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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1925
Page
4
Brussels hosts a well organized umbrella borrowing bureau with low annual dues. Members buy a metal token and borrow any society umbrella at agencies such as tobacconists, restaurants or large stores. Rain ends, return the umbrella at a passing agency for a counter, proving the system to be a public institution style exchange.
The article outlines calf care from colostrum for the first days to milk feeding and gradual transition to skim milk with grain. It emphasizes water, salt, and forage like alfalfa, clover, hay, and silage, plus a balanced plan for dairy heifers and herd care to ensure good development and usefulness.
August and September best months to cull flocks. Test hens for yolk pigment, pelvic bone width, body depth, abdomen firmness, vent size, comb condition, and molting status. Cull nonlayers and early molt avoiders. keep only the best layers through winter with good care to boost egg production.
Clemson College animal husbandman KE Gédrey cautions against overreliance on pasture in summer. He urges concentrates with good forage, recommends sorghum and Sudan grass for summer hogs, warns that worm problems waste feed, and stresses keeping spring pigs growing for heavy, thrifty feeder pigs by fall.
Radio engineer reports daylight long distance transmissions over 10 000 miles using 126 watts for three messages. Australian and British Prime Ministers exchange signals via amateur station on 22 5 meter wavelength. German restrictions ban political broadcasting. ads allowed up to 15 minutes daily. Q A asks grid leak for UV200 tube with answer: about 0.5 megohm, possibly 1 megohm.
Best results in fattening broilers come from confinement in crates or small rooms. Use groups of up to 50 birds per house or six to eight per crate. After confining, fast 24 hours, then feed wet mash twice daily. no water. Mash plan: 20 lb yellow corn meal, 10 lb wheat flour or shorts, 10 lb fine cuts, 10 gal buttermilk. Let mash sour the day before use. Market after ten to fourteen days of feeding.
Crowded quarters or insufficient animal protein trigger toe picking in chicks. Repeated toe licking leads to bleeding, encouraging cannibalism and losses. Increase space and protein, remove bleeding birds, and keep them occupied with hanging vegetables and bones to deter the habit.
Market cockerels raised each season should be eaten or marketed as soon as large enough. Those saved for breeders must be vigorous, strong, and alert, with the fastest growth and best development. If a bird lacks these qualities it is not a good breeder.
In Vermont a cemetery uses cement coating to preserve old headstones, a conservation effort meeting preservation needs while maintaining historical stones. The work highlights ongoing care of grave markers and religious or cultural heritage significance.
A witty remark from the London Mall reads I Uke married men best The only married man I cant stand to my husband The quip plays on romance and humor in a shopping district setting, illustrating light social banter amid the city’s bustle.
Odd rose trees are described across historic sites. A wall grafted rose at Hildesheim cathedral traces to the 11th century with a 20 inch trunk and 25 foot high branches. Other famed examples include a large unknown-age tree at Chillon, a Toulon Marine garden spreading 80 by 15 feet bearing up to 50 000 blooms, and a Friesburg Wehrle garden specimen with a 120 foot tall wild rose stock grafted with a tea rose 40 years ago.
In Choni at the Tuo river valley the hereditary Chinese ruler of 48 tribes governs taxes rebellions and punishments though termed as lacking doors to the temple. A province study notes a red birch tree tsa boon used by Tibetans and Chinese to wrap butter and foods.
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald excerpt describes ostrich fathers on a South African farm. At dawn male birds strut proudly with multiple broods, while others broodless, as dominant males fight to collar rival broods. The sight of a flourishing sire with many young brings tears to a true father.
A London boy’s holiday disgust with country milk leads to a forecast of artificial milk from powder. The piece notes widespread Chinese use of milk powder dissolved in water and a planned French plant to produce packeted milk and cheese from the same process, reflecting late 19th century industrial dairy ideas.
The first official postage stamps were authorized by the 1847 Congress, with a 1d and a 10d stamp released on July 1 1847. The 1d bore Franklin and the 10d Washington from Stuart’s painting. Earlier professional stamps existed for postmasters at major offices, bearing office names and simple imprints. These early stamps are extremely rare and highly valuable.
The article explains linoleum longevity improves with yearly varnish. After placement, varnish annually as it wears. Wash with soap and water, dry completely before recoat. Do not apply a second coat until the first dries. Inlaid linoleum follows the same care.
Swollen udders may be caused by exposure to cold or wet weather, sudden temperature shifts, blows or bruises, rich feed, irregular milking, contaminated instruments, local infection, indigestion or other health disturbances. Proper care prevents occurrence. even a previously swollen udder can return to normal. A copy of Farmers Bulletin No. 1422 Udder Diseases of Dairy Cows is available for 6 cents from the Government Printing Office.
A pasture crop proves economical by feeding cows for six months without supplement. It reduces labor and halves the amount of cultivated feed needed, easing the dairyman’s workload during the cropping season as cows graze outside.
Three advantages are outlined for hogging down corn including labor savings, fertility management, and animal health. The method reduces man and horse labor by cutting husking hauling and cribbing, ensures manure returns to fields, and provides exercise on clean ground improving hog welfare.
Hog cholera cycles vary by year and this period may be virulent. Hog breeders should vaccinate their pigs after weaning to protect the crop, as hogs fetch good prices and feed costs rise. Iowa Homestead notes widespread home vaccination can keep costs down with affordable serum.
Corn supports sow weight during lactation when she shows weight loss. Shelled corn suits best with a good slop. Corn is rich and energy dense and used with proper judgment. Bran should be limited, not needed if bulky shorts are fed. Slop should be fairly thick and partly include skim milk if available.
A quotation attributed to Poe argues excellence may be an axiom or a self evident proposition. It asserts that beauty requires no extended display and that criticism should reveal when and how excellence becomes evident.
Bluebelle is described as friendly and confidant inviting confidences. She earns trust but sometimes a friend must gently rebuke her for sharing a secret with another person behind a gatepost. The tale hints at a campfire style moral about discretion.
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