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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
11
Baseball notes highlight Ruth as top batting but with few sacrifices while teammates step up. Detroit releases Wilbur Cooper. Ardmore shortstop Ike Kuhdot shines with nine assists and seven putouts. Baseball vocabulary grows complex as college programs drop baseball and players move between teams.
A polo team from India is planned to tour the United States in 1927. The report notes international sports exchanges and growing American interest in polo during the era.
Philadelphia star Lefty Grove shines as one of baseball's top left handed pitchers. He has beaten the Yankees four times this year and leads in earned runs allowed per game, despite a rocky start. Comparisons place him with Waddell Plank and Marquard as he climbs toward lasting fame.
In a British Army society versus St Andrews foursomes at St Andrews, Col Howard and Col Buchan struck iron shots simultaneously from a bunker. The balls met about twenty yards from the hole, dropping one each side of the pin five yards apart. It was the first recorded incident of balls hitting in midair when moving toward the same hole.
Chick Evans argues against longer golf courses for titles. Scioto moved tees back to stretch to over 6200 yards, favoring long drivers. Evans says long, accurate drives lead, while shorter hitters may over-press and misfire, risking disaster on this course.
Boxer Gates, a Mohawk Indian, has agreed to face Luis Firpo of Argentina. The venue and date will be announced later.
Babe Herman of Brooklyn, a promising NL rookie first baseman, has been hitting strongly this season. He collected four hits in six at bats with two doubles and plays a high class defensive and fielding game, providing a solid target for his infielders.
The USDA notes hogs are now more profitable but mangy hogs fetch lower prices or are rejected. Mange, caused by mites, harms growth and fattening and can lead to condemnation. Prevention includes clean pens, oilers, and oiling walls or sand wallows. dipping can destroy mites.
Andrew Boss of the Minnesota experiment station joined the corn belt committee on European corn borer control in Chicago. Entomologists, engineers, and agronomists discussed predictions of the pest reaching Indiana this year and the heart of the corn belt eventually. Ohio stations, manufacturers, landowners, and farmers collaborate on experiments to destroy borers with mechanical devices, while four European parasites become established in the United States.
The article warns that growing sweet clover for pasture and soil improvement is risky if done alongside alfalfa seed production. Proper separation is essential to avoid seed production which is damaging. Alfalfa fields should be freed of clover seed for several seasons, with two years of hay after planting to suppress regrowth in suitable rainfall regions.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes oats provide strong protein and carbohydrate balance for horses while corn delivers more energy per pound. Rolling or grinding oats aids young horses, with supplements from clover, bran, or corncobs to prevent choking. Corn is common and economical. pair with legume hay for a balanced ration, or use corn and alfalfa hay in equal parts. Ground corn and cob meal parallels shelled corn in value but requires care to avoid heat and mold during storage.
A system of swine sanitation developed by USDA specialists in McLean county Indiana has spread to hog producing states. It reduces losses from roundworms and, with extension workers in Iowa and Nebraska, many producers now raise as many pigs with about two thirds as many brood sows. The method also lowers deaths from other diseases and reduces runtiness, showing practical benefits of scientific work.
The article argues fall freshening offers labor scheduling benefits and steady winter milk flow. Fall calving yields calves that grow well in winter and can utilize spring pasture, while spring calves struggle with heat and pasture use.
The bureau notes that worm life history and characteristics are well studied and that ongoing experiments expand to other parasites and related diseases. Researchers emphasize established methods while pursuing additional understandings and potential applications.
A rustic farm column notes pigs must be weaned before counting profits and warns against worm infestation in farrowing quarters. It laments delinquent taxes and argues that lower costs reward better farmers who manage production efficiently.
Farmers are urged to buy proven dairy bulls with daughters in milk and good conformation rather than young unproven calves. Clemson College expert J P LaMaster cites three reasons for low demand for older bulls: value of proven sires, risk of mean disposition, and temptation of taking chances with untested calves.
The Missouri dairy department favors a strong 26 inch wide chute five feet high and seven feet long with flaring wings for ringing and dehorning mature cattle. A 4 by 4 stanchion at the end provides restraint. When no chute is available, a three-rope method can secure a bull for procedures.
W J Fraser of the University of Illinois notes daily growth of heifers is essential and summer grain can be economical for herd management. A calf ration of 33 lb ground corn ground oats and wheat bran with 10 lb linseed oil meal boosts growth when paired with pasture and skim milk, with legume hay added as calves mature.
The article emphasizes starting calves on hay early to develop the stomach for maximum feed intake at maturity. It notes dairy cows are machines converting feed into milk and butter fat, urging attention to calf feeding even while nursing.
The article discusses cooling tanks needing a pump and stock-watering tank connection. It notes that heavy washing and sterilizing require a constant water supply, preferably municipal or farmstead. If unavailable, an elevated tank or purpose built pressure system for the milkhouse is justified.
Mrs J F Gage cared for her ill wife and read of Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound in the newspaper She began the remedy and recovered enough to do her own work After twelve bottles she felt like a new woman and recommended it to others in Brownwood Texas
A young college girl visits a friend on a farm and learns cows have horns. She studies the animal and discusses horned physiology with her host. The cow bawls prompting the girl to ask which horn she blew in a breathless moment.
A London Daily Express excerpt notes a schoolboy’s essay praising a race horse. It describes the derby winner Mr. Mor riss’ Manna, a bay colt by Phataris, rising four, with 9 to 1 odds and an 8 length victory. It also comments on the cruelty of races and calls the sport a bad place.
Audrey visits her grandfather while a veterinarian treats a horse that swallowed a sliver from a tooth. She mishears the medical instructions and returns home shouting that a horse has swallowed its liver.
An error in the 1809 Argentine stamp produced a pair of specimens. One was sold at auction in London for 500 dollars, reflecting the rarity and misprint.
A concise aphoristic saying proclaims life as a sacred practice rather than idle risk. It elevates love as the ideal and sacrifice as the necessary rue vification guiding human conduct.
A concise adage noting that practical men avoid deceitful tactics in business, implying honesty yields steadier results.
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