Auction Thurdays at Melvindale Stable Advertises Stock
Farmers and dealers urged to attend weekly auctions at a Melvindale stable near Wabash Railroad-Dix U S 25 with fresh stock weekly. Shaw Bros Atlantic 1022 touts Gall Klenz product for liver bile and indigestion claiming 20 years of success and urging readers to consult a druggist or write 2410 Burlingame Detroit.
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Melvindale
Wabash
Dix
U. S
Shaw Bros
Atlantic
Galeklenz
Gail Stone
Klenz
Burlingame
Detroit
Mick
Pattern For a Slip Cover By Ruth Wyeth Snears
Pattern guidance for sewing a slip cover begins with making a pattern before buying fabric. Use folded sheets to estimate material, add seams and tuck allowances, cut straight sections, pin and shape to chair lines, and mark grain direction. Fringe accents and a note about Mrs Spears Sewing book and price follow.
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Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago, Ill
Proper Milk Handling To Save Dairymen Losses
Extension dairyman Arey warns dairymen lose thousands each summer from poor milk handling. Contamination comes from the cow, milker hands, and improper cleaning. Use small top pens and metal containers, clean and dry milking gear, warm rinses, alkali wash, steam sterilize, and cool milk below 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
Horses and Hot Weather Care for Horses in Summer
A Hoards Dairyman writer advises giving horses water every hour in heat and providing ample salt at barn or pasture. Foals and colts require extra attention. keep foals with mares, bring mares in for nursing midmorning and afternoon. Regular hoof trimming and removing excessive growth prevent lameness and cracks.
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Hoard
Eight Breeds of Swine in the United States
The article explains two hog classes lard type and bacon type. It notes feeding influences market type with oats barley meal favoring bacon. Lard breeds listed are Duroc Jersey Poland China Chester White Berkshire Hampshire and Spotted Poland China. True bacon breeds are Tamworth and Yorkshire.
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United States
Jersey
Poland
China
Chester White
Berkshire
Hampshire
Tamworth
Yorkshire
Starting Mash for Turkeys From Farm Ingredients
Turkey growers may use home or farm grown grains balanced with a protein supplement. A starter mash recipe lists ingredients in pounds: corn 21, wheat bran 10, flour midd 15, ground oats or barley 10, alfalfa leaf meal 15, meat scrap 20, soybean oil meal 10, dried milk 5, salt 1, oyster shell 1, cod liver oil 2.
Water retention from crop rotation in South Dakota soils
The South Dakota experiment station reports that using corn oats and red clover in a three year rotation with soil amendments holds 15 600 more gallons of water per acre than continuous corn without fertilizer. With lime manure and phosphate the soil holds 46 500 more gallons per acre than continuous corn.
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South Dakota
The Shrinking Trouser Dilemma Among Friends
A mother laments washed trousers too tight for Mike and a friend jokes that washing him might shrink him as well. The light exchange reflects small town humor about clothing mishaps and practical advice.
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Mike
Name Talk and Trade Gripes in Vintage Snippets
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt blends names and dialogue from old era scenes. Urchin Moses mum, Show Me Wife, and Strangler trade lines appear alongside a prisoner claiming government disruption of his half dollar manufacturing business. Stray Stories Magazine showcases, in fragmentary fashion, a mosaic of voices and curiosities.
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Marvel Trailer Parts Co
Celestine Avenue
Mich
By Ruth Wyeth Snears
Sophocles
Barlum
Bort Dide
Wr Brasea
Cadillag Sauare and
BATES
John A. Arey
Extension Dairyman
North Carolina State College
WNU Service
Corn
By C. M. Payne
By S. L. Huntley
Finney
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FORCE
Leushua
Ryoolossip
Reed Street
Compf—Ulfe- Eagle
Man
Terbaccer
Pop
J. Millar Watt
Doris
Peni
Gluyas Williams
Aunt Matilda
Tat Junior
Wave
Mailda
Winder
Urchin
Moses
Philadelphia Bulletin
Stray Stories Magazine
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