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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
8
Fragmented OCR notes discuss day laborers and skilled workers in the South. References to tenants, employment lines, and a notice to contact J. J. Merry, agent, for publication details. Content is garbled but indicates labor demand and recruitment in a regional context.
At the Kanaks experiment station Professor Shelton tested two feeding rates to compare gains from corn versus cornmeal. Results show similar weight gain per steer and grain required per 100 pounds of gain, with later trials mixing corn and cob meal indicating cob content aids digestion. Additional guidance covers pig care, sow feeding, and advice on top grafting and Guinea fowl management.
The article stresses health and comfort as top priorities for stock. It warns against cold draughty barns and warns that over warming animals in tightly ventilated spaces leads to illness, urging balanced housing for horses cattle sheep hogs and poultry.
Those interested in dairy should note that producing hogs from dairy by-products, with proper tools, enables very cheap pork. The pork from this method is often of excellent quality and value.
The Yolk Gure for the underfed is presented by cicvettes as a diet concept for consumptives. Dr Heinrich Stern contributes a sample menu for an 11 pound patient aiming for 140 pounds, with meals featuring yolks in skim milk, toast, sap, granulated sugar, and various grains, plus daily salt adjustments. The article notes daily variations by digestion and references an old measurement for barley.
Traveler from Cape Colony Sage Twell ness argues South Africa is not inviting for investors as drought and capital shortages bite. He cites high wages and inefficient management in mines, compares Boer and British administrations, condemns inflated government pay and suggests English rule worsened business.
A dated verse urges readers to stop grumbling at misfortunes and bad weather. It counsels lifting spirits, rising, shining, and finding steadiness in tough times, embodying the paper’s light moral tone.
An old ad promotes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children in the New York Children’s Home. It claims to cure constipation feverishness worms and regulate bowels with over 30 000 testimonials. Available from all druggists for 25 cents with a free sample, addressed to A S Onnsrup LeRoy NY. The rest includes inconsistent dialogue about a hymn and cough medicine.
Fragmented parka of a newspaper page shows an unsigned pitch for David Kennedy's Favorite remedy the Great Joy and Liver Cure offered as a free sample. The text includes garbled theatre of names and a joking warning about avoiding Cincinnati during a visit.
A fragmented notice from Jacob Li Davis of Galena Mo hints at long illness and a dubious remedy involving Pernia Lam eared. It references Dr Wartman and Dr Hartman, urging readers to seek medical advice for a purported case.
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