Saskatchewan land yields high returns for Iowa investor
Mr. George B. Barr of Iowa holds seven sections in Saskatchewan fenced and rented for pasture or cultivation with strong profits. He reports Iowa land at $150 per acre but only 2 to 3 percent annual return, while his Saskatchewan venture produced a 50 percent gain on cost through 1915 and 1916 crops. Barr notes neighbors who moved from Iowa to Saskatchewan are succeeding as tenants and landowners. He promotes grazing cattle on unused quarter sections before finishing them for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Barr
Iowa
Saskatchewan
Barr
Mr. Barr
George
Charles Haight
Woman Dressed as a Soldier Reaches Dying Husband in Belgium
Mme. Simone Puget widow of Henri Puget the French novelist cut her hair and wore a British Tommy uniform to reach her husband who lay dying in Belgium from battle wounds. She arrived in New York recently and said英 assisted by English friends she donned the uniform after military authorities denied permission to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Simone Puget
Henri Puget
Belgium
Mme. Puget
New York
Hazebrouck
Cascarets Promises Quick Relief for Digestive Woes
Ad promote Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy to cleanse stomach and bowels, remove sour fermenting food, reduce liver bile, and ease indigestion. Claims include relief by morning and suitability for children as a harmless nightly dose.
Profitable Gains in Fattening Pens for Heavy Fowl
A guide to profitable fattening of heavy breeds notes leghorn and other light breeds rarely yield gains. Rocks, Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes, Game, and Dorkings fare best in crates. Three to four months is ideal for fattening, with most profit in the first two weeks and little if any after three weeks. Crate fattening can add about a pound in three weeks depending on bird type and feed. Turkeys and waterfowl are also fattened in similar facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Methods of Picking Frozen Combs and Wattles
Dry picking and wet picking are used for poultry based on future use or immediate consumption. Dry picking requires quick sticking to prevent setting of feathers. air-drying and proper brain severing facilitate feather removal. Wet picking is faster for immediate use but reduces shelf life. Frosted combs arise from poor bird condition and dampness. thaw frost with petrolatum and turpentine blend, avoiding warm rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Fox
Poultry Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Feeding Hens Without Troughs Promotes Equality
Domineering hens in flocks crowd timid birds when trough feeding. They eat more than their share, leaving others underfed. To prevent this, feed largely with dry grains scattered in deep clean litter so every hen scrambles for her own share.
Remedy for sick chickens using Epsom salts and feeding
Epsom salts act as an effective remedy for sick chickens. The fowl should be starved for about half a day before administration. Give a half a teaspoonful to a grown fowl, adjust dose as needed.
Gather Spring Eggs for Best Hatch Vitality
Guidance on collecting eggs in early spring, maintaining temperatures around 50 degrees and avoiding temps below 40 or overly warm fluctuations. Proper handling yields higher vitality. better to hatch 100 chicks with full vigor than 300 with doubtful maturity.
Selling Eggs for Hatching in Backyard Flocks
Guidance on offering hatching eggs for sale after testing fertility with teat hatches. Ensure breeding stock is pure, fertility is proven, and birds remain healthy before selling eggs.
Hen Manure Values from Fresh Poultry Excretion
A claim states 100 pounds of fresh hen manure consist of 50 pounds water 16 pounds organic matter and 58 pounds ash. Analysis reports poultry manure containing 2.48 percent phosphoric acid 28 percent potash and 8.35 percent lime equivalent.
Reducing Road Hauling Costs For Farmers
Permanent road building costs money but yields long term social and educational gains. The farmer benefits through lower hauling costs and consistent access to markets year round, allowing two loads per trip instead of two trips for one load.
Paved Country Roads and Pedigree Notes
Fragmented lines describe roads paved with good intentions, yet filled with lumps and rubbish. The text contrasts good pedigree with quality over purebred status and mentions Hen Outdoors in Winter in a garbled note about win persistence and nourishment.
Danderine promises dandruff removal and hair regrowth
An advertisement touts Danderine as a quick fix for dandruff and itchy scalp. It claims within minutes hair looks fuller and scalp healthier and promises new, fine growth after weeks of use. Readers are urged to buy a 25 cent bottle from any store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Adv
Humor at meals may improve digestion says doctor
A doctor claims laughing at meals aids digestion while a man jokes that his wife would throw a plate if he laughed at her cooking.
Red Cross Ball Blue Whiter Than Snow Ad
A compact advertisement note promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product claiming clothes come out whiter than snow and the house is lit brighter. priced at five cents at all good grocers. A quirky reader exchange line about a bachelor girl asks pa what an old maid is called.
Ambidextrous maid sparks odd household tale
A household tells of a maid asked to clean a coat with gasoline and the wife explains the maid’s reactions after a failed romance. The piece glosses on romance, social judgment, and a bombastic line about a woman’s suitors and fate.
UricoAlcid Explained in Limited Quantities
A brief note suggests UricoAlcid oric acid appears in the system in small quantities. The text mentions high expense linked to consuming too much touch meat and foods that ferment.
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Western Canada
Church
Gotham
Bend
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
Wyandotte, Rhode Island
Red and Orpington
Girel
W.F. Yousa
P. Velen
A EL Hale
H.hale
J.h.hale Peach Nojhesn Bam
Girard, Pa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ridgway
Penn
O. M. Ranms
W. E. Lowesy
Tennille
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lymm
Mass
Patrice
Prania
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