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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
3
The column discusses merciful care and ventilation for livestock quarters, sheep wool demand and a yarn on feeding sheep with oats wheat bran and linseed meal. It notes slow sheep numbers, praises hog eating, urges proper horse hoof care and keeping horses in step with the rider.
An article warns against cheap winter rations for colts and work horses. It highlights risks of straw and corn fodder, urging proper feeding to prevent stunted growth, weight loss, and long term losses in value and productivity. It also discusses alfalfa, meadow feeding, and winter management for horses, sheep, and ewes.
Hoards Dairyman warns that cows yielding six to eight gallons daily demand skilled care and proper feeding. Inexperienced handlers struggle to balance feeds to match milk production without harming the cow. A good legume roughage such as cowpea, soy, clover, alfalfa is essential, and heavy grain cannot replace quality forage.
The text outlines rations for Holstein cattle including a mix of corn silage, corn stover, and roughage. It recommends 300 pounds alfalfa, 200 pounds bran, 200 pounds beer pulp, and about one pound of mix to yield three pounds of milk. Suggestions include using weed meal, reducing gluten feed, and feeding oats to reach two to three pounds daily for calves or young stock.
An article discusses dairy cleanliness and udder clipping as a key safety step for certified dairies. It explains bacteria roles in milk spoilage and urges meticulous milking practices, bedding, and cow cleanliness to ensure pure production. Nearby notes Carson City and local social updates from the region.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Wood welcomed a daughter born Wednesday February 10. The town saw many callers over the week including Albert Shaw from Sickles, Orville Bowes on business in Ithaca, Rev Shaw visiting last Thursday, and numerous visits by residents to friends and relatives. The community mourned the death of Glenn Woodman, principal, after a six day illness, drawing wide sympathy. Sunday school attendance reached 161 with 43 in the men’s Bible class.
Entertainment at the church on February 1 with a Bible class serving doughnuts pickles sandwiches and coffee in the basement. Various local visits and family updates noted including illness quarantine and a new baby girl born February 11 to Mr and Mrs Frank Tedron.
A patchwork of humorous exchanges from various papers features banter about money, marriage, lawyers, and daily life. Lines include a store of pithy retorts and a jokey riff on fate, with jokes about fortune tellers and absurd miscommunications, reflecting light newspaper humor of the era.
The article urges constant vigilance to keep long distance telephone lines in first class condition. It contrasts well kept lines with trees clear of wires to avoid current leakage and outages. Michigan State Telephone aims to serve nationwide, with 300000 messages monthly and a Bell System reach across 70,000 cities.
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