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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
8
Practical tips on pruning tomatoes hay making and dairy farming cover crop needs milking quality brood sows and cows, manure waste costs, duckling pens, silo use, Shropshire sheep, draft horses, veal calves, hen egg production, feed care and early disease remedies.
A series of practical farming prescriptions covers sheep handling, summer cattle care, grit and lime access, vermin control, safe machinery storage, peat soil, poultry housing, ventilation for chicks, crop rotation, vegetable supply, and dairy herd management. It emphasizes feed efficiency, weed control, bedding, and accurate milk yield tracking.
B F Phillips argues practical beekeeping hinges on understanding bee habits rather than rules. The piece explains colony structure with queen workers drones and how hives are managed, swarming behavior, queen cell development, and how division creates new colonies, emphasizing experiential knowledge.
Farmers debate large hog houses with individual pens versus single cots. Most top producers now use both types, using large houses for farrowing and communal sleeping later in the year while moving sows and piglets to individual cots as weather permits.
An agricultural note says OL Meal famed for preventing indigestion in lambs and keeping young sheep calm and steady during feed transitions.
Personal testimonial from W. A. Armstrong of Corbin Kansas dated May 26 1911 describing severe back acne itching burning and oozing. After three years of failed remedies he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent and reports dramatic relief within two weeks and nearly complete cure in three to four months. Advertisement notes Cuticura products available from druggists and a free 82 page booklet by mailing to Cuticura Dept 27 K Boston.
A Brooklyn teacher tests a class on the term hypocrite. Bright pupil Robert answers with a wry definition, saying a hypocrite is a kid who comes to school with a smile on his mug.
During a hot spell a broker laments dull trading at 100 degrees. His friend teases that mercury offers a rare opportunity to sell the metal, calling it the chance of a lifetime. The exchange captures the quirky edge of market humor in the Boston Daily Evening Transcript.
An old advert text promotes Abe Antigeptin powder to be shaken into shoes for tired feet claiming to remove sting from coins and buttons and improve walking. Mentions a trial package and addresses Le Roy New York. Includes fragmented personal lines about Ella and Stella with flowery speeches.
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