conditions. Suitable for farms of any size, these movable shelters prevent crowding and provide adaptable shelter for renters moving between farms.
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