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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1923
Page
8
William A. Radford describes a 100 bird unit poultry house design with south facing fronts, standard sash windows, rear ventilators to lift air, 16 trap nests, three perches with dropping boards, and accessible doors. The article advises on feeders, water and shell systems, concrete flooring, and subsurface drainage where clinker is available.
Viense describes a scalable poultry house design that can start with two 100-bird units and expand by adding similar blocks. Each unit is 12 feet deep with a shed roof, ample windows for sun and air, a concrete moisture resistant floor, ship lap siding, and roofing paper. The design emphasizes cleanliness, durability, and a bright modern appearance for farms or suburbs.
Harper's Magazine recounts a close maritime encounter as two steamers passed within a hair's breadth. The narrator, aboard Ball's vessel, recalls a sudden crash of light and darkness as the other ship vanished beneath the waves, leaving questions of visibility and peril.
Scientists assess two bone harpoons found in peat in East Yorkshire as genuine Maglemosian relics. Initial forgeries were rejected, with committees from the British Association and Royal Anthropological Institute confirming the artifacts as early human remains dating roughly 10 000 to 32 000 years ago.
The Travancore province sustains matriarchy with women choosing husbands and head of households. Women can dismiss or divorce, now by mutual consent, and own property in their own right. Upon death, wives pass assets to children. husbands’ property goes to his mother’s kin. Child marriage is absent, literacy is low, yet claim of progress and prosperity endures.
A compact practice device features a square steel base with a vertical post, a revolving plate, and two tempered coil springs attached to a swiveling clevis. A golf ball is connected by aircraft wire at the other end and rotates around the base for a variable duration when struck, enabling indoor or outdoor practice.
Madge claims ignorance of attendance at a church meeting while Marjorie states she avoids rules except at one place where she has not worn her bow. The exchange hints at social norms and personal style within the New York social scene.
The USDA reports that the average dairy cow yields about 4000 pounds of milk with 160 pounds of butterfat. Breeding, feeding, and culling could double this average, reducing herd size and costs while boosting income. High producers show much higher net income over feed costs. Culling cows producing under 4000 pounds of milk and 160 pounds of butterfat yields the largest gains.
Agricultural expert from Colorado College advises picking strawberries raspberries and other small fruits in the cooler morning hours. After harvest move berries to shade or a cellar to cool and protect them from sun. Grading and careful packing in cool conditions improves appearance and keeping quality, with deformed or foreign material removed to ensure a good price. Good berries neatly packed in attractive containers satisfy customers.
Sudan grass withstands drought and heat, supplying good pasture for cattle horses sheep and hogs. Avoid pasture until the crop reaches about one foot high to ensure firm rooting against trampling and grazing pressure.
The text discusses hogs using oilers to reduce mange mite spread when supplied and in good condition. It notes hogs rub less against objects and avoid rubbing posts if the oilers are available and properly used.
Work horses require ample feed to stay in good condition. If corn, oats, or barley are used, provide a wheat bran supplement to improve condition. Bran adds protein and minerals, aiding digestion and overall health for working animals.
Farmers and home gardeners should monitor vegetables for insect pests and apply timely remedies. Chewing insects like beetles and caterpillars respond to arsenical poisons such as arsenate of lead, mixed with water or used as a dust. sap-sucking pests require contact sprays rather than internal poisons for control.
Iowa Experiment Station expert F. G. Churchill notes alfalfa makes up about 45 percent of the hay and 65 percent protein. Harvest when green for density and color, cut in morning after dew, wilt by afternoon, then bale next day to prevent heating and spoilage.
The U S Department of Agriculture promotes a safe non surgical horn growth prevention for calves. Begin when budding horns are felt. clip hair over the spot and rub with a dry caustic potash stick wrapped in paper to protect hands. Create a small raw patch the size of a dime over the bump. Protect calves from rain to keep caustic from running onto the face.
The article states feeding alfalfa hay and grain once daily will not achieve desired milk production. It notes dairy cows can use roughage but will not produce much milk with a grain ration of equal parts corn and cure ontey.
Orchard owners should recognize bees as a key factor in pollination. Placing bee colonies in orchards aids fruit set and yields, as pollination depends on active hives. Even a small number of colonies can significantly boost fruit production.
Mrs. Eliza Rambo of Omaha reports dramatic recovery after taking Tanlac claiming a 24 pound gain and renewed appetite. She describes relief from indigestion and fatigue and credits Tanlac with restoring health and energy. The ad notes Tanlac is sold by druggists and promotes Tanlac Pills for constipation. A second brief item recounts Hoffy fishing for canned fish, humorously declaring not after canned fish.
Advertisement extols Mother Fletcher's Castoria used for over 30 years to ease constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea and to regulate stomach and bowels aiding food absorption and natural sleep without opiates. The genuine bears signature of
A humorous dialogue records Johnny admitting he learned swearing outside school. The teacher presses for source, Johnny says learning comes from listening where it’s happening, not from lessons. Dispatch columnist note.
A barber discusses starting shaving with a forty five year old customer. The dialogue explores age when the customer began shaving in a concise exchange.
Castles from Cassel dating to the landgraves era are repurposed. The residence castle houses a picture gallery and a German tapestry museum soon to open. Wilhelmshohe may become a hotel. The Orange castle in Karlesuci, resembling Sansouci, is used by the Cassel government for exhibitions.
For years druggists note the strong record of Dr Kilmer Swamp-Root a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It is prescribed as a strengthening medicine and aids the organs as nature intended. Sold by all druggists on its merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle and mention this paper. Samson was first to bring down a horse and was killed by the fall.
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