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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
6
The article outlines various hog house designs from Michigan Agricultural College and other stations. It discusses four wall and arched roof coops, movable shelters on skids, and open slatted structures to improve ventilation, temperature control, and disease management for sows and litters amid variable climates.
A Prairé Farmer correspondent describes a loading and hanging setup for hog butchering, detailing how to place a seven foot pole and a four foot wagon to create a wayport for four hogs. The plan includes six foot spacing from a nearby Oret and mentions a nearby butchering facility and suggested improvements by a Friend Heater.
A Farm and Home writer advises starting a brood sow on a balanced ration before furrows form. After farrowing, increase the feed and let piglets eat with the sow when old enough. Recommended feeds include milk, wheat middlings, oats, and corn, with clean water, green feed, charcoal, wood ashes, and galt offered at intervals. Weaning occurs at eight weeks, with pigs kept warm and in good condition through winter for spring readiness.
The article explains rations for breeding beef cows carrying calves, emphasizing maintenance and calf growth. It favors silage with small amounts of clover hay over dry fodder, noting silage yields more weight gain and is more palatable than shocked corn, with oat straw and corn stover as winter options and clover hay in early spring.
A farming brief advises selecting long roomy sows and avoiding slow maturing types. It argues barb wire fences ruin hogs, promotes woven wire and large yards, and stresses confinement by age group, proper bone and constitution, and ground wires for lightning protection.
Reports describe sheep scabies in Wyoming with warnings and quarantines. State and federal inspectors dipped flocks, fined importers, and traced infected stock from Montana and Canada while noting progress in other regions like Arizona New Mexico and surrounding states under animal industry supervision.
Practical farm advice on pig pen design with swing doors and straw bedding to keep pigs dry, plus winter straw for burrowing warmth. Warns against overfeeding horses with hay as overfeeding can cause respiratory issues linked to digestive troubles, noting coarse woody hay and clover hay as common culprits.
Robt L Madison of Callowhee High School praises Perina as the most effective la grippe remedy he has tried and notes its success curing his wife’s nasal catarrh. Mrs Jennie W Gilmore of White Oak reports long relief from grippe and systemic catarrh after using Peruna and Manalin. Mrs Jane Gift of Athens credits Peruna for quick recovery enabling her to resume work after a severe grippe.
Mrs. Chi Wells and two men from Topeka Kansas and West Aylmer Ontario report long recoveries after la grippe aided by Peruna. Patonadé says strength returned after taking Peroha for months. Barnecott credits Peruna with restored health after pneumonia following grippe.
A father sends his son to buy antiseptic tablets but the clerk refuses for minor safety reasons requiring an adult to sign the poison register. The Turkey court cyclist Mustafa amuses the royal court with his riding and witty monologue.
A former grocer, Otto H. Rose of Indianapolis, recounts years of neuralgia pain in his head bone after an accident. After trying doctors, he found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills, noting reduced pain and eventual cure. His wife also uses the pills for nervous headaches. Pills sold by doctors or postpaid, 50 cents per box, six boxes 2.10, from the Dr Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady. A free booklet Nervous Disorders is available on request.
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