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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1929
Page
2
Fifteen years after graduation Dr Caldwell rose to fame for a single prescription. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin became a world leading laxative sold today from an original herb based formula. It is pleasant tasting and touted as safe for women and children and suitable for a range of digestive complaints.
A Spanish engineer proposes a Gibraltar bridge linking Spain and Africa. The design uses submerged anchored floats to support the span with opposing forces to maintain balance. Parts would be weather protected to prevent damage.
A New York sociologist proposes a reform for minor offenders to serve only overnight jail time while working daytime jobs. The workers would turn their wages over to authorities to support inmates and their families.
A teacher misstates a snake's strike as "mathematefl precision" prompting a clever pupil to guess an adder. The brief exchange appears in a stray, distorted quotation excerpt.
Idaho farmers report a strong prune and apple harvest with Boise valley yields heavy and shipments starting. Officials foresee a profitable year aided by ample crop movement cars and expanding markets.
Practical dairymen need six to eight weeks of rest after each lactation for cows producing high milk yields. Dry cow rations rely on roughage as a base with grain adjusted to the animal, and protein needs rise with silage and legume hay. A typical on pasture mix includes ground corn or barley 800 lb, ground oats 300 lb, bran 200 lb, and linseed or cottonseed meal 100 lb, with higher protein additions for silage and legume hay.
A sheepish plea urges repairing cow stable windows before cold winds begin. Drafts cause udder inflammation and may trigger contagious garget reducing milk yield. A past example showed a cow near a broken pane developed udder swelling and net milk loss, ending in sale for beef.
The Japanese department of agriculture notes rapid silo adoption with 4381 silos under five tons, many for single cows. Farmers feed silage year round using diverse farm forage including sweet potato vines alongside corn. Each cow requires about four tons of silage annually, and silos are becoming common among stock keepers in Japan.
Proper silage requires combining soy beans with corn in a 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 ratio. Do not layer beans and corn. mix as they are blown into the silo. Cut soybeans for silage before pods harden to ensure quality.
Tremonton will host the 1929 Boxelder county fair and rodeo on September 19 20 and 21 with officials promising better arrangements and improvements than previous fairs. The note details other Utah items from Ogden Salt Lake and Washington including stadium plans and forest receipts.
Agricultural engineer B R B Gross warns damp poultry house floors cause heavy losses and lower bird performance. He outlines dry wooden floors with two board layers and building paper, raised 12 to 18 inches, plus dry concrete floor options with insulated fill or a two course setup separated by roofing paper. Ventilation litter and sunlight may also drive dampness.
The article notes turkeys have large digestive systems and long intestines with strong appetites. Feeding them highly concentrated foods risks indigestion and death unless relieved. It recommends plenty of green foods like alfalfa, clover, lettuce, onion tops, and dandelion leaves, cut to avoid soil contamination.
The article explains why infertile eggs may be preferable under certain market conditions. It advises using fertile eggs promptly, removing roosters after breeding season, and notes hens lay well without males. Early hatched cockerels are useful for breeding, while selling or confining roosters after hatching season saves feed costs.
It is difficult to be absolutely sure of the sex of young turkey poults. Males usually shoot the red and develop a fleshy head growth sooner and grow more rapidly. Bronze turkeys show sex by plumage: females have white tips on breast feathers while males have dark tips.
The article recalls an old guideline to avoid changing poultry breeds. It notes how large hatcheries changed the game, enabling poultrymen to start with limited eggs and then spend years developing flocks. A shift caused mixed breeds and mongrels to proliferate as pure-bred lines declined.
Poultry keepers face two routes for unwanted cockerels. Destroy them early when identifiable or raise them well to a fleshy condition. The second method suits early cockerels, but many growers avoid it while some poultrymen cull all surplus fowls.
The story recounts John D Rockefeller encountering a blocking vehicle on a narrow road. He notes that anger harms the person and that losing temper harms the self, saying resentments are bad for a man.
The Dutch East Indies served as a key market for American cars with 8,829 units exported in 1028, reflecting strong sales and growing regional demand for U.S. automobiles.
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