Lime in animal rations limits calcium needs
University of Wisconsin researchers led by Harry Steenbock report the maximum lime in a ration is 0.5 to 1.0 percent as calcium carbonate. Vitamin D drives lime absorption and bone calcification. studies show factors in foods can hinder this process and heat treatment of grains improves calcifying properties.
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Harry Steenbock
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Steenbock
Mellanby
Wisconsin
Damage from Warble Fly Hits Leather Trade
A merchant buyer discovers why discounted hides are lumpy with wartlike marks and burns from warble fly. The article notes branding on the rump and neck debates and describes farmers removing grubs to prevent summer cattle warbles.
Experiments in Feeding Beef Calves for Market
Beef calf feeding trials at Michigan State College explore using more roughage to cut grain costs for market animals. Young cattle show strong growth efficiency, often surpassing older stock in weight gain per unit of feed.
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Michigan State College
Overworked Horses and Mules Require Care in Warm Weather
In spring temperatures around 75 to 100 degrees, soft mules and horses easily overexert, sweat heavily, and may show rapid breathing, fast heartbeat, or nervous symptoms. When exhausted, remove from heat, rub down, bathe with tepid water, and cool gradually. Do not feed until cooled and dried, then offer a small amount of feed.
Pure Bred Sheep Breeders and Registry Rules
The guidance states pure bred sheep men should maintain at least three flocks. Do not keep ram and ewe lambs together long enough for ewe lambs to lamb at one year old. A lamb cannot be registered if the sire is uncertain, making such a lamb ineligible for registry.
Boyhood of a Famous American Railroader Crowley
The article recounts Patrick E. Crowley born in 1864 near the Erie line at Cattaraugus. As a boy he learned railroading from his father’s station role, became a messenger and telegraph operator, then a dispatcher, advancing through Erie to Buffalo and on to New York Central and finally to president of the Central system.
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Cattaraugus
Erie
Patrick E. Crowley
the Erie
Wells
Tor
Crowley
Messenger
The
Custer City
Little Way
Buffalo
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Alliange
Bayer Aspirin claims and large Wistaria Vine feature
An advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin for quick head ache and pain relief with directions and dosage, promotes genuine Bayer branding, and advises buying in bulk. The second item highlights a giant 87 year old Wistaria Vine in Sierra Madre California, described as over 500 feet long and possibly the world's largest, growing around a home and arbors.
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Sierra Madre
Calif
T. H. Fennell
Fennell
Dangerous Truths Quote on Truth and Consequence
An excerpted line by Landor warns that truth can pacify in small doses but provoke heat and danger in excess, with deadly outcomes, reflecting on the dual nature of truth in society. It frames truth as a force whose impact depends on quantity and context.
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Landor
Alkalinize Your System For Colds Advised
Doctors promote a new cold treatment using Philips Milk of Magnesia started at the first signs of a cold. A tablespoonful taken morning noon and night the first two days and then at night only aims to restore alkalinity, relieve indigestion and gas, and ease symptoms. Available at drugstores.
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