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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
7
The text discusses grass types and pasture management, noting how weather and soil affect grazing value. It mentions alke and timothy, Alsike clover, and the impact of drainage on land utility, with observations on muskeg areas and practical farming advice.
A farmer who delays tasks until others finish haying is described as behindhand and laughed at by his own growling crops. He attempts to harvest grass while neglecting weeds, cuts with a mower, and trades horses, then drains fuel for a meager output. Neighbors finish early. his crops won’t amount to much, illustrating the cost of procrastination and urging breeders to study standards and observe shows to judge effectively.
The article recounts how the Concord grape emerged from chance, as wild grapes left seeds over Ephraim Bull's fence in Concord New Hampshire in 1840. Seedlings grew, fruit ripened by 1849, and the Concord name spread, shaping viticulture. It also notes how young animals gain more from food than matured ones, linking growth to age.
Kaffir corn is a wholesome poultry food though less fattening than Indian corn Wheat can replace up to half the grain in cheaper sections Early hatched pullets should be kept in place once laying begins to avoid egg loss Broad coops whitewashed and stacked under sheds signal careful poultry care Hens lay soft shells when out of condition Restoring health with proper feed and shelter is key Women poultry-raisers deserve credit and men must cooperate Farm self-sufficiency cuts transport costs, aiding profitability
A fragment from a November poem laments summer's end with mournful winds and bells. The text shifts to a farming tip noting that cross or tense cows resist milking, advising calm handling and tempting feed to encourage milk production.
The excerpt lists where vegetables originated such as onion in Egypt potato in Peru celery in Germany cabbage in Liberia radish in Japan and cucumber in India. It then riffs on a man parking beside a hitching post and quips that Darwin might have looked for human ancestry in a pen rather than up a tree.
A disease caused by a mite infestation in neglected flocks leads to raised scales on legs and chalky excretions. A simple remedy washes the legs with soap and water, removes crusts, and applies a mixture of sulfur, ash, and lard to destroy mites. After three to four days, wash again. The second paragraph contrasts manure piles near barns with farming theory and practice.
An advertisement extols Peruna as a household safeguard against catarrhal diseases, urging adults to keep it in every home with children. It quotes a grandmother from Dunnegan Springs Missouri praising its cure for a three year old’s deep cough and notes continued good health in the child after use.
A Victorian style advert warns that colds in fall and winter cause croup capillary bronchitis articular rheumatism and heart disease. It promotes Peruna as a family safeguard claiming quick relief for a child's cough and offering free advice from Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
Mrs Schafer of St Louis writes that starting Peruna improved her four year old daughter Alice who had convulsions and catarrhal fevers. She also claims Peruna cured her own catarrh and kept her family well with no doctor since use. She says her baby son, fifteen months, is a healthy, growing child attributed to continued Peruna use.
Farmers lag behind in poultry wisdom. year round cleanliness in the poultry house prevents many diseases. Feed hogs’ sour milk scraps to poultry. poultry manure is a valuable fertilizer. Wyandotte and Plymouth Rock pullets hatched by mid August thrive if housed properly and kept growing.
Report from Missouri notes a new cigarette law approved by the legislature to regulate sales. Details are unclear in the fragmentary text but indicate broader controls on tobacco access.
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