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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
8
A United States Department of Agriculture message urges farmers to combine serum use with strict sanitations to fight hog cholera. It notes prior losses and costs, advises cleaning pens and yards, draining cesspools, removing old straw, and designing shelters for easy cleaning to protect future pig herds.
The Milan Leader voices frustration with noisy streets and lax observance of driving rules, calling for stricter enforcement of ordinances to curb late night traffic and public nuisance. A tone of civic urging emphasizes communal responsibility over selfish behavior.
The Nebraska College of Agriculture urges expansion of livestock farming as prices stay strong amid scarce stock. Feed costs are falling, suggesting better returns for both raisers and feeders. U.S. cattle numbers have dropped from 89 to 42 per 100 people since 1900, while slaughter has risen, prompting warnings that only millionaires may afford beef if production lags.
Breeding ewes need abundant forage to rear strong offspring and to maintain healthy ewes. Growing lambs require forage for development, and fattening sheep benefit from balanced rations with forage as the main component. Grain alone does not yield the best results for sheep intended for market. A mixed feed plan with a substantial forage portion is recommended.
A farmer should not dispose of run down horses after a hard summer but fatten them first. A fat horse commands a higher price even if the animal is inferior, the article notes, advising sales of well-fed stock.
During winter brood sows should be kept cheaply yet properly fed to rear many healthy, well grown pigs in spring.
Plymouth supplies binder twine and related tools available at Muirs Hardware. Customers can find durable cordage and hardware essentials for DIY projects.
Rates for subscriptions and single copies listed. Condolences, cards of thanks, and entertainment announcements priced per word or line. Obituaries and marriage notices are free. poetry costs two cents per line. other personal benefit items billed at standard advertising rates.
The piece lambasts midwestern and national distribution practices, arguing that goods move from distant regions to satisfy markets while local producers lose. It condemns freight costs, rail congestion, and inflated packaging that raise consumer prices, urging a single decisive step to fix distribution by demanding goods in rule.
The Portland Review reprints an editor from the Belding News ridiculing a recent street scene where a young woman wore a Tuffle skirt nearly to her knees. He warns if costumes shrink further the mayor may deploy a barrel stave to send them home.
A historical ad states rats breed 6 to 10 times yearly averaging ten young per litter. It promotes RAT SNAP as a convenient, baked farm product that mummifies rats after killing leaving no smell. It claims cats or dogs won’t deter it and lists sizes 135c, 65c, and $1.25 with sellers C. C. Wheeler and E. B. J. Muir.
Specialists from the U S department of agriculture cooperate with Michigan Agricultural College in crop experiments. Dr A J Peters oversees flower investigations and provides seed of legumes while planning forage crops on the Upper Peninsula. Seven acres of flax plots are being shocked. beets and other crops receive extensive work as cooperators push the program.
Hobart Bosworth in A Thousand to One headlines two days of screenings. Snub Pollard stars in a Screen Snapshots piece while Shirley Mason appears in Wing Toy. A Christie Comedy Pathe Review rounds out the program.
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