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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
7
An Illinois correspondent outlines a compact dairy and creamery structure costing little. The 8 by 10 foot foundation, 8 to 10 foot rise, galvanized iron ventilator, screened door and windows, and concrete floor with drainage are noted. Material quality is emphasized with vertical matched lumber siding to shed water.
Market milk producers need a sanitary handling area and the described house meets that need. Authorities agree unsanitary handling lowers producer prices and raises costs for high grade milk and butter for consumers.
The article describes a dairy house near a cow barn with plaster walls, a windmill water system, and a design to keep milk cool. It estimates annual bull feeding costs at 40 to 60 dollars in feed, plus 15 to 20 dollars for care and 5 to 10 dollars interest. It discusses abortion prevention in cows using carbolic acid and dosing schedules.
A Nebraska Hoard's Dairyman correspondent reports using caustic potash to cauterize a teat fistula. A sharp stick of potash was inserted into the small teat hole four weeks before calving, allowing tissue to heal before freshening.
The note urges improving horse barns with cement floors covered by plank for durability. It warns manure should be saved and returned to land. It stresses winter quarters for sheep and breeding hogs must be healthy to endure cold, storms, and upkeep.
Experiments at Texas Stations show value in cottonseed meal and silage as fattening rations. Twenty eight steers averaging 853 pounds, costing 42.24 each, tested four rations with meals hulls silage and cottonseed at varying ratios. Shorthorns excel in weight gain and hardiness, Angus and Herefords lags. a champion Shorthorn cow topped the Nebraska fair as best female among breeds.
The study reports four feeding lots compares hulls and meal with silage and meal. Lot 2 fed silage and meal produced the highest net profit and greatest gain per weight, while hulls and meal lagged. Replacing cotton seed with meal improved cattle recovery and weight gains across lots.
The article advises treating hind part paralysis in hogs with castor oil or epsom salts followed by a milk middlings and limewater slop, plus green fodder roots or grass. Daily loins rubbed with liniment, and a fluid extract of nux vomica started at three drops twice daily, increasing by one drop per dose until alarming symptoms or recovery, then revert to initial regimen. Causes include pampering lack of exercise overfeeding and corn stuffing. hereditary tendency in sows from pampered stock.
An accessible explanation of trolley cars detailing how overhead wires power motors in the trucks, how controllers regulate current, and how electricity returns via rails to complete the circuit, with analogies to home electric devices and the central power house.
A 1854 55 coast survey draftsman Whistler boarded at the northeast corner of WN and Twelfth streets in Washington. He is remembered for lateness to breakfast and sketching on walls, with the landlord pardoning the decorations. The clipping mixes quotes from London Telegraph and lightweight humor and proverbs.
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