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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
6
Illinois Circular 151 compares four cropping systems on dairy farms. System 4 yields the highest milk per acre and protein while adding substantial soil nitrogen, with System 1 the poorest but revealing the stark profit gap. Also notes frozen beets poisoning stock and cautions on crossbreeding.
Movable pens keep hogs clean and manure evenly distributed. Medium hogs are favored, and feeding is profitable only until about one year old. Provide salt and bone meal in each yard. Breed sows in trips, cull for valuable breeders, and avoid over fat sows to prevent weak litters.
The article advises that sheep need protection mainly from wetness rather than warm quarters. Drying wool relies on the sheep’s body heat, and wet wool wastes energy. Wet weather lowers appetite and thrift, increasing illness risk, while wind is less harmful. Best shelter is shallow open-sided sheds. closed barns require dry floors and proper ventilation.
The Rambouillet Merino breed, originating in France in 1786, has become popular in the United States through American breeders. It is a large sheep valued for both wool and mutton, with the article noting its longer history than the American variety and illustrating a typical head of the breed.
Be high up for air space and openings to vent without strong drafts. Keep the barn side toward prevailing wind close to avoid sifting wind and ensure ground connection to prevent drafts along the floor. Proper ventilation is crucial when wet sheep are penned due to poisonous gases from wool. For hog indigestion, switch to lighter feed and grass, use a mild slop with dairy products and flaxseed, and keep feed troughs clean. Horses show half a century of improvement in draft and road work. state stallion laws aid better conditions.
Krakatoa eruption reshaped the Sunda Strait coast leaving a central oval sea basin with a deep floor over 820 feet, unchanged since 1886. later measurements by Van Bemmelen confirm no sea-floor activity or change. Naturalists preserve spiders’ webs by shellac spraying and mounting on glass, yielding long lasting specimens and species identification.
A study by Captain Barrett Hamilton challenges the idea that flying fish use their winglike fins as true wings. The fins act as a parachute or aeroplane while the tail provides propulsion. Wing movements merely reflect air currents, not thrust. The piece also notes ancient and varying Sabbath calculations across cultures and eras.
A compiled notice lists meeting times and places for multiple organizations in Lititz. Groups include Masons, IOOF, K of P, and various civic bodies meeting weekly or monthly in Rudy's Hall, the Swan Hotel, and other local venues with times ranging from early evening to afternoon.
We are bound to satisfy our custom ers by handling only high grade goods. We continually have a large stock of the following on hand. All sizes of Company Coal Hard Medium and Soft a large assortment of all kinds of Lumber a hard vein never fading slate the best Victor Wall Plaster Calcium Plaster and Pewter Sand.
Public transit times list early morning departures from Lancaster and Lititz with hourly runs to 8 P M and extended Saturday service plus special Sunday start times. Additional routes include Stanheim and Manheim with varied intervals and weekend exceptions.
Trains depart Lititz for Reading and Philadelphia weekdays at 58 a m and 1 08 per motor service Sundays at 7 68 a m and 7 03 p m for Lancaster and Columbia weekdays 9 19 a m and 1 26 and 7 03 p m Sundays 9 19 a m and 7 02 p m for Lebanon weekdays 7 03 p m Sundays 8 19 a m and 7 08 p m
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