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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1910
Page
2
A poem fragment describing a northern shore with blue sky and sea gulls, arc of summer days, a stately ship moving toward the ocean, and a typhoon's wrath. It portrays brave men at sea, wreckage, and a battered spar adrift, ending with the northern pine at home in Youth's Companion.
Ben Hallowell returns to his Frisco-tempted claim to face two rival jumpers, plans to time a set upon them, and discovers his cabin unsettled with a disturbing sight in the hammock. His doom seems sealed as he confronts the dangers of claim jumping and his hopes of reuniting with his wife Susie.
A royal Chinese funeral boat built to carry the late Dowager Empress across a mystic river is burned. The vessel cost about $40,000 with an imperial throne, four pavilions, and robes worn by the Empress. Total funeral costs reached about $1,000,000. A separate excerpt follows about Ben’s life and a Londoner’s notes on King Edward and Mackintosh.
A linguistic critique targets library patrons and society editors for sloppy word choice. It laments replacing proper verbs with vague terms like occur and classed in sports reporting. The piece cites Goldsmith Addison Steele and Irving, urging clearer editorial standards.
A Buffalo science note proclaims a high voltage discovery amid digestive health concerns. The item shifts to literary news, noting works by Wilson Vance, Louis Joseph Vance, and Selma Lagerlöf, with biographical details and forthcoming editions and translations.
A Windsor Weekly piece notes reports from Dr Francis Day of India about fishes that migrate by leaving water. English officers witnessed myriads of climbing perch traveling on land, using fins as feet to crawl across dry ground to reach new water, a drought driven survival trek.
A clipped excerpt questions a boy’s honesty and work ethic, noting belief in truth and hard labor. The fragment hints at a community debate over character and reliability, mentioning swift actions and business, as reported by the Houston Post.
A brief courtroom exchange notes a boy crying after a game of pretend trains. The judge records the sentiment and concludes with a terse, unresolved moment.
The barn described supports eight to ten dairy cows with a 38 by 64 foot floor area excluding a milk room. Interior layout and a 12 by 38 foot silo with a 5 foot pit are noted. The frame studs are 12 to 14 feet long and the silo connects to the feed room as shown.
Exterior view shows a long silo with top and bottom small windows and a 1x5 foot hay chute with a Moor Mne door for forking hay. Silo and hay chute are boarded to block dust odors. Jott floor tight, double with paper is better. Calf and ball pens and box stall designed for animal visibility and social interaction. Milk room near cow stalls with interior and exterior exits. barn doors shut at times. One attendant can feed stock. plan notes a high labor market. An 8 to 10 foot opening on the left floor over the driveway for hay passage. Grain and branches overhead feed room with 8 inch spouts. Driveway space between feed room and cow stalls usable for tools or wagon. Driveway floor height 11 to 12 feet. pen and stall doors 7 feet high. box and horse stall doors 8 feet high.
Practical notes from Farm Stock and Home on silage use for cattle and horses, including large Ohio feeding operations, daily silage intake, and supplement needs. It covers crop maturity, planting like grain, desired corn yields, and observed animal weight gains and nutrient losses from manure and excreted plant foods.
The Farmers' Chuir of the American Institute issued rules for forecasting weather. Wind, rain, and cloud movement govern signals such as approaching storms, cold rains, and frosts. Cirrus and cumulus patterns indicate fair or stormy conditions, with specific directional patterns predicting rain or snow. Sidebone in Horses described via foot bone and cartilage growth in cattle feet.
The author argues that by concentrating cultivation on wheat in Illinois and surrounding counties, annual production could exceed the nation's current output. Comparisons show Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas land could nearly match 1906 crops. Georgia's land could yield large cotton. The text notes vast areas of unimproved land could still be reclaimed for agriculture.
Farmers neglecting sturdy fences and mature breeding stock waste feed on scrubs. Pigs breed fast, but offspring from immature sows and young boars mature poorly, lowering profits. Strong sows and mature boars yield better growth and economical gains.
A Pennsylvania Agriculture Department bulletin recommends combining fruit growing with poultry raising. Locate poultry houses under orchard shade to protect trees from pests. Fowls destroy harmful bands, aid plum cherry and peach trees, and provide shade and comfort for the birds.
A farmer near Rock Island, Iowa, was swindled by a smooth stranger posing as a game warden. He was asked for a bunting license he did not have and paid $35 on bail after a scare, meeting the real game warden in court but losing his money.
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