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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1923
Page
2
Scarcity of Good Horses Prompts Better Mare Care Advice
R W Clark of Colorado Agricultural College urges farmers to treat mares carefully during foaling season. With demand for heavy horses outstripping supply, avoid heavy strain and overexertion. Ensure a clean foaling area, prompt navel disinfection, thorough feeding, and gradual return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Clark
Colorado Agricultural College
Cover Crops in Orchard Not Easy to Get Started
The article discusses challenges in selecting cover crops for orchards. Shade limits stands of vetch clover alfalfa and rye, with alfalfa common but risky. Alfalfa boosts tree growth early but harms fruit production if kept in bearing orchards beyond three to four years.
Record of Cow's Yield Is of Much Importance
Pure bred dairy cattle breeders should keep official records on every cow in their herds. These records become valuable as milk produced is weighed and tracked, helping identify cows that fail to cover feed costs and aiding sales of surplus animals. Bulls with proven records are sought by dairymen.
Coal Waste From Uninsulated Pipes Warns of Savings
The article notes that about a ton of coal per year is wasted by each uninsulated hot water tank in American homes. It argues that insulating all hot water and hot air pipes could cut roughly four fifths of this loss and save energy.
Recreation Ideas Reflect Simple Rest and Change
The text contrasts rest by doing nothing with changing work and environment as forms of recreation. It notes many people struggle to do nothing and that recreation embodies a philosophy of living through complete change.
Sun Moon and Earth Center Orbit Concept
A simplified concept imagines the sun as a hollow ball with Earth and Moon placed at the center. The Moon could continually orbit the sun while leaving space for other bodies to occupy. The idea explores planetary motion within a central solar framework.
Younger Bridegroom Seeks Divorce Over Married Life
A twenty year old bridegroom applies for a divorce calling married life bunk. The Topeka Capital notes the growing astonishment at the intelligence of the younger generation.
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Topeka
The Ananias Club Keeps Frugal Household Rule
The wife rejects buying a new car while insisting on saving enough money for purchase, gas, and repairs. The exchange reflects prudent budgeting within the household and suggests a cautious approach to luxury spending. The dialogue centers on thrift and financial planning in a domestic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ananias Club
Smiths
The Staff of Life Bread Weight Riddle
A fragment notes a saying about bread as the staff of life with a claim that if all bread eaten yearly were baked in one roof it would need three strong men to lift it and a horse to pull it.
Market News Extends U S Department of Agriculture Wires
The Agriculture Department announces a major expansion of its market news service. A new leased wire and radio network will connect Kansas City to the Pacific coast with offices in Denver Salt Lake City Portland Atlanta and more. The system will cover livestock fruits vegetables and meats and will feed thousands of newspapers and radio stations with up to date market data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market News Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Denver
Salt Lake City
Portland
Ore
Atlanta
San Francisco
Los Angeles
West Coast
Congress
Austin
Tex
Fort Worth
Boston
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Fond du Lac
Wis
Minneapolis
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Omaha
State Departments of Agriculture
Trenton
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Columbia
Waupaca
Jefferson City
Sacramento
Richmond
Raleigh
Clemson College
Jacksonville
Department
Small Roosting House Suitable for Orchard
Herbert A. Shearer explains in the Los Angeles Times that fruit trees and poultry can share land. A 12 by 10 foot coop suits 30 to 50 hens, with floor nest boxes for easy cleaning and spraying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Shearer
Los Angeles Times
Combination of Grains With Tankage For Hog Fattening
Animal husbandry experts at the New York College of Agriculture Ithaca report barley and tankage nearly match corn for hog fattening in six lots of eight hogs. Trials compare corn and tankage barley and tankage and corn barley and tankage with mixed and free-choice feeding. The best daily gain came from a mixed ration of 46 parts corn 46 pounds barley and 8 parts tankage using medium or coarse ground barley fed fresh when soaked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York College of Agriculture
Ithaca
Pasture as Cheapest Swine Feed Boosts Hog Profits
Livestock experts say feed cost per pig rises with weight gain, so providing ample green pasture lowers expenses. Pasture can cut grain needs by about 80 percent per 100 pounds of pork versus dry-lot feeding, with blue grass, winter grains and clover cited as top options for different seasons.
Portable Hog House Provides Sanitary Shelter
A portable hog house offers a sanitary solution for large herds kept in a single building. By moving the portable pens to fresh ground, unsanitary conditions are avoided, and the number of buildings should match herd size to prevent crowding, making it a practical option for renters lacking farm shelter.
Immature lambs warned to avoid market glut
A USDA prepared warning from the Jersey City and New York Committee of Trade Interests urges shippers to avoid sending immature lambs to market. Receipts have been light, but high prices tempt lower flock grades, risking sharp price declines if such lots continue through peak receipts in June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Committee of Trade
Livestock Commission
Jersey City
New York
Eastern
Department of Agriculture
Nox Much Soil and the Flowered Floorwalker Mystery
A quirky note suggests a floorwalker wears a flower in his buttonhole to keep it from staying in his hair. The remark appears as a humorous aside with no clear source context.
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Nox
One Blemish on Red Squirrel
The red squirrel a favorite in country districts is known for playful habits and a single bad trait. It eats eggs of songbirds but otherwise feeds on pine seeds plant buds and insects. It ranges across much of eastern North America.
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Nature Magazine
North America
Operator Goes Fishing With Bowers Gang
In a Kansas City Star item, Bowers recounts taking a telephone operator fishing. She describes the moment a large bass pulled her line into the water, then calmly notes the line is busy as she gummed on. Loveland reacts with interest to the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers
Loveland
Kansas City Star
Serving His Age by Sir Christopher Wren Quote
A mid-18th century reflection on how a man must align his designs with the era’s gusts, even if his mature judgment questions the rationality of the undertaking. It stresses preserving effort under public scrutiny and adapting to prevailing taste.
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Christopher Wren
Cats in Naples churches hunt mice among worshippers
In Naples many churches keep three or four cats to control mice. The animals roam among the congregation and even lie before the altar, serving as feline pest control in ancient buildings.
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Naples
How to Remove Beans From the Nose
If children put beans or small objects up the nose to cause obstruction rub cayenne pepper on the upper lip to induce sneezing. The small impediment is usually expelled without summoning a physician.
Pie Landing Ceremony Revived at Eel Pie Island
The ancient Landing the Pie rite, dating to Henry VIII, was revived at Eel Pie Island in Richmond England. The pie was rowed around the island and carried ashore by the celebrating crew in full regalia.
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Henry VIII
Eel Pie Island
Richmond
Check Small Faults at Their Source to Prevent Greater Errors
The piece likens correcting minor moral faults at their source to damming a stream before it changes course. It argues that attention to small defects early stops larger mistakes later. The tone is didactic and exhortatory about self-discipline.
True Delicacy Bargee Declines Class Warfare
A London Daily Express snippet records a bargee ending an argument with a careless yachtsman by calling himself a perfect gentleman and refusing to engage in class warfare. The exchange highlights social tension in a brief, pointed remark.
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London
Daily Expres
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