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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
4
A farmer reporter describes converting an old timber frame barn into an open center design. Install three quarter inch steel rods with a turnbuckle, remove a brace, add doubled 3 by 12 planks as slanting posts, notch the beam, bolt through the tenon, and cut away the beam to remove inside center posts. The slanting posts increase strength.
A mix of agricultural notes on lime use over forty years showing lime improves soil acidity, texture, moisture retention, and grass growth. France carriage loads and road use. and a farmer investment view tying rural mail delivery to better roads, urging counties to fund road building for better farming prospects.
W Pierrepont White of the Oneida County League For Good Roads urged Utica Chamber of Commerce members to devote entire time to road care. He compared highway needs to railroad maintenance, stressed thorough surveying, proper crowns, drainage, and ditching, and called for iron or tile sluices and regular removal of loose stones. He urged a state wide tire law to protect roads and allow adaptation over two years.
A mixed set of observations on pork production quality, manure use in sugar beets, alfalfa nitrogen fixation, and silo construction in Ohio. The piece also discusses Senator Depew and the drive to elect senators by the people versus corporate selection, noting that Depew supporters in the senate may keep corporate influence for now.
For Carpets Mats Rugs and window shades the store advertises special bargains. Rugs close at 50c to 3.76, Carpets 25c to 1.25, Velvets and shades at 10c, worth 15c and 25c, curtain poles 10c, and wood fixtures offered as deals.
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