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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
3
The document lists September exams for elementary school certificates. It covers political science questions on electors, constitutional offices, and historic conventions, plus arithmetic, reading, science, language, and geography prompts. It includes oral reading tests and certification requirements for four year provisional certificates.
Idaho Experiment Station outlines economical hog feeding methods. Feeding on the cob with twelve hour soaking matches grinding efficiency for corn. Ground or rolled small grains improve digestion. feeding on rough floors can induce hogs to grind. Wet feeds aid trough rations and bulky wet forms curb rapid eating. Alfalfa hay fed whole proves most economical for brood sows and fattening hogs. grinding alfalfa offers little extra profit.
Guidance on watering and shading for potted plants in summer, preventing winter bloom, pinching buds, weekly turning of border pots, starting geranium cuttings, preserving slips until rooted, and sowing seeds for winter bloom such as pansies lantanas primroses impatients and snapdragon to add color in winter. Oleander rooting from slips with a water bottle in shade is noted.
An orchardist in Quincy Washington reports deep hole digging as a method to destroy pocket gophers. He says a 20 foot deep hole attracts gophers and allows easy killing. He notes finding up to 17 pocket gophers in a single hole and shared this with Western Farmer.
The combined area of the cornfields across the United States is described as nearly equal to the land area of France or Germany, highlighting the vast scale of corn production.
The United States holds 4,386,000 mules and 20,467,000 horses based on the latest counts. The figures reflect a substantial livestock presence across the country.
Houdan males breed well and yield tender, flavorful table fowl. The breed adapts to fattening, produces good meat, and crossbreeding with Buff Orpingtons or White Leghorns enhances both meat and egg traits. Houdans improve progeny when mated to mongrel hens, yielding better meat and layers.
The text notes lime scarcity leads to thin eggshells and broken eggs. It advises gathering eggs several times daily to prevent hens crowing on nests and newly laid eggs striking existing ones, preserving shell quality.
An advertisement blasts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills promising quick disappearance and urges sending for a trial box at 372 Pearl Street New York. It also promotes Roman Eye Balsam for eye irritation and mentions a village scene contrasting a turkey gobbler and a leading citizen.
Mrs A K Wooden of Smithville Indiana describes a six month battle with a baby girl's facial rash. Red pimples turned fiery and cracked before Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment brought relief in two days and full improvement within two weeks. No recurrence eight months later. Cuticura advertised with offer of free samples and skin book.
A short dialogue quotes a student asking about Saturn rings and a reply that dismisses the topic with a pun about bellboys. The exchange highlights humorous wordplay on rings and function.
Advertises well drained healthful farm lands in Arkansas near Helena by Southern Land Co. Investments offered with 25 arces parcels and good market nearby. Agta sought for development and settlement.
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