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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
2
In Durham North Carolina Mrs J M writes I am a farmer's wife and have a heap to do Cardui is praised as a gentle home remedy made from vegetable ingredients. The ad claims it cannot harm the body and is safe for all ages urging readers to ask their druggist.
Cherbourg reports a fierce gale as US Atlantic fleet second division ships ride off shore. An American picket boat was sunk with seven men lost. A Louis iana launch rescued the crew of a launch from the French cruiser Dupleix, swamped by heavy seas. Many sailors remain ashore unable to reach their ships.
A mix of classical myth mentions Cerberus Hercules Orpheus and Aeneas with sly references to Cerberus bribes and Chamberlain’s stomach and liver tablets promotion. Also closing notices show Shenandoah Valley National Bank Union Bank of Winchester and Farmers and Merchants National Bank closures on a holiday with delayed posting.
A livestock writer from Iowa Homestead urges selecting high quality rams and milk-rich ewes for future breeders. Emphasizes dense oily fleece, vitality, and conformation from nostril to rump, warning that longer wool often weakens fleece and health.
A Port Townsend Washington inventor has created a cattle throat obstacle remover. The device uses paired arms with concave ends pressed against the neck below the blockage and drawn upward to push the obstruction toward the mouth.
The article notes horse digestion favors water first then hay and grain, with grain fed last. It argues for dairy progress through better graded cows, claiming two thirds fewer cows could sustain milk production with real savings in labor and feed.
Sheep are economical producers and can be handled profitably under intense conditions of farming. As farms become smaller and methods more intensive, it will be necessary to secure higher prices for meat production and animal foods.
The article explains that sows from prolific families are more likely to inherit high fertility and maternal qualities, making them better mothers than offspring from less prolific lineages.
A fragmentary archival note lacks usable context or readable details beyond a parenthetical caution about reprint restrictions. No identifiable people places organizations dates or events are present to summarize.
The article outlines pre winter steps including fuel stockpiling furnace and stove overhauls, insulating the house with tarred paper and earth banks, securing storm windows, fixing broken lights, and prepping barn supplies, yards, and dairy areas with whitewash and debris removal. It emphasizes completing these tasks before deep cold sets in to ensure a warmer, safer season.
Arizona experiment station reports lamb feeding trials across four rations. Mixed sorghum and alfalfa at half and half produced the lowest cost per pound of gain at 5.65 cents, followed by alfalfa alone at 5.86 cents. Sorghum hay alone or with seed was less economical, with the lone sorghum ration even showing a slight loss.
Amid semiarid conditions a Mississippi valley grower used artesian water to irrigate one sixth of an acre of tomatoes. He sold over 400 dollars worth of fruit before frost with more in sight, equating to about 2400 dollars per acre. The case suggests irrigation as a viable aid to raise yields during dry seasons.
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