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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
7
A World Today feature argues that sheep thrive in minimal windbreaks and rain sheds, not grand barns. It highlights ventilation, south-facing openings, and dry bedding, plus a note on flax farming's boomed profits as a model of practical efficiency.
A detailed Missouri Experiment Station bulletin from Columbia reviews profitable cattle fattening methods, drawing on about 1000 experienced feeders. It covers feeding ages and weights, seasonal timing, shelter, feed preparation, roughage, beef cattle results from fairs, and storage, with diagrams and practical notes on roots, ventilation, and housing.
The Department of Agriculture began experiments to determine how long seeds can stay buried and still germinate. Arlington farm tested 100 species in 3584 pots at depths from six inches to three and a half feet, with 32 complete sets. Tests will occur at intervals up to fifty years.
A congress of federal state and municipal officials pledges united action to end Chicago anarchist violence sparked by the Lazarus Averbuch case. Police will use all authorities to prevent a Haymarket era recurrence. raids seize literature and disperse ghetto meetings as Roosevelt lauds Chief Shippy.
Denver prepares a fireproof, permanent auditorium costing 550000 with 12500 seats, larger than Madison Square Garden, and due to host the July 7 convention. Rail rates drop, hotels pledge stable prices, and locals showcase lavish receptions funded by groups like the Grand Army and Elks.
A court in Amenia convicts a Great Northern Railway official under the Elkins anti rebate law. The defendant receives a $25,000 fine for a scheme involving shipments and false rates.
Fragmentary OCR describes chaotic events including alleged military maneuvers, political resignations, and a violent assassination attempt in a grand duchy. The piece recounts a chief Shippy incident with an armed assailant and subsequent shootings amid a mob at Lisbon.
Chief George M. Shippy of Chicago was stabbed in the right side during a home invasion. His son Harry, 19, was shot in the left lung and died. driver James Foley was wounded in the wrist. The assailant was killed by the chief. authorities call him an anarchist and possible leader of a larger plot. Mrs. Shippy and Georgia, 22, witnessed the attack as the man sought entry with a letter pretext.
The Chicago district weekly trade review notes conditions show a tentative recovery, slowed by severe weather that Limits heavy freight and delaying new work. Improvements in demand for spring goods and increased outside buyers accompany gradual gains in machinery and labor, with mixed signals in iron, steel and ore markets.
Distribution of staple goods by jobbers rises with spring demand yet buyers show caution. Retail trade remains quiet with price cuts on winter goods. Wholesale cotton fabrics fall in price while production holds at about three quarters. Finished steel improves slightly. crude output stagnant. Game pig iron prices ease and business failures rise to 234 for the week ending Feb 27.
Chicago cattle 4 00 to 4 25 hogs 4 00 to 4 52 sheep 3 00 to 5 60 wheat No 2 98 to 1 01 corn No 2 00c to 61c oats 52c to 53c rye No 2 52c to Schay timothy 59 50 to 16 50 prairie 8 00 to 12 00 butter 27c to 30c eggs 20c to 22c potatoes 65c Detroit cattle 4 00 to 5 50 hogs 4 00 to 450 sheep 2 50 to 4 75 oats No 8 white 53c to 85c rye No 2 83c to Se Milwaukee wheat No ere 1 09 to 1 12 oats 11 90 Buffalo cattle 4 00 to 5 75 hogs 8 50 to 4 90 sheep 4 00 to 35 25 New York cattle 34 00 to 35 75 hogs 3 50 to 5 15 sheep 3 00 to 4 00 eggs western 19 to 22c Toledo wheat No 2 mixed 8e to 1 00 corn No 2 mixed 5c to 9c oats No 2 mixed 52c to 54c rye No 3 bag to Be Case
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