Dairy and Poultry Advice From Farmers Review
The letter discusses milking cows before calving and its effect on milk fever, recounting a decade of local observations in Sheboygan County. It urges rest for cows, minimal drug use, and practical feeding with mashes and roots. It also offers poultry tips on leg rings for year tracking and notes fat hens fetch good market prices and poultry show dressings.
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Sheboygan Falls
Sheboygan Falla
Prof
Curtias
Iowa Experiment Station
A. & Byatt
Sheboygan County
Wis
Turkey
Guarding Against Anthrax in Farm Animals and Meat
Farmers and stockraisers must treat anthrax and blackleg as highly infectious. Do not sell slightly sick animals for meat. Eradicate carcasses by burning. burial risks spreading germs via grass. Historical cases show transmission to humans from carcasses and meat.
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San Domingo
Care of Ducks in Cold Weather and Housing
The text advises keeping ducks outdoors in snow with dry bedding and ample exercise. Provide a large yard, moist feed with cornmeal, bran, sand, boiled vegetables, cabbage daily, and soaked vegetable scraps thrice weekly. Water should be available during feeding to aid swallowing, and avoid overfat breeding stock.
Combination of feeds for swine and Georgia dairy expansion
J G Haney of the Kansas agricultural college reports that mixing feeds, specifically equal parts corn and kafir, yields better pork output than single feeds. Soaking corn is doubtful. soaking kafir is detrimental. Grinding mirrors soaking effects, grinding kafir hinders, and whole kafir yields more pork than ground kafir. Dairying grows rapidly in Georgia with a state chairmen association formed.
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J. G. Haney
Kansas Agricultural College
Beet Crop Feeds Hogs In Cold Indiana Climate
A National Stockman contributor argues beet crops are the best feed for hogs in cold Indiana winters. He recommends rich humus soil, deep tillage, early spring planting, thick drilling, and May or June seedling care. Late planting yields smaller, woody beets. mangels give larger yields but less nutrition. Harvest in fall and store in pits or root cellars for winter use. 20 to 60 tons per acre at 50 cents to $1 per ton.
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Indiana
National Stockman
Winter Layer Poultry and Perry of Poultry Scalding Practices
The article discusses winter laying stock for eggs and hatchability, advising separate flocks for late layers and timing hatching six weeks before eggs are needed. It describes testing separators, skimming fat, and recommends careful scalding and dressing of poultry for market quality. It also includes a long fictional piece about Max Hertzer and his family making little black imps.
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Hertzer
America
Madam
Jim
Madam Hertger
Baron
Btmaci
Reading Aloud as a Nursing Accomplishment
The article argues reading aloud by nurses provides comfort to patients on long illness. It praises clear articulation and intelligent comprehension as soothing skills and notes that a nurse who is also a companion is a valuable asset for care.
Lamartine's Barber Alive at Ninety Two in Paris
A Paris correspondent reports Lamartine's barber is alive at ninety two and recalls the era of 1848. The barber once served as an emissary for Lamartine in Macon and treasured a faded daguerreotype of the sentimental politician who later died obscurely.
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Macon
Lamartine
Russia
Man claims brother in England among 32 children
An Indiana man says his brother lives in England and is the other half of a single marriage that produced 32 children. The brood included three quadruplets, four sets of triplets, and two sets of twins. All but two are believed living.
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Berlin
Max Hertzer
Hertzer
Hbse Cleters
Fils
Kaffee Klatsches
Tle
Weimar
America
Max
New York
Indiana
England
Anid
New York Tribune
Our Nation's Wealth and Stomach Bitters Ad
The piece likens national wealth to iron and a stomach's usefulness to a person. It promotes Hop Bitters as a remedy for overworked stomachs, clogged bowels, poor appetite, constipation, and biliousness with a persuasive tone.
Brabson Chooses One Over Two in Cost Savings Quote
In a courtroom exchange Judge notes that stalls for two followed by a single effort would not save money. The discussion centers on a decision by Brabson to consolidate two into one, avoiding unnecessary costs and a costly division.
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Martin
Brabson
The New Curate and Farmer Giles Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue shows the New Curate and Farmer Giles in a rural church setting. Giles jokes about attending regularly while lamenting effort spent on church duties.
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Giles
Farmer Giles
Seed firm Sees Record Day and Growth Ahead
The John A Salter Seed Company of La Crosse Wisconsin reports 6434 oxlers last Monday, a monster day, with expectations to double by mid March. The firm touts strong trade in ite specialties potatoes speltz Bromus Inermis rape Big Four oats and popular vegetables. Demand runs high for onions cabbage peas and bean seed this year. Early Bird radish and Lightning cabbage, the earliest of their kind, are driving a tremendous sale.
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John A. Salter Seed Company
LaCrosse
Wis
Untitled Exchange Sparks Odd Talk About a Baby
In a playful back and forth, Smith boasts of having the cutest baby in town while joking about what he named his nursing bot. Tones responds with sarcasm as the banter continues with a comic line about goo and baby talk.
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Smith
Opportunity is Rare and a Wise Man Keeps It
A concise proverb notes that opportunity is scarce and a prudent person should seize it when it arises. The saying emphasizes timely action and discernment in making choices.
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hLim
Bayaré Taylor
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Hertsers
Madam Hortner
Madam Hert
Madam Hertzer
Chicago Tribune
Youngpop
Philadelphia
Hood
Indianapolia Press
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Canada
Ottaws
St. Paul Minn
Act
Stul
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grafton, N. D
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