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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
2
A poetic meditation on light within darkness. It describes clouds and shadows, yet asserts lasting light on the cloud. It imagines a late sun moment when life’s jars ease, a rift in evening light forming a golden bridge for the soul to rise toward eternal stars.
Sir Robert Ballard signs a revised will in the inn at Montvert before a perilous climb. A glacier accident kills James Rennie, revealing Ballard’s fortune and uniting Harry and Muriel as Rennie’s daughter.
A vaudeville star boasts a contract extending to 1912, claiming that some performers secure longer engagements than the President. He notes that such five year contracts are rare even among successful Variety performers and highlights the advantage of guaranteed work over other professions.
In Paralytic Stroke Arizona a posse leader jokes with Freehorse Bill before a vigilante execution. Bill quips that the group resemble counterfeiters and warns they are passing a bad bill as the rope is deployed and the sentence is carried out.
The Baltimore American notes a quip about hospitality and a dig at preachers being talked about behind their backs. A travel of humor centers on Mrs Flatbrane and Mrs I noting paprika as a seasoning metaphor.
A practical plan describes building a fowl feeding box to reduce waste when green food is scarce. It uses 24 inch ends bent with a compass, a four by twenty four inch back, a hinged end, feather straps, coarse mesh netting, and wooden or tin hangers to keep feed accessible and protected from roosting fowls.
The article urges using economical feeding troughs to allow poultry to eat greens like clover and cabbage without waste or soiling. It notes time and food saved, plus advice on orchard cleanliness, wrens as insect helpers, and the effects of moving birds on egg production and broody hens.
In Argentina locusts face a natural enemy a fly whose larvae devour them. Dead locusts were found with this fly feeding inside. Experiments test if the fly can thrive in locust incubating regions. The Argentine agricultural department is breeding the flies under control for deployment.
The New York experiment station at Geneva reports cooperative tests with 41 farmers across 363 acres. Spraying yields averaged 58 bushels per acre with a $5 per acre cost, netting about $22 per acre after spraying expenses, indicating rising adoption of spraying in the state.
A reader testimonials Peruna as effective for hay fever and catarrh and notes hay fever is pollen triggered. The writer says changing locality helps, while Peruna stimulates the nervous system to resist symptoms and may prevent attacks during late summer.
Instructions on goose-keeping include one gander for four geese, letting them set on nests, collecting first eggs for setting under hens, and avoiding long water access for goslings. Feed with moistened bread, milk, cooked potatoes or corn meal, limit early feed, and add grit and sand to their diet.
Advise moving brooder chicks to a colony house and out of sight to prevent returning to the original home. Do not remove them from the brooder until they can survive without artificial heat to avoid huddling in corners and injury.
Consul J. U. Worman of Three Rivers reports a spring wheat crop rise of 500,000 acres from last year, pushing Manitoba past 3,000,000 acres for wheat. Oats total 1,155,961 acres up 424,722, barley near 560,000 at 474,242, with total grain acreage up 615,856 and other crops also higher.
The American Agriculturist proposes a barn shutter for sliding windows used to throw manure. Made of matched boards, hinged at the top, it can be lowered at night to block cold air. The shutter angles to seal by weight or can be pressed shut with a hook.
The fowl should be placed in a dry warm well ventilated house with plenty of fresh water and light food. A mixture of freshly burnt charcoal new yeast pulverized flour and cayenne is rolled into walnut sized pills and given three times daily.
A writer argues sassafras is a persistent pest for farmers. It regrows from remaining roots despite yearly grubbing, enlarging brush areas. The writer endorses cutting off the tops as a more effective control method.
Pumpkins can be good feed for lambs in fall, especially when they are worm troubled. They will eat sliced pumpkins with salt, but flat bottomed troughs with compartments ease feeding and keep pieces flat with inside surface up.
Advice on watering work horses twice daily with a midday and afternoon drink. Regular hydration improves mood and performance while heat and flies worsen crankiness. Include occasional carrots and small amounts of grass to keep them content.
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