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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1904
Page
3
Remark on Hon. David Meekison and his years long battle with catarrh followed by endorsement of Peruna. The ad outlines how a common cold can develop into chronic catarrh and promotes Peruna as the remedy with patient testimonials and an offer for a free booklet and medical advice.
Simple poultry device raises the water pan about two feet on a raised shelf to allow hens to drink without fouling the dish. The water dish can be shared by two pens, with an opening cut in the wire netting. Farm and Home guidance explains mounting and wiring details.
The Maine experiment station reports on egg composition across species. Duck eggs show the smallest shell share about 10.6 percent, hens 11.4 percent, geese 12.8 percent, guinea fowl 14.4 percent. White portions vary by species with goose 52.6 and turkey 56.5 percent. yolk shares range 30.1 to 34.6 percent. About 70 percent of edible egg is water, protein about 14 percent, fat about same. Overall nutritive value is similar across varieties.
North Dakota professor outlines how carnivores need no salt while herbivores crave it due to dietary potash. He notes Eskimos and some tribes avoid salt, rice eaters use little salt, and potato eaters require more salt. Concludes grain and grass eaters should be regularly salted though excess is harmful.
In Bee Gleanings Elias Fox argues bees can be kept from swarming with ample space for queens and workers at the right time. He asserts swarming is not natural and promises a no swarming result in his latitude if beekeepers follow the method, even admitting it may seem counter to expectations.
A Scientific American summary notes eight eggs with surface pressure resistance from 400 to 675 psi while twelve eggs under internal stress failed between 32 and 65 psi. Shells averaged .013 inch thick, and tests show shell strength under varied external versus internal loading. Linseed meal best for milk and cottonseed meal for butter.
A plan describes a large six foot high post with a 24 foot levered pole and eight foot hooks to lift hogs dip them in scalding tubs scrub and hang for entrails removal. The device uses a circular arrangement of hangers around the lever for multiple hogs at once.
Farm and Home advises that moldy stalks injure beef and dairy cows, urging careful feeding. It notes fresh skim milk gains value when combined with corn meal or middlings for pigs and hogs, and stresses feeding dairy cows to their true capacity for best results.
The Orange Judd Farmer notes clover cut after blossoming is safe, but overripe clover with indigestible blossom heads can inflame and injure animals, sometimes causing death. It urges cutting at the right time.
A Cincinnati Enquirer cartoonish exchange shows an editor refusing a contributor’s story for too much originality, then clarifying the line is drawn at spelling. The blue pencil official emphasizes standardization over novelty.
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises a plant and seed catalog offering 1000 cabbage 2000 carrots 2000 celery 2000 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes and 1000 flowers for 16 cents postage with optional Berliner Cauliflower for 20 cents.
Winter tourist tickets are on sale via the Queen & Crescent Route Southern Railway and connecting lines to South Southeast and Southwest routes valid to May 31 1904. Purchase for travel to Florida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta and return via Asheville and the Land of the Ky with variable routing. Information from W C Rinearson G P A Cincinnati Ohio.
Reaches the principal points in Wisconsin with Pullman Sleepers Free Reclining Chair Cars modern coaches and dining and cafe service between Chicago Milwaukee Manitowoc and St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. Connections made with diverging lines at all terminal points Meals served a la carte For tickets sleep ing car reservations and further information apply to agents of this company or write Jas C Pond Gen Pass Agt Milwaukee Economy like charity should begin at home.
Miss Nellie Holmes speaks for the Young Woman's Temperance Association of Buffalo urging women to rely on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She details relief from menorrhagia back pain bearing down headaches and sleepless nights after trying the medicine and recommends it for suffering women. The letter notes a $5000 forfeit if a proof of authenticity cannot be produced.
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