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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
3
The Farmington edition notes light humor and commentary on aviation, postal service, baseball, theater safety, beef prices, dodgy crime reports, and odd scientific claims. It teases headlines from Gretna Green to Sphynx riddles while referencing local and national curiosities and seasonal migrations.
Laundry workers choose Pittsburg for their 1913 convention, citing favorable facilities and local support. The article notes why the city should be favored, including accessible venues and cooperative local officials.
A Port Chester New York judge to decide whether a chicken is an animal, amid a curious courtroom note. The case centers on a half dollar table d hote chicken suspected of being a mineral.
In time angry farmers with shotguns watch for transcontinental fires that could alight in cornfields carried by an aeroplane. A Rochester girl refused a young man twelve times for smoking, but not more than one girl in twelve would refuse a man once for that reason.
A spectator notes how an aeroplane race lets viewers glimpse the racers despite being blocked by tall or heavy people in front, describing the unusual view from the stands.
A French observer of mind hints at capturing truth from witnesses who forget. A professor warns vacations are dangerous and may provoke crowds. An Atlantic City man advertises that he is lost, while ministers claim many are in the same state.
A Wisconsin man plunged into icy water and hauled in a 22 pound muskellunge. The report highlights the daring rescue in a cold season fishing tale. In Texas crime notes mention a separate stabbing incident.
A quirky comparison notes that casual drop in meals linger as a fad while aviators in Atlantic City popularize rooftop entry style. The piece contrasts informal hospitality with daring, era-specific spectacle.
The notice states a broad estimate of bacteria contained in a cubic centimeter of ice cream, from 1 780 000 to 1 000 000 000, with no verification due to time constraints.
Farmers should build concrete hog wallows as a real necessity to keep pigs cool and clean. A 15 to 20 foot by 10 foot pool with a 4 foot surrounding concrete rim aids vermin control and reduces dipping costs.
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt outlines key factors in dairy cattle nutrition. It emphasizes feeding cows according to individual preferences, ensuring palatability and variety, and providing ample rations. The text notes that contented cows produce the most milk and that rising feed costs push efficiency and scientific feeding practices.
The illustration shows a device like an automatic scale used to dump a box at a fixed weight. The dump features a small lever and a weight setting that causes the box to discharge at nine pounds.
Article explains blood meal and linseed meal for livestock nutrition. Blood meal provides concentrated protein to build muscle and correct scours in young stock. linseed meal adds fat and energy to balance fat-deficient feeds and aid constipation.
The article explains rapid surface evaporation traps water above a hardpan, starving subsoil and damaging roots. It warns against shallow, repetitive wetting and advocates deep subsoil tracks between trees to distribute water, aerate soil, and prevent hardpan formation, despite root pruning concerns.
Careful poultry practice yields top egg production. The nervous system governs egg laying as surely as milk secretion or horse speed. thus, keep birds calm and well treated to maintain a balanced, efficient productive state.
Article by W. Colyer discusses how irrigation drains soil nutrients, noting nitrogen losses of about 37.6 pounds per acre yearly in topsoil and the carryoff of potash phosphate and lime. It urges careful water application to minimize leaching and conserve plant foods in Idaho’s irrigated lands.
Practical guidance for hog and beef cattle farmers covers feeding mixes, silage tests, and pasture care. Emphasizes not rushing to market, brood sow nutrition, dry shelter for sheep, and selecting productive pigs for better profits. Recommends clover forage value and balanced protein in brood sows diets.
Incomplete passage discusses rape for Gwins and age plant for swine noting differences in nutritive value. The text is garbled and lacks clear facts or context, with missing subjects and quotations.
Readable fragments describe a brief healthcare related note with unclear names and actions. The text hints at a potential curative effort or treatment but lacks coherent details or identifiable entities.
Fragmented text appears, with unclear phrases and missing context. The readable bits mention a journey or voyage and a general sense of departure, but concrete names places or events are not discernible from the fragment.
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