Milking Machine Promoted As Labor Saver
The labor shortage highlights milking machines as a practical farm upgrade. For farms milking 26 cows or more daily it offers similar milk output to hand milking while saving time and labor costs.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
6
The labor shortage highlights milking machines as a practical farm upgrade. For farms milking 26 cows or more daily it offers similar milk output to hand milking while saving time and labor costs.
The steamship Armenia was torpedoed at midnight in a war zone but kept a hole from flooding by flour in the hold forming a bulkhead. All crew were saved with the ship under convoy and the cargo largely intact as a destroyer aided in evacuation. Chief Boatswain's Mate Stief Houlak is commended for duty.
E D Durand assistant chief of the meat division US Food Administration told Lincoln farmers during Organized Agriculture week that wartime policies keep hog prices at 15.50 and export orders sustain higher cattle prices. He defended meatless days as wartime saving symbols and noted price declines were not in top grades. About 1500 farmers and wives attended the meetings.
A fifty acre jungle farm on the outskirts of New York City supplies crops and animal feed for over 5,000 captive beasts at the New York Zoological Park. The farm grows corn carrots beets cabbage turnips potatoes and other staples while also housing breeding houses for chickens rabbits guinea pigs rats white mice pigeons squabs and pigs to meet vegetarian and carnivorous needs year round.
M Nelson hauls lumber for a new house. W L Wilson sold his farm and attended the Denver Stock Show. P H Potter called on E M Nelson Wilson and went with Wilber to Sidney. Henry Stewart Jim Stewart Geo McNight also went to Sidney. Charley Stewart returns to Omaha after weeks with family. Potter hauled out the furnace for White Hall schoolhouse. Odes Nelswenger went to Peetz to buy an engine. Potter called on E M Nelson on school business. Harry Armstrong went from Sidney to his homestead. Henry Stewart visited Potter Sunday.
Readers learn that catarrh can be cured through constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and claimed to affect the blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation. The publishers offer $100 for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists.
Marsh's Jewelry Store showcases dinnerware featuring the latest design trends. Expected to attract shoppers seeking stylish tableware with contemporary aesthetics.
The inventory is a valuable farm record and should be completed by March 1. The Agricultural Extension Service offers bulletins outlining the inventory process, with blank forms included. Circular No. 41 can be obtained from the Extension Service in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Attendance at the four week course at the School of Agriculture in Lincoln opened January 21 exceeds last year’s total by reaching the 160 mark. The class includes many taking the farm motor short course with some aiming for draft or army service. Nearly twenty tractors and motor trucks are in constant use and nearly half of registrants are enrolled in the motor course.
The secretary of agriculture authorizes nitrate of soda at cost in Nebraska under the food control act. Farmers may obtain it for cash via their county agent, or C. W. Pugsley if no agent is available. Tests show nitrate not profitable at current prices, though long-cultivated farms and truck gardens may benefit. Extension service offers use advice. manure remains the preferred fertilizer, with quantities based on rainfall and soil.
The Minneapolis Journal explains that ventilation is crucial in modern battleships with complex steel compartments for crew, coal, and ammo. It highlights boiler and engine room ventilation with steam-driven fans, air supply through watertight trunks, protective deck gratings, and coal bunker ventilation to prevent explosive gas buildup.
General recommendations cover rinsing in lukewarm water soon after use washing in hot water with grease removing powder rinsing in clean hot water and live steam for 15 seconds draining and placing right side up as steam evaporates then inverting in a clean protected place to dry
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