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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment references Stephen Barbara Edith and Uncle Herbert with strained phrases about relatives. The text shows broken quotes and misplaced punctuation, yielding no clear event or complete facts. It reads like a stray page snippet with personal relationships and derailed dialogue.
Barbara, exhausted and desperate, confides to Uncle Stephen about Kit’s illness and her plan to marry Uncle Stephen’s wardship. She reveals the family tensions, her fear of disapproval from relatives, and asks if he could help by contacting Provincetown authorities or arranging care for Kit. Stephen weighs her plea and the request to contact a lawyer.
A National Geographic style tour describes Kashmir's Vale of Kashmir as a lush hill region north of Punjab with Srinagar as summer capital. Travelers ride a 200 mile motor route from Rawalpindi through Baramula to Srinagar, note deodar forests, river life on the Jhelum, floating homes in Srinagar, native house servants, and bustling bazaars. It highlights English influence, mission hospitals, and enduring Kashmiri crafts like pashmina and shawls, while noting changes in traditional industries and plains-to-hill climate appeal.
A fragmented report recounts St Kilda’s odd governance with a mainland born queen who served as minister’s servant. The island’s sole educated woman held the title until a boating accident claimed her life, then it passed to her daughter and eventually to the eldest girl on the island.
Poultry experts advise flock owners on economical mash formulas using grains such as yellow corn, ground wheat, oats, alfalfa meal, and milk products. Several recipes offer variants with soybean meal, bone meal, oyster shell, and salt, plus options for millet drinking and butteries, aiming to cut feed costs while meeting chick nutrition.
Massachusetts experiment station reports 180 poultry flocks were tested and found free of pullorum disease across all counties. The veterinary science department notes testing and egg hatchery selection aim to prevent transmission, with disease-free flocks appearing in every county.
Prairie Farmer notes that cooking and mashing potatoes with laying mash enhances palatability and feed intake, boosting egg production. Use unmarketable potatoes, steam or boil until mashable, mix in equal parts with laying mash, feed warm. Recommend six to ten pounds per hundred hens daily, at noon or night.
China has long drained frozen egg supplies from Britain and now faces Australian shipments as a rival. Massachusetts State College veterinary science reports 180 poultry flocks in Massachusetts were fully tested last year and found free of pullorum disease. Pullets must be sturdy and mature early to sustain heavy egg production for fall and winter.
TM Robbins reports on big team farming outfits used to extract cheap power from up to 808,000 horses and mules this season. In a plowing contest, 17 teams totaling 110 horses averaged 38 seconds to hitch and 22 seconds to unhitch per horse. Five to eight horse teams required several minutes to hitch or unhitch. eight-horse teams took up to seven minutes. Drivers demonstrated consistent speed, addressing concerns about hitching time.
Agricultural experts from the University of Illinois warn that grinding feed too fine wastes power and money. Ralph Oily of the College of Agriculture notes savings of up to eight cents per 100 pounds by coarser grinding, while fine grinding consumes three to eight times more power. Coarse grinding boosts mill capacity and reduces wear, though some feeders claim finer feed is more palatable and less wasteful.
An Illinois farmer attaches a bound pitchfork to the silo spout with tines below the outlet and a pole to guide the fodder. A second man at the removable doors directs the stream to spread silage evenly. Reported results match those achieved by several workers, improving uniformity.
The piece notes about 6.8 million farms in the United States with 2.52 million carrying mortgages. It cites high casualties among farmers in recent years, estimating 220,600 farm owners become renters annually and that one in six farmers has been demoted to renter. It lists average farm size at 100 acres and average mortgage near $7 per acre, arguing higher farm prices may bridge ownership and tenancy for many farmers.
Oregon hop growers, battling downy mildew for three years, expect relief as plant breeders develop disease resistant hop varieties and researchers test control methods including sprays to curb the outbreak.
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