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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
8
The article argues hand work yields less wool and warns machine shearing can cost skin damage and stress if misused. It notes machines can save labor, boost wool yield and lamb crop, and warns improper technique causes injuries and broader losses. It cites Orange Judd Farmer on vibration risks to pregnant ewes.
A Farm and Fireside contributor argues farmers should raise their own meat to avoid paying 5 percent above cost. He says the era has returned the kitchen to self sufficiency, and it will pay farmers to raise meat for home use and possibly beyond.
Question about drought damaged fields asks which crops yield best hay for horses and cattle. National Stockman and Farmer answers Hungarian grass: good when cut early but not for pasture. millet on poor or well-fertilized ground. soy beans produce richest feed, planted early May in rows 24 to 28 inches apart, 2 to 3 pecks per acre, ready for harvest in September. Fertilizer advised for millet and soy beans. hay quality and palatability noted.
The article argues improper sheep shearing and handling cause greater losses than other factors, endorsing machine shearers where feasible and noting skilled hand work remains common. It highlights western ranch practice, itinerant shearers, and the need for better animal handling to reduce damage and improve wool quality. It also discusses meat curing education at the Kansas State Agricultural College and urges home production of meat to avoid reliance on dealers, urging revival of traditional curing knowledge.
New Jersey tests show alfalfa hay plus silage forms a balanced, palatable ration for milk cows and profitable feeding. Hinds station compared four feeding systems and found that heavy milk yields and best acre returns come when alfalfa dominates the crop rotation.
American publishers facing tropical climates must choose bindings and stock that resist heat and humidity as well as pests like cockroaches. The Philippine Bureau of Printing tests special stock and sizing for book covers, inviting reports from buyers to judge each binding type. Similar tropical experience from south China informs these trials.
The ad urges fruit growers to ask sprayers who have sprayed fruit trees whether it pays. It states that spraying pays, sprayers are inexpensive, and successful spraying needs no agricultural college. It promotes ready mixed sprays as best and cheapest for small orchards and directs readers to National Stockman and Parmer.
A farmer commentary explains that casein in milk and the white of eggs are pure protein. It argues cows produce milk only when fed protein and hens lay eggs only when fed protein. Some owners withhold protein from both and then wonder why cows stop giving milk and hens stop laying.
A century and a half past, Count Gedeonovsky sold Liza to Panshine while a lover plots to free her. Panshine bribes a police official, arrests Liza on conspiracy, then helps her flee toward the Prussian border. They cross into Germany as a dramatic escape unfolds with bridge burnings and high-stakes pursuit.
A collage of humorous clippings shows asides about habits and romance in short anecdotes. A southern girl speaks in a gentle drawl while a canary bird croons, a man jokes about aging lovers, teachers trap pranksters, and Minor captions offer light social observations from various papers.
A Washington Herald quip notes a couple’s surprise wedding and humorously urges lasting commitment. The item captures a light social remark about marriage and public reactions.
A fragment from the Baltimore American features an exchange about a son described as “adolescent” and “a little queer in his head.” The distorted text hints at misprint or OCR error but conveys a curious dialogue on family judgment and character.
In a brief Chicago Record-Herald line a husband admits his own failings and his wife retorts that sour knowledge extends far beyond his view, capturing a sharp domestic exchange about self awareness and perception.
A guest questions how one angler achieved success while others fared poorly at the shiny party. The tale includes inviting a deaf and mute girl to accompany Ine Bellman, revealing social expectations and hidden tensions among attendees.
The article surveys the Barbary States from ancient shores to modern conquest, tracing Neo lithic and historic prominence along Nile to Atlas. It highlights Phoenicians Carthaginians Romans Vandals, European terror, and U S battles with Tripoli 1801 1804 1815, outlining French conquest and 1913 Italian moves to control the Mediterranean coast.
A stylized parable traces man building shelters from forest huts to stone houses and ships. Each effort claims safety and control, yet nature or fate—trees, floods, earthquakes, fires, and tides—undermines the works. The piece ends with a ruined ship and a tainted triumph.
The article describes a peculiar sea creature, the sea spider Nymphon graefie, noting its tiny body about a thread’s width and length of a quarter of an inch, with a head formed from a split thread and four knots from which strands extend.
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