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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1915
Page
6
Advice from a Wisconsin Experiment Station pamphlet outlines dairy best practices. Treat cows gently and avoid excitement. Be regular in milking times. Keep stables clean, well lighted, and ventilated. Weigh the milk of each cow at milking time. Seek neighborly sharing to improve efficiency.
The text outlines steps for dairy farming including owning a Babcock milk tester, testing cow milk, culling unprofitable animals, breeding to pure-bred dairy bulls from productive lineages, rearing heifer calves from proven producers, timing first calving at 24 to 30 months, and allowing 6 to 8 weeks rest between lactations. It also recommends joining a dairy cattle breeders association to stay informed on modern herd management.
The brown-tail moth may cause a skin irritation or dermatitis as barbed caterpillar hairs shed during molts become airborne. Workers in a Massachusetts parasitic laboratory used carbolic acid half dram zinc oxide half ounce lime water eight ounces as a remedy for the rash.
Doctor Riley notes the brown-tail moth, introduced from Europe around 1890, has rapidly spread through New England and New York and is likely to keep expanding toward the midwest. He warns it will be a serious pest to humans and vegetation wherever it goes.
To stop a cow from sucking herself, fit a strong halter and a body strap. Attach side rings to the girth strap and run two straps between them so the head cannot reach back. Leave girth loose with some weight to prevent slipping. Also mentions cultivating garden crops between the rows.
A pie social will be held at Mc Henry School house in Rayne township on Friday evening and a box social is set for Hang Ing Stock school house in Washington township tonight.
A pie social will be held at the Thompson School in Rayne township on Friday evening. Ladies are requested to bring pies.
Buckwheat buyers request 10 000 bushels of choice dry buckwheat for early shipment from Shelocta or any Indiana Branch station of the B R P. Enquire for price. Carload of Schumacher Chop Feed Quaker flour bran middlings on hand. Also Lehigh Cement sand rye straw and hay wanted. Get our price before selling. We will treat you right.
The sale is at the residence of the late Squire J C Carnahan in Creekside on Monday October 18 at 1:00 o clock. Anthony and Kline of Shelocta Pennsylvania advertise the public sale of the estate.
A sequence of farm and household item auctions scheduled from October 16 to 21. Listings include horses cows pigs chickens farm machinery vehicles harness grain and produce, with multiple auctioneers and farm locations such as Clymer Penn Run Shelocta Parkwood and Mechancisburg. Maslin trespass notices available at office.
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