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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
8
The article describes a beef cattle barn with a sand pen for a bull, detailing a plank-frame construction, a gambrel roof, a full basement, covered barnyard, feed racks, and watering troughs. It explains a bull pen extension on the north side, wind breaks, and ventilation to prevent confinement and promote exercise.
A detailed barnyard and bull pen layout describes elevated hay chutes feeding alfalfa to cattle, with feed racks and a covered yard. Safety gates, wind protection, bull handling features, and a warm stall enhance year round management and reduce hay spoilage.
Harry Knowles returns to find Madeline and Catey the Boston terrier missing. A theatre dog match reveals Cutey is alive and shared by both. a police station twist leads Madeline to claim the dog. The pair decide to settle ownership after reuniting with Catey and renewing their engagement.
Two children in a Southern garden admire a vivid scene surrounding a well off family home. A girl muses that wealth makes flowers lovely, while a boy responds that care and planting seeds explain beauty. The piece centers on simple lessons from a garden.
The term Flanders applies to two Belgian provinces with Ghent and Bruges as capitals. The region has long stood as a European conflict zone, with today’s devotion echoing past wars. The text honors Canadian soldiers and Britain’s empire, stressing enduring sacrifice beyond medieval crusades.
The chamois move seasonally from high summer pastures to lower woodlands in winter, making hunting risky. Hunters often form a closing circle around feeding grounds, but high altitude peril and overhunting have reduced chamois numbers from former abundance.
William Carroll and Robert Koontz survived six days trapped 80 feet deep in Carroll's well near Burns Oregon. Koontz ascended after breaking free walls with improvised handholds, attracting a teamster who signaled medical aid. Carroll later required leg amputations, while Koontz recovered and returned to work.
Careful selection and intelligent management build a profitable dairy herd with economy. Eliminate low producers and set a standard. reject cows that do not meet requirements. A 150 pound annual butterfat is a fair minimum. use Babcock test to judge production. Only raise the best heifer calves from the most productive cows.
Milk as a calf feed can cause indigestion bloating appetite swings and diarrhea when served alone. Add off meal to cornmeal or cottonseed meal to replace skimmed fat and feed warm milk in limited portions to avoid multiple calves sharing one trough and overfeeding.
The article explains that milking in poorly ventilated, filthy stables contaminates milk as foul air is drawn into the udder and into the pail. It notes separators and handling vessels can introduce odors and flavors from dust and germs, stressing cleanliness.
Calves should start with small quantities of silage in early life and slowly increase intake alongside other roughage. This method helps young animals develop normally and gain efficiently while keeping costs low.
Dairymen are urged to apply food shortage tactics to dairy feeding. If food economies can presell and stretch limited supplies, the same approach could allow more feed for cows and support larger dairy herds.
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