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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
6
Caring for mares is essential to foal health with winter exercise and sensible diet. Avoid overheating when spring work begins and stop mares before foaling. The Percheron dominates U. S. draft-horse farming, with Belgians seen as strong alternates. Belgian stallion Bienfait de Masnuy was 1910 national Belgian show champion.
Farmers share methods to raise foals outside stables and reduce navel trouble. Emphasis on keeping mares near barns after foaling, limiting colt exercise, preventing suckling during heat, and introducing grain early. Lead training starts young to ease later handling and growth.
The article advises continuing some whole corn after lambs are released to pasture. Stopping grain too soon can cause scours, especially in lambs, as pasture may lack solid sweetness early. Feeding whole corn helps ease the transition and protects lambs from severe setbacks.
Missouri experiment station reports three year results showing $384.11 per acre from clover forage and smaller returns from rape and oats $24.63 corn and cowpens $29.08 and blue grass $17.71. Estimates assume 60 cents a bushel for corn and 6 cents per pound for pork. Hog harvesting by animals themselves highlights potential profitability.
The note states ashes improve digestion and destroy intestinal worms and sulfur should be kept in every pen. It suggests hogs can raise farm income by about 10 to 12 dollars annually through the manure produced.
A German swimming master designs a compact device for both trained and inexpert swimmers. The apparatus fits in a pocket when unused, uses two air cushions divided into five sections, inflates in seconds, and keeps the head and neck free. It enables vertical or horizontal positions and long water endurance with reduced fatigue.
An English authority urges safeguarding children at movies by seating them at least thirty feet from the curtain. A doctor notes eye trouble from close seating and suggests parents force back seats or management set a seating limit to prevent defective eyesight.
A consular report details hide tanning in China. Immersion in alum and water softens hides before two days or longer, depending on sun drying. Hides are peeled on benches, expanded with bamboo bows, dried over straw fire, and finished in sun to yield yellowish leather.
Sulphur benefits many sectors from fertilizing and fruit growing to papermaking and bleaching. It appears as pyrite for sulphuric acid production essential to phosphate fertilizers. Large quantities support bleaching wood pulp for newspapers, match making, powder, sugar refining, rubber goods, and medicinal uses.
The recipe outlines Belgian axle grease using powdered slaked lime 100 parts, oil of tar 300 parts, paraffin oil 500 parts, rosin oil 800 parts, strong lye 12 parts. The lime and lye are heated with rosin oil till white, then oil of tar and paraffin oil are added, followed by 800 parts of soapstone powder until uniform.
Instructions describe fitting wagon wheel spokes by splitting the tenon with a chisel and driving a wedge into the split. Saw the wedge off close to the felly. This work can be done when resetting tires.
The article traces the ducking stool as a historic punishment for outspoken women in England and its colonies, noting colonial adoption in Maryland and Virginia and later decline. It cites cases from 17th to 19th centuries, including Betsey Tucker and Anne Royall, and recalls public ceremonies and evolving attitudes toward female speech.
A timid boarding house landlady testifies in court about a debt while a lawyer pressures her with cross examination. She asserts the underpayment and warns against coercion, stating she would charge nothing to the defendant and would require advance payment instead. A second vignette depicts a tired Black grandmother in Bay St. Louis refusing help from kin, noting hardship and distrust.
The steamer Champion runs weekly trips from Montesano to Westport with departures at 7:00 a m and 9:30 a m from Hoquiam and Aberdeen and returns in the afternoon. Sunday special excursions depart Montesano at 7:00 a m with stops at Cosmopolis and Hoquiam, returning from Westport at 4:00 p m. Peter Wilson is Master.
The alleged humorist jokes about plums on chestnut trees after receiving a $10 check from a confiding editor for a centuries old joke. He leaves into the night and sips a thistle cocktail of grape juice.
Nagget notes Peckham appeared very drunk in public after losing his wife last week. Mrs. Nagget counters that a man should celebrate without making a scene, while the Catholic Standard and Times supplies the remark.
The piece questions how Gat Fowl understood reform, with Ephraim Now offering reflections on changes and the path to improvement. Local voices weigh whether the transformation is genuine or performative.
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