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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
6
Southport Guardian notes a playful warning about Brown and Jones in a household exchange as a wife uses a sweet voice to sway decisions and a caution about a dress motif.
A North Carolina woman lost 47 pounds in 8 months a Montana woman 19 pounds in 4 weeks and a Wisconsin woman 11 pounds in 6 weeks. The ad claims Kruschen Salts help weight loss with a half spoon before breakfast and a daily dose in hot water.
The article discusses shifts in hog breeding focus from the old-fashioned short-bodied, refined hog to longer, leggy, deeper-bodied types. J P Willman of the New York State College of Agriculture notes profitability drove the change, warning against overextension toward extreme “gun barrel” type while praising vigor, capacity, and solid bone for rapid, economical gains.
Experts emphasize keeping herbs ground stables barns pastures clean and drained to prevent parasites. Plowing and crop rotation reduce soil infection while avoiding overstocking. McLean County swine sanitation credited with lowering worm and disease risk in multiple species.
An entomology expert from Cornell University explains louse-host specificity. He refutes the idea that cattle are infested because chickens roost in cow stables, noting lice are adapted to their own hosts and transfer is unlikely between species.
Practical notes advise keeping animals hydrated and salted regularly, avoid feeding spoiled silage, exclude milk from tuberculous cattle, and prevent pregnancy cows from gaining excess fat. Calves per 1000 cows rise, mix ages in pens avoided, dominant animals should not hog feed, dry cows winter cheaply but calf cows get better rations. Steers now marketed as yearlings and two year-olds, shifting from three and four-year-olds, encouraging cash-crop farmers to store and market grain and forage using live stock.
The USDA study shows Ozark growers using tight subsoil land harms apple trees. A.I. Sweet notes open porous subsoil allows roots to reach moisture and nutrients, boosting growth. Twenty year old trees may access about 6,000 cubic feet of soil when subsoil is open. Root diseases accompany poor subsoil conditions in many areas.
Dr. M B Waite of the US Department of Agriculture warns of a severe pear blight outbreak, now worst since 1914, spreading coast to coast. The disease clings to dead leaves and also affects apples and quinces. control hinges on removing and burning infected branches and disinfecting tools with corrosive sublimate.
The article explains there is no standard silage price. It suggests a fair value method: use one third of the per ton market price of hay, or when hay is unusually costly, estimate by four to five bushels of grain and about 500 pounds of dry stover per ton of ensiled forage.
Agricultural hints discuss curing hog cholera by prevention, Cornell University housing hundreds of hens laying up to 800 eggs yearly, and rising vegetable shipments to city markets. Notes cover green manure after sweet corn, Hessian fly rise in New York, sowing dates, cleaning laying houses, ice cream production costs, taxes on farmers, vitamin D product for chickens, corn silage versus fodder, alfalfa soil needs, and lime timing before seeding.
The article notes that various birds create intricate nests without tools, from long tailed tits and woodpeckers to swallows and guillemots. It highlights diverse structures using moss, grasses, feathers, clay, and seaweed, with nests designed for security and family life.
University of London professor proposes that in depth analysis of pterodactyl skeletons and wing structures could reveal flight efficiencies for modern aircraft. He notes wings spanned over 20 feet, with leathery skin and hollow bones suggesting superior flying adaptations.
A New York Herald Tribune report describes pterodactyls with massive back ridges and strong flight muscles, noting they flew by gliding and wing flapping. Scientists suggest fossil study could aid modern airplane design and explain their extinction due to tropical to cold climate shifts.
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