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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
7
Partial sailing urged to ease midsummer dairy feed shortage
Farmers and dairymen face critical midsummer feed shortfalls as heat and dry pasture reduce milk flow. The article advocates partial sailing to extend pasture, suggests alfalfa as a key supplemental crop, and advises cutting corn near the dent to boost returns. W. J. Fraser of the University of Illinois emphasizes practical, labor-efficient strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Fraser
University of
Feeding Show Pigs and Sow Management Techniques
Feeding show pigs requires expert handling and special feeding. Breeders emphasize sow conditioning prior to mating, green and succulent foods, and careful milking and exercise to produce strong litters. Early feeding is conservative to prevent milk fever and mouth sores, then milk-rich diets after the first week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonsvar
Ars
Corg
Pig Rearing for Show Stock and Breeding
A Berkshire breeder outlines a feeding program for sows and young pigs, detailing a three daily feed schedule with shipstuff bran corn and oats, later removing oats for piglets, introducing dried blood meal, charcoal to prevent scours, lime water for gut and bone health, and gradual reintroduction of oats and wheat flour. At four months best pigs are separated for show, with molasses given before show and milk continued to preserve growth and milk quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Gentry
Berkshire
Gentry
Dairy cow feeding limits and milk production guidance
H A Wright Iowa dairy commissioner explains that milk composition stays similar across cows if milk is normal. Individual cows vary, with maximum possible milk dictated by genetics, not feeding. For 20–25 pounds milk daily, aim 2–2.5 lb protein, 12–13 lb digestible carbs, 0.4–0.8 lb fat. adjustments follow cow size and production, with protein being the costly portion and excess protein harmless but unprofitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Wright
Iowa
Man of Wide Experience Rules On Dressmaker Disputes
A London justice, described as a mere man, refuses to have dresses tried on in court. He notes that ordinary dresses fit can be adjusted by milliners or dressmakers, and that a dressmaker could alter any garment to make it fit even if it did not. The remark underscores his practical stance on couture disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pope Leo's Remarkable Vitality At Age Ninety Four
Pope Leo shows extraordinary vitality reading without glasses walking without a cane and dressing without help while maintaining a fourteen hour workday at the Vatican in a striking example of vigor for his age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Leo
Impurities in Alfalfa and Clover Seed Warned
Prof A D Selby of the Ohio Experiment Station reports samples of red, assilice and crimson clover and alfalfa seeds show no vitality loss but high weed seed impurities. He urges recleaning seeds to reduce dodder risk, noting that newer crops from irrigated Colorado Utah can carry small and large dodder seeds. Investment in dodder control and poultry feed research is noted at Utah, Kansas colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Review
A. D. Selby
Ohio Experiment Station
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Ohio
Kansas Agricultural College
Poultry Work Across States and Colleges Noted
The Farmers' Review surveys poultry work at experiment stations and colleges. It lists many states with little or no poultry activity, and details investments and programs in others including Indiana, Cornell, Maine, South Carolina, Louisiana, West Virginia, Alabama, Rhode Island, Geneva NY, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Montana, and Wyoming, highlighting funding levels and experimental focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Review
Washington
New Jersey
Kentucky
Georgia
South Dakota
Maryland
Virginia
Oregon
Florida
Iowa
Ohio
Colorado
Tennessee
Mississippi
Delaware
Texas
Nevada
New Mexico
California
Arizona
Idaho
Vermont
Porto Rico
Arkansas
Incs
Oklahoma
Plymouth Rocks
North Dakota
Cornell
New York
Indiana
Purdue
Maine
South Carolina
Louisiana
West Virginia
Alabama
Tuskegee
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Geneva Station
New Hampshire College of Agriculture
North Carolina
Montana
Wyoming
Advice on the Farmer’s Garden From Hartwell
Hartwell outlines Illinois horticulture practices in a state society address. He urges planting hotbeds mid February, growing own plants for vigor, and careful timing for transplanting vegetables like cabbage tomatoes peppers and lettuce. He classifies garden plants into perennials annuals and early maturing crops, stresses soil, row spacing, and use of a wheel hoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 1. Hartwell
Inois State Horticultural Society
Illinois
Maud S
Concentration of the Packing Busi. 788
Chicago’s three leading packing firms back a plan to eliminate small rivals. Seven smaller firms have been bought and merged in New Jersey as The National Packing Company to operate in Illinois with Chicago as its main office. Directors include J Ogden Armour and G F Swift. Capital $15 million. Swift and Armour main rivals with larger capitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omaha Packing Company
Omaha
Hammond Packing Company
St. Joseph
G. H. Hammond Company
Hutchinson Packing Company
Hutchinson
Kan
Anglo-American Provision Company
United Dressed Beef Company
New York
Fowler Packing Company
Kansas City
New Jersey
National Packing Company
Illinois
J. Ogden Armour
P. A. Valentine
G. F. Swift
L. F. Swift
E. I. Swift
Edward Morris
Ira N. Morris
Arthur Meeker
Kenneth K. McLaren
Swift Company
Armour Company
Then and Now: Hamlet Insane in Denmark Says Convention
A convention of alienists declares Hamlet was insane when he killed his stepfather. The note adds if in modern times and in our region he might have pleaded self defense, as per a quip by Charles ton in the News and Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Denmark
Charleston
News and Courier
Non-Breeding Cows and Mares Treatment Conundrum
A 19th century guide discusses non breeding cows and mares. It outlines dietary causes, primarily corn feeding, and proposes depletion through exercise and purgatives. Two plans are described to reduce fat and restore fertility, including soda vaginal washes and careful breeding timing. It also notes risks of vaginal discharge and prescribes zinc chloride and tannic acid washes, plus ergot hydrastis treatments for mares.
Maxim for All from Gustavus Swift
A remark lingers on the industrialist Gustavus F. Swift praising self restraint. He warns that one should not set their own record as the ultimate standard for others, urging humility and progress beyond past achievements.
Excuse for Idleness in Confederate Army Cook Job
An old colored citizen applied for a cook’s position in the army. Asked about experience he says he was a cook in the Confederate army but admits he did not actually work. He explains there was nothing to cook because there was no food. Chattanooga News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga News
Same Composition Tale From Lord Avebury
Lord Avebury, a scientist, recounts a guest asking for a compass. The hostess replies she has no compass but offers a thermometer. When warned it is not a substitute she retorts there is mercury in both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Avebury
Defeat of railroad rate bill in Wisconsin Assembly
In Madison on May 1 Gov. La Follette faced a rebuke as the Assembly killed the railroad rate commission bill by 68 to 26. The measure, one of La Follette’s greatest works, triggered talk that stalwart Republicans planned to cede control to Democrats at the next election. Senator Spooner visited to sway the stalwarts, with uncertainty about impact. Rumors claim a Democratic governor candidate may be Neal Brown of Wausau, previously a contender against Milwaukee’s Mayor Rose for the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
la Follette
Assembly
Railroad Rate Commission
Spooner
Neal Brown
Wausau
Brown
Rose
Milwaukee
Last Tribute to Dead Bishop in Springfield Illinois
The Rt. Rev. Frederick William Taylor bishop of Quincy was laid to rest beside his wife and three children at Oak Ridge cemetery after a requiem high mass in St. Pauls cathedral where he once served as rector from 1886 to 1901. Numerous clergy from Quincy and Springfield attended the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frederick William Taylor
Quincy
Oak Ridge Cemetery
St. Paul's Cathedral
Edward A. Larrabee
Church of the Ascension
Chicago
Bishop Taylor
St. Paul’s
Fire destroys 1000 houses in Mariquina Manila
Manila May 1 The town of Mariquina in Manila province was burned to the ground with about a thousand houses destroyed. The inhabitants suffer greatly and relief is being provided by Manila residents. The fire is blamed on incendiary causes with suspected involvement of scattered insurgent bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Mariquina
Building collapses kill two workers in South Boston
Boston, May 1. Two work men, Robert Reddy and William Donnelly, were killed when part of an old building being torn down collapsed. Reddy was killed outright and removed from the debris. Donnelly's body was found after a longer search in the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Robert Reddy
William Donnelly
Reddy
Donnelly
Mint Thief's Sentence in San Francisco Case
Walter N. Dimmick, a former United States Mint employee in San Francisco, was sentenced to five years' hard labor after a recent conviction for stealing 300000 dollars from the government vault, in addition to his prior four year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Walter N. Dimmick
United States Mint
Theovernment
Cullom's Birthplace Burns in Tazewell County
Peoria May 1 report says the birthplace of Shelby M. Cullom United States senator from Illinois in Tazewell county was destroyed by fire. The frame structure stood as originally built and was a local landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullom
Peoria
Pire
Shelby M. Cullom
United States
Ilinois
Tazewell County
Ship to be built at Mare Island under training ship plan
Vallejo California May 1 Rear Admiral Miller has received official intimation at Mare Island that one of the $450 000 training ships supplied by the last congress will be built at this navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Vallejo
Cal
Miller
Mare Island
Congress
Navy Yard
Peru appoints new consul general and chancellor
Lima May 1 Ricardo Rey Boza is named consul general at Hamburg and Jule Marcia Romero becomes chancellor of the consulate at San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Lima
Ricardo Rey Boza
Hamburg
Jule Marcia Romero
San Francisco
Snow Injures Crops In Lacrosse Wisconsin
Three inches of snow fell in Lacrosse on May 1 and temperatures dropped about 40 degrees. A large portion of local crops will need replanting due to the winter-like setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wis
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Alfred Tennyson
Sea
Fea
EGME
Tvoehe
Joe
Gustavus F. Swift
Wisconsin
F. W. Taylor
Maenila
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
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