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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
7
The Winatration describes an inexpensive, satisfactory hog house. Foundations use four 2x4s eight feet long on edge with braces. A six by eight foot floor is attached, plus an A framed end, top strip, and whiplap siding. Front door two by two and a half feet with a ventilation opening at the gable end. Movable on clover pasture aids feeding and fertility control.
A Farm and Home writer recalls long practice of salting sheep, noting sheep overdo salt and water when available, causing thirst and bowel issues. Removing excess salt reduced water intake and digestive troubles. author advises much less salt than many farmers use.
A writer in Farmers' Review notes horses differ in walking speed across breeds with fast, slow and medium walkers. He observes that pace can be improved by a skilled rider, that inheritance largely governs walk action, and that feed does not notably affect the walk beyond overall condition.
Advice on pig housing stressing dry hog pens and well drained quarters. Emphasizes frequent cleaning and proper manure handling to prevent damp conditions and disease risk.
Farmers must treat growing colts differently from idle horses. Adequate feed and steady growth are essential. roughage alone wastes potential. Provide grain, oats, bran, corn, and protein supplements like dried blood meat or flaxseed meal, plus roots to aid digestion and skin health.
Illustration details a windlass setup for scalding and scraping hogs. Two crotched poles with a round pole and wagon wheel end support a barrel for scalding. A bench allows scraping, then hogs are hoisted to hooks via a gambrel. The system repeats for multiple hogs.
Good bedding for animals keeps them dry warm and comfortable and capable of absorbing large amounts of squid. Mixed farming relies on live stock to reach peak productivity. Animal husbandry is seen as the foundation of agricultural progress. Corn grows more valuable as human feed and may surpass animal feeds. Hogs stay healthier with some care though illness is hard to cure. A varied hog diet is better than a single feed. Our best beef comes from high priced land and inputs.
A Farmers' Voice writer urges gradual transition to new corn for hogs. Begin with stalks and mixed old corn, feeding until pigs adjust to the change to avoid bowels disruption and potential cholera and swine diseases. The author notes no hog loss from partial new corn feeding but warns against full early adoption.
Mrs Lucy Quebeck of Hope Valley R1 age eight says continual back ache and swollen hands disappeared after using Man's Kidney Pills. She details irregular kidney secretions and vision issues improving with the remedy and notes it is sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The piece recounts a Treasury secretary candidate’s witty exchange about running for New York governor using a joke about Irishmen and lamp posts. It then notes J W Harries telling a self critical tale from What Every Woman Knows and a quip about a hat blocking a view. It ends with a meditation on conscience as pervasive and gentle.
A Tennessee woman recounts suffering indigestion nervousness and insomnia from coffee. She switched to Postum, noting weight gain and health recovery. She credits Postum with restoring her wellbeing and urges others to try it, citing the Postum Company and The Road to Wellville as references.
George W. Keloey recalls Artemus Ward’s odd tale of roaches in his room. He says Ward admired roaches, once used a walnut shell as a boat for one, gave it oars, and joked about his home then filling with roaches after kindness.
A Concord New Hampshire resident describes severe skin itching swelling below the knees for months. After trying numerous remedies without success a small amount of Culthura ended the torment within days and allowed normal activity again.
Advertised remedy Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as a blood tonic that supposedly treats catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The claim states local applications cannot cure catarrh and praises a combination of tonics from a company in Toledo, Ohio, with a patent medicine style.
A garbled OCR passage ridicules a elected official and mocks public discourse. It contrasts quick mind changes by women with men and mentions various unrelated product slogans, including a tainted line about a poor expressman and failed deliveries.
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