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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
2
The article notes dental star appearance in horses at nine years and describes the dental indicators for corner teeth. It discusses cottonseed meal as a valuable poultry food used with corn meal and bran blends, and warns overuse may be unsafe for poultry or dairy cows at certain life stages, while also touching on weather.
The article emphasizes varied rations over single grains for growing and fattening pigs, warns against filth on feeding floors, and stresses cleanliness to maintain health. It notes that slight hunger can improve appetite, warns against overfeeding sows during farrowing, and urges tonics for healing. It also cautions that long breeding reduces vigor and that swine eat more per body weight than other animals. When purchasing stock, quality should trump fancy points.
Boston Cultivator notes timber as a farm crop in Illinois shows profits from posts and poles. Larch plantations average 4.30 dollars per acre, catalpa over 5 dollars, from 26 trials, with one larch at 7 dollars. Black walnut yields 2.05 dollars per acre for posts but requires 50 years to reach size, with 3.32 to 3.66 dollars per acre projected if added over fifty years.
The article from Weekly Witness warns that initial calving gains are cheaper than later years. It emphasizes rapid early gains through proper feeding and handling, noting that slack in growth wastes money. Early two months of care and feeding pay big dividends for durable future gains.
A Farm and Home sketch explains a stone wall stile built as a step by step design with a hand rail. Four plank sides extend above the wall and a five-strip railing forms the guard. Upright standards sit on the ground and rise to aid anyone using the steps.
A fragment describes a stone wall partial frame with an end stand ard attached to a stile frame near the bottom as the hand rail post is nailed securely into place.
Practical excerpt on hog management emphasizes clean feeding, litter quality, and exercise for boars, noting core breeding principles. It discusses sow motherhood, diverse diet, and the caution to discard poor mothers while improving stock through proper exercise and feeding.
A DIY land roller is described using four old mowing machine wheels with holes drilled in the rims. Oak planks are bolted to the wheels, a central sickle bar with guards removed fits between wheel sections, and ends are turned to fasten to the frame to form a compact farming implement.
The article details a home made landroller built from four by four hardwood frame members four by eight planks and reused wagon parts. Ends of the centre shaft sit in boxes, a platform supports the seat, an old mowing machine seat forms the rider’s perch and an old mower tongue forms the tongue. Prairie Farmer notes such a roller enables easier turning for teams than a traditional log roller.
A Farmers Journal snippet explains bunionlike corn on a bird’s foot from hard runs or high perches. It describes paring, penning, and a risky knife cut to relieve the cheeselike yellow matter, then washing with phenyle and bandaging, followed by restricted, straw-covered healing.
The United Kingdom remains the world’s largest importer of cattle and sheep for slaughter while unexpectedly leading in the import of horses for the same purpose, highlighting its significant livestock trade dynamics.
Washington reports Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary seeks inventors to replace twine and devise a machine to deliver mail bags from fast moving trains. He notes a large potential fortune for workable devices and describes current hook catchers as ineffective. Tuberculosis quarantine debates focus on Texas policy and medical views on legality and humanitarian concerns.
Treasury acting secretary weighing a South port collector's bid to dismiss a boatman barber over a 4 pm flag-raising dispute. The note mocks the move, cites an abolished office, and suggests a mess of bureaucratic humor. Also cited are Japan restaurant damages linked to treaty rights and a Panama Canal Commission move to the Isthmus.
A Southern exposition to mark the Panama canal completion was discussed at a convention with about 100 delegates from Gulf states Arkansas Tennessee and Kentucky. The proposed name World Panama Exposition and the site New Orleans were considered, with Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana presiding.
Telegrams to President Roosevelt from the Washington Central Labor Union asked him to probe alleged anti trust law violations by telegraph companies. Only one such telegram arrived. Laura Drake Gill received the first ever Doctor of Civil Laws from the University of the South, Sewanee, recognizing Barnard College leadership. Subpoenas were issued in Chicago for Standard Oil officers. General Meyer dined with Secretary Straus. Miss Von Swayre, facing deportation over alleged trachoma, showed improvement and Strong delayed the order.
Secretary Taft called reports of dissatisfaction and imminent resignations among Isthmian Canal Commission staff a tissue of falsehoods. He denied Goethals’ discontent, said no leaves of absence were requested, and noted ongoing work progresses well despite a month with 15,000 cubic yards less excavated due to strikes.
The two year old son of Ramon Corrall, vice president of the republic, died in Mexico City from intestinal illness after a long illness. President Corral is in Sonora and will return to the capital. Also reported is that John Von Hollen, Alfred Baker and John Haas committed death by their own hand at Houston, Texas.
Secretary Taft announced Auditor Benson will retire voluntarily and a civilian will be appointed in his place while a chasing agent remains in Washington under Major H F Hodges of the corps of engineers.
In Boise Idaho William D. Haywood's lawyers push to discredit Harry Orchard and claim Orchard killed Frank Steunenberg in retaliation for Hercules mine losses. Witnesses Thomas Wood Easterly and D C Copley testified on the Vindicator mine explosion as accidental.
An Italian fugitive linked to New Orleans Black Hand outrages and the Laman a boy kidnapping arrived in Pittsburg on June 15 and sought refuge with his brother Rafael Monfre. Rafael refused to shelter him, and the man worked a week at Mine No. 17 of the Wear Cost Co under an assumed name before disappearing after newspapers linked him to the Pittsburg district.
Ma Evelyn Hall sues the Cherokee Nation Dawes commission and interior department officials to recover forty acres in Bartlettsville Kansas oil district claiming rights under the Cherokee allotment act of 1902. A favorable ruling could reopen Dawes commission contests and overturn much of its work.
New York City faces a menacing health situation as Mayor McClellan overrides Street Cleaning Commissioner Craven to place garbage collection under the health department. Health workers race to restore sanitary conditions amid a citywide strike by American Ice Company drivers and widespread refrigeration gaps.
Houston reports three personal crises amid hot weather. Alfred Baker 22 found dead by White Oak Bayou with a morphine bottle. he left letters without explanation. John Van Hallen 18 took morphine in a boarding house room due to unrequited love. John Haas 55 ended his life at home, health in decline. Local authorities link heat to the wave of crises. Ed Boyce former Western Federation of Miners president testified in the Haywood trial in Boise. Boyce contradicted Orchard. President Roosevelt hosted guests at Oyster Bay luncheon including Admiral Dahl Minister Cheng and Captain Richard Wainwright. Congressman Watkins of Louisiana urged Agriculture Dept experts to speak on boll weevils forestry and soil in his district.
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