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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
7
Dairy managers must keep cows healthy to ensure high quality milk. Tuberculosis testing helps locate diseased animals, and milk from off feed or treated cows or cows recently calved should not be shipped. Cleanliness matters: udder, flanks, tail and bedding, proper stall length, and pre milking grooming reduce bacteria before milking.
Farmers weigh newborn calves to size milk rations. Male calves tend to be heavier than heifers and calf weight is about 6 to 8 percent of dam weight. Beef-breed calves average heavier than dairy-breed calves with examples: Guernsey 56 lbs, Ayrshire 68 lbs, Holstein 90 lbs, Milking Shorthorn 75 lbs, Brown Swiss 100 lbs.
A feeding trial at the Iowa experiment station compares alfalfa hay to timothy hay as roughage for milk production. With a base ration of corn silage and a four by four mix of cracked corn oats and-meal, alfalfa shows a value advantage when priced at 15 dollars per ton, while timothy rises to about 1.50 per ton for milk cows.
The article stresses clean barn conditions and comfortable quarters to keep cows satisfied. It notes dairy cows use energy for dairy production, recommends high protein feeds such as alfalfa hay, sweet clover hay, cottonseed meal, linseed oil meal, or soy bean meal, and cites life expectancy changes when tuberculosis-affected cows are removed.
Honorable A. P. Tarbox of University Place Nebraska testifies to Tanlac’s benefits crediting the treatment with restoring his health after decades of stomach trouble. He notes indigestion relief and renewed strength enabling two years of work and praises Tanlac as crucial to his well being. Tanlac sold by druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
A stockman sought literary opinion from a renowned author of verse. The poet replied that the items were so good the stockman would have to support Henry for life, reflecting a wry, self-referential joke about value and patronage.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the best remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It boasts rapid mild effects and urges readers to mail ten cents for a sample from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
An ad describes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for clear complexion, clean scalp, and soft hands, promoting Cuticura Talcum as part of the trio. It also includes a light dialogue about earning an extra allowance tied to a money-raising scheme.
In a classroom scene a teacher asked girls to rework Longfellow's Village Blacksmith into brief verse. One student submitted a flippant quip praising achievement while warning the tongue is the necks worst enemy, ending with an Arabian proverb.
From Salvation Army headquarters in Chicago comes a ruling that the term heathen is too rude for nations with civilizations older than Christianity. Going forward such peoples will be described as non Christian in official usage.
A historical proverb warns against attempting to purchase a powerful person, noting that no one should bid for a figure who commands the world’s wealth. The saying emphasizes the limits of money against true influence.
This old advertising claim promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a safe non narcotic substitute for Castor Oil and other teething remedies. It notes proven directions on each package and widespread physician recommendation, with the familiar signature on the bottle.
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