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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
6
Iowa State College experts urge widespread silo use to boost dairy and beef production. The guide covers corn silage benefits, cow digestion, avoiding odor, inoculation importance, and methods to introduce silage and alfalfa bacteria. It also explains cow testing associations, economic gains from record-keeping, cooperative buying, and community farming cooperation.
F R Glassburner reports in Crawford County that traveling stallions produce more colts than stationary ones. By training his stallion to work hard, he saved expenses and kept the animal fit. In two seasons 0 mares bred yielded 70 foals at 77 percent, and 104 mares bred yielded 82 foals at 79 percent. Net profits after expenses were 825 first season and 1005 second season.
Elmer Henderson urges farmers to clean manure from yards between planting and plowing. He warns that delaying manure waste loses up to three fourths of its value due to decomposition and leaching. Clean yards improve sanitation and boost next summer’s hay quality.
A farmer-friendly comparison estimates one acre of alfalfa at about 57.50 dollars versus an acre of corn at 25 dollars based on 40 bushels at 60 cents. Alfalfa extends soil value, reduces labor, and improves future fertility, supporting the higher value claim.
In late summer and fall joints of Spanish needles and bars ripen and cling to anything they touch causing much wool to become ruined in the pasture.
A brief note highlights tools like hay slings and a leader to reduce hiring costs by boosting efficiency of available help. The focus is on practical devices that streamline labor and lower wage demands.
A simple low cost test for soil acidity, using zinc sulfide, calcium chloride, and lead acetate paper, promises faster, approximate quantitative results in 10 to 15 minutes. The method, designed for farmers and county agents, requires minimal risk with a total setup under two dollars, with full apparatus details to follow.
A dairy heifer calf should be handled from birth to maturity to become accustomed to all necessary manipulations. Proper early handling reduces future troubles and yields a better cow.
Jake the black cat found yesterday after Hamble's body lay a week in his Los Angeles room. Neighbors fed the starving pet until it was adopted by a nearby family. Officers credited the cat with arousing the investigation by its mournful cries. Also notes attack on coroner system amid Ella Winter case in Curtin bay.
City visitor asks a villager if lassitude exists in the swamp country. The villager replies no one suffers such a disease here, noting the worst illnesses are fever and ague as quoted by Livingalon Lance.
A woman recounts her family’s coffee ailments and how Postum relieved them. She notes her father’s stomach issues, headaches, and a lasting Postum habit after one grocer recommendation. She also shares her husband’s initial skepticism turning into steady Postum use. Packages include Regular and Instant forms with prices.
The guidance advises against cooling a burned limb in cold water due to temporary relief followed by worsened pain and skin damage. It warns against tight dry dressings and removing hanging skin, and recommends using oil or fats such as paraffin olive oil or lard with no salt, to treat minor burns.
State forester A Elliott notes cooperative patrols among lumbermen reduce forest fires, proving their value in prevention and protection of timberland.
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