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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
8
A Michigan farmer advises starting lambs on oats and barley for about three weeks before introducing corn. He stresses a smooth trough bottom to avoid decay and argues regular feeding times build consistent gains. The article warns against starting with corn to prevent overeating and rejection of mixed grain.
An Ohio Farmer correspondent describes a wooden sheep trough rig that uses AA supports 2 by 4 and BB ground boards with cross bracing HH. The trough Dp is 3 by 6 inches, mounted by bolts BB, with F as a high end board held by a nail G to C. The top is 16 inches above ground and the trough edge C sits 9 inches above the trough top to balance accessibility and prevent jumping.
Breeders Gazette notes that sow paralysis from eclampsia stems from irritation of piglets during nursing and is common in pampered sows fed incomplete rations like corn without sufficient exercise or foraging greens. recommends feeding milk middlings tankage or bloodmeal plus limewater in food and drink, and describes a rough treatment involving spinal puncture with heated wire and dosing with nux vomica, starting five drops twice daily and increasing as the sow improves.
The article advises a grass pasture with bine grass as best and notes a June clover field from June 15 to 20 with six quarts per acre for next year's pasture. It mentions sowing Dwarf Essex rape with clover at three pounds per acre as good feed and pumpkins and squashes with corn as fattening feed. It warns pigs are a meat product and need healthy care to be successful and warns against overfeeding.
Overfeeding or underfeeding leads to disease in sheep. Start with a few good ones if entering the sheep business. To enjoy the simple life, keep a flock and study it thoroughly. The lean to fat meat ratio today exceeds Brent Bakewell's era, notes an American Sheep Breeder publication.
William Beebe describes a night trek across the Mexican desert near the Sierra Madre as vultures gather in a vast inverted cone overhead. He notes sparse life, shifting dust whirlwinds, distant birds, and the memorable sight of a roosting mass dissolving into a cloud as the sun rises.
A narrator recounts observing eagles at their nest, noting calm parent birds that avoid confrontation. The old eagle slips from the eggs and glides away as climbers approach, while the young are protected and watched from afar. The piece suggests years of persecution influence the birds' self preservation.
A well known Scotch horse couper, regarded as a respectable congregation member, faced frequent pressure from the minister to al-
From Chautauqua Lake New York to Chicago and return at 14 dollars with July 7 departure and August 8 return limit. Nickel Plate offers three daily trains with vestibuled sleeping cars and dining cars offering meals from 35 cents to a dollar. Write John Y. Callahan General Agent 113 Adams Street Room 298 Chicago Illinois for details. Chicago offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex. Depot at LaSalle and Van Buren Streets near Elevated Loop.
On Tuesdays through December the Iowa Central Railway sells round trip home seekers tickets to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest. Fare is one fare plus two dollars. Tickets valid twenty one days with stop overs allowed. For rates and details contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
An old advert warns of sudden bowel pain and fear of appendicitis and promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a sure cure for bowel and stomach disorders. Sold at J H Stewart's drug store.
A minister pressed a man to justify declining the eldership. Cornered, the man quipped to Mr McNab that a person cannot be an elder and sell a horse, reflecting a humorous domestic reaction in the Scottish American.
The di ameter of trees varies with season and time of day. Trees are larger from noon to next morning twilight and smaller from twilight to noon. In winter they are smaller than in summer due to temperature driven evaporation. colder weather increases shrinkage.
The passage explains fur as a threadlike fiber arising from the animal’s pores, lengthening from the root, and remaining blunt if cut. It describes tubular oil-filled fibers with mineral content, and how fiber cross section indicates climate and geography, noting that back and belly hides yield different quality in land versus aquatic animals.
The sea anemone resembles a morning glory in shape with a cup like mouth and tentacles waving above. It feeds on small sea insects and floats. at alarm it closes its cup, blending with the rock. Strong sucker muscles keep it attached, sometimes tearing free rock and all to resist detachment.
Advertisement notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as highly effective for cuts burns fever sores sore eyes and boils. A Hope Texas resident D L Gregory claims it cured a bad sore and praises its safety for sore eyes. Available for 25 cents at Stewart's drug store.
Nickel Plate Road quotes $12.25 for Chicago to Buffalo round trip with July travel dates and return by August 4, stopovers at Chautauqua Lake, plus low fares to Fort Wayne Cleveland Erie and other eastern points. Three daily trains with first class equipment and meals in dining cars from 35 cents to 81 dollars. No excess fare. Write John Y. Calahan at 113 Adams St Chicago for details.
Railroads publish lower round trip fares for summer 1905 to resorts from Brighton via Iowa Central. Fares include St Paul Minneapolis 12.00, Duluth 16.00, Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo 22.75, Salt Lake City Ogden 35.75, with sale dates June 1 or later and varying final limits through October. Additional Epworth League and G A R exemptions cited, plus Portland Exposition and Hot Springs specials.
The Nickel Plate Road offers a round trip to Asbury Park New Jersey for the National Educational Association annual meeting July 3 to 7. Fare 21.35 with sales June 29 30 July 1 2 and return by Aug 31. Travel options include Delaware Water Gap Mohawk Valley and Hudson River routes with meals from 35c to 1.00 and no excess fare on Nickel Plate trains.
The Rock Island announces excursions starting April 10 to Los Angeles San Francisco and California points at 55.65 dollars round trip. Travel via any regular route and return by any route. Passengers board at Washington and keep the car until arrival.
Burlington Route offers half fare round trips to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and to Utah and the Pacific Northwest with multiple start dates from June to September 1905. Special schedules include returning by November 1 1905 and various midseason date ranges with 25 cent additional privileges. Exposition in Portland June 1 to October 15. Contact J. E. Kunath agent for full details and free descriptive literature.
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