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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
4
Small farm owners push beef cattle as profitable diversification. With high beef values, growers can double money by raising their own stock and marketing early for high returns. Advice covers starting with top quality calves, alfalfa silos, local dairy calves, avoiding distant feeders, and concentrating feeding to boost profits.
The article compares the fertility value of farm manure to commercial fertilizers, warning that crops remove substantial nutrients. It urges keeping livestock on idle land, housing them under sheds, and providing bedding to reduce leaching and maximize soil returns. Proper storage with loam, sawdust, or straw minimizes nitrogen loss.
Keeping farm tools sharp saves horse feed and strength, boosts daily work output, and improves profits. An emery stone pays for itself in one season by extending tool life, saving time and vitality. Get one and maintain sharp tools.
An advising note promotes feeding chicks with all surplus milk including buttermilk separator milk and clabbered milk. Chicks reportedly relish milk and it is beneficial as long as the dairy source is clean even if sour.
A woman in Navasota Texas invented a shoe mounted knife to trim corn and cane. The broad flat blade sits at the toe and instep and braces against the heel, enabling a quick foot movement to cut without bending over.
Guidance on selecting suitable tree species for a local region. Advises choosing varieties already thriving nearby and adapting to the area. Emphasizes using locally sourced stock to improve survivability and growth.
The survey shows 1914 slaughtering and meat packing firms in the U.S. produced goods worth about 1.652 billion dollars and highlights rising municipal abattoirs in 22 cities across 13 states. It compares farmer returns with centralized versus local markets, noting higher farmer shares in centralized systems but greater local retailer shares in direct sales.
Farmers along rural routes discuss offering a bushel or so of corn to carriers to ease costs during muddy seasons. The proposal envisions a small private barter to support carriers who balance town living and market-priced provisions while maintaining long, difficult routes.
Readers are urged to skim the Enterprise advertisements for money saving offers and genuine bargains. The page highlights opportunities to investigate local services and respond to promotional deals available to shoppers.
Dr R R Daniels emphasizes feeding children to meet growth needs rather than pampering. He warns feet should stay warm and dry and advocates morning and evening heating with daytime ventilation. He notes Bright's disease is incurable once kidneys are overworked and suggests early prevention.
Medical commentators warn that headaches may stem from an overload of toxins in the body. Researchers advise moderation and balanced meals to reduce symptoms and improve overall well being.
A health note argues constipation is a symptom of digestive disorders and improper diet. It warns against tonics as mere stimulants and urges increasing green vegetables in winter as in summer.
A simple regimen of a cool foot bath followed by a brisk rub may aid those suffering from habitual cold feet. The method emphasizes tactile stimulation to improve circulation and warmth.
The article explains that many sensations called hunger are merely stomach irritation from digestive disorders. It differentiates normal hunger as a body wide signal, not tied to stomach pain, and notes that true hunger can be postponed without harm. It warns that gall bladder, appendix, and stomach ulcers can produce hungry pain.
The butchers and bakers warn price hikes to avoid bankruptcy while candlestick makers, railroad men, and operators demand higher wages and rates. Yet the ultimate consumer faces only higher living costs as others seem indifferent to his plight.
November issue urges readers to study normal hunger and healthful appetite. It promotes sending ten cents to The Hygienist Publishing Co. at Majestic Building in Denver Colorado to receive guidance on maintaining vigor and wellness.
The Home Circle column offers a restful, reflective read for mothers weary from daytime duties. It glints with gentle humor and small comforts, inviting readers to unwind in the family circle at dusk.
The essay argues that husbands return home irked and demand constant sweetness from wives who spend their day tending children and home. It condemns lack of daily affection, patience, and gratitude, noting wives hunger for small acts of appreciation to nourish their souls.
A moral exhortation urging husbands to recognize wives as partners and to end cruelty and neglect. The piece argues that a wife may endure private wrongs while presenting a cheerful front to the world, stressing the impact on family and the need for redress and appreciation.
The piece argues stable marriages and family discipline are essential for virtue and healthy offspring. It asserts that wealth beyond a modest amount offers no extra happiness and may harm morality, predicting sons of the wealthy seek pleasure and end in vice, while contentment with about $2,000 yearly yields prince like happiness.
A vendor contrasts a lawyer charging 65 dollars for five minutes of topic advice with an editor offering 100 topics at five cents each. The piece argues that generous help would curb decline, lamenting society’s tendency to allow others to slide toward destruction rather than helping them.
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