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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
7
Field and Farm describes a gentler bee hive transfer. Move the hive under shade, place an empty box atop, puff smoke, drum the old hive to drive bees and queen upward, then dump the box into the new hive. Move the old hive after 21 days to a new location with the empty box again.
An extensive Arkansas Valley beekeeper prevents swarming by doubling hives and quarterly queen reassignments. He rapidly raises bids by doubling hives, removes queens during honey flow, and later culls queen cells to one per hive. This preserves brood and larvae to sustain colonies into winter.
The article urges beekeepers to maintain inventories of empty combs in every apiary. It explains the advantage of ready sections to stimulate early lagging colonies and notes that producing wax is costly in honey terms. Empty combs are valuable for storing super honey and deserve preservation for future use.
The note explains that bees seal honey filled sections with white cappings which darken if left long. To prevent darkening, remove capped sections and allow escapes to remove honey, and also watch empty brood combs.
The article warns against over shading bee hives with trees bushes and vines. It stresses free air circulation over shade and notes tall trees with large tops can create excessive shade making hives cool and damp and lead to problems.
Beekeepers can save freight by buying knock-down hives in Colorado country but must exercise great care in assembling them to ensure everything fits perfectly. Success in beekeeping requires exactness in hives and all related gear.
A scholar argues that drone wings and worker wings arise from parthenogenesis and fertilized eggs respectively. The claim suggests workers and drones are half normal, developing from half fertilized eggs and half unfertilized ones.
A guide notes the brood foundation should use the medium brood form to fit brood frames. This practice saves time for the bees and ensures proper construction. It calls for a minimum of drone calls, with enough built along the bottom of the comb.
Instructions from Field and Farm detail cheese production using milk held at about seventy degrees. Heat to eighty six degrees add commercial rennet at three ounces per thousand pounds, coagulate thirty to forty minutes, break curd to finger‑sized pieces, heat to one hundred degrees, stir constantly, let curd firm, then salt at about two and a half pounds per thousand pounds. Press in moulds with 100 pounds per cheese, using thermometer, tin boiler, and measuring device for rennet.
Prof Erf of the Kansas Station outlines four key points for separator use. Speed affects fat content. warmer milk yields thicker cream. per hour throughput and even feeding alter thickness. flushing water or skim milk influences cream quality. Careful operation and judgment are needed to observe these simple, apparent rules.
Instructions for churning speed and monitoring to produce butter. Mentions a forty gallon churn at about fifty revolutions per minute, exact timing to stop when granules are smaller than wheat kernels, adding salt to help float and draw off buttermilk, and washing with water at fifty degrees to harden granules. Repeats washing steps with specific water amounts.
A Denver dairyman showed milk yield drops when cows are milked late on Sunday. From fifty cows, Monday morning losses averaged about two pounds per cow. Advice covers dog control, clean stalls, cow feeding notes, and using aluminum wrap to preserve butter flavor.
A writer in the Westminster Gazette describes Kikarongo circle lake near Muhokya Uganda where hippos from Lake Rubamba bathe. The shallow shore invites noisy displays as scores of hippos surface, yawn, snort, and roll, with young bulls pushed away by veterans. Bathing machines are imagined to complete the scene.
A Bavarian royal ordinance published in August 1838 forbade civilians to wear mustaches and ordered police to arrest and shave violators. A French account said mustaches disappeared quickly and no arrests occurred as citizens complied.
The material caoutchouc was brought to Europe by M. De la Condamine after Peru in 1736. He called it a singular resin used in diverse ways, noting its unusual nature that challenged experts. It oozes from a tree found in various parts of America and was named caoutchouc by Amazonian Indians.
The Rev E H Hobday of Gray's Baptist chapel in London said in farewell to his congregation that some always seek a blot on a minister's escutcheon and he challenged God to witness that even if he had 66 sons he would not send one into the ministry.
The nun butterfly has appeared across Bohemia threatening forest devastation. Nearby Saxony and Silesia woods are also at risk as the Agriculture Ministry forms a commission to investigate.
An 11 year old heir apparent shows rare shikar skill by using a gun since age seven, tallying seven tizers, six pan thers, and two bears. A Yorkshire stationmaster sustains a weekly toy railway engine gift for hospital boys each year, illustrating a notable charity.
In the Transvaal fewer than 300000 white residents could consume 418625 gallons of ale and beer valued at 298930 dollars during the year 1906.
Captain Edward Howard of Oakland California likely the oldest mariner in the United States, after a career spanning over eighty years at sea, has retired from active duty.
Budapest health officers propose a register of sanitary hairdressing establishments with penalties for noncompliance to enforce regulations and safeguard public health.
A compact note contrasts desires with creatures noting wishes sleep with eyes open and swallow food whole, while frogs, toads, and serpents do not eat unless they are truly alive. The passage reads as a metaphorical or aphoristic observation on appetite and perception.
Japanese sardine industry expands with large canneries in Nagasaki. Early yields are disappointing due to high costs and poor fish catches, impairing profitability and signaling cautious fiscal outlook for the nascent operation.
Correspondence reports ripe FAS watermelons and threshing machine repairs by John Reinacker of Ferdinand. Social life includes a big dance at John Holzman’s, gatherings in St Meinrad and Ferdinand, plus visits by families such as Barnas, Martin, and Duttlinger. Market chatter notes variable oat yields and a Missouri buyer ordering grain cradles from Rupprecht Wagon Works. August Blatz visits Ferdinand.
Wesley A. Stanger urged retailers in Chicago to patronize the local newspaper, arguing it is the best investment for business. He said editors return two dollars for every dollar spent, help reconvert customers to home trading, and that backing editors makes towns prosper while editors are often underappreciated. He urged continued, intelligent use of paper ads.
St Meinrad reports family visits from Vincennes and Schnellville. Frater Columbian Thuis OBL, touring son of Thuis family, remains a focal point. The Fulda Star band entertained residents, a six month old infant died, and several locals plan visits and hospital stays as the week closes.
Southern Railway to launch regular passenger trains on the French Lick West Baden Extension starting Sunday January 5 1908. The route offers easy access to the health resorts with attractive round trip rates from all points. For rates and schedules contact any Southern Railway agent. J C Bram Jr acting G P A.
Farmers urged to clear remaining wheat stumps using rule 005 Dynamite or 2 raya. The notice emphasizes completing field work after harvest and outlines approved methods for stump removal. Local agricultural office warns of safety and compliance requirements for disposal.
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