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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
2
The article details the Oak Pruner Eliphidion vilosum, its life cycle, and how it bore holes in oak limbs. It describes larva tunneling, the larva cutting limbs to escape, and the beetle emerging after wind frees the path. It also covers cattle feeding practices and calf raising methods emphasizing hand-rearing benefits.
A dairy writer argues for hand feeding calves rather than letting them nurse. It outlines feeding stages from birth to two months, using whole then skim milk, adding oil meal jelly, and ensuring clean stalls to prevent scours. It notes advantages of hand feeding for temperature and digestion while cautioning against butterfat substitutes and improper feeding.
A writer in an exchange argues against ground feed mixed with milk for calves noting terrible cases of scours. The piece acknowledges mixed opinions and cites varied experiences with calf nutrition and health.
Bermuda Grass Grasa, highlighted by Department of Agriculture bulletin 102, is praised as a premier Gulf coast lawn and pasture grass. It thrives in well drained soil, resists grazing, and binds soil for levees. two to four tons per acre hay in favorable seasons. Propagation favors roots. seeding rare. Management includes seasonal plowing. eradication is difficult. Also notes on frozen eggs, their storage and use in commerce, with Missouri supplying many cracked eggs annually.
In a fogbound room Tom Webb discovers a corpse on the sofa after a drink fueled blackout. He tries to awaken the prone stranger, flees in terror as two lifelike eyes stare from the dark, leaving him racked by guilt and fear.
Ralph Weston describes a bleak night in London, meeting Tom Webb, a drunken former pupil, who later vanishes after being linked to a strangled lodger found at the Entienl house on Cato Street. Inspector Trail, a key figure, notes a thumb-mark and a found latch-key tying Webb to the case while Weston defends Webb’s character amid police suspicion.
In London’s Cato Street inquiry detective chief Trall grapples with elusive clues to the missing tenant Tom Webb and a murdered man. A letter from Madge reveals her concern while notes from Mr Prall hint the case may hinge on the victim’s tattoos and possible naval links.
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