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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
3
A historical note describes a simple hoist built from wood and gas pipe. It specifies a half inch bolt for rope operation, a thirty inch offset, 14 inch crank length, one inch spindle, and rope end hardware. The frame uses 20 to 22 inch base uprights and light braces for strength and portability.
The text discusses variable cow returns from similar feeds, noting that two cows of equal merit can yield threefold differences despite similar digestion. It cites Kansas farmer observations about inconsistent ration efficiency and mentions horse pulse norms and fever indicators, including a method to take rectal temperature.
An article describes reaper adjustments for hay loading with a wooden rack system and notes Maryland Experiment Station findings on dairy profits. It reports cream as highly profitable at various price points, compares milk shipping to butter sales, and lists health indicators in horses.
Dairying yields a market value of 50 a ton while contributing less than 50 cents in fertilizer depletion. Wheat provides 22 in value per ton but removes 7.50 in soil fertilizer. The note argues dairying benefits soil upkeep and overall value to a new company.
A 1906 Kansas report notes the state produced an average corn crop while South America led by Argentina claimed a much larger output. The article cites Argentina’s boast and cites figures suggesting a gap of over 80 million bushels between Argentina’s total and the combined crops of Canada and Mexico.
The illustration shows a poultry house with a sliding window and curtain front. Pens measure 12 by 18 feet and the coop sits under the top siding board, built with rough boards tar paper and cheap shingles, with optional plastered interior.
Gustav Jovanovitch dominates Siberia with a vast flock and thousands of sheep dogs. He reportedly tends 35 000 dogs to oversee vast grazing plains and immense numbers of sheep across the region.
On the 25,000 acre largest tobacco farm in the world near Amsterdam Georgia about a third of all Sumatra tobaccos used for cigar wrappers in the United States are grown. Muslin window usage in Gatry construction aids tuberculosis fight. A disease proof potato from Uruguay has been introduced in Franck.
The author details a journey through Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to examine conditions for American settlers in Western Canada. He cites vast grain production with yields of oats and wheat, rail access and elevators, and claims about free homesteads still available as 100000 surveyed plots await settlers. He notes 1940s era optimism and encourages young Americans to move west to homestead.
The article describes federal efforts to eradicate prairie dogs using poisoned wheat under the Department of Agriculture and the forest service. In Leadville and Pike forests a 75 acre town was treated, and within hours nearly all dogs in the area died, with follow up culls planned for spring.
The survey notes diverse labor facts from 1907 including Porto Rico cigarmakers above 1,000 members, a Sydney court ruling against a trade union label, and the Scottish Trades Union Congress backing pensions and strike intervention. It cites St Louis labor writer John Samuels, plus child labor and wage debates in Italy and Belgium.
The report notes Hamline university football training at Waconia with twenty men, Frank Greer declaring retirement from racing, Melisande the James R. Keene filly setting a track record, a Dutch American horse race won by the American entry, dory Tautog’s five mile run in 2 minutes 10 seconds, Tommy Byrne defeating Billy Lang in Melbourne, and Sohn Goel named captain of an Eastern team with athletic posts in Highland Park.
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