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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
3
The article extols a farm drag made from light wood to level dirt roads, suggesting a seven foot post drag at 45 degrees drawn by a heavy team. It claims dry, smooth roads result, warns against sand muck or waterlogged ground, and warns of future road costs if not adopted. The guide stresses using clay-rich dirt and warns a road drag cannot replace drainage or initial road construction.
The article explains that farm manure enhances soil for years, converting minerals into available plant food. It notes manure's long term benefits, the importance of even distribution with a manure spreader, and the limited but valuable nutrient content.
A reader describes the advantages of a low down wagon for farm tasks. The piece praises a sturdy, efficient design with wide tires for rough ground, noting it eases hay work, threshing, and field travel while acknowledging limits when neighbors’ heavier wagons hinder team movement.
An Illinois farmer outlines a cost effective way to frame a hay barn using 2x4s for small structures or 2x6s for larger ones. The bent interior remains clear of timber, with braces on each side for strength. Bents are spaced about six feet apart and spiked to posts, then sided with chosen material. If contents rest on ground, strength suffices. if a floor is added the frame must be stronger.
The piece argues a dry barnyard with good drainage is ideal for a farmer, avoiding wet weather mired paths. It compares durability of brick houses to stone and granite, claiming brick houses outlast granite.
A Prairie Farmer feature argues the circular dairy barn uses less walling and labor than oblong forms. It describes a three story version with a 39 cows section, a 15 horses area, a silo on the third floor, and a windmill water system, claiming advantages in labor, time, and cleanliness.
Advice notes stress prudent money use and humane cattle care. Emphasizes feeding, hay, esflage, salt access, and proper housing for sick animals. Warns against storing butter near odors and encourages cow self-regulation of salt intake.
The article warns that poor milk quality stems from dirty utensils. Proper drawing and cooling fail if milk is placed in an unclean can. Even unseen dirt ruins the can, while a clean dry interior prevents spoilage and costs nothing extra.
An exhortation to farmers to curb profit loss by using scales and the Babcock test to identify and remove wasteful cows. It urges weighing milk and testing cows, cites free feeders draining profits, and suggests collaboration with a creamery for testing services. The piece likens leaks to a sinking ship and urges immediate action.
The article lays out practical dairy breeding principles. Select a high milking bull from a proven line and compare dam line, ensure sire transmits superior traits, raise many calves and cull those failing to improve by age two or three. Emphasize inbreeding limits, better feed, exercise, sanitation, and continued selection after the second calf for profitable milk and butter fat.
At Plainville a large crowd gathered as a bride and groom were playfully seated in decorated parlor car chairs amid rice throws. Two strangers pretend newlyweds share a staged embrace, later meeting the real bride’s Harvard connection and planning a cautious, discreet honeymoon.
A pundit recounts an Irish wit tale of Tim the Howardian arranging four notes for a $400 debt to ease the creditor. The humor rests on “consideration” that makes the burden lighter by small payments. Unhappiness in Roguery. I never knew a rogue who was not unhappy. Junius.
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