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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
7
Government specialists and notable writers share views on farming methods crop choices and land management in this broad survey. The piece compiles diverse perspectives from public officials researchers and industry commentators.
A Farmers' Review article extols horses as vital farm assets noting their historical role and describing ideal farm teams. It covers horse physiology, feeding, water needs, salt supplementation, spring conditioning, and housing, with emphasis on even-mated teams and pure feeds for health and work efficiency.
A practical design for folding concrete sewer and culvert forms using hinged 24 segment circular sections to speed molding. Describes cutting, joining, and hinging 8 inch planks into six segments per section with 20 hinges and cross supports to allow quick assembly and removal without damaging concrete.
Strangers traveling through New England notice sheds and outbuildings connecting house and barn. Usually the barn is a safe distance away, but low wood sheds and store rooms link the two. In a fire there is little hope of saving the buildings. People visiting New England in summer wonder why this connection exists.
A Rural New Yorker writer imagines an underground tunnel linking house and barn to weather blizzards and winds in northern latitudes. The piece notes public underground transport, cites New York subways, and envisions trains beneath rivers as a future trend. It also reports on farm land value gains and small farms proving profitable under proper management with examples from near Philadelphia where a 15 acre dairy operation paid off a mortgage.
A historical poultry guide warns turkey flocks require separate housing from hens, good air and range, and spring green food. It details blackhead disease, symptoms such as drooping tails and darkened heads, parasite risks, and recommended hygiene and limited medical treatment.
A Canadian criticizes butter quality, arguing much butter is unfit for human consumption. He likens dirty milk and filthy hands to bad butter and uses sharp moral imagery to condemn dairy practices. He suggests the problem is best described as dirt rather than mere flavor.
A subscriber recalls a 20th century rat bounty that offered one cent per tail for 1 600 tails. With eager boys and dogs selling tails, 2 080 tails earned 20 dollars in three weeks. The town board later added 50 dollars, maintaining the same rate and ending with few rats for years.
Stage contrariness explores authentic local color in plays while critiquing reliance on conventional costumes. The Shadow of Coming Events reveals a dialogue about exhaustion from nonstop work and a plan beginning tomorrow.
Plans and specifications from the dairy division of the U S Department of Agriculture offer feasible, inexpensive templates for 24 to 100 cow barns plus silos and dairy houses. They cover ventila tion, light, floors, and milk rooms, with designs for stables, milk houses, ice houses, and creameries. Copies of Circular No 131 are available free from the bureau in Washington.
Leave an eight to ten foot turning space inside garden fences and seed it to grass for easy mowing and access. The grassy strip aids cultivation with horse or team and keeps soil intact after rain. Yorkshires gain favor as a bacon type hog with developments nearing the fat hog type, increasingly replacing Canadian stock.
Out of 42 counties in Canada the Yorkshire is the favorite breed and the country trends toward producing more hogs of the bacon type. The article notes a nationwide shift in pork production toward bacon quality rather than other meat types.
A nostalgic reflection on a past joyful winter day as children play in the snow. The speaker recalls youthful delight, a rustic stile, and a tear brushed away as a snowball unexpectedly strikes. The voice mimics Walt Mason in the Emporia Gazette.
Dandelions provide a sought after spring greens crop. Cultivated plants yield larger leaves with better flavor than wild specimens. Spring sowing allows leaf harvest for autumn use, and a second spring produces abundant supply. Blanch by covering beds with sand to whiten leaves.
The Nashville American quotes a dialogue about an author who describes emotions vividly claiming he has not been in a wreck. The exchange notes a dramatic street encounter with his affinity and his mother in law, prompting humor about his experiences.
Mrs Flatte warns of dangers from steam heated flats and hot pipes as tenant Bobby confronts boiler overheat and potential injury in a compact incident note from a New York dwelling.
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