27 Jan 1927
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1927
Page
1
Claude Melnotte Dabbs returns from New York with Ned Carter a stranger. Dabbs introduces him to Aunt Lyddy and Dabbs’s nephew. Carter reveals he broke with family and fiancee over pacifist views in a World War era drama.
Ned Carter Rangeley travels with Claude Dalles to Clover Hollow as the Peace Valley settlement unfolds. They encounter Clover Hollow residents including Professor OToole and Lizzie Mannheim, revealing class tensions and a concealed banker family link to Ned. Dorothy Selden confronts the uncle about Ned’s true identity and Loren Lorimer Mangeley.
Prof L A Maynard of the State College of Agriculture Ithaca argues that complex mineral mixtures in dairy cow rations are wasteful and sometimes harmful. He says only calcium phosphorus and sometimes iodine are needed aside from salt, and many additives, laxatives, and cod liver oil offer no real benefit.
A historic note discusses using pumpkins for cow feed in winter. Pumpkins offer a silage like substitute but require large cold storage space and careful handling to prevent decay. Feeding rates around 40 pounds per cow daily may raise milk in some cows while others gain fat and lower production.
Practical dairy guidance covers water for calves and cows during milk feeding, sturdy concrete barn floors, strategic calving between December and March, six to eight week rest periods with generous feeding to boost future milk yield, warm milk helps cream separators work better, installing drinking cups in barns, ample water supply, and selecting a strong bull to improve offspring quality.
The article discusses how beekeeping blends good and evil omens in folk belief, noting ancient associations with keeping honey bees. It describes the disruption of traditional practices as modern methods replace the old straw beehive makers and their observances, and hints at profitable husking and domestic use under skilled management.
A fragment notes a reader’s habit of repeatedly cycling through Betton poetry biography oratory science and more. It suggests the reader never evolves through reading but continually improves the quality of the books he chooses.
A Ten-Cent Piece explains to a bright Penny how a boy spent and saved money, learned to share, and then lost the coin when it was taken from his pocket. The tale uses personified coins to reflect on generosity, self control, and the feelings of being kept in someone else’s pocket.
A Baltimore trolley column recounts a humorous exchange where a boy asks for his arrow and a neighbor replies with a wry response about aid and a stuck cat, capturing a playful street scene and neighborhood banter.
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