Hog Worms in Hogs and Preventive Mixtures
A USDA bulletin notes intestinal worms are common in hogs, harming growing pigs. It urges clean pens, dry housing, and fresh water, warns against dirty troughs and wallows, and highlights charcoal mixtures as possible preventives. It details an effective treatment using castor oil and oil of American wormseed, cautions against drenching, and recommends frequent pasture rotation to reduce reinfection.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Zoological Division
Bureau of Animal Industry
Succulent Feed in Winter Promises Costly Hay Replacement
Silege promotes silage as the best cheap winter feed. An acre of corn can be stored at lower cost than shock, husk ing, grinding or shredding. Silage allows feeding during unharvestable weather and reduces waste. It is palatable and aids digestion, enabling more stock per acre.
Guard Against High Prices by Raising Food at Home
One of the best ways to be insured against high prices for food is to raise as much of it on the farm as facilities will permit. Both meat and bread will be important next year. When one thinks of milk pork poultry eggs butter beef and other foods derived from animals we are sure to be impressed with live stock raising.
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A Boiling Crisis Over Failing Hotel Fare
A satirical note mocks public concern as hotels face a cook famine. The exchange hints at rising prices and shortages, implying the public will worry until the issue worsens.
Curing and Storing Soybean Seed
Soy bean seed spoils easily if not cured and stored properly. After threshing, spread on the floor and turn until thoroughly dry, then store in socks or bins. Ensure a dry room with good air circulation. Seed loses vitality quickly and should not be kept for planting beyond two seasons.
Increase Poultry and Egg Production to Boost Meat Supply
The quickest way to aid meat supplies is to raise poultry and egg production. Doubling this production next year could yield about 6,500,000,000 pounds of poultry and eggs for domestic use, reducing pork and beef consumption and freeing similar amounts for export to Europe. The note claims poultry outpaces other meat animals in speed and economy.
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Europe
Leghorn Forager Suited To Proper Environments
The Leghorn is praised as an ambitious forager breed, tireless in scratching at garbage heaps, truck gardens, cold frames, manure piles, or rose beds. It will excel when placed in environments suited to its nature but can cause trouble if conditions are unsuitable.
Yard-breaking Leg Horses in Garden Fences
A farmer warns that a garden kept by a person with hens requires secure wire netting to protect Leg horns. If runs are large enough, a seven foot fence can confine them, but once these birds learn the habit they will easily clear the barrier by half flying and half climbing up the netting.
Make Hens Work for Living to Prevent Fat
Instructions on keeping laying hens from getting fat by making them scratch for their food. Balance meals with less grain and more egg producing fodder if needed. Feed moderate grain in the morning, then pasture the hens and provide green foods for dietary balance and nourishment.
Pennsylvania urges keeping good hens for next year’s laying
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture asks poultry keepers to save laying pullets and old hens in good plumage and red combs to use as breeding stock. Early hatched pullets are scarce this fall, so mark and reserve the best hens for next spring. In the Smashup, bystander humor notes the crash left people upset.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
More and Better Pastures in Ohio Grass Growth Survey
Ohio agricultural experiment station reports that clipping pastures after harvest yields more and better grasses. Removing bri ers helps weed seeds ripening, boosting growth for grasses and clover. Where mowing is difficult, a scythe may be used.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Birds as guardians of crops cited in agriculture note
One tenth of U S agricultural and horticultural interests are destroyed yearly by insects. The article argues wild birds are the nation’s greatest aid to food conservation and should be protected to combat pests.
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United States
Egg-Shell Material Affects Hens Yield and Shell Quality
When hens receive proper feed and handling for heavy egg production insufficient egg-shell material is supplied. This leads to fewer eggs and thinner shells unfit for market. The text notes that the price of one eye will supply a good layer for a year.
Comb as a Health Indicator for Fowl
The comb reflects a fowl’s health with bright red firm texture signaling good condition. Pale soft or dark purple combs warn of illness, and prompt investigation is advised to address potential problems.
Feeding sheep through winter with roughage and silage
With abundant roughage like red clover or alfalfa hay, sheep can be carried until near spring with little grain. Corn silage adds succulence but may cause losses and trouble if fed improperly.
Farm Rats Cost Much to Feed and Keep on Farms
A historical note explains that feeding a rat for a year on a farm costs five dollars, and with rising grain prices the expense climbs to eighty eight dollars. The text discusses profitability of keeping a sow versus the cost of rats.
Damaged Feed for Poultry Worth Checking Nutriment
Before buying low grade or damaged grain for poultry, ensure it has sufficient nutriment to justify the price. Shrunken grains may be profitable if cheap, but damaged grains are often almost useless and costly. Send samples to your state experiment station for examination when possible.
Excellent Duck Feed Promotes Free Ranging
A rural notice advises a daily mash of one part cornmeal and two parts wheat bran for ducks, plus alternate evenings of cracked corn, shrunken wheat or oats. If allowed free range, they will forage considerable food around the place.
Race of Cripples and the Body’s Value
A piece critiquing medical examinations of citizens finds that four of every five are deemed crippled, with organs like the heart stomach lungs or kidneys affected. It argues the blind lead the blind and calls for renewed respect and care for the body as a precious possession.
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Renard Macfadden
Sixty Seventh Annual Report of the Lancaster County Prison
Inspectors report for year ending December 31, 1917 with inmate counts, crime and drunk and disorderly totals, manufacturing outputs, inventory value of materials and goods, and detailed expenses. The document notes 1,343 offenders after enjiri commitments, rising crime charges, and a total prison cost of 29,208.91 with 49,449 days of boarding at 11,089.04 dollars.
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Court of Quarter Sessions
County of
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Aryl
Vanean Ee
Carpet Department
Board of Prison Inspectors
Aintenance
Faith and science clash in a dialogue on unseen worlds
In a heated exchange, Howard Cranston questions faith while Doctor Gresham discusses a hidden realm of thought. He contrasts a scientist's view with Culver's, recalling an elderly patient whose faith felt as real as gravity to show the inner life beyond mere perception.
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Howard Cranston
Culver
Gresham
Jerry Lomex
Jerry
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Extermination urged to curb plague menace and waste
Government experts call rat extermination a wartime food-saving measure. Each year rats waste about 200 million units of food. Full-grown rats eat more than babies and pose health risks. Past campaigns in seaports reduced plague via drastic measures, proving prevention over cure. War and poverty risk renewed rat-borne disease spread.
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Europe
Asia
Pacific
Orient
Asig
Toaster Tobacco: Lucky Strike Toasted Cigarettes Rise in Demand
The American Tobacco Company reports experiments to improve smoking tobacco by toasting Burley tobacco, producing Lucky Strike toasted cigarettes. Toaster treatment moistens the tobacco after heating, claiming healthier, tastier, and more in demand product comparable to cooking meat.
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American Tobacco Company
Buys Glasses for Bulldog in Federal Probe Tale
United States District Attorney Cline cites a high cost of living investigation reveal told in a Chicago story. An oculist fits glasses on a bulldog with undershot jaw as a motoring dog’s eyes misted by cold air. A lady in fur leads the dog away after purchase of the glasses for protection. The oculist says she paid right dollars.
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United States
Cline
Chicago
Bentleman
Ocnlist
Relief Amid War Turmoil From Palestine Dispatch
Val entine Robinson weaves a letter from a New York engineer in Palestine describing a desert scene turned green by rain and the aftermath of a skirmish with Turkish forces. A flag of truce brought three officers. Devens volunteered to fetch a doctor and returned with two wounded troops as gratitude.
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Valentine Robinson
Wall Street
New York
The
Herald
Engineers’ Corps
Palestine
Devens
Executors Notice Stath of Albert K Lungenfcker
Letters testamentary on said estate granted to undersigned. All debts owed to estate must be paid now. Claims or demands must be presented for settlement to executor residing at 39 East Grant Street Lancaster Va. Memorullen Executor.
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Albert K. Lungenfcker
Penn
Lancaster County
Grant St
Lancaster
Memullen
Center St. Lititz
W. Stormfeltz
Liliie
Mary
G. Buch
Clayton Z.9mmiskey
Litttn Borough
Lancaster Co
Litit Ta
Harry S. Meisery
Stat Hof
Kicstenberg
Ephiratya Township
Duke St
Lancasters'a
Yrane Eshleman
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