Ten Year Record From Nebraska Dairy Herd Study
In October 1896 the Nebraska experiment station established a dairy herd to supply classroom needs and provide animals for practical experiments. Over ten years 160 complete yearly records were kept showing average milk and butter yield per cow, with analysis linking lactation length and rest to milk fat tests. The study notes variability between cows and years, findings on fat percentage and milk flow, and stresses continual year to year recording for herd value.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Iona
Ite
Record of 1906 Dairy Yields and Feed Costs in Katy Holstein
Data shows 1906 production of 18 5734 pounds milk 62044 pounds butter fat and 723 85 pounds butter per 365 days with principal feeds including alfalfa hay corn silage and pasture for roughage and corn bran oats and maize meal for concentrates Prices reflected average market rates and butter fat valued at creameries pay. Net per cow estimated at about 40 per year after labor and feed.
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Katy
Proper feed management boosts milk flow in cows
Dairy notes emphasize timely feeding for steady milk output and suggest reliable butter sales at favorable prices. The piece asks readers to consider a winter rye pasture for cows and notes minimal butter color preparation needed.
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England
Health advertisement roundup with kidney pills and skin remedies
A Detroit area notice extols Dean's Kidney Pills for backache dizziness and kidney disorders with a customer claiming complete relief after three boxes. Also features Cuticura remedies for a seven year old’s eczema, shared by Mrs John G Kiempp of Newark New Jersey with dates October 17 and 22, 1907.
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R. C. Richmond
Northwood
Town
Anya
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Kla
John G. Kiempp
Niagara St
Newark
N. J
Dowry and Hymn Incident Stir Interior Town Clergyman
A local minister who married a wealthy wife faced questions after a pulpit mishap. He announced a hymn verse, then claimed the choir would omit it, prompting parishioners to notice altered lines about gratitude and ten thousand blessings.
Health Restored Through Grape-Nuts Food Testimony
A Michigan reader describes persistent indigestion and fatigue after an operation. After a year of illness the person started eating Grape-Nuts and regained appetite, energy, and steadier nerves, returning to work within two months. The letter cites Postum Co and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Crewk, Mich
Wellville
Weather and crops prove excellent in Western Canada
A Winnipeg Free Press correspondent reports exceptional weather and crop yields across Southern Alberta and Western Canada. Wheat, oats, and barley show strong profits with 40 to 60 bushels per acre common, and some $19.55 net per acre noted. The district offers cheap land, new rail access, and markets in mining towns and British Columbia.
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Winnipeg
Man
Free
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Crows Nest
British Columbia
Jim Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Canada
Marshall (Minn.) News-Messenger
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Vaal
Minnesota
The General Demand for a Laxative Remedy
The piece extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co as a trusted, gentle laxative. It urges purchase from the genuine manufacturer and notes a fifty cent price. A joke about a butcher and bone in a roast ends with a quip about cow bones. A final note observes the first strike often decides a fight.
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Senna
California
California Fig Syrup Co
South Side
Denver Peat
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Nebraska Station
Dairy Notes
Yonra
Bertha
Hettie
Bertie
Boy
Clergyman
Willie
Wille
Western
Mr. Asker
Harrry
Harry
Paria
Philadelphia Inquirer
J. Cheney & CO
Toit
Tore Bes
Daye
Kaye J. Cheney
Hie Grn
Walding
Kinane Marte
Toledo
O. Hall
Frien
al Brute
Billville
Beyer
Eicuss Mt
Atlanta
Baltimore American
N.Y
Winato
Seth
Fennican
Fey Pal
Eurea
Bolts
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Lillian Rons
Katharina Craig
Lafayette St
Danver
Gal
Lydia E. Pinklam
Bliss Marie Stolteman
Laurel
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mixa Tellon M. Olgon
N. East
Kofwrannd
Tll
Haya
Lydia B.pinkham
Aidaucho
Lydia E. Pinkham
Towers Fish Brand
Chicago
Worley Br
Thompson Eye Water
Defiance Starch
Jihuduloane
AN. K—C
White House
Brown Shoe Co
ST. Louis
Old Virginia
Re & Cent
Portland
Straight Way
Union Pacific
Pullman
The
Northwest
Seattle, Wash
Yallowstons Park
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Nebraska
Putnam F
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