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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1932
Page
19
In a moonlit scene near Pipestone the trader Jim Stuart faces Ojibwe leaders led by Baptiste Wagosh. The Ojibwe question his motives while Omar and others debate trusting the outsider who claims old alliances and seeks peaceful trade rather than force.
Jim Stuart and Omar travel to Pipestone lakes to seek Ojibwa traders’ support against Paradis. They meet elder Zotatre who cautions against Jingwak’s influence and vow to return in December with trade goods. Tensions rise as Paradis’s lies threaten the old company’s post on the Lake of the Sand Beaches and Jim eyes a risky plan to win back the traders.
The piece reflects on oxen yielding to mules and tractors as the dominant power in farming camps. It notes oxen were decorative and powerful yet slow, their loss a loss of rural charm and the lost art of driving them, while accepting progress brings efficiency and faster transport.
The California Supreme Court rules a workman cannot collect workmen's compensation for an injury to a wooden leg after a horse threw John Driscoll, a teamster. The decision spurred bitter dissent as judges debated artificial limbs and disability claims.
Colorado poultrymen find success in hatching eggs by selecting a healthy breeding flock and caring for eggs. Extension poultryman C. O. Ufford notes culling hens that are fat, unhealthy, or defective, testing for bacillary white diarrhoea by blood tests, and providing green feed, sunshine, vitamins, minerals, and a balanced ration.
Missouri Farmer reports a method to prevent chick crowding by building a rounded house with inclined wire net frames two feet wide at back and sides. Frames sit near the floor and rise about two feet, preventing chicks from going underneath while elevating them as they crowd out. Small roosts attach to the frame’s upper edge to enable early roosting and prevent suffocation. Early roosting previously blamed for crooked breast bones, now discouraged as beneficial.
Five hundred chicks kept in confinement for four weeks will eat about 200 pounds of mash and require four pounds of cod liver oil. For eight weeks the same number will consume about 850 pounds of mash and need two and one eighth gallons of cod liver oil. This guides purchase timing. Cod liver oil can be secured from the local druggist or county agents. farm demonstration flock cooperators may supply nearby dealers.
The Nebraska College of Agriculture reports that ground corn coba makes satisfactory litter for brooder houses, comparable to chopped hay or straw. Some poultrymen prefer commercial litters. Band does not make a good floor covering unless chicks have access consistently. Chicks on sand may lead to indigestion and unsatisfactory results.
The article notes Canada's per capita egg consumption at 861 eggs annually, the highest worldwide. Officials credit careful grading and housewives buying confidently as drivers of quality. Graded eggs are used for any home purpose and ensure consistency in trade.
The Uttle bantam hen is praised for hatching pheasant eggs and tending the chicks in many county projects. If bantams cannot be used breeders advise using eight fair sized hens to guard a pheasant clutch to prevent casualties among the young. Oblo Farmar warns a large clumsy hen may kill chicks.
A Bible lesson outlines Joseph's favored status with Jacob, his brothers' envy, and the fateful plot to harm him. It covers his dreams, the brothers' reaction, the rescue plan, and the coat’s blood-stained evidence linking to their father’s grief, with emphasis on moral lessons about ambition and deceit.
A fragmentary quote discusses how no man should flatter a woman and warns levellers who seek to level down others. It cites thoughts on awakening intellect and disciplining the mind, attributed to a misread or garbled source. The passage mentions Wendell Phillips and a call to grow through discipline and stronger intellect.
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