A Famous Buffalo Sanitarium and Doctor Pierce’s Gifts
A well known institution, Doctor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, is presented as a modern sanitarium with diagnostics and treatment. It highlights the physician founder's public works, including the Medical Adviser book and a free medical correspondence bureau offering home remedies and confidential personal advice.
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America
Doctor Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Grain grading exhibits spread federal standards nationwide
A Department of Agriculture display in Washington uses a traveling exhibit to teach grain grading under federal standards. Demonstrators show proper sampling, the 350-50 divider, moisture tests, test weights, and type trays to classify oats wheat and corn, helping farmers buyers and dealers understand grading and reduce marketing costs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Help in Marketing Purebred Animals
The plan, run by the Bureau of Markets and state and local agencies, aids buyers in locating purebred animals by sharing location, character and numbers through the county agent. Success hinges on breeder cooperation and filing complete herd information in the agent’s office.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Timber Shortages Drive Eastern Demand for West Lumber
The article warns that vast western timber stands remain but Eastern states face dwindling old timber and will rely on distant supplies as European demand grows. It notes urgency from forest destruction and the need to conserve remaining resources.
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Europe
Farming counsel urges readiness and thrift in crops
The article urges preparing machinery and planters for use and emphasizes thrift in farming this year. It notes enthusiastic results from soybeans grown with corn and highlights efficient trucking to cut feed costs. Birds as pest control are praised, while overall industry and thrift guide decisions.
Fish By-Products for Hogs Tested by U S Agencies
Fishery by products are being tested as hog feed in cooperation with the bureau of fisheries and the bureau of animal industry. Fish meal has proven equal to high grade tankage, while shrimp bran shows favorable results in tests. The swine ration includes shelled corn and middlings.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Purebred Hogs Earn Higher Returns and Efficient Feeds
Purebred hogs, especially well known breeds, yield more profit than grades. Breeding stock should bring at least twice the price of market hogs. Purebreds are typically stronger feeders and achieve better gains per unit feed consumed.
Right Age to Breed Gilts in Pig Herds
Some breeders delay breeding gilts until about fourteen months to ensure the first litter arrives around eighteen months. After that, gilts are bred to farrow roughly every six months, aligning production with growth and gestation cycles.
Three Stock Fundamentals Emphasize Feeding Breeding Care
The three fundamentals in livestock production are feeding breeding and care with strong emphasis on feeding. Good feeding builds the framework produces good show animals and makes good records for progress.
DANGER IN STANDING WATER
Standing water carries disease germs and endangers livestock. Sheep and cattle must be kept away from stagnant pools to prevent stock loss. For pigs, ample pasture, some grain, exercise and clean quarters are essential for thrift.
Improve Planting Seed Plan for Fair Crops
The seed supply will largely determine crop quality and product value. Plan improvements to seed quality and availability to ensure reliable harvests and fair production outcomes.
Poor Place for Roceting
A short note warns against letting young chickens roost in the dairy barn, a common mistake noted in farm routines.
Buebees of Stability in Pedigreed Livestock Breeding
The breeding of pedigreed livestock is a business grounded in stability, emphasizing consistent practices and reliable lineage to ensure enduring quality and value in the industry.
Water power in the farm home boosts women’s efficiency
A Farmers' Bulletin excerpt urges rural households to install running water and hydraulic ram systems to ease chores. It notes 1918 survey showing 33 percent of farm homes had running water and outlines options from natural flow to electric pumping, highlighting electricity as increasingly practical.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture Rural Engineers
Farmers
Government warns against saccharin risk to health
The U S Department of Agriculture through its Bureau of Chemistry declares saccharin a health menace and urges against its use in food. It notes prosecutions against a St Louis firm for selling saccharin under harmless labeling and reports that most states ban saccharin in foods.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
St. Louis
Carl L. Alsberg
Bureau
Senate
Committee On Agriculture
Alsberg
Indoor Temperature Guidance Lacks Clarity
Guidance advises a home indoors temperature of 68 degrees as comfortable. It notes exceptions for homes with people such as young children or in valiant cases, hinting at adjustments but incomplete details.
Home Tips From The Test Kitchen
Cayenne pepper should be used sparingly as it affects the liver. A few vanilla beans in the sugar box impart flavor. Left over fruits can be used in gelatin salads. Wear goggles with cleaning fluids like ammonia. Mustard should be mixed with salad oil for real flavor. Vinegar rub on steel aids polishing and a vinegar bath relieves muscle fatigue. Roasting meat or baking fruits in the oven saves fuel.
Jad Salts Promoted for Kidney Health in Local Ad
An advertisement urges readers to take Jad Salts to flush and stimulate kidneys, prevent backache and bladder disorders, and neutralize urine acidity. It claims the remedy is harmless, inexpensive, and made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, to be taken daily for a few days.
How Tastes Change
Public exchange on changing tastes as margarine usage grows. Greene notes butter loses appeal after long margarine exposure. London Answers records the brisk dialogue reflecting culinary preferences shifting in society.
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Greene
London
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Ad
An advertisement claims Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills quickly relieve acid stomach heartburn and nausea and invites readers to request a trial box at 372 Pearl Street New York
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Wright
Pearl St
New York
Subtlety in a Six-Year-Old Bedtime Plea
A Pittsburgh Leader item notes a six-year-old boy who, after being told to go to bed in the dark, hesitantly starts up the dark stairs and asks his mother to accompany him to confirm he really goes to bed.
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Pittsburgh
Ely's Cream Balm Relief for Catarrh
Fragrant antiseptic Balm promises instant relief from nasal congestion and catarrh by applying a small amount in the nostrils. It soothes inflamed mucous membranes and clears air passages quickly, with claims of overnight or rapid breathing relief.
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Ely
Nuisances All and Tossing Out Radical Phrases
A dialogue in which a man who settles every question with ease declares the aim to purge socialism bol shevism anarchism radicalism and sovietism. Farmer Corn tessel agrees adding rheumatism to the list as a sly aside.
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Farmer Corntessel
Diamond Dyes Promise Rich Fadeless Colors for All Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a universal fabric color for wool, silk, linen, cotton, and blends. It claims dyed garments and even feathers can achieve new, lasting tones and advises checking the Diamond Dye Color Card at the dealer.
Management of Coming Events and a Prophet in Politics
A satirical dialogue features Senator Sorghum debating how prophets are treated in their homelands. He quips that politics breeds restlessness and fear of being exposed, suggesting enduring tension between prophecy and public opinion in political life.
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Sorghum
Jail Had No Terrors for Them at Port au Prince
A report notes that five extra prisoners slipped into Port au Prince jail with the road gang due to better meals and comfortable cells. Marine corps investigators counted returning prisoners and found the five new arrivals.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Marine Corps
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