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Newspaper
Grabill Review
Location
Grabill, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
8
United States Department of Agriculture cautions on dairy hygiene. Proper tearing and scalding of cream separators every use prevents off flavors and poor keeping qualities. Detailed steps ensure clean parts, correct setup, thorough washing, and final sterilization for quality butter production.
Nebraska station finds alfalfa hay and corn best feeds for fattening hogs for profit. Pigs fed on this ration show lower cost per 100 pounds gain than ground corn with alfalfa or tankage. Corn valued at 70 cents a bushel, alfalfa at 1.05 per ton, tankage at 2.50 per 100 pounds. grinding corn not economical.
A historic note outlines a whitewash mix to improve sanitary and visual appeal of stables and farm buildings. The method involves slaking stone lime with boiling water, adding salt, ground rice, and water, then thickening and aging for three days before application with a brush.
A thrifty condition in breeding animals lowers winter maintenance costs and supports maximum production. Achieve this by judicious use of roughage and pastures. Clover or alfalfa hay and un-grazed pasture reduce grain needs for brood sows in winter. Corn silage with cottonseed meal sustains breeding cattle in winter.
Potatoes and seed potatoes hold value for future use or sharing. Feed potatoes to hogs and cook with cornmeal or bran. Grading table stock raises market value. keep culll a on farms to save transport costs. Potatoes boost dairy rations, especially where corn silage is scarce. introduce gradually and run through a root cutter to prevent choking. (United States Department of Agriculture)
The text notes that preceeding crops like potatoes and field peas can provide a fertile seedbed for alfalfa. It emphasizes land well manured, cultivation to kill weeds, and disking and harrowing as preparation. It cautions that alfalfa fails mainly from weed competition and shade from nurse crops reducing moisture and nutrients.
A reader urges proper storage of farm tools and plows to prevent rust and weather damage. A neighbor claims his home gang plow lasted 14 years when kept in a shed, suggesting owners round up tools this week, grease parts, and store them to avoid next year’s steel costs.
Iowa State College agricultural engineering reports two 2tay tractor plowing tests showing one acre plowed 6 inches deep using 214 gallons kerosene and 0.125 gallon oil. Tests cover speed 2.25 mph, draw bar pull 1077 pounds, horsepower 10.08, total time 1 hr 17 min per acre, cost about 1.60 dollars per acre.
About four thousand candidates arrived at Fort Sheridan, and Scouts conducted a highly organized operation. They met trains, guided registrations, directed to companies, and served as orderlies at multiple offices while maintaining their daily duties.
The town of Keighley in England, with 42 000 residents, cut bread rations to 3.7 pounds as posters and press ads mobilized a cultural effort. American advertising methods aided the push while Boy Scouts joined the war on waste keeping refuse nearly zero.
The passage extols Boy Scouts of America for virtues such as organization and the spirit of scouting. It lauds President Wilson and Secretary McAdan for commendation and emphasizes meritorious acts as examples, while cautioning against negative influences.
In Boston a group of nurses who served in the Spanish American war were honored when boy scouts assisted in a rescue. Norwich, VI scouts used tracking skills to locate a lost child, guiding responders through woods to a field near a croft ridge.
A stranger asks about amusements in town and a grizzled prospector replies that gunplay isn t what it once was but disputes still sometimes settle on the street without legal action.
Heal itching skins with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. They claim faster, safer relief for skin troubles that itch burn crust scale or distort. Free sample by mail with book and address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A Kentucky born woman responds to an ad, recounting that the employer insisted on showing her how to make corn pones in the kitchen and she says she quit rather than learn from the boss directly.
A historical notice states J. Cheney becomes a partner at the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. Public notice by A W Gleason appears with fragmented lines referencing internal matters and mucous surface claims.
A military note presents peace as a breathing spell that allows a soldier to plan and prepare, while enabling execution of military strategy by Macchiarello.
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine every bottle of Fletcher’s Castoria for the correct signature, noting the remedy has been in use for over 60 years and is well known to children who cry for it.
In the London Times an unusual ad asks for a loud second hand gramophone for reprisals. The notice appears from a clearly burdened reader seeking such an item, noting the potential benefit of possession amid hard times.
The advertisement claims Anuric by Dr Pierce cures rheumatism kidney trouble and urinary irregularities. It warns of dizzy spells backache and to act quickly to avoid kidney disease and bladder stones. A trial package offer and endorsement of the double strength formula are noted.
Testimonials from Goshen and Lafayette claim Dr. Pierce’s Anurie tablets relieved dizziness backache stiff joints and urinary issues after one week of treatment. Mrs F M Vance and Mrs A B Porter praise dramatic improvements and gratitude to the remedy and doctor for quick cures.
A jumbled page features quips about love money and health plus brief ads. Dialogues include a rich suitor refused for money, a physician pill pitch, and a clerk’s urbane phone manner. Minor items mention Peruvian dealers seeking shoes clothing and groceries and French Indo China rice straw fuel bricks.
A damaged OCR passage references chairs described as fashionable but uncomfortable and notes a leather uses agency in Brazil for shoes furniture and gloves. It includes stray branding like TVE and NNN with uncertain claims about refunds if cure fails.
Mary Ball of Pittsburgh appears in a brief notice noting she has 24 children. The short item lacks additional context or details about the event or source.
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