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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
2
Eight daughters and six sons survive the 89 year old John Barrow a Civil War veteran who died at his Stockton home leaving 44 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. The obituary notes large surviving family and local living places.
William A. Radford offers a low cost plan for a field hay storage shed. The open sided 60 by 24 foot structure has a steep gable roof, concrete footings, and keeps hay dry under eaves. Capacity 110 tons, with dimensions adjustable to farm needs.
A historical note on hinge design highlights friction hinges as a key advance for home doors. They hold a door in place for ventilation or privacy without heavy effort, especially suitable for bedroom and mirror doors.
Architects predict a shift toward economical, sturdy house design with Norman French influence. The plain, practical forms suit American building methods and materials, with some Normandy Loire valley houses featuring elaborate details emerging as a counterpoint.
Architects stress simplicity for remodels and painting colonial houses. In New England scenes, white or cream dominates, framed by trees that add charm. Experts advise painting the whole house in one color and using contrasts for select features to preserve the period feel.
The article argues against excessive flower beds and favors hardy flowering shrubs for 10 to 12 foot plantings. Shrubs provide lasting beauty, require little maintenance, and improve landscape even after long absences.
Extension dairyman J A Arey of North Carolina State College notes summer grass becomes low protein and high fiber, requiring more high protein grain with silage. provide abundant shade and mid day stabling near cities. control flies by sanitation and poison or traps. weekly cleaning of stalls and prompt manure removal aid fly control.
Extension dairyman notes sweet clover fits corn and grain rotations and provides early July pasture. One to two cows per acre can graze in first year, while second year yields pasture for two to three cows per acre. Tips include oat straw stacks and dry hay to reduce bloat and encourage acclimation to clover taste before turning out.
The article outlines breeding readiness for a year old bull and schedules for service. It notes three services twenty days apart in the first two months, eighteen months ten services fifteen days apart, and two years twenty services eight days apart. It compares feed needs to a milking cow with a grain allowance of four to eight pounds daily.
Dairy specialists from Pennsylvania State College urge feeding highly flavored feeds after milking to reduce barn dust and save time. Emphasizing clean, smooth milk houses, breeding good cattle, and buying bulls on production records, they note Iowa herds average 2800 pounds more milk and 114 pounds more butterfat. Low producers should cull to avoid losses.
In Hastings Nebraska a three person gang plus a woman and a baby robbed a bank, tying thirteen clerks and overpowering eleven officers. Big Jim Thomas of Amarillo Texas led the plot, aiming to flee with a large cash haul before neighbors alerted authorities and a later confrontation led to their capture.
The narrator marvels at the planetarium in Chicago, praising its indoor sky, planetary motion display, and educational impact. He contrasts New York’s lack of a planetarium, notes Chicago’s campus appeal for students, and mentions Dr. Foxx and Dr. Baker as figures in the field.
In St Johns Newfoundland a 16 year old jail inmate named Callahan serving three months for a daylight robbery at Corner Brook used his cell as an operations base. He removed a cell window bar and could leave and return at will. A necktie in his pocket drew an officer’s notice and money was found under his mattress. He confessed to a series of burglaries and said he would leave after midnight and return before daylight.
A foreign built midget automobile from a German maker is due in the United States soon. It is smaller than any current US car, powered by a two cylinder 15 horsepower motor and can reach 60 miles per hour. The vehicle is touted as inexpensive to operate.
In Norwalk Connecticut a 70 pound midget drove a customized car along the Boston Post road with no one in the cockpit. Motorcycle officer John Toothill pursued, overtook, and halted the vehicle. The driver, 25 and married, explained his size and the car’s special brake clutch and gear devices.
A police bullet intended to kill a horse with a broken leg ricocheted off the animal and killed Maurice Robert, a bystander standing about 25 feet away. The bullet entered his mouth and lodged in his brain as he watched the mercy shooting.
Forest rangers fighting fires in the Roberts Lake district killed a yearling buck that was blind and had large hairless warts. After a brief chase through brush the animal was dispatched with shovels.
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