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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1907
Page
7
In a dialogic afternoon I confront Carney and Bobbs about a troubling case. MacArdel aids with sharp questions while urging restraint and caution, suggesting whisky as a possible motive and advising to leave Carney alone for the night as plans unfold.
The narrator describes Miss Weston recovering health enough to travel and live with Miss Carney, their extended travels abroad, and a final protracted stay near a Mediterranean coast. Three years pass before an unexpected note at Carney Croft leads to a personal investigation and a puzzling discovery involving a hidden room entry and a Bible-era biblical reference to Lucifer.
March Phillips argues that human life is shorter than its potential, noting growth rates differ among mammals. He cites lions and dogs to compare maturity timelines and suggests a primal failure of vigor reduces human longevity. Prof Virchow comments on fossil versus modern humans showing more inferior types today. Proverb about a dachshund ends the note.
The piece describes multiple inventors’ ideas for safer matches. It covers a roll strip with regular igniting points, a match box with friction ignition, one handed lighting via a rubbing surface, accordion folded match strips with detonation and ignition bands, and a notched midline safety break with igniting compound.
A Leipzig resident patents a wall arm garment hanger with a foldable ring to support skirts and petticoats, preventing creasing when stored. The device targets female users, highlighting a gap in existing male oriented hanger inventions.
A Bee Culture correspondent touts a stout pruning knife with hawk-bill blade as the most versatile apiary tool. At about eight inches long, the blade is thick behind and made of durable steel, retaining a sharp edge after seasons of use. The article notes these knives are advertised with further details.
A reader describes heavy single-piece steel hive knives and prying tools as practical for opening hives and frames. A Beeville Texas maker’s knife offers pocket portability and durability, while another reader favors a butcher-knife style Dutcher knife with a notch to pull springs and scrape propolis.
Farmers' Advocate urges careful planning and meticulous care in poultry operations. Emphasizes small, well cared for flocks over large, poorly managed ones, with clean housing, fresh food and water, regular lime and disinfectants, and persistent effort as keys to profitability.
Geese show no loss in egg production with age and may remain as prolific at 20 as at 2 or 3 years old. Fat geese reduce laying. proper feeding matters. Grass runs with light oats in winter best. Sprouting seeds need warm ground. plant early in spring. Breeding should emphasize meat and eggs over color. Cats live about 12 years on average. some reach 15 to 18, with one noted at 20. Plant seeds early to ensure moisture and growth before heat.
A Farm and Home writer promotes a cheap chicken coop using hens and chicks kept for under a quarter. The article suggests store boxes two feet square at ten cents each and advises knocking out a side and saw a piece of wood for construction.
Instructions describe building a hen coop from corner to corner with a wooden brace inside. Secure two end pieces with a wood internal support then add top pieces and cover with tin or roofing paper. One board forms the front top, others are lath boarded. a middle lath slides, and a pair of old trunk handles aid carrying.
The article advises varied poultry feed to keep ducks healthy and hens productive, warns against lazy hens as breeders, and notes kitchen scraps aid small flock feeding. It mentions careful ordering of eggs from advertisers, costs of keeping a hen, and ducks dressed for market requiring grease and feather removal for better appearance and long term influence.
Movable poultry houses are increasingly used on large farms. They rest on long skid runners that can be dragged over grass, with front ends sloped to lift. Two houses are linked by cross pieces for towing, enabling weekly repositioning to give fowls fresh grass.
Advice on feeding poultry and pigs stresses lime sources through varied diets and free range for hens. It recommends soaking corn to protect teeth, adding shorts or oats, and feeding charcoal to young chicks as a regulator. Emphasizes matching feed to actual needs and avoiding waste.
A rural correspondent explains a veritable pork success using pasture rotation and mixed forage. He describes three fenced fields with running water, cowpeas, clover, oats, and peas as the hogs mature. By feeding tankage and corn, his six month old pigs reach 200 pounds with market at 6.10, yielding about 7.90 profit per head.
A three year old Holstein at Nebraska Agricultural College yielded 18 573 pounds of milk in 365 days with 3 34 percent butter fat producing 620 pounds fat and 734 pounds butter valued at 181. Milk solids added 47. Feed cost 71. Had milk sold at 4 cents per quart income would have been 360, net profit over feed nearly 290. At 6 cents per quart actual net profit nearly 470. Record-setting quality dairy cow.
Advice on pre freshening light feed to prevent milk fever and postcalving care. Calves should suck, cows cleaned before water, gradual feed, and milking with calf present. Chicago health inspection finds dirty milk in 10 of 69 herds. cleanliness now the key standard. Goose eggs and goslings noted as naturally better than artificial methods.
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