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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1924
Page
7
Describes inexpensive dairy cooling tanks using water as a cooling agent. Water enters near the bottom and exits top to keep cans submerged, with stirring strips, a swinging steel arm to hold cans, and safeguards to prevent swinging or floating. Also notes shotgun style cooling cans and a household refrigerator adaptation.
State Agricultural College researchers at Cornell urge keeping pullets fat for winter laying. They recommend three quarters hard grain, daily 8 quarts per 100 birds, with mash kept available and green food like sprouted oats or beets. Milk may supplement, and published timing suggests placing a portion of pullets in winter quarters after first eggs appear.
The article explains that converting feeds into silage preserves succulent content and vitamins in cow feed, aiding health and milk flow. It notes vitamins in milk depend on the cow’s plant-based diet, with succulent feeds boosting vitamin content and overall dairy value.
Every dairyman should weigh milk and test it. Know if cows give enough milk or butterfat to profit over feed costs. A $4 scale, few minutes daily to weigh each cow, and monthly milk testing from any creamery or ice cream plant.
Calves under one year may be fed whole oats or any grain used for cows. Begin grain as they switch to skim milk. At one month old, feed about half a pound daily, increasing to two pounds per day with good hay and skim milk.
Ohio experiment station tests show a mineral mix of bonemeal imestrohe and salt added to soybean meal doubles its value for egg production and growth. The 60 20 20 blend makes up 4 percent of mash and costs under 4 cents per hen yearly, addressing protein and mineral gaps in grains and seeds.
Poultry authorities advise a good balanced ration for laying stock. Provide constant access to scratch grain, mash, green succulents, fresh water, oyster shell, charcoal, and protein via milk or similar sources.
Farmers advised to feed adult geese starting February to ensure goslings hatch with spring pasture. Feed 8 mash each morning with equal parts corn meal bran middlings or low grade flour plus 10 percent beef scrap, and offer whole or cracked corn at night.
A brief excerpt from The American Legion Weekly presents a humorous dialect exchange about health and trust. The piece highlights a comic mood as characters Rufus and Nogsuh discuss doctor visits and mutual mistrust in a light domestic scene.
Daniel Edwards a double decoration veteran alleges Reeder Deason faked leglessness and war service. Deason allegedly joined Come Back club as a disabled World War I veteran, claimed France service with Ninth Infantry Second Division, and drew sympathy and honors while never serving. Edwards, veteran advocate, named hospital, club and city locations in his accusations.
In Meadville Crawford county Pennsylvania locals claim Judge Henderson as the oldest active jurist and the longest serving on the Superior court bench. Born in Pittsburgh he joined the Bucktail Brigade and witnessed Civil War battles and Lincoln's assassination. He has served as district attorney and a series of judge appointments and elections, never married, living with two brothers on Chestnut Hill.
The remount service, created in 1917 with Jockey Club breeding bureau aid, now operates nationwide stations producing light cavalry mounts. Since inception over 22,000 mares have been bred, 250 stallions are used, 90 percent thoroughbreds. The program expanded from initial 27 stallions and $250000 funding, facing cuts but continuing with breeder cooperation.
Trampers in the Ramapo mountains of northern New Jersey and adjacent New York have found dwindling Jackson White colonies. Pop Lamphier of Powell Vermont tells a story tying the group to British army camp followers from the Revolutionary era. The Ramapo and Hillburn groups face extinction as cabins fade and outside efforts try to aid survivors.
A New Jersey agriculture expert notes that removing crossing branches and dead wood is only the start. At Senator Emmer Roberts farm, a block of Cranne Beauty apples pruned thoroughly produced 56.4 percent over 3 inches in size versus 8 percent on brushy trees, with larger fruit and higher red color, despite slightly lower total yields in the first year.
A New York experiment station comparison finds little difference between winter and summer pruning of apples over several years. The head investigator favors winter pruning for visibility and ease, noting that fruit crop after bearing makes removal harder in summer. Varieties tested included Baldwin Bolken Esopus Hubbarton McIntosh Spy and Greening. The report says both methods work when trees are young, but recommends winter pruning for convenience.
Professor F M Rolfs of Oklahoma A and M cautions against removing all last year's wood in grape pruning. He notes that retained canes produce current year fruiting shoots and larger, tighter bunches with bigger berries, advising 6 to 8 buds per cane and balanced distribution.
The main goal in planting a tree is to pack the soil firmly around the roots. Tamp down the soil hard with topsoil next to the roots and the remaining soil above. A properly planted young tree should resist being pulled up. Do not use dynamite to dig holes, especially when soil is wet.
A dialogue fragment shows a salesperson pressuring a passerby about car insurance while the other insists they do not own a car. The exchange highlights a potential misfit sales pitch and street interaction.
Mrs J B Ellis of Mont recalls using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription during adolescence and motherhood for strength and nerves. She credits Golden Medical Discovery with aiding recovery from typhoid fever and urges readers to obtain trial packs from Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, NY.
The record notes W N U in Salt Lake City with the number five in the 1924 sequence. A brief clerical entry appears on page fragment dated 1924. The item is a catalog or schedule reference rather than a full article.
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