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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
2
Annual city statement lists assessed values for 1912 with figures for real estate personal property and totals. Indicates valuation by ward or district shorthand and totals including waterfront or municipal items.
Classified brief lists several sale offers and want ads. Includes priced listings for red goods at $400 per hundred, pine items, a seven room house on Grand Street, a six room modern cottage on North 6th Street at 3100, a 14x20 barn with 16 foot posts, and egg purchase payment. Also requests two apartments for sale and inquiries for a top and second floor dwelling in Gruver Iowa with contact details.
An elder counsels his son to tailor the tale to the audience, noting some want to see bear while others seek only bear tracks. The exchange underscores the power of perception and the value of matching storytelling to the listener.
A town station report from Rapertaedt describes fifty bushel corn grown on rape with lard hogs fed for five to six months. Hog sales at $6.00 and corn at 9 cents imply profits of $47 to $152 per acre, with pastures and feed costs detailed. The 1909 trial fed 3.9 pounds grain per hundred pounds of hog, adding meat meal late, and yielded strong per-acre gains despite costs.
Town Experiment Station reports in 1910 that sweet clover yielded higher profits than medium red clover, with hog pasturing and grain feeding showing strong returns. Sweet clover offers good first year pasture, high protein and calcium, and a reliable fallback when alfalfa is unsuitable, though second year growth declines in value for hogs.
The Ames Iowa experiment station reports record gains from alfalfa pasture with a medium grain ration, showing high protein and bone forming elements. Pastured hogs fed corn at 50 cents a bushel and alfalfa at low cost yielded net profits near 97 dollars per acre in 1911 and 185 dollars in 1912, with alfalfa lasting multiple years and providing balanced nutrition. A bulletin titled Forage Crops For Swine describes alfalfa merits and other crops, available by mail.
A 19th century plea urges creameries to pay a bonus to the man delivering cream in a clean sweet condition. It argues no butter can come from dirty sour cream and that dairies pride in purity demand cream free from filth and contamination.
The text advises a modified hot water treatment as a method to combat smut affecting wheat and barley. It notes the process aims to suppress fungal infection while preserving grain quality. The recommendation reflects agricultural practices to protect cereal crops.
The Motherville Garage will supply Polerine this year at 60 cents per gallon or less for patton. It offers 60 cat h i 10 gallon lon Gana, half barrels at 40 cents and full barrels at 848 cents per gallon. The oil has been used for several years in the community and has given satisfaction.
Describes Mongolia as a bleak, wind swept vast land cut off from the sea, with few towns and a scant population. Praises the history of restless migration, noting Genghis and the Mongol conquests, and portrays nomadic life as enduring and expansive across 2000 miles of plateaus and steppes.
A London Tit-Bita joke exchanges quips about a bought horse, with the first lieutenant noting potential refinement once paid. The second lieutenant affirms the horse’s value and improvement, hinting at future progress.
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