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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1915
Page
2
Surface alfalfa growers in dry regions differ on thinning the field after cutting. Some say cultivation helps thicken the crop, while others question the advisability of any surface work in the corn belt.
Calf deburn should occur at under three days old using caustic potash. Calf scours arise from overfeeding cold milk or dirty milk. Avoid these to reduce scours. Pastures shrinking soon, dairy work worsens. with care and intelligent breeding most herds can double production.
Farm Improvement association guidance from Winnebago County Illinois outlines best times to cultivate alfalfa spring after freeze risk and fall after final cut. It notes surface work can injure crowns and rot roots, advises shovel cultivators or spring tooth harrows, warns against excessive surface stirring, and suggests slower methods in wet years to protect crops and limit bluegrass impact.
The Kansas Farmer notes that selective breeding created diverse dairy cattle breeds across nations, yielding cows with varied colors and sizes yet similar profitable conformation. It argues dairy type emerged from selecting heaviest producers, and warns beef traits conflict with high milk output.
The article guides on preventing bore mouth in pigs linking infection to damp conditions. It recommends thorough cleaning of pens and yards, disinfection with a cresol solution, washing sores with a smaller concentration, whitewashing sheds, and sprinkling lime around damp areas to curb germ growth.
Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duff copies a tale of a lady and family who hired a Scottish house haunted by a ghost. She claimed memory of the place and rooms, yet no specter appeared until the agent reveals the woman herself is the ghost, a cheeky twist on spectral rumor.
A fragment praises reputation, noting a person is reputed to be worth a million and that a fine reputation is valuable. The remark underscores social value of esteem and wealth tied to character, but the source text is uncertain and fragmentary.
Practical advice from Dr J Hy Coffman Idaho Station on keeping hog pens clean dry and well ventilated to prevent disease. Emphasizes exercise space, sunlit sow and pig housing, sanitary feeding avoiding spoiled meat scraps, and regular inspection including at packing houses. Recommends lime whitewash isolation of sick hogs and proper disposal of dead animals.
The Cornell bulletin reports the principal leaf diseases in nursery stock, noting fire blight and various leaf diseases can cause heavy losses. It details which diseases affect apple, pear, cherry, plum, currant, gooseberry, peach, quince, horse chestnut, and rosebush stock, and explains nursery methods differ from those for mature trees.
Farm and Fireside notes emphasize that rain or poor weather should not confine work teams. When possible, exercise them outdoors in pasture, or inside in box stalls or a covered shed to keep them rested and ready when weather clears.
E. Leslie warns in the Town Homestead that sheep need water even on succulent grass. They often drink little, yet should always have access to pure water. During suckling time their need increases. avoid stagnant pools and ensure quality drinking water.
The Poultry Raisers note emphasizes earning from selling hatch eggs through absolute honesty. It advises selling strictly fresh fertile eggs with expected hatchability and warns mongrel fowls are unsuitable for reliable egg production due to uniform color and size concerns, recommending pure breeds even if mongrels may lay similarly.
A broad survey from Lansing-Lewis 23 year fight to Stonehenge auctions and Chinese armament plans. The piece links Senator James Ham Lewis, Secretary Robert Lansing, and the James Hamilton Lewis case over a Pacific fishing smacks dispute with Russia. It covers Stonehenge sale talk, China’s military reorganization under Yuan Shih Kai, summer camps for city children, and naval expansion including submarine plans and Italian king Victor Emmanuel II’s frontline status. It also notes British and South African military context and Russian emigration expectations postwar.
Denver August 24 Patrick Keenan of this city has completed an invention to render small boats and submarines invisible both on the surface and underwater at short distances. The plan uses mirrors mounted above the water to reflect the sea, creating an unbroken surface. Experiments were conducted in City Park lake where a large central mirror made from shore 100 yards away appear as open water.
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