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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
9
In Graettinger Iowa a local recipe advises dairy farmers to spray cows twice daily with a coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil and oil of tar mix dissolved laundry soap in water to make an eighty gallon batch. The plan aims to quiet cows prevent hair coats from becoming harsh and boost milk production.
Advertising space for sale describes a spray pump and nozzle capable of spraying 40 cows in five minutes by two men. Thirty gallons of mixture will spray 40 cows twice daily for 10 days at one cent per cow per day. Advance notes wolves are shy but can attack. Charles Heldridge near Milford woke at 4 am to wolves in his barnyard. Four wolves attacked his sheep. he scared them away, one wolf scratched him, then a dog drove it off.
A collage of light humor and anecdotes features characters such as Mrs. Cooke cautioning a plumber on polished floors, a traveler avoiding Arizona heat, and playful bits about babies, trains, prices, and farm life. It blends quips, cartoons, misread signs, and small-town misadventures with neighborly banter and rustic humor.
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