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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1926
Page
3
A noisy 19th century style advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Tepsin as a powerful stomach remedy for gas heaviness and distention. It claims rapid restoration of vigor, money back if not helped, and broad sales across local dealers, with bold promises and aggressive land and investment pitches interwoven.
Edward W Pickard surveys political charges in Indiana and national reactions. Dan Stephenson’s assertions, war debt stances, and calls for investigations ripple through Indiana politics as national figures weigh probe prospects. The American Legion backs the Paris convention and a reformed primary system, while labor opposes fascism and Russia. International events include Nicaragua talks and Cantonese advances in China.
The article compares stabilization in livestock with grain farming, noting weather and labor roles. It argues dairies struggle to equalize year round output, cites butterfat price effects on marketing, and observes regional shifts toward steadier summer milking and profit-driven production changes across seasons.
A longtime West Virginia dairyman, famed for hard knocks experience, hawks odd tips that risk bankruptcy for dairymen. He advises feeding timothy to cows for racehorse strength, keeping water ice cold to exercise cows, opposing cow-testing associations, banning barn windows to hide from workers, avoiding heavy milkers, and skipping milk weighing to avoid extra calculations.
W J Frazer of the University of Tulnole says legume hays plus grain boost heifer growth and cut feed waste. He notes summer is ideal for cheap gains and that alfalfa, clover or soy bean hay fed with corn can outperform normal growth, with no need for extra high protein grains.
An Ohio calf feeding test reports a gain of one pound for every three and a third pounds of off meal. Adding two pounds of off meal to a ration of corn silage and alfalfa hay saved one third of hay. Calves fed Calvease corn silage and alfalfa hay for 140 days averaged 1.3 pounds daily gain, while adding two pounds of off meal raised daily gain to 1.94 pounds, an increase of 0.6 pound per day.
An article outlines three fly types irritating dairy cows. The common house fly crawls on secretions near the eyes without bloodsucking. The stable fly bites using a beak to suck blood. The horn fly is smaller than the others. Sanitation is the key method to combat these pests.
A fragment discusses dairy barns as rustable structures for farmers under current conditions. It questions the need for elaborate barns and outlines key qualities include warmth merit ventilation sanitation and convenience for suitability.
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