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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1927
Page
6
Dairy farming expert W J Fraser argues that successful dairymen must be both skilled farmers and dairymen. A dairy rotation plan should balance feed supply, land use, and labor, with legumes as the rotation’s foundation. Limestone for soil and alfalfa costs are justified by higher yields and lower feed costs.
Calves usually begin nibbling grain and hay between thirty and forty days old. With skim milk and good legume hay, a grain mix of equal parts corn and oil or barley may be used. By forty days they eat about half a pound of grain daily, rising to four pounds of grain and three pounds of hay by one hundred eight days, plus sixteen to eighteen pounds of skim milk daily.
Dairy cows require warm housing and sleeping quarters in cold weather, says L P McCann of Colorado Agricultural College. Exposure to cold raises feed needs as lighter cattle lack fat. comfortable quarters reduce feed use and boost production. Cows kept outside in winter face higher energy costs and poorer results.
The text explains how feeding dusty fodder before milking introduces dirt and bacteria into milk. Dust carries bacteria, and ingesting dusty feed results in milk spoilage and sediment, making the product less acceptable.
Fragmentary ad copy and slogan phrases from a Rockford catalog page. Includes mock slogans about cosmetics cures and products, odd names, and incomplete lines. No coherent narrative or clear main event.
An old advertisement emphasizes that aspirin labeled with the Bayer cross is genuine and proven safe by millions of users and 26 years of medical use. It warns buyers to look for the Bayer name on packaging or tablets and to beware of imitations that could be dangerous.
A fragment notes a court appearance involving a person nicknamed Janice the yegg and a figure named Jimmy the slugger. The terse text references an in court moment this morning with limited context.
An old fashioned remedy advertisement touts Musterole as a preventive and early treatment for influenza pneumonia and colds. It describes its warming and soothing effect, claims relief without blistering, and urges having Musterole for emergencies to prevent serious illness.
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