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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
5
The article describes stylish vanity sticks and related showy accessories for women, noting black and white striped outfits, satin coverings, enamel finishes, and matching bags. It highlights bloomers, a bedice style bodice, striped stockings, and a gaita cap with possible visor, urging usefulness on Fifth Avenue and Michigan Boulevard.
The readable portion shows a phrase about Reinden and an Abes- motif with Ottawa Ontario appearing in the fragment. Details are unclear but likely point to a regional reference or linguistic note.
The article stresses udder quality as the primary dairy trait in cattle selection. It argues that a large yet well supported udder with square teats and even quarters is desirable, and that dam lineage largely governs udder conformation in heifer calves. Attention to udder development is crucial in breeding stock choices.
After four weeks a calf can thrive on little or no milk. Prepare a gruel from corn neat old meal middlings bran ground meat if needed and cook to a porridge like texture. Start with a pint in three quarts warm water and work up to a quart. Also feed clover hay ensilage and any available roughage and begin cornmeal and ground cats as soon as the calf will eat.
The article notes summer dairy chores are toughest when pastures are short and flies troublesome. It advises growing supplemental forage crops and shading stables and keeping cows indoors during the hottest part of the day. It contrasts summer heat with hardship of winter weather.
The article extols Western Canada as the lands of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as a vast agricultural region. It notes high wheat yields averaging over 30 bushels per acre in 1915 versus 17 in the United States and cites inexpensive land with free 100 acre homesteads and low costs per acre. It stresses plentiful first class agricultural land, a small population, free education funded partly by taxation, and the appeal of moving from the U S to establish farming colonies with shared language and similar climate to Minnesota and North Dakota.
A Providence society received a letter about an unfortunate young man described as supporting his widowed mother and two sisters, with the note on the margin stating the case seems exaggerated. The item underscores charity appeals and scrutiny within benevolent circles.
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