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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
7
English Shire Horses and Lord Rothschild Dominance
English draft horses win praise for uniformity and tractability. Lord Rothschild’s Tring stud shows exceptional success, with Shire winners across shows and tenants farmers supplying top animals. A 1909 revival follows earlier progress, while breeding emphasizes soundness and practical farm use. Also brief notes on treating bronchitis in fowl with camphor spirits and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Live Stock Journal
Henry VIII
Bakewell
Arthur Young
England
Midlands
Derbyshire
Notts
Rothschild
Shire Horse Society
London
Lord Rothschild
Tring
Sheep Pay Better Than Other Animals
The article argues sheep are the most profitable farm animal due to wool, lamb profits, and pasture cleaning. It notes self-sufficiency most of the year, dog-proof fencing, and a rifle for defense, with careful feeding, sheltering, and lambing care to prevent losses. It warns 40 percent lamb loss from neglect and stresses proper flock management and breed improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Haynes
New Yorker
Preventive Poultry Care Keeps Lice and Disease Away
Keeping the poultry house clean is one of the best preventives for lice and disease. Clean it out weekly and place the cleanings on the garden as fertilizer for a double profit. Cleaning out the house removes germs and tseets, and whitewashing kills the rest.
Straw Raincoats and Squab Profits
The article notes straw raincoats worn by Portuguese shepherds and the straw thatched roof as rain protection. It then discusses squab production and marketing, stressing private hotel or restaurant buyers, stock quality, and the need for large breeding flocks to be profitable.
Man Lacks Friends and Humor in I Told You So Habit
A man struggles to maintain friendships while clinging to an I told you so attitude, undermining social trust and harmony in his relationships.
Stage Contrariness in Play Staging Sparks Debate
A critic notes the limits of authentic local color in theatre and mocks the push for conventional costume. The Shadow of Coming Events features a conversation where exhaustion and dedication to work prompt a grim, humorous exchange about starting work the next day.
Poultry as Insect Destroyers in Orchard Health
The article details how chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeons, ducks, and geese prey on pests in orchards. Free access to orchards helps protect crops from caterpillars, curculio, and other insects while avoiding spread of scale insects when roosting in infested trees.
Virtue of Silence in Uncle Eben's Wry Wisdom
A short aphorism from Uncle Eben notes that in most cases the man who thinks before he speaks may keep right on thinking, implying restraint and prudence. The quip reflects a character voice and social humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Colony House for Poultry A Practical Moveable Coop
An illustrated guide reviews a portable 8 by 12 foot colony house for hens and chicks. It details design, materials, costs about 140 dollars, and how the structure adapts from brooding to growing birds with moving parts and ventilated windows.
Indian Corn Is Greatest Crop and Garden Care
The article extols Indian corn as the era's top crop with a value around 1.6 billion and 2.6 billion bushels produced this year, noting high prices and historic yields. It compares corn to cotton hay and wheat, and stresses mastering general gardening laws before learning crop specifics through experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Panama Canal
Amsterdam’s Diamond Factory Cuts Four Million Diamonds Yearly
A single Amsterdam factory processes about 4,000,000 diamonds each year, highlighting the scale of the city’s wholesale diamond industry and its production capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Snowy Day Reflections Stir Childhood Memories
Walt Mason recalls a snowy day as he watches children play and recalls a vanished, joyous past. He reflects on innocence, laughter, and the ache of memory while a snowball lands on him, mingling sentiment with playful imagery in a light provincial Gazette tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
The
Emporia Gazette
Rush avoidance habit described in casual reflection
A brief aside notes that many attempts to avoid crowds lead directly to quick, routine actions without waiting for peak rush periods. The fragment suggests a pattern of behavior when deciding when to act.
Sugar Beets as Feed for Winter Livestock
Green feeds provide real food value and improve digestion and health. On diversified farms with poultry pigs cows and other stock from half an acre to an acre or more, sugar beets mangels carrots and similar green roots should be fed in winter to boost egg production growth and milk.
Hogs Fight Subterranean Pests In Field Prep
Farmers see hogs as useful for controlling white grubs and subterranean insects. Letting a large herd roam an infected field the fall before planting and keeping them until seeding time next spring can improve harvest prospects more than other methods.
Had the Experience
A Nashville American snippet notes a writer claiming he never experienced a train wreck yet describes emotions vividly. The exchange suggests the author once walked with his affinity and encountered his mother-in-law, prompting humor about perception vs memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
American
The New York Steam-heated Flat
A fragmented report describes issues with a steam heated flat in New York, mentioning Mrs Flatte Irene Bobby and a man named motte, with references to touching steam pipes and personal discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allied Topics
BIG
J. H. Hynes
Tunis
Portugal
Colony House
J. W. Griffin
Colony Poultry House
J. Wesley Grifin
Farmers’ Review
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