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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
4
Kansas Board of Agriculture secretary F D Coburn urges farmers to drag roads using simple handmade implements. He explains costs, equipment, timing after rain, and that no patent exists, with roads becoming smooth, hard, and convex through repeated use across corn belt soils.
The article explains constructing a drag using 2x8 boards and three stakes to form two slabs with an 8 foot gap. It covers attaching a chain, creating a stable driver platform, and suggests slow initial work with repeated passes to shape a road. It notes that any boy and farm team can operate it and improvement comes with persistent effort.
North Carolina Senator Simmons wins a national highway appropriation, the first since Henry Clay. The measure allocates 500,000 dollars for experiments, with local matching funds doubling impact to about 1.5 million. Federal engineers supervise all spending to curb graft, signaling a dawning era of national highways.
The piece argues that good roads boost farming profits by easing wagon use and crop marketing while lowering costs. It claims roads can be improved cheaply with modest labor. It also offers a simple pig-feeding ratio using skim milk and cornmeal and notes practical feed conversions.
A brief note explains feeding corn chop to stock by crushing and mixing with fines to aid swallowing. It advises breaking up an ear or two of corn to feed with the chop to ensure thorough mastication.
Poultry feed should be palatable with a variety of grains. Rye is edible but not preferred as a main feed. it mixes with other grains. Best poultry foods mix common farm grains like wheat oats corn barley rye millet caneseed field peas buckwheat sunflowers and grass seeds with grit shells and charcoal. Good roads boost farm land value, as Spotsylvania Virginia farmers spent 100000 to improve roads. The Sheep Yard must be well drained with dry knoll terrain and winter ventilation through upper sheds to ensure pure air.
Weaning pigs requires cutting the sow’s water and hay to dry her udder without injury. When pigs are removed abruptly from a well milking sow, udder damage can prevent future lactation. Oats and wheat on the hoof offer rising value as both livestock and crops grow.
A concise lesson notes that the manure spreader illustrates the value of small, frequent email quantities. It suggests that light application, while possible, is rarely practiced, highlighting a method to manage distribution effectively.
The piece argues that true beauty comes from expression and inward graces rather than mere appearance. It notes many women waste time and money seeking beauty and praises inner charm as transforming a plain face into striking allure. The scene shifts to bridge club social contrast with Sally Hill delivering homemade pickles and a quip about club routines.
A fragmented quote from an exchange discusses superstition and luck as a guide to judgment. It contrasts pessimistic superstition with excessive belief in personal superiority and the absence of luck or fate in life’s events.
A collection of maxims and curiosities from historical sources. It cites the Nine Allors origin linked to bell tolls, a Woman of Narrow Mind quip, a Locusta aviator tale, a rasp berry pie remark, a frog at the New York aquarium, and a Ginger Man reflection on weather driven temperaments.
A janitor asks to empty a full wastebasket while a financier jokes about storing bonds. An intoxicated panhandler asks the Philadelphia Archbishop Ryan for change and the archbishop urges a straight path. the panhandler replies about being a former tightrope walker.
A reflective quote attributed to John Woaley urges readers to count moments of high achievement and spiritual clarity as their truest selves. It emphasizes self-honor during peak times and enduring integrity across life.
A brief remark cites Emerson noting the irony of opponents mocking women voting while Quakers and Shakers practice gender equality in church leadership. The quote underscores debates on votes, offices, and political equality for women.
A Chicago doctor suggests that the average woman favors a cave man but most must settle for flat dwellers in this brief humorous commentary on romance and social norms.
The silk industry note explains how silkworm eggs are minuscule, with each egg weighing so little that a hundred are needed to form a single grain. The observation highlights the microscopic scale and potential abundance of silkworm eggs as a starting point for sericulture.
An advertisement urges readers to try Ayer’s Hair Vigor for long, luxuriant hair. It claims the product safely enhances hair without coloring, notes that all ingredients are listed for medical oversight, and recommends consulting a doctor for guidance.
A peculiar account recalls a huge insect swarm attacking and stripping an elephant while it fed in a pasture. The narrative highlights how even tiny creatures can act in concert to overwhelm a large animal and sow motion in the earth as they move on to new prey.
A highway stop leads to a witty exchange where a motorist explains speeding to catch up to a ahead car to observe a hat, while a banker laments an overdraft of sixty dollars and a comical struggle to cover it, reflecting lighthearted era humor.
A concise note on Bigesed, a teacher famed for concise speech and efficient use of moments, yet described as wasteful of an unclear resource, prompting discussion about teaching style and time management. The fragment hints at a paradox within educational practices and student engagement.
A fragment from The Friend In Need by W B Maxwell notes self centered men shorten their lives, suggesting bachelors live shorter, and the selfless act of sharing a dollar can end a friend.
Researchers explore electric food and water heaters to boost hen egg production and reduce cold weather diseases in poultry. The concept examines how consistent warmth affects laying rate and disease resistance across flocks.
A Rochester mother reports her 13 year old daughter relief from monthly dizziness and cramps after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Ohio woman also touts benefits after trying the product, claiming improvement in headaches and irregularities.
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