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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1911
Page
6
Advice on housing and feeding brood sows to maintain health and comfort through winter. Emphasizes a warm cot, swinging door, exercise by movement, bulky feeds like milk roots and clover hay, and adjusting diet toward less bulk and more protein as farrowing approaches to keep a laxative condition.
The article traces the Holstein Friesian lineage from northern Europe origin myths to 200 B C beginnings. It notes Friesians dwelt by the North Sea, later German tribes bred cattle, and crossbreeding may have produced the black and white Holstein breed. It describes the breed as noble in conformation with a long neck, broad back, and notably large udder.
The Holstein-Friesian cattle are nearly uniform in build size and quality. They are celebrated as the original stock from which dairy breeds derive. The pictured cow exemplifies this popular breed of dairy cattle and its favorable milk-producing lineage.
Kimball's Dairy Farmer notes the Holstein Friesian cow has a squarish form with broad body and cylindrical teats. It produces the most year round milk among breeds, calves are large and rapid growers, and high milk yield makes it valuable for cheese factories and city markets.
The guidance emphasizes keeping pregnant ewes in natural conditions with steady access to suitable feed. It warns against overfeeding high protein grains like wheat, corn, and alfalfa, urges maintaining good flesh without fat, and suggests bran sparingly before lambing with sweet corn stover and alfalfa hay. If forage is coarse, add a small grain mix such as corn and oats.
Iowa station reports on feeding horses with substitutes for oats. Corn plus oilmeal or cottonseed meal shows potential for lower costs. With corn at 50 cents and oats at 40 cents oilmeal could save about 60 dollars per ton for work horses, cottonseed meal slightly higher.
A New York Tribune item notes ricebirds small enough to ride on buzzards. The tiny birds perch between the buzzard’s wings, grasp a few feathers, and ride for a while as a free lift. The ride ends when the ricebird detaches and departs, leaving the large bird unaware.
An assortment of notes covers Hopi and Navajo death customs, beliefs about souls guiding to the Grand Canyon, and a Navajo superstition about hogans after a death. Also includes antiquity of the dog with ancient references, tales of a beer-loving goose, skating on a tennis court, and deafness in blue-eyed white cats.
A reflection on duty as close at hand and simple, urging the willing to listen and honor service. The quote frames duty as a present, intimate obligation guiding personal conduct and readiness to accept responsibility.
The French epicure and jurist Brillat Savarin faced confiscation of property during the French Revolution and fled to Switzerland and the United States where he once played a fiddle in a New York theater. His Physi ology of Taste was published at his expense without his name and he later served as a counselor of the supreme court through shifting regimes. He quipped that discovering a new food brings more happiness than finding a new star and told a hostess that wine choice was a postponed judgment in a clever courtroom joke.
Castelar returns to Madrid to deliver a resumed lecture after exile. The piece also digresses into the Sedan Chair’s history in England, magnetic poles movement, early mineral inks, and short literary quips from various sources.
Lititz groups including Litiz Lodge No. 23 EK of P meets in Rudy's Hall. Garfield Castle No. 76 EK E meets Tuesdays in Rudy's Hall. Morning Star Temple No. 70 Ladies of the G E meet first and third Wednesdays in Rudy's Hall. others list weekly, monthly, or biweekly gatherings at local halls, hotels, or council chambers with specified times.
Transit timetable lists Lancaster Lititz and Manheim routes with first departures around 5 AM from Lancaster and 7 AM from Lancaster on Sundays. Buses run hourly through the day with additional half hour intervals on busy days and varied weekend timings.
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