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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
2
In Beaver Herald a tramp pleads for food and work at a washhouse scene. Sally, brisk and practical, offers shelter and tasks. The visitor lists hoarded rails, a stove, and a dream of sprouting potatoes while claiming strength, as a two week wash cycles continues.
A Lamberg surgeon is called to a strange case where a horse statue appears to stand on its hind legs with forefeet raised. The caller, claiming the bronze statue of John Sobieski in Carl Ludwig Street, Leiorberg, reports the queer incident, prompting the doctor to demand an in person view.
A report from the Herman Medical congress at Wiesbaden describes aerial radium therapy for gout. Radium emanation in room air, delivered via a specialized apparatus, is inhaled by patients who read or converse while the radium acts through the air. The treatment is said to benefit gouty conditions and was noted as a latest development.
Chicago health department issues a bulletin urging mothers on child care. It warns against feeding infants foods from family tables and outlines proper milk preparation barley water and suitable sleeping arrangements for babies to prevent deaths.
A fragment notes American footwear dominates Italian markets with widespread display in newspapers. Demand outstrips supply as retailers substitute other brands made in England Germany and Austria for American leather goods to appeal to American tastes.
A breeder extols Jersey cows for butter and cheese efficiency, better feed conversion, and smaller roosters compared with Guernseys and Ayrshires. The piece notes Jersey superiority in public tests, mid sized utility, and strong beauty, urging beginners to start with Jerseys for practical, economical farming.
At eight to ten days of age lambs begin out. Build a creep with access to a feed box and trough with hay. A grain ration mixes one third lime alfalimeal with bran oats and cornmeal. Alfalfa hay is the preferred roughage. keep grain feed up until market. Lambs stay fat and ready for cash sale if fed steadily.
The article explains flax seed performance on loam and clay soils versus sandy fields, noting better yields on moist, well prepared seed beds with proper rolling and mulching. It also covers alfalfa cultivation, seed treatment with formaldehyde, early spring sowing, weed control, and potential intercropping or alternating crops for profitability and soil conservation.
Iowa reader Horace Carter suggests a vestibule for hog houses to cut winter drafts. A small front curtain of carpets burlap or cloth with a wood strip at the bottom slows entry, then can be removed in warm weather. Hog learning to pass through is encouraged by gradually enlarging a hole then fully lowering the curtain, optionally saturated with coal oil or insect repellent.
The congress aims to teach farmers worldwide how to apply water correctly so crops reach maximum yields. Delegates from all parts of the world gather annually to study practices that avoid excess or shortage of water, benefiting both under drained humid areas and irrigated regions.
In an exchange a writer touts Fremont Williams as the best late strawberry known. It withstood a late spring frost, fruits appear late, berries are large and bright red, smooth and nearly round, and it was among the paying varieties for the season.
New York orchardists report improved apple yields from fertilizing trees with chemicals or manure. Experiments indicate benefits for trees of varying ages from bearing to older specimens. The practice is described as advantageous, with expectations to continue fertilization efforts.
An agricultural note outlines principal pests threatening sweet potatoes including cut worm leaf miner stem borer leaf roller and weevil, with emphasis on their impact and control needs for growers.
Practical inquiry on stump destruction after clearing locust trees. The letter suggests quick methods such as dynamite or stump pullers, and describes a saltpeter and kerosene burn routine with fall drilling and spring ignition. It notes effectiveness varies by stump size and cautions about method safety.
The passage outlines key signs of healthy swine including abundant hair, pliable skin, and absence of disease. A good hog is calm, alert, friendly, and sociable with its owner, with bright digestion and steady vigor indicating thrift and robust health.
A writer in an exchange notes farmers should enhance green forage crops with distillery grains 500 pounds wheat bran or malt sprouts 200 pounds Mascad meal or cottonseed meal 100 pounds and a thin mixture fed 2 to 10 pounds per cow daily. This supports silage corn fodder alfalfa hay and some beet pulp in winter, with reme xilage used during bad weather and dry seasons. Dairymen should grow their major feeds.
A garden note advises spraying currant bushes with lime and sulfur if San Jose scale appears. Use hellebore for currant worms and Bordeaux mixture for fungal issues. Apply a basic spray yearly with amounts varying to match bush needs.
A child named Arlene watches firefighters at a blaze and asks why the hose is dragging its hosiery behind it. The scene contrasts a professor and pugilist dialogue with comic misperception amid the fire response.
Becker says yes and no chickens allowed. The brief item notes a formal garden policy with a warden presence and a ban on poultry.
An active young woman shares how Grape Nuts helped her nervous prostration and poor digestion after brain strain and grief. She praises the product, notes fewer sick days, and recommends pairing Grape Nuts with fruit and cream for a nourishing noon meal. She endorses the book Read to Wellville and cites Postum Co. Michigan.
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