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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR reveals a literary challenge line featuring Adring Rose and a mock parodied reply about will and way. The garbled text mentions a moment, a maiden, and a playful exchange suggesting parody.
Glover from Colorado Agricultural College offers fly control guidance for livestock. He notes current dips and mixtures can deter infestation when applied properly, with a focus on treating exposed areas and using diluted preparations. He warns against applying dope after manure piles have accumulated and emphasizes prevention through timely preparation.
Experiments at a Missouri agricultural station show hogs fed with separate self-feeders gain faster and more efficiently than hand fed, with supplementary feeds like tankage linseed oil meal and wheat middlings boosting profits. Grain savings from pasture crops range 20 to 40 percent.
The article explains that rearing orphan piglets is hard and requires feeding them six to eight times daily for about three weeks. It advises using fresh cow milk or sow milk, warns hand feeding risks of overfeeding, and suggests slight milk additives and a drop of castor oil to prevent indigesting.
Manure handling recovers fertility from alfalfa hay and barley feed. A ton of hay or barley contains $6.00 worth of fertility, about 75 percent of which the steer returns to the farm when manure is carefully managed.
The article notes sun scald risks for light colored hogs and ranks Ohio as eighth in livestock value with Texas and California high. It emphasizes sow litter sizes, feeding for growth over fat, guard rails in farrowing pens, and keeping hogs healthy with clean housing and proper shelter to prevent diseases and improve survival from birth to sale.
An American jeweler in Paris bought a giant black pearl for 1000 dollars claiming it was genuine. After a test by cracking it open, the pearl proved to be an imitation, prompting the Paris house to assume responsibility for the misrepresentation.
The famed Chilandari monastery on Mount Athos was destroyed by fire. The site is noted for a priceless ivory gospel in gold letters on vellum, likely gifted by Emperor Andronicus Comnenus around 1184, and a chest of Serbian ecclesiastical art. In 1916 Bulgarian monks raided Chilandari from Zegraphon.
A London jewelers shop tale ends with the capture of a smartly dressed man and his monkey. The creature slipped from the customer’s pocket to grab rings, then vanished. Police seized rooms filled with stolen valuables from the clever simian’s hoard.
An exchange reports elephants used in a Borise limber mill operation push logs up two skids to a platform. Two elephants push, a third acts as a hoss while the boss wields a short anchor chain as a whip if needed. Whistles end work and everyone eats, with logs crashing if pushed too far.
Buckskin gloves mainly sourced from Mexico and Brazil use small skins with scratches as proof of authenticity. Leather is oiled and colored with cok tired Gay dist, causing dust or tracking for the first wears. The leather is close fibered and becomes soft after use.
In a rustic tale, Rip faces his fate after Hurri cane Gal spurns marriage, as friends prepare to bury him and dig a grave with shovels and picks in a rural setting. The scene evokes old scout humor and farewell bravado.
A distressed boy asks his mother which wife to marry, wavering between Marys beauty and Kihei’s appeal. The tale ends with a twist about Ethel possessing nine white rats, hinting at a comic or cautionary omen.
Mrs. Matilda Showacre of New Market Maryland is America s oldest war widow. She celebrated her 101st birthday on September 2 last and has been a war widow for more than 50 years. Her husband George Showacre served with the Maryland militia under Jackson in the War of 1812 and for 40 years Dele Srmn has sent her a pension of 30 dollars monthly.
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