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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
2
A dated farming guide discusses careful mare foaling, warning signs, and post partum care. It covers keeping the mare calm, monitoring, providing soft food, water, and gradual exercise, and choosing quiet handling. It also covers breaking colts to harness, age guidelines, and barefoot horse care for farm use.
Historical veterinary guidance outlines cleansing a hoof wound with carbonated water and antiseptics, soaking the hoof, and applying dressings. It recommends hot compresses, blistering agents, bandaging, oral tonics, and specific topical mixtures to promote healing and crust formation in injured hooves.
A damaged text fragment mentions cornerback and defensive players with stray words about tubes and usage. Names, places, and clear actions are unreadable, yielding no coherent event or outcome to report.
Farmers debate winter feeding and farrowing timing to maximize returns. Expert notes favor October farrowing, careful sire selection, and judicious mating to shape herd type. Ashes and coal fed to hogs improve digestion and growth while reducing disease risk.
An 1849 importation of nine Angora goats from Angora Turkey laid the basis for a growing Angora population in the United States. Crosses dilute pure Angoras, but the breed remains prolific and long-lived, adapting to diverse climates from Georgia to Kansas, with milk yield and meat quality varying by lineage.
The Bull Index notes candidates announced for Sioux County sheriff and county superintendent of schools by Republicans, with pledges to run subject to the county convention. Comment on shifting party dynamics mentions Kansas and Missouri political movements and a Bryanized third party forming in Missouri.
The battleship Massachusetts sails through the treacherous Fell Gate channel between Long Island and the mainland, a route once dynamited years ago. A vessel of its size negotiates the perilous passage in a hazardous operation.
The LeMars Sen-hine editor on Mondays page weighs Cummins stature in the Eleventh district. Cheroker county near Plymouth had yard for Harriman. Chresel aims to rally the “has beens” and urges those who failed to back him to lend support despite rival political moves.
A Sunday trip to Sioux City is shaping into a lengthy event with a Great Northern special. The departure from Sidur City is set for Tuesday morning with an 8.05 round trip and Riverside Park as a gathering spot.
In the Eleventh Congressional District Cummins forces move to defeat Mowry by withdrawing Lieut Governor candidate Penrose. Sheldon ally Brown and allies face decisive political pressures as Cummins gains strength and tightens control over local loyalties.
A muddled OCR fragment mentions a public official and a dramatic cellar scene. The text includes stray phrases about gloves, sleep, and a cabinet or office tour, with references to Detroit Press and public scrutiny. The reading is incoherent and difficult to extract a clear event or outcome.
The article outlines early imports of Shorthorn cattle to the United States, noting shipments to Kentucky in 1817 and the emergence of the Seventeens herd. It cites the American Shorthorn herdbook with pedigrees for over 61 thousand purebreds, discusses color variations red and white, and observes a shift toward beef traits over dairy and milking development.
The article discusses selecting corn types for fodder and green feeds, praising certain white corn varieties for durable stalks and less dirt intake when shredded. It also extols alfalfa, rye, and rape as pig feed, citing growth benefits and multi-crop returns evidenced by field trials and seasonal plantings in 1899.
A recipe describes making a paint mix by combining one pound of concentrated fire with one gallon rainwater, dissolving lime, and adding zinc sulfate in several steps. The method yields a white paint, with steps to blend pigment, lime water, and other additives, though some terms are garbled.
An agricultural study compares Hereford and Jersey steers fed similar rations. The Hereford shows higher carcass value and market return, though gain per day varies with digestion. Jersey yields lighter carcasses with more tallow and suet but lower market price.
Breeder’s Gazette describes an easily built portable fence to divide pastures without permanent construction. Using four 6 inch by 12 foot boards per panel, crosspieces and notches form interlocking panels that can be erected across fields. Panels are stacked or moved as needed for flexible stock control.
For tin roofs use an air palette. Mix tumbago and raw linseed with a table spooning of drying japan per two quarts to create a durable sultabite paint. Dry venetian rod, olde iron paint and Trince's metallic paint when dry blend with oil and japan for good roof paints. Apply thinly and brush edges clean.
The American Tourist Association announces two Puerto Rico tours by rail carriage automobile and boat. Special Pullman cars depart Chicago on January 17 and February 14 with sailings from New York the next day. Tickets include all expenses and transfers with Beau Campbell directing tours from 25 Marquette Building Chicago.
Money Raturnad Mull's Pioneer Kidney Cure is a vegetable compound claimed to cure kidney troubles. Each box supposedly includes a dollar draft if the remedy fails, with warnings about dropsy diabetes and Bright's disease. Sold by J. J. Anderson for £1.00.
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