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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
5
A fragmented OCR shows numerous personal names and locations such as Roy A. Welker Ezra Stucki Laketown Bloomington George McMurry Alma Findlay Geneva Hyrum Oakey Sharon and others. Includes places like Paris Liberty Montpelier Dingle and Garden City with various initials and initials. The text reads like a roster or directory extract with multiple individuals and towns.
Letters in the London Live Stock Journal show some Shire breeders favor removing hair on the legs. Reformers are likely a minority but could affect export trade by changing the breed’s appearance. Many in this country value Shires yet dislike the hairy legs. If English breeders had bred the hair off instead.
The passage criticizes English breeders for producing the same horse type, the hairy-Jeg, regardless of customer preference. It contrasts American demand for gray and black Percherons with the French response, noting English traders persist in their traditional stock.
A Wisconsin Agriculturist note describes building hog troughs for a new 22 pen hog house. Doors sides and tops used red elm lumber and concrete troughs with a steel lever locking system proving durable over four years with no wear or opening issues.
Advice on feeding orphan foals with cow milk as a cost effective option. Describes preparation steps including warming, sugar, lime water, and gradual feeding increases. Recommends adjustments by age, shifting to sweet milk and oil-based mixtures to address diarrhea and provide nutrition.
The article notes Shropshire as the most popular sheep in America, combining many desired traits. It warns that larger English breeds show pneumonia more often, Merino is hardiest, and Southdown follows, while individual hardiness varies by family and management.
A newspaper column urges careful summer care for work horses, warning many are lost due to heat and neglect. It stresses thorough grooming, proper feeding, and keeping horses clean and comfortable. It advises frequent watering, ideally four to five times daily or hourly when very hot.
At Washington state college farm a pig feeding experiment compares four rations. Fifty hogs split into four lots show Lot 2 peas 60 percent plus shorts and tankage yields best gains, with Lot 3 close. Hogs weighed weekly over eight weeks, now in final week.
A Farming Business note describes a rack used to immobilize livestock. The animal is driven in, rear door closes, and front doors pin the neck from both sides. The lever locks, leaving the animal unable to move while workers perform needed operations.
Disease toll declines this season while purebred hogs and high-grade stock are plentiful. Hog prices sit around 16 cents, boosting demand for pork at home and for export. Farmers are urged by the United States Department of Agriculture to raise hogs to increase pork supply and profits.
Article by I. E. Newsom from Colorado Agricultural College advises farmers to watch pig litters for sore mouth, isolate affected pigs, and treat with daily tincture of iodine. If ulcers are advanced the pig should be destroyed and carcass burned.
The article discusses woven wire as an ideal sheep fence but notes a strong three strand barb wire can be adapted into a sheep fence with two or three extra wires at the bottom. It references Hextius and neighborly relations as relevant context.
Guidance on teaching a young colt to eat grain and forage. Recommend alfalfa or clover and access to grass. Best grain feed is crushed oats with bran. if unavailable use crushed corn and bran in equal parts with some linseed meal as a supplement.
The clubbing arrangement with THE IDAHO FARMER allows any regular subserior farmer who is not yet a subscriber to receive THE IDAHO FARMER in combination with this paper at the same rate as the latter. The term trustgrower applies to farmers joining the offer, expanding readership.
An Ohio experiment shows clover delivering over 100 dollars per acre when used to replace corn in hog rations valued at 21.68 per bushel. Other forage crops also show high value. Pregnant sows thrive on clover or alfalfa with limited corn, while young pigs benefit from more grain. Fence off clover or alfalfa pastures to let hogs forage.
Roadsides, lanes and fence corners may be kept clean by a flock of sheep. They will rid fields of weeds and return soil fertility as manure. Sheep graze with cattle where grass is abundant and eat plants other stock avoid, improving appearance and potential income.
Instructions describe rope handling to raise a hind foot of a wild horse. Methods include tying a front foot, placing the assistant’s hand over the eye on the same side, or using a headstall and tiring the animal until dizzy. Then lift the foot forward and back into a shoeing position to trim the hoof.
The United States Department of Agriculture endorses a mineral paste for pigs on pasture. Dissolve copperas in hot water and sprinkle over the mix of slaked lime four pounds wood ashes one bushel sulfur four pounds sul-eight pounds fine charcoal one bushel, plus two pounds copperas.
Directors of Paris Retief Canal Co at Paris Idaho levied 75 cents per share on capital stock payable by December 1 1917. Delinquent shares will be advertised for sale December 17 1917 to cover the delinquent assessment and costs. Frank S Beck secretary and poiranucel. ROW WaianxtiSe president.
A reflective line of thought honors mothers and their unwavering love, noting the beauty seen through a mother's heart for every child. The passage evinces affection and the timeless bond between parent and offspring in warm, intimate terms.
Directors levy 6 percent assessment on capital stock payable by December 1 1917 to A T Vendrey secretary. Delinquent shares after December 1 1917 will be advertised for public sale December 17 1917 to cover delinquent assessment and advertising costs. Frank S Beck president.
A girl compliments another by saying she would look pretty in a flannelette nightgown. The remark reflects a warm, personal compliment overheard in everyday conversation.
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