Lowly Hog Gets But Little Care On Farms
General Farm News notes hogs are often neglected on farms with input focused on horses cows and other stock. It stresses better hog care boosts profits, including clean quarters, fresh water, balanced rations, and sunlight. Farrowing guidance from Circular 12 covers prefarrowing sleep quarters, bran mash, gradual diet, pasture, self feeders, and weaning readiness.
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S. C. Hoyle
Extension Service Publications
A. and
M. College of Texas
Texas
A. L. Ward
Extension Service
Swine Husbandman, A. and
Bermuda
Perseverance Illustrated By A Student Tale
A teacher asks for a definition of perseverance and what carries a man through rough roads smooth roads hills and swamps. Tom My, son of an auto dealer, answers with humor and a playful coinage about Paguch car.
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Tommy
Mies
Greenhouse Insect Control Methods Improved
Prepared by the USDA, this report highlights progress in greenhouse fumigation and entomology. It notes life history studies on the larger bulb fly, tests of nicotine, sulphur, oils, soap sprays, pyrethrum, and hydrocyanic gas, and confirms high humidity increases plant damage while calcium cyanide achieves 100 percent aphid kill at 0.5 ounce per 1000 cubic feet.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Pennsylvania Improves Cattle Feeding Methods
Lancaster district farmers have shifted to modern beef feeding methods after Pennsylvania State College’s steer feeding results. Dr. John M. Thomas notes silos rose from 10 percent to about 80 percent of feeders in the district, boosting economical production and spurring more beef herds across Pennsylvania.
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Lancaster District
Pennsylvania State College
John M. Thomas
Commonwealth
Thomas
Pennsylvania
Value of Silage Varies With the Price of Corn
Silage made from corn yielding 50 bushels per acre is worth 6 to 6.50 dollars per ton, depending on harvest time and corn quality. Weight and value vary with corn maturity and the per bushel price. Earlier siloing reduces value, while more mature corn increases it.
Cultivating a Thoughtful Farm and Garden Year
The piece urges thoughtful, serious effort in farming and home gardens. It highlights savings in seed quality, diligent spring maintenance of harness, and valuing sunlight and beauty with flowers and shrubs. It frames agriculture as fulfilling creative human interest, not just profit.
Scientists Find Tennis Ball Speed From Tilden or Johnston
Investigating scientists report a tennis ball struck by Tilden or Johnston leaves the racquet at 120 feet per second. If kept, the speed implies a mile in 44 seconds, about 82 miles per hour. Also mentions Cuticura remedies for babies skin and Cuticura Talcum as part of an advertisement.
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Tilden
Johnston
Flub What do you think of Czecho Slovakia
A playful exchange contrasts opinions on Czecho Slovakia noting ambiguity and humor. The dialogue hints at differing views without asserting a clear stance.
Dr Peery dead shot worm remedy advertised
An 60 cent bottle of Dr Peery s Dead Shot promises to expel worms or tapeworms saving time money and health. The ad cites 372 Pearl St New York and ends with an odd line about a dog enjoying being slapped on the back.
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Dr. Peery
Pearl St. N. Y. Adv
Father Cashin Resigns as Sing Sing Chaplain
Father William E. Cashin has stepped down after twelve years serving as chaplain at Sing Sing prison. He discussed reformatories noting a man in a dated reformatory who, when asked what happened, replied that he reformed, illustrating unexpected outcomes of confinement.
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William E. Cashin
Sing Sing
Father Cashin
Bond's Liver Pill Advert Claim For Cold Prevention
An old ad advises taking a Bond's Liver Pill at bedtime at 25 cents to act on the liver and cleanse the system of poisonous germs, promising to prevent serious complications. promotes use in early cold symptoms.
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Bond
Philosophy and Religion: From Atheism to Religion
A terse medieval style remark by Francis Bacon notes that shallow philosophy nudges minds toward atheism, while deeper study draws them toward religion, signaling how intellectual inquiry shapes belief.
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Francis Facon
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