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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
7
The text notes sassafras as an early medicinal article and its use as a sudorific stimulant in cures for flu like illness. It mentions sassafras tea from roots and bark and a long folklore of remedies. It also discusses early landscape gardening from ancient times through medieval and seventeenth century styles and figures like Lent tre, tied to castle and convent garden adornment.
University of Wilnots expert R. R. Snapp warns midwinter frozing damages silage quality. Remove thawed or frozen pieces promptly to avoid mold and digestive issues. small pieces are harmless, but large amounts reduce palatability and risk digestive derangements.
A guide from New York State College experts shows farmers how to add windows in hog houses to improve warmth and light. South side placement and precise sizing maximize daylight for better farrowing, with about four square feet of glass per pen and careful sun angle planning around March 1.
In Clay county South Dakota Fairview township took first prize for replacing the most scrub and grade bulls with pure breds. Six townships competed and replaced ten grade bulls with pure breds, with Fairview earning four of the total. The contest reported to the US Department of Agriculture by County Agent J Bland Hill, and sponsored by the Clay county farm bureau and the Vermilion Commercial club, aims at cattle improvement and yields indirect benefits.
The text warns that cold or icy water harms pigs by reducing water intake and chilling them, which suppresses appetite. It recommends supplying warm water, with most of it in the morning and a smaller amount in the evening, and ensuring a warm bed so pigs stay comfortable through the night.
Raising pigs by hand demands high patience. Newborn pigs need frequent feeding every two to three hours, using warmed clean milk at about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Milk should be whole cow’s milk. feeding can be by bottle or spoon. Provide fresh water and grain as soon as they will eat.
Pauline Nixon, age eighteen, already married four times. She first wed at fifteen, divorced her third in Texas, then nine hours after the divorce crossed into New Mexico and married B. L. Page, her current husband.
Mr MacKenna a member of the dail states the Irish pig trade is the worst in three decades with pigs driven from British markets by Danish competition. He notes Denmark now has about 1,800,000 pigs while Ireland’s total has fallen, blaming high feeding costs a poor potato crop and reduced breeding interest.
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Hidge recalls Zach Flatt accompanying him to the county seat. The men expect him to be away for a week or more while a promising job appears to sustain him for a spell. Mrs Johnson reacts to his prolonged absence with surprised chatter.
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