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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
5
A collage of playful vignettes and quotes from periodicals highlights quirky anecdotes and reflections. It mentions memory, restaurant charm, Australian cranes, a sleepwalking doctor, Fourth of July observations, theater chatter, and fashion wit, all bearing a light, humorous tone.
The design lists timber sizes for a hay stacker from 2 by 4s up to 4 by 6s. Bottom piece No 1 measures 12 feet by 4 by 5 inches, uprights are 14 feet, cross piece No 5 is 13 feet, No 6 is 2 by 6 bevelled for sliding hay, No 18 is 8 feet by 2 by 4 with higher end feet, and weight box No 14 sits near two pulleys when on the ground.
Various farm observations cover bitter milk caused by feed or fermentation, owl family predation on pests, a brush fire desert water project using condensation frames, bee and ant communication, horse fly protection, pig scouring remedy, and strawberry growing methods with row spacing and runner management.
Upper end of No 13 describes stacker rope size and tooth construction using pine scanting for 10 foot teeth with bevels. It stresses clean farming to enhance land value and roadside maintenance, plus horse care tips on collars, washing, and soothing sore shoulders with warm water salt and soda.
A collage of remarks on work and ball games from Chicago Tribune style commentary, a note on Southwell Minster’s transepts showing early eleventh century construction, and Winslow’s soothing remedy for infants teething.
The milk from a Missouri dairy cow yields about $50 yearly at the creamery or in batter. A good dairy cow can bring at least $50 cash income annually. A list shows about fifty Missouri farmers earning $50 to $100 per cow each year, excluding calf and pig sales. milking is said to be manageable, taking sixty hours at 15 cents per hour for milking twice daily ten months.
The Maryland honey crop reaches about 1,000,000 pounds for the year, averaging 20 pounds per hive. Professor Thomas B. Symons of Maryland Agricultural College argues each swarm should yield 73 to 100 pounds, indicating potential for higher production.
A fragmented squib mixes stray lines about customers and salesmen with hints of local chatter. Observations include a quirky exchange on numbers and contracts, a mosquito joke, a joke about setting hens, and a tongue in cheek cue about medical cures and law.
Fragmentary text describes a chaotic scene with misheard phrases and a wreck involving a boat and a joy rider. The readable items mention a person named Yathie and a reference to joy coding or joy rider, but details are unclear about event or outcome.
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