Dairy and Poultry Care for Drying Off Cows
The article outlines best practices for drying off dairy cows and calving, advising gradual milk withdrawal, staged dry periods, and attentive observation of udder health. It also covers pre calving diet, housing, and timing to ensure strong freshening, with notes from the Farmers Bulletin and experimental observations on moldy grain effects.
Moldy corn and meningitis linked to cattle losses
Historical study from Indiana examines moldy corn as a disease source in cattle during 1898 99. Experiments feeding mold organisms to horses showed no consistent causative effect, with one mold producing minor gum changes and salivation. The inquiry found no clear link to cerebro spinal meningitis.
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Indiana
Bouillon
Government grading of butter urged by Australian dairymen
Australian farmers broadly favor government graded butter similar to New Zealand and Victoria. The goal is to protect and expand export trade with standardized scoring centers, while warning that many nations still rely on primitive methods.
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Australia
New Zealand
Victoria
United States
High Demand for Quality Coachers in US and Abroad
A brisk market exists for high priced coachers both at home and overseas with strong interest in well matched teams. Cities across the United States show buyers willing to pay premium for quality plus color advantages enhance value, discouraging haphazard breeding.
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United States
The Value of Diligence in Work Ethic
In recalling a printer's office routine, Robert Bonner emphasizes pride in work and resisting idle time. He argues the indolent and clock watcher lose opportunities, while those who avoid “killing time” pursue constant effort for business success.
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Robert Bonner
Robert
Hog receipts in Chicago rise. week ending January 26 totals 170400
Chicago hog receipts for the week ending January 26 reach 170400 head. Prices run about the same as the prior week and roughly 50 cents higher than the same week last year.
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Chicago
Wild turkeys show later mating and richer flesh season
The report notes that wild gobblers pair later in the season while hens lay eggs later than domestic birds. It states wild birds yield better flavor, with flesh described as more delicate and tender.
Live Stock Markets Show Steady Demand Für Sheep
Last Saturday consignments to the Chicago stock yards included 504 Angora goats selling at 3.30 per hundred. Sheep demand remains strong for choicy mutton suitable for export with lamb prices about 1.00 to 1.25 lower than a year ago. Prime native lambs and alfalfa Colorado lots sold around 5.50, down 65 cents from last year’s peak. Feeding lambs bring 4.00 to 4.50, and Colorado shipped lambs arrive earlier this year with high quality noted. Otio Franc of Meeteetse Wyoming notes sheep herds now outnumber cattle as the main range livestock, with alfalfa and Timothy hay feeding shaping winter management.
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Chicago
Colorado
Otto Franc
Meeteetse
Wyo
The
Omaha Journal
A Song in Winter Poem by A St John Adcock
A robin sings on a bare spray as winter fades. Sunlight warms the desolate path and the world’s heart beats steadily. Budding green appears, dawn breaks, and summer rises while storms clear and the blue returns. Sing on robin as sunlight and song shorten the way.
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Robin
A. St. John Adcock
Miss Irving at Succonotchie School Falls for Hal Baker
In Far Succonotchie a seventeen year old Frances Irving arrives as teacher and wins over Hal Baker, son of the town’s wealthiest man. The teaching job becomes a test of courage as pupils rebel, but Hal protects her and the pair grow closer while the school ends with hopeful possibilities.
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Conotchie
Modder River
Hal Baker
Lord Kitchener
Mili
Miss Irving
Mr. Baker
Hal
Not Coming Back to Succonotchie
Frances tells Hal she will not return to Succonotchie to teach. He resists and declares his wish she stay, then kisses her and pleads. She refuses again, but offers that he can bring her back if he wishes.
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Hal
Frances
Vandal Armies Sacking Pekin Described By Bavarian Writer
A Bavarian newspaper recounts the sacking of the imperial palaces at Pekin noting near bare walls and extensive pillaging. heavy looking glasses and screens, broken furniture, and stolen gilded clocks reveal barbaric acts. emperors private rooms housed costly books and silk bedding. the emperor's bed was a sleeping sofa torn of its silk. The piece questions which nation conducted the theft.
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Pekin
Imperial Summer Palace
Imperia
Lotus Lake
China
Hole in the coin sparks new 3 cent piece plan
The United States plans to start minting a nickel 3 cent coin for western areas with a central hole to feel in the dark. Analysts note coins are not equal to metals and discuss the shift to new dies at the Philadelphia mint as the old 1900 faces were destroyed and replaced.
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United States
Philadelphia
Portrait of Gen Kitchener in World’s Work description
James Barnes describes General Kitchener as tall with sloped shoulders and ungainly gait. The aging officer appears weathered, his brick red face lined with wrinkles, steel gray eyes roaming and piercing. The piece notes his uncanny ability to see both near and far at once.
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Gen
Kitchener
James Barnes
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