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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
12
Practical guidance on winter cattle feeding, dairy cow selection, and breeding. Reads like a farmer’s primer detailing pasture management, milk testing, calf training, hog serum readiness, and the value of clean water, grains, and shelter. Emphasizes manure value, proper horse care, and prudent dairy and sheep practices for profit.
The article explains that rural drinking water risks stem from neglected wells and improper waste disposal. It details well construction, water-tight walls, and drainage to prevent typhoid and other diseases, and discusses driven wells as a solution where water needs are modest.
A reader testifies that Resind Ointment cured a leg varicose ulcer after 14 months of prior treatment without effect. The account recalls Mrs. Cairos Ladylark of Northam urging trial and mentions Robert Davidada and Gailey, with a personal domestic scene concluding in a question about a visitor’s arrival.
Emigration from Scotland to the U S and Canada leads farms to hire more women. Women and girls perform planting, tilling, and harvesting on fruit and vegetable farms, often in coordinated groups. Wages run about 88 cents daily for full grown workers, 60 to 72 cents for harvest days, while men handle heavier tasks earning $4.38 to $5.24 weekly with rent. Overseers guide the group. hogs are noted as a need on the farm.
The table explains easily understood figures showing service dates and a birthdate row for each animal clan. It notes approximate timing as sow births align with later in the year, with figures reflecting typical patterns though not exact due to individual variation.
The fragment discusses claims of civilization versus torturing captives in a dialogue about hazing, then shifts to a speaker planning to ask a woman to marry, followed by an advertisement for Hamina Wisord Oil claiming relief from pains.
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