Weaning Pigs at Very Best Time
The text discusses pig weaning timing tied to farming systems and fall farrowing goals. It covers sow milking levels, eight week weanage, separating litters to induce heat, and pasture care to avoid harming pig growth. It notes that proper creep feed and good pasture ease the weaning process and home in on maintaining sow udder health.
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Viaconein
Agrie
Atable
Turner-Wright
Ppecalint
South Dakota
State ‘College
Corn Ground and Disking Relations in Annual Crops
The passage notes farmers routinely disk and prepare corn and oats ground. It states winter wheat dominates acreage, with about six million acres planted yearly.Corn occupies over half the cropland, vastly exceeding winter, spring wheat, and barley combined. It warns improper sowing can reduce yields by ten to ninety percent.
Gardens and Hens Keep Peaceful Coexistence in Edible Plots
A humorous guide suggests chickens in gardens need strong fencing and careful placement. It advocates cropping occasional feathers to prevent garden damage while noting a well-built chicken proof fence helps keep both hen and garden productive.
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le Moat
Water hose damage to terrace plants during dry spells
A reader warns that directing a strong cold spray at terrace plants when buds are forming can chill and injure them. The force can tear buds and cause blooms to drop, especially as the ground dries.
Lice Control Methods for Calves from Agricultural Bulletins
Calves infested with lice hinder growth and require thorough cleaning and disinfection of housing with coal tar dip. Methods include coal tar washings, dipping, washing with disinfectants, or larkspur preparations. In cold weather dry care and repeated baths help prevent chilling while lice hatch. Nebraska State Dairymen's Association notes multiple remedies used by experiment stations.
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Ilinole Agricultural Experiment Station
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Nebraska
State Dairymen’s Association
Restoring neglected orchards to productivity guidance from Clemson
A. E. Schilletter of Clemson College advises on reviving run-down orchards. Pruning from December to March removes excess wood to stimulate growth and fruit bud formation. When many branches must go, complete pruning in the second year with clean cuts. Early spring plowing aids recovery before heavy leafing.
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A. E. ‘Schilletter
Clemson College
Clean Strawberry Patch Ready for Better Crop
The patch has been cleaned and covered with straw mulch to protect plants during winter. This boosts light and warmth, encouraging growth. If not covered, plants may be stunted and fruit later and smaller.
Jitter from possible ergot in straw and corn advice
The passage warns that straw and seed corn may carry ergot risk and describes how weathered manure and rotted wood affect fertility. It notes a plantable acre needs about sixteen ears per acre, with caution about fermentation and leaching reducing fertilizer value. It also mentions using rotted wood to improve soil and warns weeds will spread if not controlled. Regular inspection is advised to protect a cabbage crop and other vegetables.
Green's August Flower Promises Fifty Eight Years of Merit
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a proven digestive remedy for nervous dyspepsia sour stomach constipation indigestion and related symptoms. The copy claims fifty eight years of trusted use in millions of homes worldwide and notes availability in bottles at eighty cents.
Old Athens Ostracism Describes Proscription Practice
The note explains ostracism in Athens from the sixth century BC. Citizens wrote the names of suspected individuals on potsherds, placed them in a box, and the Senate banished the person with the most votes. A six thousand vote threshold applied. the practice ended around 800 BC.
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Athens
Senate
Warning on Aspirin packaging and Bayer branding
A cautionary note urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin tablets or packaging to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed for 23 years. The ad warns that initiations may prove dangerous and advises saying Bayer when purchasing.
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Bayer
Man Saved Tax Money On M B Church Listing
A Wyandotte County man Albert H Reid saved years of taxes after buying property on time payments and learning the land was listed as M B Church which meant no tax. He noted the name M B Church belonged to the seller not a church nearby. Advertisement for Cuticura products follows.
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Wyandotte County
Kansas
Albert H. Reid
Reid
Adams Memorial Saint Gaudens Statue at Rock Creek
The Saint Gaudens statue in Rock Creek cemetery is correctly named the Adams Memorial. Gaudens rejected grief symbolism, saying the figure represents a face to face confrontation with mortality and the question of life after death.
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Saint Gaudens
Rock Creek Cemetery
Adams
Argentina Creates National Hygiene Department to Boost Health
Argentina forms a new national hygiene department to educate the public using modern methods. Railway cars travel rural districts equipped with radio, moving pictures, Hist-aid disinfectants, and health supplies while lectures and posters accompany the effort. A child welfare division is established.
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Argentina
Department of Hygiene
New York Times
Dolls as Beau Catchers Among Mexican Tribes
A historic custom where unmarried Mexican women carried dolls to signal seeking a groom sparked a doll craze in Europe and the United States after the war. The piece notes firmness of mind arises from prejudice rather than truth.
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Mexico
Europe
United States
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