Hog cholera study notes township vaccination rates and trends
The Oak Grove Township Hog Cholera Preventive Association met at Oxford for year end. Reports show 1914 hogs raised 3001 with 526 vaccinated 17.53 percent and 336 died 11.23 percent. 1915 raised 4075 with 486 vaccinated 11.83 percent and 161 died 3.71 percent. Association will continue next year and promotes sanitary practices.
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J. W. McFarlane
Benton Co
Oak Grove Township
Hog Cholera Preventive Association
Oxford
Two Mile Square
Feeding for Winter Eggs in Poultry
A historical guide advises on feeding hens to maximize winter egg production. It suggests light morning feeding, deep litter meals, and a noon wet mash of bran middlings cornmeal clover beef scrap and oats. Hens should have access to grit charcoal and oyster shell, with leftovers given to hogs.
Uncle Eben Reflects On Being True To Self
Uncle Eben muses that a man who says what he would do if he were someone else is neglecting to act as himself. The text includes a fragmentary and humorous aside about guns and worn-out cores needing replacement at a foundry.
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Uncle Eben
Danville Hardware Co
Chicago
Galesburg Writing Machine CO
Practical Gates for Farm Use
Four California men patent a practical farm gate with a keeper post, two diagonally offset posts, and brackets at post ends and center. A central stirrup with a roller supports the gate rail, while an upper and lower hanger bar with rollers guides movement. pivotal points align in the same vertical plane.
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California
Golden Number Based on Meton and Moon Cycle
The text explains the Golden Number dating back to Meton around 430 BC. It instructs adding one to the data, dividing by 19, and using the quotient as cycles since the Christian era with the remainder as the golden number.
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Meton
Worth While Quotation on Reading Repetition
A Carl Carlyle quote asserts that any book worth reading should improve with repeated readings, implying enduring value in revisiting literature. The remark frames reading as a growth process rather than a one off task.
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Carlyle
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Chamber of Commerce
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Itt
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