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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
3
Instructions from the Farm Journal describe constructing a hotbed using horse manure, soil, and straw. It covers pit depth, layering with leaf mold loam and fine garden soil, tar coating to prevent decay, insulation, weatherproofing, and the need for proper heat control and ventilation.
An easily operated double bolt latch for high barn doors is shown with a lever mounted on the door’s middle timber. The bolts, made from 1x3 bardwood planed smooth, slide easily and do not obstruct posting. The design favors convenient use in busy farm tasks.
Dipping the whole sheep in a liquid kills insects and prevents disease. Simple setups work for few animals, a dip box or tank plus drain board suffices. Larger flocks benefit from more elaborate systems. metal tanks offer clear advantages and long term savings. A wagon bed can serve as a drain board.
A manual discusses sheep dipping setups with fixed chutes and drains, noting slant toward tanks. It lists dip formulas using sulfur lime tobacco and arsenic compounds, plus commercial dips, and emphasizes fresh mixtures, careful mixing, full immersion, and draining to minimize wool loss after shearing.
According to the last annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, in eradicating sheep scab and cattle mange in the West during the year ended June 30, 1905, there were 553,000 inspections and 16,873 diseased animals treated, with 14,085 quarantines and 267 other actions recorded.
Washington June 27 The meat inspection amendment to the agricultural bill is likely to return to each house in disagreement as differences on who pays for inspection and whether the date must be on cans appear irreconcilable. A new effort to reconcile will be attempted while other amendments on the bill are largely agreed.
Miss Elzabeth McLennan testifies in a Zion City property case that Dowie was delirious during a Jamaica leg of a trip with Julia Alexander Dowie. She reports Dowie believed the German emperor would arrive and watched for a private fleet at the port. Mayor McCaskin and six police officers are jailed for obstructing Burlington and Milwaukee railway lines, claiming the ground beneath the tracks was unpaid.
Portland nominee James C Hamlin is chosen for the First district in a Democratic convention. Amos B Allen is renominated by acclamation by First district Republicans. In Duluth three miners die in a United States Steel Monroe mine after a blast traps them. In Yelets agrarian unrest grows as peasants and estate workers unite against landlords, with rural guards reporting clashes and casualties.
Census data report 25,247 printing establishments in 1904 up 18 percent since 1900. Capital invested $384,021,359 up 31 percent. Value of products $196,087,199 up 43 percent. Also includes anecdotal note on Chinese official daily schedule.
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