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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1906
Page
8
Boisterous Christmas minstrel references mix with short reports of residents arriving home from Sigourney Brighton and West Chester. Mentions include Lula and Leander at the minstrel, people returning home after visits, and social updates from Miss Hortense Benn and others plus local business and church activities.
An Ohio breeder outlines a yearlong plan for using an imported Bryan ram with Oxford ewes. The regime covers routine ram management, feeding with grain oil cake and forage, lambing pens, weaning in late July, spring pasturage with grain, rams exercised daily, and show flock preparation for district and state fairs starting in November through March.
The American Angora Goat Breed ers' association was organized in 1900. It maintains the country’s sole Angora goat records and acts as the national body representing and promoting this live stock breed in the United States.
The American Sheep Breeder organization with 500 members across states and territories lists 58 000 Angora goats on its pedigree. Edward L. Naylor of Forest Grove Oregon owns the yearling buck Our Boy shown in the illustration. Mohair length is eleven and three quarters inches at ten and a half months old.
Myron W. Graham of Hartford County Conn describes keeping sheep in a shed during winter for taming at lambing time. He fed whole grain and experimented with a twin ewe lamb nursing from a cow, noting rapid growth and profitability of twins for farmers.
The Wisconsin experiment station tested exercise and confinement on fattening wethers in three trials and found close confinement in dry, well-ventilated pens as good as or better than ample exercise for growing wethers. The report urges using unused farm space to feed sheep as a profitable way to convert grains and roughage into cash and fertilizer.
Local notes report many residents traveling to nearby towns on Saturday evening for business visits and leisure. The piece mentions the Christmas Minstrel with tickets available at the Rest Room and highlights stores offering holiday goods at Parrish's Savings Bank Store. The Oriental artists Nick and Knock were announced for the event.
Mrs. Allen DeLong and her son Claus return to Crawfordsville after a city day on business. Mrs. George Stewart of Algona accompanies them and will visit the DeLong home for several days. Place orders early for holly wreaths. E G Case praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup and colds, sold by Cook & Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
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