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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1894
Page
13
The Lincoln sheep is a heavy bodied long wooled breed with nine inch lustrous wool. It thrives on rich low land soil and protection from extremes of weather. Canada has invested more in rearing than the United States, influencing breeding focus.
A column reviews Lincoln sheep, noting large 2-year-old rams over 400 pounds and a 415-pound example at the Columbian exposition. It covers Merino and Dorset crosses, urging breeders to grade Merino ewes with Dorset rams for early, three-quarter Dorset lambs and high-priced wool outcomes. Also includes horse care notes and temperament warnings.
A farmer details root crops and turnips as a winter feed, claiming five acres yield 5,000 bushels of roots worth $500 and potential 15,000 bushels for the coming season. He notes gains in cows fed turnips and corn fodder, cost efficiency, market prices for hogs, oats yield, and farming practices influencing livestock health and milk. The discourse blends practical notes from Breeder's Gazette and other sources on stock feeding, horse prices, and poultry.
An observer would name the Russian Orloffs as the finest horses shown in America this year. At the Columbian exposition and New York show, horses like Oussan and Priyatel impressed with gentle temperaments, superb gait, and marked state of breed.
The piece argues beef profitability hinges on breed and feeding, stressing early maturity, strong growth with good care, and efficient winter feeding. It warns against poor winter management, notes combined rations with wheat bran oats and oilmeal improve carcass value, and references shifts in farming practices and terminology.
Dr Bond in the Journal of the British Farmers Association argues milk and its products can sustain an average adult with about half a gallon daily, noting less milk suffices with bread and farinaceous foods. He favors separated milk for cost reasons but warns against its use for feeding young children.
Vienna dispatch reports the Prince of Wales visiting the Hofburg greenroom where aristocratic subscribers must remove hats. He kept his hat on, prompting a ballet dancer to politely request removal. The hat was eventually doffed in a swift moment.
London reports a near completion of experiments at the military balloon school near Chatham. Major Temple is credited with finding an aerial steering apparatus that reportedly works in all weather conditions except during storms.
A red flag on an ice chunk drifted to an eddy by a bridge. A workman found a note dated Niobrara Neb Dec 3 from Sallie Killerford unmarried seeking a marriage with a man 20 to 50. The tintype pictured her, but it was missing when the note was recovered and the letter sent adrift again.
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