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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
7
Practical guidance covers feeding warms for sick chickens, hen egg production decline with age, replacing older hens, and the economics of sows and cows. Notes include poultry weights, costs of breeding, calf removal timing, cow behavior around language, and the value of corn silage as winter fodder. The piece also discusses moisture testing for butter, mischievous boys, and the push for permanent roads to aid farmers.
A Florida reader notes a Melbourne tract sold for 6000 dollars after marketing from pasture seed. The piece discusses sowing rates of fifteen to twenty pounds per acre and using rich soil near hog yards for rapid pig growth. It also describes teaching a calf to drink by gradual finger-feeding and warns that all regions have drawbacks like malaria drought or poor transport, cautions not to trust real estate agents claiming no drawbacks.
The article argues for a nationwide spring shooting ban to protect migratory fowl during mating and nesting. It notes birds are thin on migration and that prohibiting spring hunting would boost fall populations and shooting quality later.
The article argues the white slave trade persists due to lack of proper home training in purity and womanliness. It blames parents who value financial gain over daughters, leading to unsafe freedoms and risk from predatory men. Legislative fixes alone won’t suffice without improving home conditions.
A reader asks how to save young fruit trees with bark stripped five to six inches above ground due to ice overflow. Cover exposed trunks with mud or clay, or wrap with sheets dipped in grafting wax to seal the cambium and prevent drying. Bridge grafting can salvage severely damaged trees, using bark strips with cambium that join above and below the wound, sealed with grafting wax. Valuable trees justify the effort.
Early holdover blight cases in apple trees will ooze as warm days arrive and attract insects that spread germs. Cut out and burn all infected wood at once, cutting several inches below the affected area and disinfecting knives with bichloride or mercury solution. Burn pruned material immediately.
An inventory by 200,000 star boarders under the Nebraska Agricultural College animal husbandry department estimates that at least 200,000 of the state's 700,000 dairy cows fail to produce enough milk to cover their costs. Causes include cow breed and farmer indifference to evaluating herd quality, a poor showing likely common in other states.
A wide array of brief items covers world demographics, industry and technology. Topics include aging ports, fisheries in Vigo, Mexico City manufacturing, armor plate, academic voices from Harvard, shipping and trade shifts, fashion labor in Chicago, weather stations, quirky legal tales, and energy projects in the United States and abroad.
Edinburgh based naturalist reports startling evidence of sea bound migration in lemmings from Scandinavia to lowland coasts. vast nocturnal marches span years as herds defy lakes and terrain, finally entering the sea in pursuit of a mysterious impulse. Also notes European reindeer retreat to seacoasts in winter despite abundant food inland.
The French critic Romieu, noted musician and official, enjoys harmlessly teasing shopkeepers. In a wind-up anecdote he visits a watchmaker's shop and pretends ignorance asking what watches are for and how they work. The shopkeeper explains prices and winding, and Romieu’s host jokes about wind times and eventual mishap from drunkenness.
The piece notes the Rand’s labor scarcity in Africa and its impact on mining. It cites an annual $300,000 cost to recruit continental labor from Portuguese East Africa and a $5 recruiter’s fee per boy persuaded to go to the mines. It estimates 50,000 to 60,000 boys recruited yearly, supplying Mozambique's revenue.
A jumble of local excerpts presents Kath leen winging luatily and a question about a friend for little children from the Manchester Guardian. London Telegraph and Nt. Loula Republic pieces mix with a bird puzzle posed by a child, while a line about a mag and a weary Alice appears.
The article recounts a conductor named Wage ner shaping a performance in Herlin Ia while the audience reacted with notable intensity. It describes the sensory drama of the baton and the musicians, noting how the music differed under the conductor and how listeners perceived the interpretation.
A garbled OCR page mixes social musings and odd anecdotes. It references fashion critiques, portraits of women in France, a London book anecdote about port wine, and a stage troupe tale from New York. Scattered lines touch on perceptions of beauty and money, with brief snippets of fortune telling and theater chatter.
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