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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1929
Page
3
Captain Fellowes and Joshua Inglepin plot a privateering venture centered on purchasing the brig Centurion, targeting the royal sloop Badger and the rebel True Bounty. They outline a written contract fixing roles, goals, and authority to pursue treasonous documents while preparing for anticipated naval action and prizes.
A historical note links major breakthroughs to accidents, from Columbus discovering America to a Dutch dye chemist and a shipboard diet change ending beri beri. Scientists sought the link between food and health and named this vital discovery vitamine, key to nutrition and sustenance.
The immediate family of Patriot's Naboo Male included his father mother and sister. He was engaged at the time of his death. Farewell letters to his mother sister and fiancee were destroyed before his passing. He was the son of Deacon Story Hale Richard and Elizabeth.
Fragments describe bells fastened in tall trees in Onessdian lore and in Bore villages, with references to Luis N Coleman and his book Bells. The text mentions bell rains on tree branches in thorehyard and unclear practices across Svat land and Treland.
USDA note from Beltsville shows a hen laid 306 eggs in a year but produced underweight, poorly shaped eggs. Studies on inheritance confirm size and quality harder to breed than sheer numbers. Dept sets a minimum breeding standard of 2 ounce eggs, 1.5 pounds per dozen.
Free open water, not warm or cold, should be provided and not in the form of a fee or frozen milk. If skim or butter milk is available they may serve as the sole liquid in summer, carrying 90 to 93 percent water. The by products also supply high quality nutrients for feeding, while sanitary drinking vessels prevent disease transmission and flock contamination.
The guide notes that female to male mating ratios vary by stock class. It cites eight to ten for Asiatics, ten to fifteen for American and English, and fifteen to twenty for Mediterranean stock. It also advises isolating hens from other males for three weeks before first eggs hatch and maintaining association with chosen males for at least ten days, preferably two weeks.
A discussion on turning poor-laying mongrel flocks into high-producing uniform color stock within three years. It notes substantial profits from selling breeding stock when pure-bred lines are maintained, claiming housing and feeding costs are similar to mongrels.
Poultry experts note hens require calcium carbonate for shells and struggle to obtain it from water and feed alone. Oyster shell proves about 99 percent pure calcium carbonate and is readily consumed by hens, increasing egg production by about 30 more eggs per year when available.
The article notes that poultry manure ferments quickly and loses much nitrogen when exposed, urging systematic cleaning of roost boards. It adds that summer manure mixed with loam to reduce odor can be spread on fields.
The article explains how temperature affects fruit storage, noting fruits often suffer from too warm conditions. It cites Van Hoft's law and Dr. Lon A Hawkins, detailing Bartlett pears kept longer at lower temps such as 31 to 36 degrees and comparing durations across 31 36 43 53 58 65 degree ranges.
The article explains silage must have air fully excluded by proper moisture and dense tamping. Fill with wall material higher and firmly tramped to prevent edge molding. Preservation relies on pressure heat and acid. pressure excludes air. heat pasteurizes silage killing molds. field conditions deter spoiling molds.
The Department of Agriculture plans to suppress the Mediterranean fruit fly by cooling fruit to 28 degrees for five hours and holding at 80 degrees for about five days. An alternative treatment cools or heats fruit to 110 degrees for eight hours. Both high and low temperatures kill fly eggs and larvae.
The guide explains storing cream in a water tank inside a building near the well to keep it cool. It recommends a small water tank to circulate water through the cream tank, changing the water often, and maintaining a temperature between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. It notes churned cream should have about one half of one percent acid.
Early plowing yields better wheat crops. shelter belts add value to farms. clean and repair harness to extend use. Apply lime after plowing for clover seeded in wheat. Grade and standardize produce for higher prices. Eradicating abortion in herds is possible via blood tests. Poultry roosting trees attract mites. fatten calves need good winter feeding. Three pillars of good silo walls are strong, smooth, and airtight. For garden residues burning is preferable to plowing under.
AM P Rasmussen of the New York State College of Agriculture argues for cooperative marketing at local regional and national levels to standardize honey and expand export opportunities. He calls for affordable container formats and consumer education to boost demand and overcome industry disorganization.
A USDA study finds 124 proved dairy bulls in one state, 71 percent disposed before age five and about 4 percent before age eight. Two bulls reached eleven and one fourteen years. Most bulls are five or older when proved, making early disposal a major dairy-industry loss.
The article describes using roll roofing and roofing cement to seal silage pits. Leaks at stave joints and square shoulders cause spoilage, which can be reduced by troweling roofing cement around the stave bottoms and by sloping or filling shoulders with mortar and attaching a roll roofing strip to cover the lower edge.
Investigations by the Bureau of Animal Industry, USDA, link staple length and clean wool per fleece to higher quality. Sheep management emphasizes the inheritance of the sheep, feed, environment, and season as key quality and quantity factors. Successful raisers practice rigid culling of aged and light producers to rapidly improve fleeces.
Winter management of cattle pays dividends in the spring calf crop. Proper feeding ensures strong calves with alfalfa and clover hay, supplemented by dry fodder or silage. Four to five pounds of legume hay per head daily meets needs, with cottonseed cake as an alternative.
The article notes that abroad stock types for apple trees receive more attention. England has long distinguished among stocks by habit, including dwarf Paradise stocks and semi-dwarf like Doucin, with vigorous Paradise also used. Many stocks have been propagated for years, leaving few pure types of several varieties.
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