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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
7
Police seek George Anderson known as Dutch Anderson, linked to Gerald Chapman gang. authorities suspect him in the killings of Ben Hance and his wife near Muncie Indiana who had informed on Chapman.
Orchardists urge bees as essential to pollination and honey. Modern hives and frames cut swarming, enabling higher yields. From white clover to mixed forage, bees boost profits, with typical yields 40 to 80 pounds per hive and up to 200 in favorable seasons.
The College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois reports soybeans seeded with a wheat drill at one and a quarter bushels per acre yield hay with fine stems and low refuse, while beans seeded at about half an acre yield coarser hay with higher refuse. The feeding value difference between the fine stemmed hay and the coarse hay is about 12 percent, roughly 240 pounds per ton. Store weeds in thinly seeded plots affect quality. Larger plots of soybeans are being grown to study planting rate on dry hay quality.
Guidance on feeding confined hens outlines what foods replace free range for variety. It notes grains like corn wheat oats and barley plus ground grains for dry or damp mashes. It recommends beef scraps from poultry suppliers or fresh bone as substitutes for seasonal pests.
The guide outlines grain rations for cattle and hogs. For cattle, one third bran one third middlings and one third oats is advised. Hogs should receive 60 percent middlings and 40 percent oats for sows or older pigs. Weanling pigs benefit from a mix of 43 percent ground oats 45 percent ground barley and 10 percent tankage.
An Iowa Experiment Station report outlines methods to make silage from soft ear corn. It notes husked or snapped ears can be processed with a silage cutter, packed tightly in silos, and fermented for two months with good flavor. Ear corn silage should be fed as a concentrate, not roughage.
Iowa State college poultry extension men advise quick, easy methods to remove red mites from hen houses. Clean up filth, ventilate and sun the coop, remove roosts and boards to minimize cracks, and spray roosts and nests with a strong oil solution or lime sulfur mix. Apply four to six times across spring, summer, and fall, in pairs five to six days apart.
The Horse Association of America provides practical advice for teams starting heavily loaded wagons. Drivers are urged to avoid whipping and to steady the horses with moderate pressure on the bit rather than pushing them. Experience shows fear from whipping undermines horses’ best effort and careful set of feet and legs.
A fragmented agricultural note cites U.S. eggs and chickens value at 1 047 323 170 dollars and discusses crop costs, feed values, and soil practices. It notes corn costs per bushel on 7 153 farms, alfalfa varieties, and harvest timing for soybeans with practical farming tips and grain prices.
In Los Angeles a woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with easing fatigue and back pain, avoiding an advised operation after two pregnancies. She says two months' use restored her health, noting others remarked she looked well and she now needs medicine only occasionally.
A Turkish judge ruled poker is not gambling when stakes are low, noting he sometimes misjudges. A Friday coffee shop game ended with a glass of tea or cookies as the stakes. The judge dismissed the case after admonishing the police who summoned the players.
Brazil authorities and an immigration company report rising movement of Japanese emigrants to South America. About 1,300 are slated to depart for Brazil now, with an estimated 3,000 total by year’s end.
Forty years after planning to wed Emma Aldrich and an earlier broken engagement due to parental objections, John G Gilmartin marries her. Both had married others previously, who died years ago.
A campus quip from University of California Pelican jokes about trying to play the piano by ear. The exchange features a student asking why a head bandage is worn and a reply that reveals the gag about musical ear method.
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