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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
3
Practical farming guidance covering land quality for strawberries loam thriving cattle milk production and feed efficiency. Advice on harrows potatoes poultry care pasture rotation cabbage planting manure management breeding bulls and winter pasture using bluegrass and clover to sustain dairy and hog operations.
A compact digest covers cabbage soil needs lime and watering for hens, lamb care post-shearing, milk handling, pasture practices, breeding stock quality, corn feeding value, cream temperature for churning, egg production rates, tree planting on pasture, barley versus flax weed control, turkey starter feeding, seedling transplantation, plant box spacing, and mineral supplementation to prevent soft shelled eggs.
Quick lime applications neutralize soil acids formed from crop decay and humus. Use water-slaked lime for immediate, effective results. air-slaked lime is less valuable. Spread finely after proper slaking, with piles, spreaders, or drills, favoring ground limestone for easier handling.
F H Elford estimates building a long shelter for 1000 hens costs up to $2.00 per hen, with Southern Ontario examples around $1. The colony system is often superior where land allows, spreading birds for health and waste reduction. Two house models at Macdonald College cost about $2.00 and $1.50 per hen, each 6x12 feet housing 25 hens plus winter males.
Demand for promising heifers of even grade stock is very great. Calves fed skim milk gain as much finishing them for veal as pigs gain. Extra weight from veal finishing yields substantial profit compared to skim milk feeding to pigs.
AJL plants absorb nitrogen from the soil but only legumes have the ability to extract nitrogen from the air, a key distinction in plant nutrition.
Fragmentary note shows a man pressing for a decision on a grant or support. He expresses uncertainty about his wife’s influence on the outcome and mentions a possible eightfold salary or payment linked to the grant, reflecting precarious finances and stalled expectations.
A Philadelphia mother reports her six year old son’s severe eczema finally improved after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as directed. She recalls two boxes of each item and a quick turn to recovery with no relapse. The tale recalls a teacher in a separate anecdote about a geography lesson and china products.
The notice urges rapid action against flies with pyrethrum burning in each room to stun and sweep up the insects. It stresses flies as disease carriers and advocates community health effort to reduce their numbers.
Wilbur Wright speaks to a Dayton reporter about the Daily Mail 350000 aerial race from London to Manchester. He notes the defeat by a Frenchman as more than shocking, calling it a Paulhan.
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