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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1924
Page
6
The article traces Christmas from ancient Egypt Teutonic and pagan roots to early Christian reverence. It notes shifts from holy festival to merrymaking, the December 25 date set by Pope Julius, the Puritan ban in England, the lord of misrule, and gradual return to a spirit of peace and generosity with the Child of Bethlehem at heart.
A poem urging a Christmas song that blends joy with pity. The speaker asks for a strong festive verse but tempered with compassion for the voiceless and sightless, a quiet refrain of pathos running through the merriment.
The Gaylord family enjoys a snowy Christmas morning with gifts unopened until their father arrives by airplane. The turkey aromates the kitchen as the four family members celebrate together, recalling faith and love with Christ at the center.
The USDA reports four limits on currant and gooseberry cultivation in the United States heat and drought, white pine blister rust, and currant maggot. It urges removing currants in infected areas to protect white pines and recommends abandoning black currants due to rust spread.
Dairy guidance from New Jersey College of Agriculture recommends whitewash mix of lime salt rice glue and whiting to keep stables clean for winter milk. It advises daily straw changes and frequent fresh bedding to ensure milk remains clean when cows stay indoors.
The article notes that abundant roughage like silage allows buying thin cattle around 800 pounds to gain 150 to 175 pounds with a small protein supplement. In spring, fleshy feeders return to market. One pound of cottonseed cake or four pounds of alfalfa daily supplies the protein when feeding full silage.
Trees add value to property and protect pavement from heat. They cool the air in summer and radiate warmth in winter. They provide homes for birds and many animals useful to man for food and clothing. Trees aid sanitation and support ecosystems.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines dewberry cultivation. The crop thrives on fertile well drained soil with humus, grown mainly on coarse sandy loams. North Carolina and New Jersey lead production with adaptation across the nation. training varies by state from stakes to wire trellises. Dewberries planted in winter or early spring with fall-rooting canes maturing by spring. Lucretia leads varieties in most regions. Texas favors Mayes and California grows Gardena.
Dr Fletcher head of the horticulture department at Pennsylvania State College returned from Atlantic City where he addressed the American Horticultural Society meeting and urged reorganizing the national body. He urged promoting local marketing of fruit and cautioned roadside markets could falter without safeguards.
The United States Department of Agriculture issues Farmers' Bulletin 1418 Poultry House Construction advising plain shed-roof houses with easy cleaning and ventilation. It urges free range for health and stock reproduction, noting breeding stock and growing chickens need more range while egg hens can be kept on smaller areas. Free copies available from Washington, D.C.
Lime farming pays and soil improves yearly. Keep good records on cows and use oyster shell and grit for strong eggs. Pure bred eggs are a strong investment. Chickens drink little water but need it. Early hatchings yield early layers. Match chicks fetch good prices for broilers. Avoid sowing sweet clover with rye in the same season to prevent poor growth.
Guidance from a Missouri agriculture circular outlines feeding calves with calf meal instead of whole milk. Start at two weeks with increasing gruel, then transition through six months with specific milk and grain levels, hay access, and careful sanitation and management practices for healthy, separate-pen rearing.
Prof G H Lamson Jr tests methods at Storrs Connecticut experiment station to combat cattle lice. After trying liquids sprays powders and dusts he recommends raw linseed oil. Brushing oil into hair on key body parts reduces lice, with oiling taking about five minutes per cow.
Feed a calf whole milk until two months old with about 10 pounds daily at two weeks. Use the same milk source and temperature. Three feeds daily improve gain but require more labor. At two to three weeks add a small hay allowance and a grain mix of hominy oats bran and oilmeal.
When large production is planned, use a greater variety of concentrates to improve palatability and keep cows feeders. Flour middlings boost feeding value with oats and bran, adjustable by the roughage cows accept and one pound grain mix per three pounds of milk produced.
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