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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
8
A feature on fashion notes the rise of tuckaway hats dubbed luggage or rockaway hats as part of a sweeping sweater wardrobe. It details silk and satin hats with velvet trimmings, varied crown sections, and practical dust resistance, plus colors like black brown navy and tan and styles for travel.
The U S Department of Agriculture cautions against claimed new poultry breeds Turken and Kiwi produced by crossing turkey or ostrich with chicken. It notes trials yield sterile offspring, stresses lack of proven progeny, and identifies the so labeled Turken as likely Transylvania Naked-neck chicken.
Extensive experiments determine the average protein and nutrient needs to maintain cows of various weights. Feeds are tested for digestible protein and other nutrients. Data appear in tables in books and bulletins. practical rations are guided by these figures, though individual cows vary.
In the cool evening when flies are inactive, turn the mare and foal out on pasture to give the colt ample exercise, grass, and fresh air with minimal fly interference. Provide shade. if natural shade is unavailable, build a cheap structure and use sacks for mare and foal to chase off flies.
Plan ahead for silo filling with clear routes to the cutter and exit to move fodder easily. Set a level foundation and secure blower pipe, build a roof entrance, and include a top access ladder. Determine corn maturity by denting leaves tassels and silk. adjust water if overdry. For fattening use and milk, plant early maturing varieties in suitable sections.
After harvest, renovate the patch by plowing out plants on one or both sides of the row, leaving a four inch strip. Cultivate the soil thoroughly and use a spike toothed harrow to cross cultivate. New runner plants will start to form a new bed 12 to 16 inches wide by fall. Normally two crops max for commercial patches. home patches may yield three or four if conditions are favorable.
The article explains how much feeding sows need after farrowing to avoid "hard luck" with piglets. It warns that hunger does not require immediate feed, stresses ample water, and recommends minimal feed for 24 hours followed by light, thick slop. Full feeding should wait six to ten days.
The piece extols alfalfa as the top forage for dairy cattle while warning farmers about pests. It stresses keeping calf feeding buckets clean to prevent scours and notes that window glass blocks some sun rays, affecting chick growth in a New Jersey test where indoor chicks lagged behind outdoors by about a quarter in weight after 12 weeks.
A stylish New Yorker, Elvary pursues an ending with Maude Colliande who keeps Adonis the dog as a social prop. Maude plans a tranquil afternoon featuring coffee and flirtation while Adonis provokes comic chaos, revealing tension between possession, love, and vanity.
The rabbit skin and hatters fur industry in East and West Flanders reports steady growth postwar. Demand for fur garments and hat trim increases, with the United States as top buyer, taking 3,020,592 dollars worth of raw and dyed rabbit skins and waste in 192.
R Buckley argues that popular legends about Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia are largely false. He downplays Lucrezia as immoral but not criminal, depicts Cesare as a mediocre soldier, and suggests Alexander VI was the only plausible poisoner though even then the method is questionable. He notes historical poison lore like crushed diamonds is overstated and cites Cellini on powdered gly diamond methods.
The New York Edison Company is building a vast power station at Fourteenth Street and the East River. The project costs about 350 million dollars and will deliver roughly 1,060,000 horsepower, capable of lighting 3,000,000 homes. The facility would surpass Muscle Shoals in output and, with its capacity, allow New York City stations to match the lighting and power demand of all France.
The Social Democratic News Service of Germany notes bakers and pastry cooks suffer worst from bad teeth due to sugar. Leather workers show brown tooth discoloration, molars of lead and silver workers tend to tar blue, and copper workers’ teeth turn green unless they maintain dental care.
A brook near Schilverstadt Germany, charged with electricity from a subterranean power plant, fatally struck one horse during carriage wash. The team’s other horse bolted free after the harness broke, while the owner recalled the startling incident and investigators confirmed the brook’s electric charge.
Fresh fish cargo weighing 15,000 pounds shipped from Halifax to Montreal used carbon dioxide gas instead of ice. Cylinders in refrigerator cars kept the fish odorless and naturally colored after ten days. The new method is expected to expand the fresh fish market.
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