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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1907
Page
8
Advice on dairy cow selection and care, home feeding, milking quality, and profitability followed by notes on farm electricity adoption in Germany France and the U S. Also guidance for vegetable gardening including crop rotation compost storage and pest control.
Ducks begin laying in February with about seven months to lay their eggs and yearling eggs hatch well. geese lay around thirty eggs in three to four months and require about three years for strong fertility. Geese pair with multiple mates. drakes care for four or more wives, while ducks are less broody. Geese are grazing birds and heavier, with average goose weight about double that of ducks. The drake has a distinctive curled tail feather.
An Illinois station reports that fancy steers outperform lower grades in daily gain and cost per pound of gain. Across grades from fancy to inferior, gains range from 2.57 to 1.96 pounds daily with rising costs, confirming higher quality stock yields better efficiency.
Advice to housewives about avoiding envy and gossip, appreciating neighbors’ virtues, and not overburdening life with trifles. It urges recognizing personal faults, valuing home life, and adopting labor saving devices to boost farm prosperity and efficiency.
Farmers weigh the value of oil meal in calf feeding. With ample sound corn and cob meal plus alfalfa hay or shredded corn, the question is whether oil meal is necessary and if it can be afforded at 23 to 25 dollars per ton.
Fort Dodge Iowa March 27 It was learned that George J Jukes 17 and Hattie Dickson a year younger eloped to the Twin Cities where they were reportedly married The groom worked at the Green Wheel er Shoe factory and the bride was a high school student and Baptist church choir member Parents reside in Fort Dodge The article also includes agricultural tips on strawberries fruit trees mulching and livestock feeds.
Royal Recorder imported April 1906 stands at my barn in Blackhaw township Jefferson County. Five year old dark bay with white hind feet and strip weighs 2000 pounds. Pedigree traces to Burgeon and Dunsmore line. insured living cost $15. seller C. E. McPherson warns insurance limits and disclaimers apply.
In Onawa Iowa March 27 a key compromise ends all litigation and opposition to the Mo nona drainage ditch in Harrison county. Contractors have ordered cement and will start work with a steam dredge soon. The project, with branches and laterals, may cost near 1 million dollars and ranks as Iowa’s largest drainage effort.
In Creston Iowa Willis M Brooks Republican and Thomas L Maxwell Democrat each tallied 643 votes for mayor. After recanvassing the canvassing board awarded Brooks the certificate of election by lot. A possible extra election may be needed in the Fifth ward due to five extra ballots.
Instructions advise discarding large seeded grapes and burying bones around the roots of vines and trees.
Northern farmers worry cotton seed meal harms cattle and hogs though used in the South. An Iowa test with 1/8 lb daily rose to 2.5 lb per head. after 42 days several steers died and others went blind. Prof. F R Marshall notes possible abnormal meal. Texas losses from high feeding led to current practice of about six pounds daily as a profitable limit.
A column traces food production and labeling efforts as U S growers push for higher yields of macaroni wheat and curb foreign labels. It notes alfalfa's introduction, orange growers facing railcar shortages, a steer auto collision, postmistress Alice Robertson linking bad roads to farmwomen's insanity, and Kansas seeking funds for a state press agent to publicize agricultural potential.
Advertisement promotes Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Sarsaparilla as a blood purifying tonic for those with blood disorders. It claims gentle, significant effects and offers pharmacy access at low cost.
A fragment suggests remedies promised for people sickly and out of sorts with rheumatism and chronic back issues. The text hints at relief methods that may claim long-standing benefits but lacks concrete details or verification.
Fort Dodge Iowa reports a man giving name S R Cheg from Sac City was arrested after he passed bad checks at several firms and obtained 77 dollars. Police found 5 cents, 4 pots of strychnine, morphine, and counterfeit signed checks on him. A private detective’s badge was found but yielded no proof of authority. Chego has been elusive for days until capture by the city police.
A brief note praises simple joys, saying a square meal to someone is better than a cautious investment in Easter lilies, framing food as a practical comfort over fragility.
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