Oleo Margarine Debate Sweeps Butter Standards
The Senate tacked amendments to the oleomargarine bill declaring adulterated butter as any mix or treatment reducing rancidity, with acids or chemicals, and discuss how process butter should fall under federal rules. Readers debate creamery practices, dairy quality, and honest butter amid farm and veterinary notes, glassware inspections, and export trends.
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United States Senate
Senate
Vira
W. Curtin
Worm control in turkeys and worm types discussed
In reply to April 7 letter, guidance on turkey worm issues depends on worm type. No universal preventive powder exists. ground treatment like burning yard surfaces reduces infection. for roaming turkeys, periodic treatment may expel worms. For roundworms thymol is noted as effective, albeit with unclear turkey dosage. tapeworms respond to areca may aid expulsion of other parasites.
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Turkere
Haview
L. L. Phelps
D. E Safnoh
Bureau of Animal Inouatry
Wintington, D.C
University of Wyoming alfalfa hay and straw feeding study on two horses
In a barn at the University of Wyoming two horses named Ben and Doc were fed alfalfa hay and straw to study maintenance nutrition. Ben consumed 14.63 pounds of hay and 2.23 pounds of straw per 1000 pounds of live weight, while Doc ate 12.85 pounds of hay and 2.28 pounds of straw, with both averaging 13.76 pounds of hay and 2.25 pounds of straw per 1000 pounds of live weight over twelve days, yielding a 44 pound gain for Ben and a weight gain for Doc.
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University of Wyoming
Ben
Doc
Wool Marketing and Handling Advice from Iowa Correspondent
Aadiy Tied Woot L M Hartley, Iowa correspondent for the Farmers' Review, advises wool growers to tie wool correctly and keep it clean with no foreign matter. He notes St Louis offers a better market than Chicago, and Boston is somewhat hotter, urging growers to study marketing methods to avoid price concessions. Symmetry can be enhanced by summer praping or pioching.
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Woot L. M. Hartley
Iowa
The
Farmers’ Review
St Louis
Chicago
Boston
Grant Cabin Farm and the Soldier Leader of 1856
A Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post piece recalls Ulysses S. Grant’s early life at the Grant Cabin on Gravolaroa Road near Clayton Missouri. It notes the 1856 log cabin built by Grant, its move to the Dent grounds, and Grant’s shift from cavalry to farming after leaving the Mexican War. Neighbors Asa Tesson John Parke and Henry Weber recounts of the cabin raising, Grant’s daily labor, and his bean planting pace. The article ends with pilgrimages by visitors and officers visiting Jefferson Barracks to tour the site.
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Trent
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Grant
Andrew Shores
Clayton
Grant Place
Jefferson Barracks
Col. Cumming
Judge Shores
Mr. Dent
West Point
Asa Tesson
Joh Parke
Sumer
Winter
St. Louia
Webers
Weber
Dent
Misa Dent
Mra. Grant
Walter
Henry Weber
John Parke
Parke
Cap'n
Houge
United States
Homer Bansford
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Senator Hanna Reveals Wish to Eat Freely
In luncheon talk with Senator Hanna, Kenator Manna quotes a wish of Hanna to eat what he pleases and compel some Democrat to suggest it. Hanna notes his rare constitution and moderation, saying his wish mirrors an ancient Roman longing for unrestrained eating.
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Kenator Manna
Hanna
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Microbes in Cheese Surpass Human Population Claims
Professor Adametz reports startling cheese microbe counts from fifteen grains. Fresh soft cheese holds 90,000 to 140,000 microbes, rising to 800,000 per fifteen grains at seventy days. Denser cheese shows 1,200,000 per grain at twenty-five days and 2,000,000 at forty-five days.
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Cheees
Adametz
E&eh
God guides beyond our plans and deepest cravings
A reflective note on divine guidance verses human desire, urging gratitude for experiences beyond personal plans. The speaker links trials with learning to cling to God’s bend, emphasizing faith over chosen paths.
Rail and insect notices mix headlines in late edition
Passengers should travel via the Kansas City gateway to secure the Chicago and Alton Night Train, with 9 p m departures and 7 08 am arrivals, chair cars free, contact L D Cooper for rates. Parasite observations on wasps noted, and Kansas City Southern Railway announces through service from Kansas City to Hot Springs via Salisaw and Little Rock with Pullman sleeping car, rates via G Warner for info. A reflective line on self perception ends the note with a culinary aside about beefsteak.
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Kansas City Gateway
Chicago & Alton
Kanes City
St. Louie
Alton
L D. Cooper
Chicago & Alton Railway
Kansas City
Kansas City Southern Railway
Hot Springs
Salisaw
Kansan City
Green Health Resort
Little Rock
G. Warner
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Massachusetts
Babcock
Agricultural Department of the State
New York
le Vceterinary Institute
Denmark
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Koch
Svennson
Korh
Wenfour
Sean
Braga
Clese
Alice Brown
Winnetka
Department of Agriculture
Europe
North American
South Africa
Africa
Stephens
Doultdyares Fao
St. Louis
City of
Defiance
Magnetic Starch Mfg, Co
Omaha, Neb
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