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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1914
Page
6
A historical note advises using pasture to save feed and improve boar conditioning. It warns against under feeding in small pens, stresses richer protein rations such as tankage and cowpeas, and links proper feeding to larger litter sizes and stronger growth, though overfeeding is also cautioned.
A recently invented horseshoe uses removable calks that easily fit in place and fall out as the shoe nears wear. The calks have slightly oversized prongs that must be driven in, according to Popular Mechanics, with wear on the calk thread signaling replacement.
The spring action of the prong weakens and finally loosens, permitting it to be picked out easily. This creates an open slot ready for a new call to be inserted.
The article advises careful, steady growth in young stock to maximize profits in beef, pork, and poultry. It warns against overfeeding, emphasizes thrifty gains from birth to market, and notes examining pigs’ teeth when sows are distressed. It suggests peak pork production occurs between ten weeks and six months of age.
Aged advice details prepping sows before farrowing placing in clean roomy pens. Distended udders signal near birth. Feed slop rather than dry meals to aid bowels. Use dry bedding, avoid barley straw. For cold weather, provide warming measures and keep piglets in a box with straw and blankets. Limit sow feeding first 24 hours post farrow, then small gradual increases to prevent milk fever and scours.
A Wisconsin Agriculturist description shows a double sided feed box with a narrow bottom opening to slow grain flow. Feed is placed in the outer chamber and passes through a small gap into the inner box, preventing bolting and saving grain. A side slide can adjust the opening size for control.
The article describes removing lumpy jaw by knife in the affected tissue, cauterizing bleeding vessels, washing the wound with antiseptic, packing, and stitching. It also cautions segregating cattle and horses in corrals, warns against rough handling in winter, and critiques selling heifers for cows of unproven performance. It notes sheep eat many weeds and questions the pollution.
An Iowa Homemstead item describes turning a standard hog chute into a portable unit using two cultivators or small wheels placed midway on the floor. An old wagon or buggy axle offers durable support, allowing the chute to tilt at the rear and roll to a new location, reducing dragging effort.
Guidance on caring for young sows and piglets emphasizes gentle handling, delaying disturbance at farrowing, and providing milk-boosting feed. Recommend farrow after good pasture, light feed before farrowing, warm slop, and gradual feed increases. Suitable foods include slop, milk, wheat bran, oil, and meat byproducts, with regular feeding and pasture access after a week.
Close quarters harm sheep in heat and cold. As work eases on horses, trim feed. Sheep need dry footing and avoidance of wet lands. Sow breeds for larger litter. hog pens require cleanliness as profit factor. Proper breeding stock, ample feed efficiency, and no salt for horses in their box are essential to sound offspring and productive farming.
Iowa's state superintendent A M Deyoe urged better roads and schoolhouses as keys to rural growth. He called for systematic permanent road construction financed with modestly higher road taxes and highlighted school consolidation and transportation efficiencies. He warned that lasting prosperity relies on durable infrastructure alongside education.
Fall road deterioration from late rains and freezes makes travel rough for horses and wagons. Use a King road drag or epike tooth harrow to plane hummocks and fill mud after mid day thaws, with ongoing care for several days. Thinning groves and hedges reduces snow drifts and spring mud holes, and oxen can help where needed.
A concise want ad proposes finding a man with idle cash willing to invest in a proposition. The text implies a casual tactic to raise funds and suggests it is worth trying as a method to obtain ready capital.
A local woman becomes a major advertiser by promoting Harmony Hair Beautifier to friends during Christmas. The ad claims the product, priced at $1.00, softens hair, cleanses scalp, and includes Harmony Shampoo. Sold in 7,000 Bexall Stores and a local store in Muskegon, Michigan.
In Gratiot County a 1914 chancery case before Judge Kelly S. Sears seeks to quiet title to the south half of the southeast quarter of section 30 and the east ten acres of the north twenty eight and one half acres of the northwest fractional quarter in township nine north, range one west. Complainants Anthony L. Landi and Ann L. Landi allege clouds on title created by numerous defendants, some unnamed, with residence unknown after diligent inquiry.
On motion of O G Tutt silichor for Complainants the court orders defendants Jobe H Ostrand Catherine Cook James Thompson Willett RK Steel Henry T Burdick William C Wooley John Stew ets Moves B Fields and Rosetta Sand erson or their unknown heirs to appear by July 1 1914 and answer the bill of complaint. If they fail the bill will be taken as confessed. Publication in Almard Newspaper once a week for six weeks or personal service twenty days before appearance. Signed Kelly S Sears Circuit Judge with R E Hughes chancery. This suit seeks to quiet title to lands in Sand Hill Township Michigan.
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