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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
3
The article argues duck raising can boost farm income on a modest scale with simple housing and careful management. It advises against large scale starts for beginners, notes ducks need less warmth but dry conditions, uses hens or ducks for brooding, recommends dusting for lice, and outlines diet including soft foods and grains with faster duckling growth impacting feed use.
Ailing hens indicate tubercular conditions or coccidiosis and rarely recover to become good layers. These birds spread disease and should be killed and burned to protect the flock and future production. Neglect devastates whole flocks, while prompt action preserves herd vigor and reduces losses.
Practical guidance on keeping young poultry healthy through sun protection clean disinfected houses and cooperative farming. Advice covers brooding chick care and avoiding salt and fluoride poisoning by proper water and feed management.
Vice President Dawes plans to carry his push for a rules revision to the country in public speeches starting with the Associated Press luncheon in New York on April 2. He argues minority obstruction harms democracy and cites Senate reform proposals by Senators Underwood and Copeland as steps toward cloture or easier debate.
President Coolidge signs the Temple bill speeding the United States Geological Survey effort to finish the world’s biggest map. The 6,000 sheets cover over an acre costing 50 million dollars, with 45 years of work cutting to an estimated 20 years more. It will show every square mile and detail roads, rivers, bridges, and elevations, guiding engineers and planners nationwide.
The International Peace Meeting of Women confirms the UNIQUENNIAL convention of the International Council of Women to run May 4 to 14 via Washington. Miss Mary Garrett Hay, prominent feminist, says the gathering will advance peace and mutual understanding with delegates from 45 countries. American delegates and alternates listed. Lady Ishbel Aberdeen presides.
Secretary Work leads an Interior Department team on a month long western tour to study reclamation projects national parks and Indian reservations. The itinerary includes Colorado New Mexico Arizona California Nevada and Nebraska sites plus a study of irrigation flood control and power on the lower Colorado river and a preliminary three year permit for a Grape creek development by the Southern Colorado Power Co.
Dairy cows thrive with free salt access and mixed mineral supplements. Feed 0.5 to 1 pound of salt per 100 pounds of concentrate, add potassium or sodium iodide during gestation to prevent calf goiter, and ensure ample calcium and phosphorus through alfalfa hay and phosphorus-rich feeds. If phosphorus is low, supplement with bone meal or phosphate. bone meal covers both minerals, while limestone and ashes supply lime only. Ensure legume hay for natural calcium and vitamin A.
A USDA prepared report highlights how local farm groups push purebred sire use to improve herds. Middlesex County Farm Bureau notes 30 registered dairy bulls introduced in six months and farmers preferring purebreds. Hidalgo County Purebred Livestock Association forms to promote quality stock, disease control, markets, and ethical dealings with expulsion for misrepresentation.
The text guides feeding dairy bulls with grain varying from four to ten pounds based on size and condition. It lists two proven mixtures: three parts ground corn, two parts ground oats, two parts wheat bran, and one part linseed meal. or three parts ground oats, two parts wheat bran, one part ground corn or barley, and one part linseed meal.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing a baby's red rough itchy skin. It recommends Cuticura Soap for hot baths and Cuticura Ointment for touchups, plus Cuticura Talcum powder for fragrance and dusting.
Mary Roberts Rinehart discussed by Ife in Cosmopolitan and praised by Ray Long as a refreshing example for women balancing marriage and career. He notes she is a mother with six foot sons who admire her, and that her success serves others, not herself, as she excels as a novelist, playwright, and traveler.
A locomotive engineer found a kitten clinging under the boiler pipe and, after briefly leaving it, the kitten rode the engine on two trips between Jersey City and Crawford, N J. It was later taken to the station house where officials will hear its likely tale.
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