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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
6
Fragments describe a department of agriculture focusing on poultry care and live stock. The text references farmers learning live animal handling and poultry health guidance, signaling a section on successful farming practices.
Poultry briefs discuss buying stock in breeding pens at favorable prices and the impact of frequent house cleaning on bird health. They note increasing poultry shows, warn against kitchen scraps feeding, and urge warm morning mash to ease digestion while praising table scraps for hen nutrition.
The alfalfa districts report enormous crops and up to five or six cuttings yearly aided by irrigation. Cows graze outdoors most of the year with limited hay and bran feeding. Some dairymen in Yolo County fed ninety cows on alfalfa for several months with no other feed, yielding good milk and condition. California dairymen boast low costs but acknowledge room for efficiency and better breeding.
Tests of Holatoin-friesians are conducted uniformly under state experiment stations at the owners' homes. They run for seven consecutive days and assess fat content and related dairy traits.
Data from September and October reports summarize dairy cows by age groups. Three full age cows averaged 6 years 11 months 4 days, 36 days post calving, with milk 487 pounds, butter fat 17.514 pounds, and equivalent butter 80 percent. Two 4-year-olds averaged 4 years 3 months 19 days, 43 days post calving, with milk 447.5 pounds, fat 13.170 pounds, and equivalent butter 80 percent. Five two-year-olds averaged 2 years 25 days, 15 days post calving, with milk 274.7 pounds, fat 8.397 pounds, and equivalent butter 80 percent.
A Colorado writer notes a very heavy lamb crop this fall and winter with many offers to sell. Buyers expect prices to fall from last year, as excess supply and limited winter feed force large sales at lower rates, despite possible rains needed for feed in the west.
Farmers favor heap composting with alternating peat and dung layers. A bed of peat six to eight feet wide and about a foot thick is covered by a dung layer, then peat, repeated until the bean bed reaches three to four feet in height.
A San Antonio cattleman is hospitalized with blood poisoning after skinning a cow that died of black leg. Doctors fear possible loss of his arm as surgeons treat the infection.
The Ohio agricultural experiment station outlines its tuberculosis testing program. It offers free tuberculin tests for herds of five or more cattle, with costs only for agent lodging and transport. It may test multiple small herds together and, for state institutions, annually tests without prior disease proof. Infected animals should be destroyed. healthy reactors may be slaughtered under inspection for beef, while early disease cases may be used for food with proper oversight.
The article argues for prioritizing high fecundity in breeding sows and notes that modern pig breeds often produce fewer piglets due to development practices. It suggests that fecundity differences arise from feed, asserting nitrogenous diets boost litter size while corn-heavy rations may reduce it.
A turn of phrase explains that hog sellers should group market hogs by uniform size for each lot to appeal to buyers. Uniform lots look better and can influence prices, even if buyers do not admit valuing uniformity. Sellers may hold back underperforming pigs to finish them longer for better overall sale appeal.
Farmers report using hog weeds as fodder after curing them for hay. Stock reportedly eat the cured weeds and seem unfazed by drought. Readers with experience are invited to share observations.
The 1648 Long Parliament formed the Westminster Assembly of Divines to settle doctrine liturgy and church government. It held 1 163 meetings through 1649 with Presbyterians exerting major influence. Its fruits include the Directory of Public Worship the Confession of Faith and the Shorter and Larger Catechisms.
A 1808 balloon duel in France between M. de Grandpre and M. le Pique over a lady ends tragically as Grandpre's shot ruptures the opponent's balloon. Le Pique and his second perish. Grandpre lands far from Paris as his balloon rises uncontested.
The Anti Renters arose from tenant dissatisfaction with patroon rents in eastern New York counties including Albany and Rensselaer. After Stephen Van Rensselaer’s death in 1839, tenants resisted rent collection amid Indian disguises and militia clashes in the Helderberg war. In 1850 many manor lands were sold to tenants, ending the conflict.
Swiss universities remain Europe’s top choice for women from abroad. At Zurich University 218 of 850 students are women, with 128 in medicine 58 in philosophy 21 in natural science and 11 in jurisprudence. Only 18 are Swiss. 97 Russians 29 Americans and 29 Germans.
A Philadelphia Record humor item notes a man who collects postage stamps as a peculiar hobby. He accumulates 2-cent stamps until he has three, then turns them into beer, illustrating quirky fads among people.
An old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims to ease teething pain in children by softening gums reducing inflammation and curing wind colic. The bottle price is listed at 25 cents.
A witty exchange ends with a quip about overbright gas light in a parlor. Two girls discuss a visitor named Goodeatch who last came a week ago, and the light’s glare leads to the humorous line about a watermelon.
A St Paul guide shows a visitor the tomb of Lord Nelson. The sarcophagus weighs forty two tons, a steel receptacle twelve tons, a hermetically sealed leaden coffin over two tons, and a mahogany coffin holds the ashes. The Yankee quips about bringing him out at his expense.
A reader from 822 Third Ave North Minneapolis Minnesota writes on January 6 1900 praising Piso's Cure as an effective cough remedy. The brief notice highlights personal endorsement of the product's relief.
Rome correspondent reports Nicol Cicchino, a conductor on the Venetian electric railroad, found a $50,500 draft in July 1898 on the Marseilles Land Bank. The owner never appeared to claim it, and Cicchino received official notification that the unclaimed certificate is now his property.
No experience needed to dye fabrics using Putnam Faceless Dyes. Simply boil the goods in the dye to achieve the desired color.
Lord Rosebery's mother the duchess of Cleveland is described as a wonderful old lady in her eighty first year. Despite age she remains energetic and sociable with a noted love of travel including journeys to India the West Indies and British South Africa. She wed the late duke of Cleveland in 1854 three years after Lord Daimeny's death.
The dialogue jokes about selecting the correct train to Blankville with a test of seventeen trainmen and ninety three passengers all confirming the route. A New York Weekly tone mocks certainty and travel confidence.
Des Moines town residents seek details on a Gladiator Gold-Mining operation after hints of a substantial venture. Local inquiries focus on promised profits, governance, and potential impact on community resources.
A playful line from Puck features two tramps arguing hunger and sharing a bone. The first tramp complains of lack while the second offers stingy humor about hogging the bone.
Mrs Pinkham offers free advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to women suffering from ovarian and womb inflammation. The article cites thousands of women who found happiness and health through her guidance and testimony from Mrs Chappell of Grant York Tl who attributes her recovery to the remedy.
The article recalls Plymouth England’s water history and a yearly memory toast for Sir Francis Drake. It notes the town’s 5,000,000 gallon daily water use and a ritual at the head weir where water is drunk, followed by wine with a slogan about descendants never lacking wine. The piece quotes Pearson's Weekly on the ceremony and Drake’s mayoralty.
A Chicago Evening Post joke has a revivalist asking did you ever get religion. The man answers he weighs 138 pounds of it and explains he married it to obtain religion. The gag plays on weight as a joke about faith and marriage.
An 1880s style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for intractable catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from West Truarx and Walding Kinnan Marvin in Toledo Ohio, claims about internal action, and notes that testimonials are available free per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are promoted as the best.
A Philadelphia Record snippet recalls a scene where a woman self-disembarks a car, pulling the right strap on the first try and not causing any conductor’s interruption. The dialogue underscores a lighthearted view of female independence.
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