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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
7
Guidance from the United States Department urges increasing feed, breeding sows before June for profitable fall litters. Early May to June breeding is best, avoid summer unbred sows, and use flush feeding to enlarge litters. Proper care of pregnant sows includes bone and muscle seeds, weight gain without fat, and pasture with small grain until farrow.
A short piece urges patriotic service by home farming. It recommends expanding gardens to can surplus for the year, planting more potatoes especially sweet potatoes, and maximizing corn or kafir cultivation. It suggests rotating crops, preparing wheat land for oats, planting cowpeas, saving manure, and boosting poultry and livestock. warns against pests with orchard and garden care.
Field notes from Colorado Agricultural College discuss heel flies attacking cattle in summer. Larvae hatch after eggs laid on hind legs, migrate through the body, and exit to breathe and discharge waste. The article warns of severe parasitism and signs of damage to cattle backs.
The text explains the life cycle of flies that burrow into cattle flesh, from egg to larva to pupal stage, with emergence in about a month. Grubs reduce hide value and flesh, and can be pressed out or destroyed by kerosene or pine tar. It also notes using coal tar dips to deter flies.
Dr. C W McCampbell of Kansas State Agricultural College warns that Sunday feeding often leads to illness in work horses, including a common Monday sickness and cold. He advises lighter grain, consistent feed, and possibly a steamed bran mash with salt, plus allowing idle horses outdoor access or pasture shade when possible.
Shoats for early market should have millfeed slop twice a day in connection with abundant green feed. Keep a box of wood ashes and charcoal under cover in the feeding pen where Lacy can eat what they need.
British forces launched a dawn assault capturing Messines Wytschaete ridge, breaking German lines near Ypres. Explosives and heavy artillery wrecked trenches while British air power dominated the sky, aiding infantry advances with minimal casualties.
London reports that British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, staying at Walton House, heard the early blasts of the attack on Wytechate Bend. Preparations had matured and orders were given for a 3 am wake call as the premier and household members, and others in London, initially mistook the sounds for heavy guns.
A collection of home kitchen instructions includes a doughnut recipe using sour cream, sour milk, soda, and ginger, plus methods for Swiss salad dressing with honey and olive oil, and various dishes such as halibut casserole, chicken a la king Waldorf, steak with onion and pepper sauce, ham with onions, scalloped mushrooms, whole wheat bread by Dr. Wiley, and soft pone. The text blends cooking steps, ingredients, and occasional quotes.
Mrs Augustus Jimmick of Enchant Pennsylvania describes severe female troubles and fainting spells. After trying several doctors she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from a book, improving quickly and returning to work. The ad urges other women to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An Alaska coast fish, the Atka mackerel, is not a true mackerel but a fine edible fish. The Bureau of Fisheries encourages salt curing of the fish, to be marketed next winter under the name alkafish from Alaska canneries.
An old advertisement advises on skin improvement by applying Cuticura Ointment and washing off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It claims to show changes after ten days, offers a free sample by mail, and provides an address in Boston.
The fragment depicts Mrs. Gwendolyn Van Style and Mr. Griffin in an etiquette scene. A servant warns Griffin to greet the gentleman and not wait in the drawing room. A maid questions how a man may fool himself by lying to himself amid social expectations.
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