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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
2
Furnished by John G Clover Seed priced at 1.00 to 9.00. Furnished by Ferdina Fresh Cows priced 20.00 to 30.00. Calves 0.53 per lb. Bulls 4 to 7 cents per lb. Steers 5 to 5.3 cents per lb. Sheep 3 to 5.34 per lb. Lambs 4 to 4.34 cents per lb. Hogs 8.50 per 100 pounds. Furnished by J H Beckmann.
A historical note recalls the 1873 Big Bonanza silver mine hoard yielding vast riches, cited as a treasure house later producing ore valued at $150,000,000. The fragment weaves in quotes about kindness, character, and a whimsical exchange about a wooden wedding and a toothpick.
Advice on winter sheep care emphasizes windbreaks and drainage, straw cover, and southern exposure to stay dry. It urges constant access to salt via an open trough, avoiding ice or snow buildup, to aid digestion and overall health. Continuous salt access is preferred over infrequent feeding.
L C Brown argues buyers and sellers in mail order animal trading must be precise about breed and herd needs. Sellers should ensure statements about bulls or boars are true to minimize misunderstandings, with price discussed after needs and breeding goals are stated.
The article notes hogs require large water amounts, about 900 pounds per 100 pounds gain with corn meal and 1,560 pounds per 1,000 pounds gain with barley meal. It advises a separate drinking trough for pigs to ensure ample moisture beyond slop intake.
Treatment guidance for horses with long standing worms recommends purgatives before tonics, including four drams of aloes and a warm enema of strong soap suds, followed by tonics like sulphate of iron gentian and columbo. Separate notes cover beef cattle gains from clover hay with crushed grains, barley as second, wheat third, oats fourth, plus feeding intelligence focusing on animal knowledge.
This Bee Culture excerpt advises beginners on limiting swarming by ample brood chamber space, using large hive rooms, adding supers for room, and notes two methods to rear queens. It emphasizes careful handling to avoid harming other colonies and warns that successful queen rearing requires substantial knowledge.
Practical bee husbandry tips note entrances sized for small visitors to deter robbers. Bees store pollen and honey in hive zones, with queens mating once. It cites earnings from beekeeping and explains robbing, bee industry, and the vast travel needed for a pound of honey.
A quirky note claims three hundred billion bees produced honey last year sufficient to fill five train cars from New York to Buffalo. Valued at ten cents a pound wholesale, the total is said to reach 925 million dollars, though the text appears garbled and may be a playful or exaggerated item.
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