Hogs as an economic asset and farm practice guide
Expert F. H. Rankin opens guidance on hog management on the farm, urging careful breeding, balanced rations, and clean, dry housing. He stresses the difference between flesh and bone build, and favoring varied feeds with corn, roots, and clover to improve pork quality and farmer profits. The article blends practical livestock advice with broader reflections on social advancement and educated farming communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Rankin
Rankin
Wisconsin State Experiment Station
Jean
Iife
Nature
Rev. Parkhurst
New York
Lfe
An Ideal Poultry Farm Description From Historic Plan
An extended field guide details a two-house poultry complex in Stephenson County with 8 by 8 foot square units, open scratching pens, stone-raised floors, and plumb shade trees. It covers construction, roosts, nests, droppings removal, ventilation, sanitation, and disease control, plus advice on breed choice and lice prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County
Warold
Lee
Lambert
Poultry houses and yards praised by T Turner in historic note
A rambling historical piece extols poultry houses and yards at a Fergus farm near Fleroy Sard, noting 160 feet long yards with 60 cherry trees and 70 plum trees. It celebrates the Hen as the barnyard queen, praising utility, economy and profit from hens and eggs in rustic verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tddal Fouiery and Meat Farm Company
Fleroy
Maud
Lai
All Hall
T. Turner
Cures for yellow jaundice and health notices from variety items
A collection of short notices includes a testimonial praising Electric Bitters for yellow jaundice, a clever trade ploy by M. Carre involving a tenor and charity, a guaranteed cough remedy offer, details on Vienna municipal gasworks, warnings about kidney disease from mineral water, and a Bethesda Mineral Spring Co health booklet offer, plus an Austrian army draft fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda
A. M. Jones
Bethesda Mineral Spring Co
Waukesha
Wis
Prevent Pneumonia With Chambers Cough Remedy
A vintage health note asserts pneumonia follows colds and la grippe less often when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is used. It promotes the remedy as the best cure for bad colds and la grippe with a satisfaction guarantee. Sold by Emmett & Burrell. Also notes the Prince of Wales holds the first dukedom created in Scotland 500 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Emmett & Burrell
Duke of
MR. G, Vachar
Osgood At
Chicago
Foley's Honey and Tar Heals Lungs and Cough Cure
An ad proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar as a guaranteed remedy for la grippe coughs and lung ailments, claiming it prevents pneumonia. Available in 25¢ and 50¢ sizes from H. J. Moogh, Swarts & Fleck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
H. J. Moogh
Swarts & Fleck
Auction for grocery business and meat market sale
The undersigned invites bids by letter for the stock of a grocery business and meat market once run by H. D. Post. Bids to be received until next Saturday January 28. J. F. Kelzy, Agent, 28d in 107 Stephenson St. Hair Work in All Its Branches. Mrs. A. C. Thomas, 255 Galena pirast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Post
J. F. Kelzy
Stephenson St
A. C. Thomas
Galena Pirast
Among My Books and Poem Fragments
A collage of verse and prose snippets celebrates literature and imagination. It weaves poems about nature and fame with ironic portraits of readers and a fleeting social vignette of a charming debutante candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicotine
Verses of War and Autumn Echoes Across Nations
A collage of poems and verse fragments reflecting wartime memory, sea battles near Santiago, autumnal imagery, and imperial themes. The pieces weave scenes of fallen sailors, quiet lovers, wizardry of fall, and Vanquished empires under the banner of progress, with archival voices from De Mille, Lampman, and others.
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Farmers! Institute
Tina
Gay
Ponr
Hye
Geo
W. Shippy
McConnell
Bell
M. A. Hogarty
Lexington, Ky
Emmert & Burrell
M. Carre
Paris Opera Cantique
Bordeaux
Emmert & Barret
C. P. Gueniger & Co
H. J. Mooex
Vienna
National Army
la Grippe
Alvays
Sidney Smith
Dear Lamb Solesan
Dean Swift
Horace
Hogarth
bin Penell
Folly
Wisdom
Tiesluner
Quillian
John B. ‘Wabb
Colorado
Sunny Ag
Cliffs OF
Santiago
Etter
Lylays
Spain
A. B. de Mille
Pall Mall
Lis Censer
Goes
Archibald Lampman
la Scribner’s
Porto Rico
Philippines
Yankee
Cireus
Empire
Cireles
MR A
THE
Centauh Company
TT Murray Street
New York City
Jackson
Danville
Ill
First-Cass
California
Oregon
Union Pacific
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western Railway
MTA Prem
Smith
Monroe §&T
Chicago, Ill
Van
Lou R
Mieki
John Erfert
ALL Grocers
IWM
Clement
Freeport, Ill
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