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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
10
A writer from Orange Judd Farmer describes a farm labor sequence to produce stove logs. Fell small trees, use a logging bob to roll logs, draw to the woodhouse, saw into stove lengths with a 6 inch crosscut saw, trim limbs, move to shop, and saw at about 1 1/2 cords per hour with buzz saw. A two inch auger and crotched limbs aid handling large limbs.
Describes a wooden sawhorse device with two hardwood planks 8 by 5 inches and 1 1/4 inch thick bolted together. A white ash lever with notches and a chain lifts trees off the ground so they can be sawn without back strain.
Agricultural notes advise corn gains from alfalfa stands in Alabama experiments and urge prep for winter work. Tips cover rust prevention on saws, removing useless fences, planning for spray campaigns, securing pumps and attachments, and addressing diseased trees and insect issues in orchards.
A practical guide on fast and careful woven wire fence erection. Tips cover unrolling direction, end post anchoring, splicing around end posts, rolling the fence, keeping the line straight, avoiding road obstructions, and methods for handling slack and creased wires to achieve high daily output on level ground.
A Prairie Farmer described a method to pump water underground using a wooden pump and a 1.4 inch pipe. The pipe outlet must be over 1 foot below the pump spout and the connection above the pump bucket. Four feet underground prevents freezing in normal weather if not exposed.
English tests show twenty tons per acre of barnyard manure slightly more profitable than ten tons when prices stay under 96 cents per ton. A light manure dressing plus commercial fertilizer is better than manure alone, and a complete fertilizer mix yields large potato crops. Recommended per acre when using manure with fertilizer: ten tons manure, 160 lb ammonium sulfate, 400 lb superphosphate, 160 lb muriate potash. or for seasoned soils 360 lb ammonium sulfate, 600 lb superphosphate, 260 lb muriate potash.
Two Gilfillan brothers steal two neighbor horses and end in Enota penitentiary. The younger, a consumptive, lifts a prison taboo by sharing a tobacco crumb via a button, triggering a dark cell ordeal. One brother dies in the dark cell. a button remains found years later high in the cell, haunting a future inmate.
A note outlines that marriage licenses are required in all states and territories with few exceptions. It mentions Aleaka and New Jersey, plus references to New Mexivo and South Caro as variations or errors in the text. The passage appears as a fragmented enumeration of filing rules and locations.
Plans for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exhibition in Seattle advance with grand buildings and international features. Officials expect strong Canadian and South American participation, naval ships, and broad sponsor backing as the fair opens in June 1900 and runs to October.
A bee clerk observes household telephone behavior and reverses a prior belief about women’s curiosity. He notes men frequently hover near booths while women speak, challenging popular opinion about gendered telephone manners.
A New York Presa note describes clever yet imperfect exam answers from girls in a fashionable seminary. Definitions range from red tape as political delays to ship orientation and a playful foxlet coinage, highlighting humorous but flawed reasoning in a classroom context.
Paris maintains records for 86 840 trees with each tree’s number age history and condition in a municipal book. An annual appropriation supports the department though the specific amount is unclear from the fragment.
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