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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1906
Page
7
Instructions for building a low cost brooder for fifty chicks using a packing case cost about a dollar. The design centers on a lamp heated lower box with a tin pan heat distributor and a raised table with felt curtain to regulate chick passage and heat circulation.
A simple brace uses a stone buried two feet deep at a distance from the post. A wire is wrapped around the stone and post and drawn taut to hold the post firm in the curve. The method prevents the post from pulling away under ordinary conditions.
The article notes native Japanese cattle resist tuberculosis while imported stock are highly susceptible. This suggests breeding an immune line could aid the war on tuberculosis. Advice urges turning cows outdoors when possible, with sheltered yarding and roughage, or maximizing fresh air in stables to reduce wind exposure.
The writer discusses improving cow comfort as temperatures drop. Open windows with muslin sash to provide airy ventilation without a draft, and favor sunlit spaces. If possible, direct cows to an open shed facing the sun, and use a small cave-type space weeks before turning out to pasture to aid affairs.
Farmers should blend timothy with clover to suit local soil and moisture. Alsike plus timothy works well where wet soil prevails, and red clover needs about six pounds per acre if recently sown. Clover hay benefits cows sheep calves lambs and poultry, with timothy alone less versatile for mixed stock.
A dairy tip urges starting now to weigh milk from fresh cows through drying off to build a long term herd record. The method identifies underperforming cows and has already convinced a neighbor to replace two of eighteen for better returns.
Writings advise a sturdy milking box with a fixed seat and pail support to prevent tipping. It describes dimensions, cleats, and a legged setup. Separately, Prof Baker urges thorough seasoning of posts and poles to prevent warping and improve nail hold, suggesting peeling and stacking like railroad ties for lasting strength.
Time to kill locust or other trees by cutting them down after spring growth between June 1 and 10. To kill without removal girdle with an ax through the sap wood. Salt around roots will kill but requires large quantities for established trees.
A Buffalo incubator holding 11,700 eggs is operating with orders for three more such units in other U S locations. The article suggests artificial incubation has moved beyond mere experimentation, a view some still doubt.
The Janney Manufacturing Company promises a $300,000 imple ment factory in Columbus but collapses after raising $100,000 from investors and creditors. G Campbell Janney came from Ottumwa Iowa with a plan and debts reach 850,000. Oscar Fiegenbaum, a stockholder, sues for a receiver.
Fire at the National Sweeper works in Marion started in the machine department after the night watchman left. Suspected arson, weak water pressure hampered containment. Only the east wing storing lumber survived. Loss about 100000 dollars with 60 percent insured. TE A Burk, owner, says rebuild planned.
Addison N. Thomas of Jasper, foreman of the Dubois county grand jury, suddenly became blind, blamed on nervous strain from harrowing crime testimony. Doctors say there is no hope for recovery. one eye is totally blind and the other is badly affected. The jury had been probing several crimes.
Denver reports a third annual armed robbery attempt in the business district thwarted as thieves fled on foot after stealing a horse and bogey from Benjamin Dirk. Police traced their boat rendezvous to Mel River Island, while a separate theft involved a mine miner and blacksmith shop loot. In Indiana, ex state auditor David F. Sherrick arrived at Michigan City State Prison after embezzlement conviction, with no emotion shown during the transfer.
In Evansville the Clarke syndicate of Philadelphia is reported to gain control of the Evans ville gas and light plant the Evansville Steel Railway Company and the city's traction lines in a deal valued at several million dollars.
Jugene Ely sues Grace Ely for divorce claiming abuse over tobacco chewing smoking onions and her refusal to quit causing desertion.
In Burnett a quarrel between Ben Davis and Thomas Lindley ended with Lindley fatally stabbed. This marks the fifteenth mining town murder in six years.
The St Joseph County commissioners have granted a ninety nine year franchise to the Kalamazoo Elkhart and South Bend Traction Company.
Months old child of Thomas Conrad near Evansville scalded to death when it fell into a kettle of boiling water. The accident occurred at the family home and investigators are filing reports for the coroner.
Brief items report Henry W. Boger killed when a wagon trapped him in Evansville. Millard Yas of Princeton took a liver medicine and may die. A 6 year old, Frederick Zard, was accidentally shot in Winemae. Six people injured when a special train wreck near Richmond. A 6 year old girl burned to death at Wike county home. William Webb of Bash paper mill fell into a vat and was crushed. Michigan City prison board fights the binder twine trust by cutting price to 84 cents.
Panic grips Neapolitan region as lava from Vesuvius engulfs Boscotrecas and Torre del Annunziata. About 30,000 evacuees flee. Naples faces housing shortages and fear. Government troops guard deserted towns as observers strive to monitor the eruption through darkness and danger.
The piece notes four lieutenant generals on the retired list after General Chaffee's withdrawal, with mentions of Generals Schofield Miles Young and Chaffee. It discusses Sickles Huger Toward and the three major generals, plus notes on Senate speeches, public printing economy, and naval plans for South Carolina and Michigan battleships with Dreadnaught features. It also covers Roosevelt's message on Niagara Falls preservation and international stamp issues.
A disparate collage notes entomologist Sir Ford North and lawyer fame, M. Fallieres’ costly presidential election, and salaries of 20 000 a month. It cites Gen. Skoropatkin blaming Russia’s fifty years of bureaucracy, plus imperial habits of European rulers and a bear owned by Admiral Alexieff. It also mentions Lieut. Woodroffe studying Japanese in the Orient and Prince Louis of Bavaria as a royal doctor with Madrid surgical ties.
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