Hog Cholera Remedy and Hog Care Tips Published
The article features a farming column listing a preventative hog cholera mixture: wood charcoal, sulphur, sodium salts, antimony sulphide, all finely powdered. A large tablespoon per day for a 200 pound hog. Also includes reader notes on worms, rheumatism in hind quarters, lard and turpentine rubs, water access for sows, and pig bearing issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Farmers’ Voice
Charles F. Hint
Bedding and Thrift in Winter Hog Care
Editor notes that dry, clean bedding keeps hogs healthy in winter. Straw, leaves, or coarse materials work. store under shelter to stay dry. Change bedding every 10 days to 2 weeks. avoid over-bedding young pigs to prevent them from hiding from meals. N. J. Shepherd, Miller Co., Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Voice
N. J. Shepherd. Miller Co
Poultry Yard Notes on Breeding and Care
A historical poultry primer covers cockerel prices for upgrading stock, seasonality of turkey meat, free range health advantages, and cautions about artificial yard practices. It also suggests herbal remedies such as oak bark for disease control and mentions a novel but graphic method for killing chickens.
Feed Formula for Laying Poultry by F. W. Gaylor
F. W. Gaylor of the Rural New Yorker explains a bone based ration for laying hens. He advocates cut bone as the main component fed one to two ounces twice weekly, with chicks given a tablespoon per 15 to 20 birds. He details a mixed daily feed of ground corn oats and wheat bran plus boiled beef scrap or bone, and a Monday through Saturday pattern including boiled potatoes and alternated whole corn and cracked wheat, with boiled oats twice weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Gaylor
New Yorker
How to handle eggs and dairy on the farm
The article advises cleaning eggs to preserve meat and discusses two preservation methods: cold storage at 36 to 40 degrees and lime salt pickling in oak barrels. It warns against selling pickled or ice house eggs as newly laid and stresses selling only fresh stock. It also covers cow fattening versus milking and advises milking cows longer with good feed for spring prices.
Notes on Alliance reports and member interest
From the National Secretary, N. A. Dunning reports mixed Alliance activity. Some states send encouraging semiannual reports while others show dull results, declining membership and waning interest. The letter acknowledges delays caused by official duties and reflects on the organization’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Dunning
National Watchman
Washington, D. C
Alliance
Eee
Call for a unified national and state Alliance press
D. P. Duncan argues that true Alliancemen must build the organization first and foremost. He urges restoring a national paper alongside strong state papers to unite the 2,000,000 members, curb factional politics, and advance agricultural cooperation nationwide.
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Alliance
Supreme Council
Reform Press
Raleigh
Reform
Itseif
Farmers’ Alliance Organization
Grange
State Alliance
D. P. Duncan Secy
Colombia
Vacuum Leather Oil promotes care for leather items
The advertisement touts Vacuum Leather Oil for shoe and harness leather, claiming long wear without cracking. It offers a 25¢ half pint to $1.25 gallon price range, a free book and swob, a money-back guarantee, and cans sold only in cans. The firm invites inquiries to Vacuum Oil Company in Rochester, New York.
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Resvil
Vacuum Cil. Company
Rochester
N.Y
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Atlanta Exposition
United States
J. H. Latimer
J. W. Hicks
RISP
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ATLA
GE Co
Star Pushing Co
Startown Nursery
M. A. Thorneburg & Co
Newton, Catawba, Co
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McSherry
Southern Farm Implement CO
Meeting Street
Tharlest
N.s.c
Powell & Clement CO
Bass St.Cincinnati
Ronan Minera
R.c.click & CO
Salem Iron Works
Salem
U.S.A
Kitselman Bros
jRidgeville
Indiana
Pritchard Turing Co
Southern Railroad Company
Richmond and
Danville
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A.M. Son
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Bere
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Asheville
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Pointingham
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Pullman
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Fay
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Morehead
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aTén Am
Urenboro
B. Thompson
Dadville
W. B. Ryder
Charlotte
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Cellis Ton Petite
Adrian
Miche
Filbert Upchurch
Perwas
Gilbert Upe
Real Beal Gazette
Norfolk
Sec Ae
Plymouth
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