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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
3
A brisk beauty ad urges readers to buy a 35 cent bottle of Danderine to revitalize lifeless hair, stop dandruff, and regain color and vitality. It claims the tonic will stimulate the scalp and improve hair fullness and shine. A closing note mentions a scientific machinery claim about U.S. crop yields.
Bayer insists on the label Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package with directions for Headache Colds Pain Neuralgia Lumbago and Rheumatism Genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years Handy tin of 12 tablets costs a few cents Aspirin is a trademark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetylsalicylic ester.
The article reports on USDA and Purdue studies near Porter County Indiana showing a high producing cow used 164.5 hours of human labor and 16.2 hours of horse labor to milk and haul milk. It details a maintenance and production ration including 2046 pounds of grain 3301 pounds of hay and corn stover 7276 pounds of silage and 720 pounds of bedding.
In Ohio college tests 100 pounds of whole milk cost 68 cents with silage and butter 13.1 cents per pound. Without silage costs rise to $1.95 per 100 pounds of milk and 22 cents per pound of butter. Beef similarly affected. Silage plus small cottonseed meal or clover hay soybeans or cowpeas balance rations. Moldy silage should not be fed.
The notes stress early grain for calves at ten to fourteen days old and call the silo a foundation stone of dairy farming. It notes butter flavor varies by salt, urges weighing each cow’s milk daily, and argues feed and labor costs favor high producing animals. Shipping milk long distances requires skill and understanding of the principles involved.
In Binghamton New York a user reports recovery from nervous prostration after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy treats nervous prostration inflammation ulcers irregularities pains backache bearing down feelings flatulence indigestion and dizziness. It invites readers to write for advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
Castor the Morgan gelding bred at the U S Department of Agriculture Middlebury farm finished the 300 mile endurance contest with a clean speed record and placed third for speed despite a fall and nose injury. The race from Fort Ethan Allen to Camp Devens aimed to boost cavalry horse breeding with many Arabians and two Morgans.
A Western market report notes blemishes reduce price by up to 50 dollars or more for top horses. It urges preventive care and breeding only sound mares to sound stallions to safeguard profit, acknowledging some colts may still be defective despite best efforts.
When piglets are about three weeks old they crave more than sow milk. Set a shallow trough out of reach of the sow. Scald middlings, mix with milk, and add a tablespoon of molasses. Guide the piglets to the trough. the molasses scent prompts them to begin eating.
Pigs should be kept in dry clean quarters and fed in clean troughs. They should not be allowed to run out in cold rain or become chilled. Sows running through filth and then being wacked will often cause jigs to scou.
Mrs B E Tedder of Bupora Mississippi describes five years of crippling pain in which she could not eat and felt faint. After taking Cardus she regained strength appetite and says she now feels well and able to work. Cardus is advertised as a mild tonic for women made from harmless ingredients.
A period advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the reliable remedy for colds grippe throat coughs and croup with claims of long standing effectiveness. The pitch emphasizes family use and quick relief priced at 60 cents and 1 20 dollars.
An advertisement extols Dr King’s New Life Pills for regular bowel movements. It claims the product cleanses waste, cleanses the bowels, promotes proper flow, relieves constipation, and avoids harsh laxatives, promising mild relief.
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