Fattening Of Range Lambs Experiment Results Report
The Animal Husbandry Department reports winter 1605 trials on Wayne County farm, 80 lambs in four lots fed clover alfalfa roughage and graded grain rations. Lot 1, corn only, lowest gain but best dressed weight. Lot 4, stock food and corn offered best gains. Lot 2 and 3 showed higher feed costs with variable gains. Feeding schedules included two daily meals and weekly weighing. nitrogenous concentrates increased roughage intake and manure value offset by cost.
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S.J. Peyer
Wayne County
Wottl Chey
Mont
Hachilay
Wales
Ten Commandments of Apple Growing From Mon W. Hansen
Old instructional list outlines guidelines for apple farming by Mon W. Hansen of Uinh 1. Emphasizes deliberate planning, climate suitability, and choosing two to three adaptable varieties. Recommends buying nursery stock from reliable home nurserymen and preparing land previously used for crops. Advises soil fertility, ample tree spacing, and disease prevention. Also urges planting trees now, teaching children, and fighting rats to protect crops.
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Mon
Hansen
Uinh
Mrs Rorer's Hints Build a Hog House and Baking Recipes
Recipes for muffins and breads using baking powder and yeast plus fig bread and rice corn bread. Instructions for calloused feet treatment and a hog house plan for a 40 foot building with sleeping rooms feedrooms and brick alleys.
Sweet Potato Pone and Orange Jelly Recipes
A home cooking notice offers a sweet potato pone recipe with sugar eggs milk nutmeg yeast powder and butter then a orange jelly recipe using gelatin sugar and orange juice. A kitchen cleaning tip urges thorough stove oven cleaning and dust removal for purer bread and cake flavor. Turnips are advised to be cooked with a pinch of sugar for noticeable improvement.
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Decilea
Orphan Piglets Thrive After Milk Bottle Rescue
A sow near New York killed herself by wedging her head in a pen gate leaving five hungry piglets. The owner fed the orphans with five rubber nipple bottles, each in a woolen box, and the litter quickly learned to suck. The five slept near the kitchen stove later and became a source of family amusement. The piece also urges frequent garden cultivation to prevent weeds and improve soil aeration.
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New York
Boe Som
Peruna Praise From Washington Woman For Catarrh Relief
A Washington D C woman Mrs Dove Iusiten writes that Peruna gave great relief from spring catarrh. She urges others suffering from catarrh to try Peruna and recommends it to friends.
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Miss Dove Iusiten
Oth
St. Sarf
Washington, D.C
Woman Recovers From Severe Catarrh After Peruna Use
Mrs N P Y Lawler of Mittsburg Kansas reports a spring cold devolving into a serious catarrh. She credits Peruna with rapid improvement from initial weakness to restored health within two weeks after starting the remedy.
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Mra. N. PY. Lawler
N. Broadway
Mittsburg
Kas
The Difference in Taste and the Chow
A narrator discusses Chinese culinary practices, noting that dogs are eaten in China as a food item. She explains the term chow meaning edible, describes white flesh, a black tongue, and the rarity of chow soup among the wealthy, contrasting it with Western views of dogs as pets.
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China
Shanghai
Delicate in the Old Home Better Health in the New Churchbridge
Letter from John Langdon praising western Canada after three years in Churchbridge Saskatchewan. He notes high crop yields wheat 23 bushels per acre oats 60 barley 40, a thriving garden, healthy climate, and satisfaction with land and laws. He endorses farming with small capital and invites readers to seek Canadian government literature.
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Wisconsin
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B. E. Carmichael
Ohio
Thad Walt
Ander
Hord
Yaro
Strep
Pacer Alle
Feed Alley
Peruna
Doa Hayden
Western
Canada
Churchbridge, Sask
John Langdon
Emerson
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